Silence, (sculpture).

Silence, (sculpture).

Reid, Robert, sculptor.

Montreal Marble Works, fabricator.

Silence, (sculpture).

Monument to the Gettysburg Dead, (sculpture).

1874. Dedicated May 1875. Relocated 1878.

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Sculpture: marble; Base: marble, granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.

(On front of base:) TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD/HERE REST "TILL ROLL CALL"/THE MEN OF GETTYSBURG (On proper left side of base:) Tread lightly for each man bequeathed/Ere placed beneath this sod,/His ashes to this native Land/His Gallant soul to God (On proper right side of base:) On Fame's Eternal camping ground,/Their silent tents are spread,/And Glory guards, with silent round/The bivouac of the Dead unsigned

Full-length female figure wearing long, flowing, layered robes and a head covering. Her proper right hand is raised to her mouth; the proper right index finger in front of her lips. She holds an inverted torch in her proper left hand; the flame of the torch rests on the ground near her proper left foot. The marble sculpture stands on a marble and granite base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure female -- Full length

Allegory -- Senses -- Hearing

Object -- Other -- Torch

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah

Administered by City of Savannah, Laurel Grove Cemetery, 802 West Anderson, Savannah, Georgia 31401

Located Laurel Grove Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia

Originally installed Forsyth Park, Confederate Monument, Savannah, Georgia

The sculpture was originally designed as part of a larger Confederate memorial (see IAS record 76009997) installed in Forsyth Park in Savannah in 1875. The monument was designed by Robert Reid of Montreal, Canada and fabricated by the Montreal Marble Works. The monument was funded by private donations collected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Savannah. Citizens were unhappy with the monument, and in 1878 two of the sculptures, "Silence" and "Justice", were removed from the monument and replaced with a bronze sculpture of a Confederate soldier. "Silence" was relocated to the Laurel Grove Cemetery to mark the graves of soldiers killed at the battle of Gettysburg. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Savannah Morning News, April 24, 1932 and Savannah News Press Magazine, April 25, 1971.

Monumental News, June 1908, pg. 439.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5001, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

Savannah Morning News, April 24, 1932.

Component of: 76009997.

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