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McNeel Marble Works,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Sussex
Sculpture
Monument to the Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).
Artist:
McNeel
Marble
Works,
fabricator
.
Title:
Monument to the Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed Nov. 1912. Dedicated July 1913.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture:
marble
.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 8 x 8 ft.
Inscription:
(CSA emblem on top front of base) (Lower front of base, raised:) "THE PRINCIPLES FOR/WHICH THEY FOUGHT/LIVE ETERNALLY"/(next tier) "OUR/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS" (Lower rear of base, raised:) LIST OF COMPANIES ORGANIZED IN/AND SENT OUT FROM SUSSEX COUNTY/(list of names)/FOR ROLL OF MEMBERS SEE RECORDS/IN THE COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE/(next tier) ERECTED BY/SUSSEX CHAPTER U.D.C./NOV. - 1912/CHAPTER ORGANIZED/SEPT. 29, 1909. (On one side of base, raised:) 1861-1865/(relief of crossed flags) (Relief of crossed sabers on other side of base) unsigned
Description:
A Confederate soldier in field uniform stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle at chest height with both hands, the butt of which rests by his feet. He wears a wide-brimmed field hat and a pouch is slung over his shoulder and hangs at his proper right waist. Behind the soldier is knee-high stump. The soldier is mounted upon a base with a column-like upper section with an inscription. The lower section of the base is multitiered with inscriptions and reliefs, with a graduated, three-stepped bottom section. Four
marble
cannon balls used to be at the corners of the base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Sussex
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Sussex County, Board of Supervisors, Courthouse Road, Sussex, Virginia 23884
Located Courthouse Green, Sussex, Virginia
Remarks:
Monument commemorates the Confederate soldiers of Sussex County, with a list of the companies that were organized in and sent from the county. Erected by the Sussex Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Clerk's Office contains a historic photograph of the monument taken on the day of its dedication. IAS files contain full transcription of names of companies on base.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
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 VA000293
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
VA000293
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