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    		• Maxwell, James,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Ethnic -- Irish
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Maxwell, James, contractor.
    Title: 
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    9th Regiment, Connecticut Volunteers, (sculpture).
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 3, 1903.
    Medium: 
    Barre or Westerly granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 x 1 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 13 x 8 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (South base front:) NEW ORLEANS (Dado:) 9TH REGT. CONN. VOL./1861-1865 (West face base:) FISHERS HILL (North face base:) CEDAR CREEK (East face base:) BATON ROUGE unsigned
    Description: 
    Standing figure of a Civil War soldier holding the barrel of a rifle with two hands, with the butt resting by his feet. He is wearing a cap and a three quarters length coat with a cape. He stands at parade rest, atop a tall, multi-tiered pedestal, which has the seal of Connecticut in a raised medallion. Battle names are lettered on all four sides of the base; there are two bronze plaques on the base; and names of war dead.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Ethnic -- Irish
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- New Haven
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New Haven, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Trees, 720 Edgewood Avenue, New Haven, Connecticut 06515
    Located Bay View Park, Opposite 46th Street, City Point, New Haven, Connecticut 06519
    Remarks: 
    This Civil War monument was originally sited in Bay View Park (also known as Sea View Park) in an area bounded by Fifth & Sixth Streets and Howard & Hallock Avenues. Four canons were originally placed around the base of the statue. IAS files contain articles from the New Haven Journal and Courier (July 11, 1950), New Haven Register (July 10, 1950), and the New Haven Journal and Courier (May 17, 1950) discussing the movement of the monument to make way for U.S. Route One. C. W. Blakeslee & Company was responsible for the move. The figure and pedestal were moved separately and reassembled on July 10, 1950. The monument commemorates a regiment primarily made up of Irish-Americans. Total cost of the monument was $4,500. The Ninth Regiment Veterans Association raised $3,500 by subscription; an additional $1,000 was provided by the State of Connecticut. Photographs on file with IAS include a reproduction of a 1910 postmarked postcard of the monument.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0014, 1989.
    New Haven Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), Aug. 5, 1903.
    Monumental News, Nov. 1902 and Jan. 1903.
    New Haven Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), Aug. 6, 1903.
    New Haven Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), May 17, 1950.
    New Haven Register (New Haven, CT), July 10, 1950.
    New Haven Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), July 11, 1950.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    New Haven Journal and Courier (New Haven, CT), July 11, 1950.
    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 CT000028
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