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    		• Montgomery, J. N.,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Camden
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Montgomery, J. N., contractor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 26, 1880.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 20 x 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 2 x 8 x 8 x ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On base, front, in raised letters:) IN MEMORY/OF THE/CONFEDERATE DEAD/OF/WILCOX COUNTY./1861.1865./"THE MANNER OF THEIR DEATH WAS/THE CROWNING GLORY OF THEIR LIVES."/JEFFERSON DAVIS. (On base, west:) THEY GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR US:/FOR THE HONOR OF ALABAMA:/FOR THE RIGHTS OF THE STATES: AND FOR THE PRINCIPLES OF THE/UNION AS THESE WERE HANDED/DOWN TO US BY THE FATHERS/OF OUR COMMON COUNTRY. (On base, north:) ERECTED/BY THE/LADIES MEMORIAL/AND WILCOX MONUMENTAL/ASSOCIATIONS./APRIL 26, A. D. 1880. (On base, east:) "WHEN MARBLE WEARS AWAY/AND MONUMENTS ARE DUST,/THE SONGS THAT GUARD OUR/SOLDIER'S CLAY/WILL STILL FULFILL THEIR TRUST./FATHER RYAN. (South pedestal, center, contains a scroll bearing an outline of the State of Alabama and the words "MAP OF/ALABAMA hangs in front of a tree) unsigned
    Description: 
    Uniformed figure of a Confederate soldier leans on his rifle. His uniform items include a backpack and canteen. The figure stands on a tall square shaft and a tiered base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Camden
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Camden Cemetery, Broad Street, Camden, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Ladies Memorial Association of Wilcox County and the Wilcox Monumental Association. The monument is enclosed by a low, wrought-iron fence. IAS files contain the names of those honored on the monument and excerpts from "Within the Bend: Stories of Wilcox County," by Ouida Starr Woodson, 1989.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    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 AL000330
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