Our Heroes, (sculpture).

Our Heroes, (sculpture).

W. H. Mullins Company, founder.

Cooper Monument Company, fabricator.

Our Heroes, (sculpture).

Confederate Infantryman at Parade Rest, (sculpture).

Dedicated Oct. 29, 1913.

Sculpture: sheet copper; Base: concrete.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. 4 in. x 9 ft. 11 1/2 in. x 9 ft. 11 1/2 in.

Cooper Monument Co. Raleigh #8678A W.H. Mullins Co. Salem, Ohio (On front of base: incised lettering:) ERECTED TO THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS/OF WARREN COUNTY/1861-1865 (Raised lettering:) OUR HEROES (On shield-shaped relief:) CSA (On border of metal relief:) The Confederate States of America/Feb. 22, 1862/DEO VINDICE (On rear of base:) Erected by/the Warren Chapter/United Daughters of the Confederacy/and/Sons of Warren/Oct 29, 1913 (On right side of base:) "No Braver Bled/for better land/nor better land/had better cause (On left side of base:) "Lord God of Hosts/Be with us yet./Lest we forget!/Lest we forget! unsigned

A Civil War soldier stands at parade rest holding the stock of his rifle upright with both hands, the butt of which rests in front of his proper right foot. He wears a broad-brimmed hat and sports a mustache and trimmed goatee. He wears a canteen on his belt on his proper left side and a blanket roll across his chest from his proper left shoulder to his proper right hip. A bayonet sheath is at his proper left side. The sculpture has an antique brown finish. The sculpture rests atop a tapered column with a three-stepped bottom. A Confederate flag is depicted in relief on the front of the column. On the front bottom of the shaft, a relief in the shape of a shield encloses letters in an interwoven design. A circular metal medallion is attached to the front of the shaft below this. It presents a horseman in proper right profile wearing Revolutionary garb and a tri-cornered hat. He is pointing. The horseman is surrounded by a vegetal border, perhaps corn and tobacco. Below the horseman and on the outer border is an inscription. Cannon balls were once piled in front of the sculpture and are now missing. The sculpture has an antique bronze finish.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Dress -- Historic -- Eighteenth Century Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Warrenton

Administered by Warren County, P. O. Box 709, Warren County Courthouse, Warrenton, North Carolina 27859

Located Warren County Courthouse, Courthouse Square, South Main Street, Warrenton, North Carolina

The sculpture honors the Confederate soldiers of Warren County who served in the Civil War. The sculpture was installed by the Warren Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Warren. The sculpture was cleaned by the fire department in 1992. IAS files contain a photocopy of a historic illustration of the sculpture from an unidentified newspaper article about the dedication. IAS files contain a related pamphlet produced by the W.H. Mullins Company.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina survey, 1994.

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