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Memorial to Lt. Col. Richard Snowden Andrews and Men of 1st Maryland Battery, CSA, (sculpture). Artist:  Baker, Bryant, 1881-1970, sculptor. Title:  Memorial to Lt. Col. Richard Snowden Andrews and Men of 1st Maryland Battery, CSA, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Dec. 4, 1920. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 36 in. x W. 44 in.; Base: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 6 ft. Inscription:  P. Bryant Baker (On front of base below plaque:) "I REGARD THIS AS THE/THERMOPYLAE OF MY CAMPAIGN/GEN. R. E. LEE (Around border of relief bust:) Richard Snowden Andrews, Lieut. Col. (On left side of bronze plaque:) Stephen's Depot June 15, 1863 Andrews Artillery Battalion/1st Maryland Battery (followed by thirteen names) (On right side of bronze plaque are listed eleven names.) signed Description:  Bronze bas-relief plaque depicting the Confederate defense of Stephenson's Depot bridge. On the left is an officer on horseback. In front of him, to the right, are several cannon on large wheels. Soldiers, some standing, some fallen, are in the foreground of the scene. At the bottom of the plaque is a bas-relief portrait bust of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Snowden Andrews. The plaque is inset in a granite boulder. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War State of Being -- Evil -- War Portrait male -- Andrews, Richard Snowden -- Bust Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant Colonel Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Equestrian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Stephenson Relief Sculpture Owner:  Emmanuel United Methodist Church, Martinsburg Pike, Stephenson, Virginia 22656 Remarks:  The sculpture was commissioned by Lieut. Col. Andrews' children. Andrews was a Baltimore architect who led the First Maryland Light Artillery division of the Confederate army. There is a conflict in name of the battle between news accounts, which list the location as Stephenson's Depot, and SOS! report and plaque, which list the location as Stephen's depot. Sculpture underwent restoration prior to SOS! survey. Restoration work was done by Alan Tischler. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on plaques. IAS files contain copies of related articles from Winchester Star Dec. 3 and 4, 1920. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995. 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 VA000500   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture VA000500 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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