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Ragsdale, Jerry,
History -- United States
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Object -- Weapon
Figure male -- Full length
Literature -- Timrod
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Athens
Sculpture
(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Ragsdale, Jerry, contractor.
Title:
(Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Dates:
Sculpture: ca. 1917. Dedicated 1917; Base: installed 1909.
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 18 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 9 ft. x 6 ft. x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) 1861-1865/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS OF LIMESTONE COUNTY (On side of base:) IN MEMORY OF LIMESTONE'S SONS/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/BY THEIR SURVIVORS AND/JOSEPH E. JOHNSON CHAPTER U.D.C./1909 (On opposite side of base:) ENOBLED BY TRIUMPH/EXALTED BY DEFEAT/THOMAS H. HOBBS CAMP NO 400 U.C.V. (On back of base:) THE KNIGHTLIEST OF THE KNIGHTLY RACE WHO, SINCE THE DAYS OF OLD HAVE KEPT THE LAMPS OF CHIVALRY ALIGHT IN THE HEARTS OF GOLD unsigned
Description:
Full-length figure of a soldier standing on a tall base. Figure wears a hat; a bedroll draped across proper left shoulder to proper right hip; long pants tucked into laced up boots; scabbard and knapsack on proper left hip. Figure stares straight ahead with both hands clasping rifle barrel with gun stock on the ground. Figure stands with weight on proper right leg; proper left leg slightly bent at the knee. Front of base has relief of flag draped around pole.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Figure male -- Full length
Literature -- Timrod -- Vighians of the Valley
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Athens
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Limestone County, County Commission, 310 West Washington Street, Athens, Alabama 35611
Located Courthouse Square, Corner of Marion & Market Streets, Athens, Alabama
Remarks:
Base originally held another Confederate monument (AL000025), which was relocated to Athens City Cemetary when a new courthouse was built and controversy arose over the bowed head of the soldier. Original sculpture and base funded by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and dedicated in 1909. Jerry Ragsdale designed and erected the base.T. Maclin Hobbs provided funds for the new sculpture and had an inscription by the poet Henry Timrod added to the base in 1917. IAS files contain related article by Fay Axelrod to be published in the Limestone Historical Society Newsletter, Oct. 1993.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama 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 AL000024
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Inventory of American Sculpture
AL000024
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