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    Campbell's Island Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    A., C., sculptor.
    Title: 
    Campbell's Island Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1906.
    Medium: 
    Bronze plaques on a granite shaft.
    Dimensions: 
    Shaft: 30 ft. x 16 ft. 8 in. x 16 ft. 8 in.; Plaque: H. 4 ft. 5 in. x W. 7 ft. 2 in.
    Inscription: 
    CA (South plaque:) THIS SHAFT BEARS WITNESS TO THE HEROISM OF/LIEUTS. JOHN CAMPBELL, STEPHEN RECTOR, JOHATHAN/RIGGS, AND JOHN WEAVER, SURGEON JOHN STEWART/33 U.S. REGULARS AND 65 ILLINOIS RANGERS WHO ON/THIS SPOT VALIANTLY BATTLED FOR THEIR COUNTRY (East plaque:) IN MEMORY OF TEN U.S. REGULARS, FOUR ILLINOIS/RANGERS ONE WOMAN AND ONE CHILD KILLED JULY/10, 1814 IN A BATTLE BETWEEN U.S. SOLDIERS UNDER/LIEUT. JOHN CAMPBELL AND SAC AND FOX/INDIANS UNDER THEIR WAR CHIEF BLACK HAWK (North plaque:) ERECTED BY THE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE YEAR/1906 UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE MOLINE/CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL SOCIETY OF DAUGHTERS/OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION (Lower right on front plaque: monogram symbol A overV; between legs of far right figure: initials CA) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A granite shaft with four bronze plaques near the bottom. Front plaque commemorates the Battle of Campbell's Island during the War of 1812. Depicts two soldiers with rifles, and a woman comforting a wounded soldier in front. There is a boat with several other soldiers in the background and figures of Indian warriors across the river, emerging from the trees.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- War of 1812
    Ethnic -- Indian -- Sauk & Fox
    Figure group
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Architecture -- Boat
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Relief
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Illinois -- East Moline
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by State of Illinois, Historic Preservation Agency, Old State Capitol, Springfield, Illinois 62701
    Located Campbell's Island, Island Avenue, East Moline, Illinois 61244
    Remarks: 
    Monument erected at cost of 25,000 dollars by Daughters of the American Revolution. Incoming SOS! report listed artist as Unknown, but IAS cataloger assigned initials per inscription on piece.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Illinois survey, 1992.
    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 IL000188
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