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    		• Segesman, John G.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Segesman, John G., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Soldier, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Old Joe, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1904. Removed Aug. 14, 2017.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: copper; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 8 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 5 ft. 3 in. x 5 ft. 3 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Right side of copper base:) Manufactured by/W.H. MULLINS/Salem, Ohio/J Segesman-Sculptor (Belt buckle:) CSA (Front of base:) IN MEMORY OF/THE/CONFEDERATE/DEAD/1861 1865. (Left side of base:) "THEY FELL FOR US, AND FOR THEM/SHOULD FALL/THE TEARS OF A NATION'S GRIEF." (Back of base:) ERECTED BY/KIRBY SMITH/CHAPTER NO. 202/U.D.C./A.D.1904. (Right side of base:) "THEY COUNTED THE COST/AND IN DEFENCE OF RIGHT/THEY PAID THE MARTYR'S PRICE." Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    Confederate soldier standing with his proper left leg forward and his proper left foot resting on a camp pack with a bed roll. He is holding the top of a musket with both hands, proper right hand above proper left hand while the musket base is on the ground. The soldier wears a sword scabbard on his proper left hip (no sword is apparent), and a pouch on his back side that is attached by a shoulder strap over his proper right shoulder. On his proper right hip is a rectangular box attached to a strap that is over his proper left shoulder and a small semi-circular pouch is attached to his belt on the proper right side.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Alachua County, Administration, Gainesville, Florida
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Alachua County Administration Building, Southeast University Drive, Gainesville, Florida until Aug. 14, 2017
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Florida 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 FL000123
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