Soldiers' Monument, Seymour, (sculpture).

Soldiers' Monument, Seymour, (sculpture).

Fox-Becker Granite Company, fabricator.

Soldiers' Monument, Seymour, (sculpture).

1904. Dedicated June 11, 1904.

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Sculpture: approx. 8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 25 ft. x Diam. 11 ft.

(South side of pedestal die:) THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY THE CITIZENS OF SEYMOUR/IN HONORED MEMORY OF THE/DEFENDERS OF OUR COUNTRY/1861-1865 (In frieze, raised caps:) ANTIETAM GETTYSBURG JAMES ISLAND ATLANTA

The monument consists of a cylindrical base, pedestal, and peristyle after the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates. It is topped with the figure of a soldier standing at parade rest. He wears a uniform consisting of a long coat, a cape buttoned at the top and a cap. The moustached figure holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the gun rests in front of his proper right foot. His proper left foot is forward and bent at the knee. The monument is encircled by a wrought-iron fence. Three of the four corner positions around the monument are occupied by 11 ft. 4 in. long cannon mounted on cut stone. The fourth corner has a triangular pile of cannonballs on a cut stone base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Seymour

Administered by Town of Seymour, Department of Public Works, Derby Avenue, Seymour, Connecticut 06483

Located French Memorial Park, Spruce Street, Seymour, Connecticut 06483

IAS files contain a copy of the dedication program of June 11, 1904 and an early illustration of the work ca. 1903. The idea for the monument originated with the Citizen's Monument Committee, their first meeting held on May 1, 1903. The total cost of the work was $2,935 dollars; the first $100 dollars was donated by Upson Post G.A.R., and the Womens Relief Corps donated 700 dollars.

The date and placement of the cannon and cannonballs is uncertain. They may have been a later addition to the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

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