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Knap's Pennsylvania Battery E, (sculpture). Artist:  McCluskey, Sylvester W., designer. American Granite Company, fabricator. Title:  Knap's Pennsylvania Battery E, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Battery E Pennsylvania Volunteers, (sculpture). Dates:  1897. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Vermont granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 6 x 8 x 2 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base:) BATTERY E, PA. VOL./-KNAP'S-/GEARY'S DIV. HOOKER'S COM. unsigned Description:  A cannon draped with an American flag. The cannon sits atop a base shaped like fort walls; the bottom of the base is left as rough granite. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Object -- Weapon -- Cannon Object -- Other -- Flag Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742 Located Chichamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Orchard Knob, Chattanooga, Tennessee Remarks:  The monument was designed by soldier and regiment member Lt. Sylvester W. McCluskey and built and erected by the American Granite Company at a cost of $4,040. IAS files contain photocopy of National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 08691). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7026, 1989. 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 TN000337   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TN000337 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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