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    		• Ames Manufacturing Company,
     
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    		• Winsboro Granite Corporation,
     
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    		• Stewart Stone Company,
     
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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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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    South Carolina State Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Ames Manufacturing Company, founder.
    Winsboro Granite Corporation, contractor.
    Stewart Stone Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    South Carolina State Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    South Carolina Soldiers, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1901. Dedicated May 27, 1901.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Obelisk: South Carolina granite; Figures: bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: Winnsboro granite; Cornerstone: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Monument: approx. 35 x 8 x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. 9 in. x 11 ft. 9 in. x 9 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front bottom left of each figure:) AMES FOUNDRIES/CHICOPEE, MASS. (Front (east) of base:) SOUTH CAROLINA/TO HER FAITHFUL SONS AT CHICKAMAUGA/SOUTH CAROLINA/ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE/THE VALOR THEY PROVED, AND THE LIVES THEY GAVE/ON THIS GREAT BATTLEFIELD (Cornerstone on left side of base:) ERECTED/1901 (Back of base: list of brigades and batteries engaged, and the numbers of casualties of each) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Two Civil War soldier figures flank the bottom of tall obelisk, each set on a pedestal and facing outward. Mounted on the south side is an infantry soldier loading his rifle. He holds his rifle barrel with proper left hand, the stock touching the ground. His proper right hand is upraised to hold the ramrod, which is now missing. The soldier wears a hat and has rear pouches. Mounted on the north side is an artilleryman holding a large cannon ramrod to his side with his proper right hand, and shielding his eyes with his proper left hand. Between the soldiers on one side of the obelisk is a circular State of South Carolina seal. The obelisk is mounted upon a rectangular, stepped base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742
    Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, South slope of Snodgrass Hill, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates the involvement of South Carolina soldiers at the Battle of Chickamagua during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of South Carolina. The cost was $8,750. The monument was originally capped with a bronze, thirteen-foot high palmetto tree, emblematic of South Carolina. The tree leaves could not withstand storms and the tree was taken down for repair in 1903. It was replaced, but the leaves were still structurally weak, and in Sept. 1905, the tree was removed and replaced with an obelisk. This modification cost $2,500. IAS files contain excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.; and a copy of Georgia Historic Resources 1988 form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures, No. 03151. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5011, 1989.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN5027, 1989.
    Monumental News, May 1900; April 1905.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.
    Monumental News, April 1905, pg. 266.
    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 GA000694
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