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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Buberl, Caspar,     Power, Maurice J.,     Figure male -- Full length     Occupation -- Military     Dress -- Uniform     Emblem -- Military Insignia     Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg     Sculpture

4th New York Independent Battery, (sculpture). Artist:  Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor. Power, Maurice J., 1838-1902, fabricator. Title:  4th New York Independent Battery, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Fourth New York Independent Battery, (sculpture). Smith's Battery, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated July 2, 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 6 ft. 9 in. x 6 ft. 9 in. Description:  A standing figure of an artilleryman with his proper right foot resting on a cannon tube and his proper right hand holding a cannon tamper vertically beside him. The sculpture stands atop a tall square base that is adorned on the front with a bronze inscription plaque and a bronze plaque depicting the corps insignia. The base is flanked by two cannons. Subject:  Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Emblem -- Military Insignia Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Located at Gettysburg National Military Park, Sickles Avenue at Houcks Ridge, Devil's Den, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Remarks:  In the February 1995, vandals used a rope tied around the figure's neck to pull the sculpture off its base. The figure's cannon tamper was bent at the seam, but park personnel repaired the damage by inserting a bronze pin into the hollow center. The sculpture was remounted in June 1995 with additional bronze pins to more firmly anchor the sculpture to the granite base. After the sculpture was remounted, it was cleaned and waxed, and the grout on the base was repointed. IAS files contain an article from The Civil War News (Aug. 1995): pg. 56. The monument is one of ninety in the park to New York commands in the Gettysburg campaign, and one of only fifty-two with bronze statuary. The monument is installed in the position taken by the four guns of Smith's 4th New York Battery on July 2, 1863. The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN 128) and is referenced in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 24. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Gettysburg Battlefield. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania 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 77001118   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 77001118 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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