Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Buberl, Caspar, 1834-1899, sculptor.

Zolnay, George Julian, 1863-1949, designer.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

Petersburg Granite Company, contractor.

Confederate Monument, (sculpture).

Cast 1893. Dedicated June 7, 1893.

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Figure: bronze; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. 12 x 7 x 7 ft.

(On proper right side, in script:) C. Buberl, sculptor (On proper left:) Cast by the Henry Bonnard Foundry, N.Y. 1893 (Front of base, on upper section:) 1861 CONFEDERATE/DEAD 1865 (Front of base, lower section:) FATE DENIED THEM VICTORY/BUT CROWNED THEM WITH/GLORIOUS IMMORTALITY (On each of the four sides of middle section of base are bronze tablets listing the names of soldiers, listed by state and regiment, who were buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery.) signed Founder's mark appears.

Young, male, Confederate soldier standing at rest position. His proper left leg is slightly forward with bent knee. In his proper left hand he holds the barrel of a bayoneted rifle, with the stock butt resting behind his proper left foot. His proper right hand rests on his proper right hip and holds his hat.

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Weapon -- Bayonet

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Charlottesville

Administered by University of Virginia, Department of Facilities Management, 575 Alderman Road, Charlottesville, Virginia 22903

Located University of Virginia, Cemetery, Charlottesville, Virginia

Commissioned by the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association. Funded by the Ladies Confederate Memorial Association and private contributions. Cost: $4,000. A competition was held and Caspar Buberl was chosen as the sculptor. George Julian Zolnay designed the four tablets for the base, listing names of soldiers buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery. IAS files contain copy of magazine article, Kuhlthau, A. Robert, and Harry W. Webb, "Sculpture in and around Charlottesville: Confederate Memorials," The Magazine of Albemarle County History 48 (1990), which details the commissioning, funding, creation, and dedication of the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1994.

Kuhlthau, A. Robert, and Harry W. Webb, "Sculpture in and around Charlottesville: Confederate Memorials," The Magazine of Albemarle County History 48 (1990): pg. 2-13.

Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Virginia), June 8, 1893.

Kuhlthau, A. Robert, and Harry W. Webb, "Sculpture in and around Charlottesville: Confederate Memorials," The Magazine of Albemarle County History 48 (1990): pg. 7.

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