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Burba & Reavis,
History -- United States
Animal -- Bird
Object -- Other
Emblem -- Seal
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
Sculpture
58th Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Burba & Reavis, contractor.
Title:
58th Indiana Infantry Regiment Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1897.
Medium:
Marker: granite; Seal: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Marker: approx. 15 ft. x 5 ft. x 3 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 3 ft. 4 in. x 8 ft. x 6 ft. 4 in.
Inscription:
(Front top of marker, in seal:) INDIANA (Front of marker:) 1ST BRIGADE-BUELL/1ST DIVISION-WOOD/21ST CORPS-CRITTENDEN/58TH REG'T. INDIANA INFT'Y. (Bronze plaque on rear of marker:) INDIANA'S TRIBUTE/TO HER/FIFTY-EIGHT REGIMENT INFANTRY./(list of officers and an account of the battle follows) unsigned
Description:
A carved eagle stands on a sphere and grasps a banner in its beak. The eagle is set atop a tall pedestal of rough-faced granite. A bronze medallion of the Indiana state seal is set in the top of the pedestal. The entire monument stands on a two-part, rough-faced granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
Object -- Other -- Flag
Emblem -- Seal
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
Sculpture
Owner:
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 & Viniard-Alexander Road, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
Remarks:
The monument commemorates the involvement of the 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 21st Corps, 58th Regiment, Indiana Infantry at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Indiana. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures No. 08795.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7129, 1989.
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 GA000642
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