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    		• Monumental Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Tidioute
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Monumental Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated May 1885.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: zinc; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 5 x 1.5 x 1.5 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 52 in. x 52 in.
    Inscription: 
    MONUMENTAL BRONZE CO. BRIDGEPORT CT (On front of base:) ERECTED A.D./1885/UNDER THE AUSPICES/OF/COL. GEO. A./COBHAM POST 311/GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC/COL. AND BREVET BRIG. GEN. GEO. A. COBHAM/11TH P.V./KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY/LEADING HIS REGIMENT AT/PEACH TREE CREEK, GEORGIA/JULY 20TH, 1864 (On back of base:) DEDICATED/TO ALL THE BRAVE/DEFENDERS OF THE UNION,/1861-65,/FROM TIDIOUTE AND/VICINITY./"OH! IF THERE BE ON THIS/EARTHLY SPHERE/A BOON, AN OFFERING HEAVEN HOLD DEAR,/TIS THE LAST LIBATION LIBERTY/DRAWS/FROM THE HEART THAT BLEEDS/AND BREAKS IN HER CAUSE." (On east side of base:) 111TH PENNSYLVANIA/(list of names) (On west side of base:) 145TH PENNSYLVANIA/COMPANY/(list of names) Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A standing figure of a Civil War soldier holding his rifle in front of him is installed atop a square base adorned with reliefs of crossed flags and garlands.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Tidioute
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Tidioute Cemetery Association, Second Street, Tidioute, Pennsylvania 16351
    Located Tidioute Cemetery, 3rd Street, Tidioute, Pennsylvania 16351
    Remarks: 
    The monument honoring those who served during the Civil War was erected by the Cobham Post 311 of the Grand Army of the Republic at a cost of $1,200. In 1987, the local V.F.W. provided a new concrete base. IAS files contain newspaper articles from the Warren Mail, June 7, 1885 and the Warren Ledger, June 5, 1885; and an excerpt from the History of Warren County by J.S. Schenk, 1887.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    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 PA001893
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