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    		• McNeel Marble Works,
     
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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 -- Alabama -- Troy
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Comrades, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Comrades, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated July 15, 1908.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: Elbert County Georgia granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 24 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in. x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 12 x 12 ft.
    Inscription: 
    LEST WE FORGET THIS SHAFT IS ERECTED TO HONOR THE MEMORY AND VALOR OF OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS SOLDIERS OF PIKE WHO FOUGHT AND FELL IN MANY A BLOODY FRAY HERE SHALL THIS SHAFT YOUR GLORY TELL AS AGES DRIFT AWAY (On lower side section of base, raised:) ON FLAMES ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND/THEIR SILENT TEARS ARE SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD." (On top of back midsection of base, raised:) CSA (On lower back midsection of base, raised:) COMRADES unsigned
    Description: 
    A figure of a Civil War soldier, dressed in a military uniform that includes a brimmed hat, stands against a low tree trunk at his proper left side holding the barrel of a rifle with his proper right hand, the butt rests by his feet. The figure is placed atop an inscribed tall shaft that is decorated around its midsection with various reliefs including crossed cannons and crossed flags. The top of the shaft is decorated with a castellated design. The figure and shaft are placed on a two-tiered base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Troy
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Troy, Parks Recreation, Elm Street, Troy, Alabama 36081
    Located Court Square, Troy, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    IAS files contain excerpt from book by Ralph W. Widener, Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 19.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 19.
    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 AL000272
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