Humphreys Monument, (sculpture).

Humphreys Monument, (sculpture).

Adams, Herbert, 1858-1945, sculptor.

Humphreys Monument, (sculpture).

Andrew Atkinson Humphreys, (sculpture).

Monument to the Charge of General Humphreys' Division, (sculpture).

1908. Dedicated Nov. 11, 1908.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: polished pink granite with marble faces.

Figure: approx. 9 x 4 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 9 1/2 x 4 x 4 ft.

(Signed, rear of bronze base:) HERBERT ADAMS (Front of upper base, incised:) ERECTED/BY/PENNSYLVANIA/TO/COMMEMORATE/THE CHARGE OF/GENERAL/HVMPHREYS'/DIVISION/FIFTH CORPS ON/MARYE'S HEIGHTS/FREDERICKSBVRG/VIRGINIA/DEC. 13, 1862 / 134TH 129TH 126TH 91ST/131ST 133RD 123RD 155TH/PENN. VOL. INFY (Front of lower base, incised:) BRIGADIER GENERAL/ANDREW ATKINSON HVMPHREYS/THIRD DIVISION-FIFTH ARMY CORPS (Side of base, incised:) FIRST BRIGADE/BRIG.GEN.E.B.TYLER/134TH REGIMENT/COL.EDWARD O'BRIEN/129TH REGIMENT/COL.JACOB G.FRICK/126TH REGIMENT/COL.JAMES.G.ELDER/COL.D.WATSON ROWE/91ST REGIMENT/COL.E.M.GREGORY/PENNSYLVANIA/VOLVNTEER/INFANTRY (Other side of base, incised:) SECOND BRIGADE/COL.P.H.ALLABACH/131ST REGIMENT/COMMANDING/135TH REGIMENT/LT.COL.WM.B.SHAVT/133RD REGIMENT/COL.F.B.SPEAKMAN/123RD REGIMENT/COL.JOHN B.CLARK/155TH REGIMENT/COL.EDWARD.J.ALLEN/PENNSYLVANIA/VOLVNTEER/INFANTRY signed

A standing figure of General Humphreys wearing a Civil War cavalry uniform, including a general's coat and riding boots. His proper right arm hangs at his side, holding his hat and a cavalry pouch in his proper right hand. His proper left arm is bent slightly with the hand resting on the hilt of his cavalry sabre. The sword is sheathed in its scabbard, which hangs by a strap from Humphreys' belt. The figure is mounted atop a pedestal of pink granite, on a three-level octagonal granite base. Bronze inscription lettering is applied to the marble faces of the pedestal and base. Four 8 foot gun barrels, standing vertically mark the corners of the open area surrounding the monument.

Portrait male -- Humphreys, Andrew A. -- Full length

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Fredericksburg

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

Located Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park, 120 Chatham Lane, Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, Virginia 22405

Partially financed for $23,500 by funds appropriated by the State of Virginia. Andrew Atkinson Humphreys served as a general in the United States' Army of the Potomac during the Civil War. For related information see Donald C. Pfanz's "History through the Eyes of Stone: A Survey of the Monuments in Fredericksburg National Military Park," Feb. 1983. The monument is listed on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (MN-4). iAS files contain a copy of the LSC report form.

Ambler, Louise Todd & Marilyn Gage Hyson, unpublished checklist, 2001-2003.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, VA2004, VA2032, 1989.

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.

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