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    		• Fink, Charles A.,
     
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    		• Clark, C. J.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Animal -- Bird
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Wisconsin Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Fink, Charles A., sculptor.
    Clark, C. J., fabricator.
    Title: 
    Wisconsin Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 17, 1907.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Georgia granite and Wisconsin granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture and upper base: approx. 30 x 34 x 8 ft.; Lower base: approx. 1 x 36 x 10 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) WISCONSIN (In recessed area, below Wisconsin state seal:) THIS MONUMENT/ERECTED BY THE/STATE OF WISCONSIN/IN/GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/OF OUR SONS/WHO SUFFERED AND DIED/IN/ANDERSONVILLE PRISON,/MARCH,1864-APRIL, 1865 (Below, raised lettering:) LET US HAVE PEACE (On rear of base:) WISCONSIN (In recessed area, below Wisconsin state seal:) KNOWN DEAD/378/TO LIVE IN HEARTS/WE LEAVE BEHIND,/IS NOT TO DIE (On lower part of base: list of Wisconsin commissioners) unsigned
    Description: 
    A bronze eagle with wings spread is mounted atop a large granite monument adorned with a relief of the Wisconsin state seal and a recessed inscription panel.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Andersonville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Located Andersonville National Historic Site, 496 Cemetery Road, Andersonville, Georgia 31711
    Remarks: 
    Commissioned by Civil War veterans, the sculpture was installed by the State of Wisconsin with a $10,000 appropriation from the state legislature. The sculpture honors Wisconsin Civil War soldiers who suffered and died in Andersonville Prison. The sculpture was built by contractor C. J. Clark. IAS files contain a related article from Southern Living (June 1993): pg. 8; an Andersonville Official Map and Guide; a National Park Service Classified Structure Field Inventory Report, Dec. 1975; and a related excerpt from Bill Burnett's "Andersonville Monuments," Andersonville National Historic Site Library.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA5026, 1989.
    Monumental News, Aug. 1905, pg. 552.
    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 GA000599
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