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Cherokee Marbleworks,
History -- United States
Abstract
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Sculpture
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Cherokee Marbleworks, fabricator.
Title:
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Nov. 8, 1905.
Medium:
Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 18 ft. x 8 ft. 1 1/4 in. x 7 ft. 7 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 8 in. x 8 ft. 5 in. x 8 ft. 11 in.
Inscription:
CHEROKEE MARBLE WORKS/S.C. BRINK/MNGR: (On square near top front of sculpture:) C.S.A./May 20 N/1775 C/N.C. (On front of shaft, incised letters:) By the Asheville Chapter/of the/Daughters of the Confederacy/and friends/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED/COMMEMORATING THE HEROIC/PART TAKEN BY THE/60TH REGT. N.C. VOLUNTEERS/IN THE GREAT BATTLE OF/CHICKAMAUGA/SEPT. 20, 1863,/WHERE IT WAS GIVEN POST/OF HONOR BY/"STATE COMMISSION" APPOINTED/IN 1893./TO LOCATE THE POSITION OF/EACH N.C. REGT. IN THAT/BATTLE AND A MARKER/PLACED ON EAST MARGIN OF/LAFAYETTE PIKE/IN KELLY'S FIELD/BEARING THIS INSCRIPTION/This marks to spot reached by/the 60th Regt. N.C. Volunteers about/ noon on Sept. 20, 1863, the furthest/point advanced by confederate troops/in that famous charge. (Front of shaft:) North Carolina (On front:) FIELD AND STAFF/OFFICERS PARTICIPATING IN/CHICKAMAUGA BATTLE/(list of names and ranks) (On right side of shaft:) Buncombes War Record 1861-65/(list of accomplishments) (On rear of shaft:) ERECTED/NOV. 8, 1905 (On rear second horizontal section of base:) Campaigns and Battles/OF THE 60TH N.C. REG./1861-1865/(lengthy inscription including list of dates and battles) unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A four-side, multi-tiered obelisk with castle-like architectural features at top, set on rectangular base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Abstract
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Asheville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Buncombe County, Parks & Recreation, 40 Coxe Avenue, Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Located County Courthouse, College Street side, Asheville, North Carolina
Remarks:
Installed by the Asheville chapter of the Daughters of the Confederacy and friends, to commemorate the role of the 60th Regiment of North Carolina volunteers in the battle of Chickamauga. IAS files contain a transcription of the names, places and dates that appear on the sculpture's base.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.
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 NC000289
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Inventory of American Sculpture
NC000289
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