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Confederate Soldier, (sculpture). Artist:  Newlon, W. H., sculptor. (possibly by) Unknown (African-American), sculptor. Columbus Marble Works, fabricator. (possibly by) Title:  Confederate Soldier, (sculpture). Other Titles:  First Decoration Day Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1894. Medium:  Figure: limestone; Base: brick and limestone. Dimensions:  Figure: approx. 5 ft. x 21 in. x 25 in.; Base: approx. 77 x 30 x 30 in. Inscription:  (On front, north side of base:) REST unsigned Description:  A single Confederate soldier, stands in a frontal pose, with proper left leg slightly forward. His hands, together, originally held the top of a rifle barrel, with the butt of the gun on the ground. (The rifle is now missing). The soldier is dressed in military uniform, and wears a billed cap and belt buckle with the letters CS. He has a back pack with straps and buckles, belt pouch on back proper right hip. A bayonet hangs off the belt of the proper left hip. Figure supported by a tree stump. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object -- Other -- Flag Figure male -- Full length Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Columbus Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United Daughters of the Confederacy, Stephen D. Lee Chapter #34, Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Located Friendship Cemetery, At the end of Magnolia Avenue, Columbus, Mississippi 39701 Remarks:  This monument was paid for and erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy and the Sons of Confederate Veterans. The figure was purchased from the Columbus Marble Works, formerly located on Fifth Street South in Columbus (MS), where the carving was on display. According to the Save Outdoor Sculpture survey, local sources attribute the carving either to W. H. Newlon (who designed an earlier Confederate Monument in Friendship Cemetery) or to a local African-American stone cutter working at Columbus Marble Works. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1992. Lipscomb, William Lowndes, "A History of Columbus Mississippi During the 19th Century," Birmingham, AL, 1909, pg. 134. Illustration:  Image on file. Commercial Dispatch (Columbus, MS), Sept. 26, 1976. 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 MS000025   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000025 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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