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    		• White Bronze Monument Company,
     
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    		• Cohn, L. S.,
     
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    		• Robertson, Alexander,
     
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    		• Cohn & Robertson Granite Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Wausau
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    White Bronze Monument Company, founder.
    Cohn, L. S., sculptor.
    Robertson, Alexander, sculptor.
    Cohn & Robertson Granite Company, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Civil War Soldier, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    GAR Memorial, (sculpture).
    Cutler Post Monument, (sculpture).
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1986. Dedicated July 4, 1887.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: white bronze; Base: Marathon County granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 2 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 18 x 4 x 2 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, top:) F.C.L. (On front of base, between columns:) A GRATEFUL PEOPLE'S/TOKEN OF/REMEMBRANCE 1886 (On front of base, bottom:) CUTLER POST unsigned
    Description: 
    Atop a tall red granite base stands a bronze figure of a Civil War infantry soldier holding his gun in front of him. He holds the muzzle of the gun with both hands and rests the butt of the gun by his proper right foot. The elaborate granite base is adorned on the front with a crossed sabers relief above two cannons of polished granite which rest on the lower front of the base. The block of granite above the crossed sabers is adorned with polished granite columns, one at each corner. Above the columns is a shield bearing the stars and stripes.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Wausau
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Marathon County Historical Society, 403 McIndoe Street, Wausau, Wisconsin 54403
    Located County Courthouse, 500 Forest Street, Grounds, Wausau, Wisconsin
    Remarks: 
    The sculpture was commissioned by Lyander Cutler Post #55 of the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) and cost $1,700. The White Bronze Monument Company fabricated the sculpture; L. S. Cohn and Alexander Robertson (of Cohn & Robertson Granite Company designed the base. IAS files contain a newspaper article from The Central Wisconsin (Wausau, WI), July 10, 1986.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin 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 WI000115
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