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    		• Leach, Joseph B.,
     
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    		• Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania),
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Honesdale
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Leach, Joseph B., contractor.
    Unknown (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), founder.
    Title: 
    Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Sept. 9, 1869.
    Digital Reference: 
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 20 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 10 x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On bronze tablet on front of base, raised lettering:) 1869./THIS MONUMENT WAS ERECTED/BY THE/Ladies' Monument Association/OF/WAYNE COUNTY./TO THE MEMORY OF OUR DEAD/WHO FELL,/"THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE,/BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE,/SHOULD NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH." (On bronze tablets on rear, right and left sides of base:) (Lists of names of Wayne Countians who died during the Civil War) unsigned
    Description: 
    A Civil War soldier stands with his musket at rest, his proper left hand holding the end of the bayonet and his proper right hand in the middle of the barrel. The stock rests near his proper right foot. He wears a knee-length coat and a cap that is tipped to the proper left and forward slightly. The sculpture is mounted on a square base with a tiered cornice and tiered bottom. The sculpture is enclosed by a fence.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Honesdale
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Borough of Honesdale, 958 Main Street, Honesdale, Pennsylvania 18431
    Located Central Park, Honesdale, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was installed by the Ladies Monumental Association of Wayne County in memory of 353 Wayne County citizens who died during the Civil War. The sculpture cost $5,000. Contractor for the project was Joseph B. Leach of Brooklyn, New York. The sculpture was cast in Philadelphia. IAS files contain a full transcription of names listed on base.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAS PA001459
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