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Sellers, Harry,
Marietta Memorials,
History -- United States
History -- United States
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Sculpture
Georgia State Memorial, (sculpture).
Artist:
Sellers, Harry, sculptor.
Marietta Memorials, fabricator.
Title:
Georgia State Memorial, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Monument to the Georgia Confederate Dead, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Sept. 21, 1961.
Medium:
Memorial: polished Georgia blue granite; Base: stone.
Dimensions:
Memorial: approx. 15 ft. 6 in. x 7 ft. 7 in. x 7 ft. 7 in.
Inscription:
(On front of shaft:) GEORGIA (State of Georgia seal) GEORGIA CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS/WE SLEEP HERE OBEDIENCE TO LAW:/WHEN DUTY CALLED, WE CAME WHEN COUNTRY CALLED, WE DIED (Same text appears on back on shaft) unsigned
Description:
A shaft, with Georgia State seal and commemorative text, set on two-tiered lower base, atop stone base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
History -- United States -- Georgia
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Gettysburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park, 97 Taneytown Road, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Located Gettysburg National Military Park, West Confederate Avenue near Warfield Ridge, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania 17325
Remarks:
A memorial to Georgians who fought in the Army of Northern Virginia during the Battle of Gettysburg. It is located on Warfield Ridge at the point where Semmes' Georgia Brigade formed on the afternoon of July 2, 1863. It was from here that the Brigade launched their attack on the wheatfield, Devil's Den, and the Round Tops. The memorial is listed on the National Park Service, List of Classified Structures (referred to as MN78) and is reference in the Gettysburg National Military Park Archives, vol. 1. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2073, 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 PA001812
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001812
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