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Major General Frederick Steele, (sculpture). Artist:  Elwell, Frank Edwin, 1858-1922, sculptor. Norcross Brothers, fabricator. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Major General Frederick Steele, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1912. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Figure: bronze; Base: black, grey and Milford pink granite. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 9 ft. x 44 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 160 x 76 x 76 in. Inscription:  (On left side of plinth:) FRANK E ELWELL Sc. 1912 (On right side of plinth:) GORHAM CO. FOUNDERS (On bronze plaque on front of base:) FREDERICK STEELE/MAJOR GENERAL. U.S. VOLS/COMMANDING DIVISION/MARCH 29-JULY 4 1863/GIVEN BY HIS GRAND NEPHEWS AND NIECES/JAMES HOWE PROCTOR/ANNE STEELE RICE/EMILY WATERS MANDELL/THOMAS E. PROCTOR (Bronze plaque on side of base:) FREDERICK STEELE/CADET U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY 1839/CAPT. U.S. ARMY FEB. 5 1855/MAJ. MAY 14 1861/COL 8th IOWA INF. SEPT. 25 1861/BRIG. GEN. U.S. VOLS. FEB. 6 1862/MAJOR GEN. U.S. VOLS. APR. 15 1863/BVT.MAJ.GEN. U.S. ARMY MAR. 13 1865 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Major General Frederick Steele stands in uniform, holding his hat in his proper left hand, and his downward-pointed sword in his proper left hand. He has a beard and mustache and wears a knee-length, buttoned coat and knee-length boots. The figure is mounted upon a stepped base with inscribed plaques. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Steele, Frederick -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Major General Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Located Vicksburg National Military Park, Union Avenue, downgrade from the Naval Memorial, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Commemorates Civil War Major General Frederick Steele. Figure was given by his grandnephews and grandnieces. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 07265). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Pedestal cost $790 paid by James H. Procter, Anne E. Rice, Emily P. Mandell, and Thomas E. Procter. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5002, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1913, pg. 791. Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Nov. 1913, pg. 781. 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 MS000271   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000271 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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