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Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Schwarz, Rudolf, 1866-1912, sculptor. Clark, Charles Richard, architect. Title:  Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Knox County War Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  ca. 1913. Dedicated October 8, 1914. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Top figure: approx. 10 x 4 x 4 ft.; Each lower figure: approx. H. 7 1/2 ft.; Shaft: approx. 40 x 4 x 4 ft.; Building: approx. 15 x 18 x 18 ft.; Base: approx. 13 in. x 46 1/2 ft. x 46 1/2 ft. Inscription:  (On lower front of shaft:) IN GRATEFUL REMEM-/BRANCE OF THE SERVICES/AND SACRIFICES OF OUR/SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF/THE UNION, WE, THE PEOPLE/OF KNOX COUNTY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT (On front of building:) SHILOH 1861 WILDERNESS/INDIANA (On right side of building:) GETTYSBURG 1865 ANTIETAM (On back of building:) MOBILE BAY 1861 PERRYVILLE (On left side of building:) VICKSBURG 1865 ATLANTA Description:  A bronze figure of a standard bearer holding a flag in his proper left hand stands atop a stall shaft which tops a small building. On each corner of the building stands a bronze figure of a Civil War serviceman. The figures represent a sailor, an infantryman, an artillery man, and a cavalryman. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group -- Male Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Occupation -- Military -- Sailor Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Vincennes Sculpture Owner:  Knox County Commissioners, North Seventh Street & Broadway Street, Knox County Courthouse, Vincennes, Indiana 47591 Located Knox County Courthouse, North Seventh Street & Broadway Street, Vincennes, Indiana 47591 Remarks:  The memorial was commissioned by the Grand Army of the Republic through public subscription. References:  Salmon, Thomas W., II, 1990. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993. 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 74110003   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 74110003 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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