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Civil War Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Ellicott, Henry Jackson, 1848-1901, sculptor. M. J. Power Bronze Founder, founder. Title:  Civil War Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Holyoke Civil War Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Commissioned Dec. 1875. Dedicated July 4, 1876. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/OUR VOLUNTEERS/WHO DIED/ FOR THE UNION/1861-1865 (On Maple Street side of base: names of 55 soldier who died in the Civil War) unsigned Description:  Atop a granite base stands a bronze female figure representing Liberty holding a shield in her proper left hand and raising a wreath with her proper right hand. The granite base below her is adorned with four bronze relief plaques depicting scenes from the Civil War. In one relief, a soldier heading off to war embraces his wife while their son plays with his father's scabbard. The next relief depicts a Civil War battlefield in the heat of battle. The third relief, depicts a surgeon tending to a wounded soldier while a guard stands nearby. And the fourth relief depicts a scene in the South of a widow and her son weeping by a grave while an African American stands by her side. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure female -- Full length Allegory -- Civic -- Liberty Figure group -- Family Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Architecture -- Military -- Battlefield State of Being -- Emotion -- Sorrow Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Holyoke Sculpture Owner:  Administered by City of Holyoke, Soldiers Memorial Commission, 310 Appleton Street, Holyoke, Massachusetts 01040 Located Veterans Park, Hampden, Maple, Dwight & Chestnut Streets, Holyoke, Massachusetts Remarks:  The citizens of Holyoke voted $10,000 for a monument to honor the town's soldiers who died in the Civil War. The monument was erected in Hampden Park, later renamed Veterans Park. IAS files contain a newspaper article from the Holyoke Transcript-Telegraph dated 1978 and a copy of the Massachusetts Historical Commission Form C - Monuments questionnaire dated July 1975. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997. 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 MA000541   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MA000541 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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