General Lloyd Tilghman, (sculpture).

General Lloyd Tilghman, (sculpture).

Kitson, Henry Hudson, 1863-1947, sculptor.

Gargani, Eugene, caster.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

General Lloyd Tilghman, (sculpture).

1908. Cast 1909. Dedicated May 15, 1909. Rededicated May 26, 1990.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 9 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 17 ft. 8 in. x 17 ft. 8 in. (1,800 lbs.).

(On bronze base, west face:) Henry H. Kitson/Fecit 1908 (On bronze base, south face:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS N-Y- /HOH (inside image of an elephant). (On granite base, south face:) Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman CSA Kill at the Battle of Champions Hill, Miss May 16, 1863/To the faithful sons of the Confederate States of America who gave all to uphold Constitutional liberty and States rights signed Founder's mark appears.

A portrait of Confederate Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman standing in Confederate field uniform, wearing gloves, his proper left foot extended and his proper left hand at his waist, holding his wide-brimmed hat and his scabbard with a tassel. His proper right hand is on his waist. Encased field glasses are attached to his rear proper right waist. The sculpture is mounted upon a tiered base.

Portrait male -- Tilghman, Lloyd -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kentucky -- Paducah

Administered by City of Paducah, Parks and Leisure Services of Paducah, 1613 Park Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky 42001

Located Lang Park, Fountain Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky

Formerly located Confederate Park, Fountain Avenue, Paducah, Kentucky

The $20,000 sculpture commemorates Lloyd Tilghman (1817-1863), Paducah's only general of the Civil War, who died at Champion's Hill, near Vicksburg. Lloyd Tilghman was an engineer with the Illinois Central Railroad in Paducah, Kentucky at the outbreak of the Civil War. The sculpture was a gift of the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the United Confederate Veterans, presented by General Tilghman's last two surviving sons, Frederick Boyd Tilghman and Sidell Tilghman. Lang Park was known as Confederate Park when the sculpture was dedicated in 1909.

IAS files contain articles from three books by Fred G. Neuman: "Story of Paducah," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1920, pg 41-42; "The Story of Paducah," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1927, pg. 237; "Paducahans in History," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1922, pg. 52-53. IAS files also contain a excerpt from Richard Holland's "Paducah: Portrait of a River Town," pg. 20; and a program for the 1990 rededication.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kentucky survey, 1994.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, KY0069, 1989.

Monumental News, Jan. 1910, pg. 22.

SOS Assessment Award, 2000.

Inventory staff, 2001.

Neuman, Fred G., "Story of Paducah," Paducah, KY: Young Printing Company, 1920, pg. 42.

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Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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