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Tennessee State Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Decherd Marble and Granite Company, Inc., fabricator. Title:  Tennessee State Monument, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Volunteer State, (sculpture). Dates:  1982. Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 8 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. x 10 1/2 in.; Base: approx. 9 in. x 16 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 9 in. Inscription:  FABRICATED BY/DECHERD MARBLE & GRANITE CO. INC./WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE (On front:) TENNESSEE/VALOR AND COURAGE WERE/VIRTUES OF THE THREE/TENNESSEE REGIMENTS (On rear:) THE VOLUNTEER STATE/THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF THE MEN/WHO SERVED IN THE 1ST (PACS); 7TH, AND 14TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY-REGIMENTS/ARCHER'S BRIGADE, HETH'S DIVISION, THIRD ARMY CORPS./ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA/THEY FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THEIR CONVICTIONS/PERFORMING THEIR DUTY AS THEY UNDERSTOOD IT./1ST TENNESSEE KILLED 6 WOUNDED 67 WOUNDED & MISSING 1 MISSING 104/7TH TENNESSEE KILLED 5 WOUNDED 26 WOUNDED & MISSING 20 MISSING 60/ 14TH TENNESSEE KILLED 5 WOUNDED 25 WOUNDED & MISSING 16 MISSING 81 (Figures are totaled)/PRESENT JUNE 30, 1863/1ST TENNESSEE PROV. 29 OFFICERS, 238 MEN=267/7TH TENNESSEE 33 OFFICERS, 243 MEN=276/14TH TENNESSEE 25 OFFICERS, 207 MEN=232 [total] 775 Founder's mark appears. Description:  Vertical, rectangular marker stands on a rectangular base. A thin form between the sculpture and base is cut into the shape of the State of Tennessee. Two uniformed soldiers are incised on the front face. They carry a State flag and the figure on the right is looking behind him and beckoning with his proper left upraised arm. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure group -- Male Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Other -- Flag Allegory -- Place -- Tennessee Dress -- Accessory -- Knapsack Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 Located Gettysburg National Military Park, West Confederate Avenue, east side, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325 References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995. 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 PA000862   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture PA000862 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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