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Rhode Island Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Manatt, William Whitney, b. 1875, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Rhode Island Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1908. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1909. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite. Dimensions:  Approx.13 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. Inscription:  (On bronze base of sculpture, right side:) WW Manatt (On bronze base of sculpture, left side:) Gorham Co. (On front of base:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865/FOURTH RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY / FIFTH RHODE ISLAND HEAVY ARTILLERY/BATTERY F RHOADE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bronze female figure dressed in classical drapery, her left arm raised above her head, and her right hand holding a laurel wreath by her side. She stands atop a roughly cut square granite base that is adorned on the front with an inscription Rhode Island soldiers who died during the Civil War. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure female -- Full length Allegory Object -- Other -- Wreath Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- New Bern Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420 Located New Bern National Cemetery, 1711 National Avenue, New Bern, North Carolina 28560 Remarks:  This monument was erected by the state of Rhode Island in honor of the soldiers from Rhode Island who died during in the Civil War. IAS files contain an excerpt from the State of Rhode Island Report of the New Berne(sic) Monument Commission, Jan. 1910, which describes the commissioning and dedication of the monument. References:  National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005. 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 68000034   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 68000034 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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