Major General Sterling Price Monument, (sculpture).

Major General Sterling Price Monument, (sculpture).

Trentanove, Gaetano, 1858-1937, sculptor.

Fonderia Galli, founder.

Major General Sterling Price Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Aug. 10, 1901.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Overall: approx. 30 x 12 x 12 in.

(On bronze base of soldier:) G. TRENTANOVE // F. GALLI FUSARO FIRENZE 1901 (On front of granite base:) TO THE MEMORY OF THE MISSOURI SOLDIER IN THE ARMY OF THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA // MAJOR GENERAL STERLING PRICE (On south side of granite base:) ERECTED A.D. 1901 B Y THE UNITED CONFEDERATE VETERANS OF MISSOURI AND THE DAUGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY OF MISSOURI (On east side of granite base:) THOSE WHO DIED FOR A RIGHT PRINCIPLE DO NOT DIED IN VAIN (On west side of granite base:) THEY FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT OF SELF GOVERNMENT signed Founder's mark appears.

A bronze figure of a Confederate soldiers stands atop a square granite base, which is adorned on the front with a bronze relief portrait of Major General Sterling Price, and on the sides with images of the 3rd National Confederate flag and the Confederate battle flag. The hatless Confederate soldier at the top of the monument stands with his arms folded across his chest, his left leg forward, and his left foot extending over the edge of the bronze base. The bust-length bronze relief portrait of Major General Sterling Price is partially encircled with laurel leaves.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Portrait male -- Price, Sterling -- Bust

Occupation -- Military -- General

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- Springfield

Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420

Located Springfield National Cemetery, 1702 East Seminole Street, Springfield, Missouri 65804

The memorial was erected in honor of Major General Sterling Price by the United Confederate Veterans of Missouri and the Daughters of the Confederacy of Missouri. Text on a nearby plaque reads: August 10, 1984/This tablet is dedicated by the Veterans Administration in grateful appreciation to the United Daughters of the Confederacy, Missouri Division, for actions taken to remove deed restrictions on 485 unoccupied Confederate gravesites in Springfield National Cemetery. This relinquishment of the gravesites for use by all veterans and their dependents serves as a symbol of reunification of purpose for memorializing all who have honorably served this great nation without regard to past differences - Confederate and Union alike./Dedicated on this anniversary of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861.

National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.

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