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The Lookout, (sculpture). Artist:  Ezekiel, Moses Jacob, Sir, 1844-1917, sculptor. Title:  The Lookout, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated June 8, 1910. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Approx. 19 ft. x 7 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 6 in. Inscription:  (On bronze base of sculpture:) Moses Ezekiel (On base, south side:) SOUTHERN / 1910 / ERECTED BY/THE ROBERT PATTON CHAPTER,/UNITED DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY/OF CINCINNATI, OHIO,/IN MEMORY OF THE SOUTHERN PRISON/ON THIS ISLAND/DURING THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES./ - /DEAD, BUT SCEPTERED SOVEREIGNS/WHO STILL RULE US FROM THE DUST. (On base, lower part of south side:) THIS STONE UPON WHICH THIS IS INSCRIBED/WAS PLACED BY THE GRAND LODGE OF MISSISSIPPI/IN REMEMBERANCE OF THE MASONS WHO SLEEP HERE / CSA / 1861-1865 (On base, west and east sides:) CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/THEY WERE MASONS / CSA / 1861-1865 (On base, north side:) CSA / 1861-1865 signed Description:  A bronze figure of a Confederate soldier standing with his left hand raised to his hat, his left leg forward, and a bayonet held in his right hand, the butt of which resting on the ground by his right foot. The soldier stands atop a granite base inscribed with an inscription honoring southern soldiers who died in federal prisons on Johnson's Island during the Civil War. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Sandusky Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420 Located Confederate Stockade / Johnson's Island National Cemetery, Johnson's Island Sandusky, Ohio 44870 Remarks:  The monument was erected by the Robert Patton Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Cincinnati, Ohio in honor of the southern soldiers who died in federal prisons on Johnson's Island. IAS files contain transcriptions from the Confederate Veteran (Aug. 1910). 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 68000012   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 68000012 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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