Kentucky State Monument, (sculpture).

Kentucky State Monument, (sculpture).

Muldoon Monument Company, contractor.

Kentucky State Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 3, 1899.

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Monument: granite and bronze; Base: granite.

Monument: approx. 43 ft. 7 in x 6 ft. 3 in. x 6 ft. 3 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 13 ft. 10 in. x 13 ft. 10 in.

(Front of die on bronze plaque:) ERECTED BY THE/STATE OF KENTUCKY/IN MEMORY OF HER SONS WHO/FOUGHT AND FELL ON THIS FIELD./"AS WE ARE UNITED IN LIFE, AND THEY UNITED IN DEATH,/LET ONE MONUMENT PERPETUATE THEIR DEEDS,/AND ONE PEOPLE, FORGETFUL OF ALL ASPERITIES,/FOREVER HOLD IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE ALL THE/GLORIES OF THAT TERRIBLE CONFLICT WHICH MADE/ALL MEN FREE AND RETAINED EVERY STAR ON THE/NATION'S FLAG." (On left side of die:) UNION ORGANIZATIONS FROM/KENTUCKY,/ENGAGED. (followed by a list of organizations) (On rear of die, on the state seal:) UNITED WE STAND, DIVIDED WE FALL (On right side of die:) CONFEDERATE ORGANIZATIONS FROM/KENTUCKY/ENGAGED/ (followed by a list of organizations)(On granite block in center of each side of base:) KENTUCKY

Monument consists of a tall granite shaft, surmounted by a bronze statue of Bellone, goddess of war. Her proper right arm is raised and holds a sword; her proper left arm is by her side and holds an unidentified object. She stands atop a sphere which rests on cannon pointing out of the four angles of the capital that tops the shaft. The bottom of the shaft is rough-hewn rock. The shaft sits on a die and cap which are set on the granite base. On the front of the cap are the Union and Confederate flags, crossed, the staff of each flag grasped in the claws of an eagle. On one side of the die is a Confederate shield surrounded by a laurel wreath; on the other side is a Union shield. On either side of the die, sitting atop the base, are cannon made of granite. On the front of the die are cannon balls. All four corners of the cap have rampant lions.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Mythology -- Classical -- Bellona

Allegory -- Civic -- War

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe

Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia

Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742

Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Lafayette Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia

IAS files contain copy of Georgia Historic Resources form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. National Park Service List of Classified Structures, No. 08977.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.

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