Monument to Camp Jackson, (sculpture).

Monument to Camp Jackson, (sculpture).

Siebert, Erhardt, 1895-1959, sculptor.

Roman Bronze Works, founder.

Monument to Camp Jackson, (sculpture).

Lyon Statue, (sculpture).

General Nathaniel Lyon, (sculpture).

1929. Relocated 1960.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone, painted.

Overall: approx. 22 x 8 x 6 ft.

(On bronze plaque on front of base:) THE STRENGTH OF OUR NATION/IS THE UNION OF STATES/TO COMMEMORATE/THE CAPTURE OF CAMP JACKSON/MAY 10 1861/BY/GENERAL NATHANIEL LYON/AND/THE MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS/FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY COLONEL FRANK P BLAIR/SECOND " " " HENRY BERNSTEIN/THIRD " " " FRANZ SIGEL/FOURTH " " " NICHOLAUS SCHUETTNER/FIRST REG US RESERVE CORP COL HENRY ALMSTEDT/SECOND " " " " " HENRY KALLMAN/THIRD " " " " " JOHN MCNEIL/FOURTH " " " " " B GRATZ BROWN/FIFTH " " " " " CHARLES G STIFEL/ERECTED 1928 BY THE/CAMP JACKSON UNION SOLDIERS MONUMENT ASSOCIATION (On one of the bronze plaques:) ROMAN BRONZE WORKS, NY. Founder's mark appears.

General Nathaniel Lyon is mounted on a horse, while a soldier stands on his proper right. The figures and horse are depicted against a rocky background. The sculpture is mounted on two levels of a massive three-stepped base featuring ornate corner work and a large, bronze, inscribed plaque dominating the front. On the back of the base is another bronze plaque with a low-relief scene from Camp Jackson of a seated soldier reading a document to a soldier who is leaning on a walking stick. In the background of the plaque are eight soldiers at attention, a tent, and two horses.

Portrait male -- Lyon, Nathaniel -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Architecture -- Military -- Camp Jackson

Architecture -- Military -- Tent

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Outdoor Sculpture -- Missouri -- St. Louis

Administered by City of St. Louis, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Forestry, 5600 Clayton Avenue, St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Located Lyon Park, Northwest corner, South Broadway & Arsenal Streets, St. Louis, Missouri

Formerly located Camp Jackson Plaza, Grand & West Pine Boulevards, St. Louis, Missouri 1929-1960.

Monument to Union General Nathaniel Lyon, a Civil War hero to the City of St. Louis. In May 1861, Lyon captured Camp Jackson, a secessionist bivouac, thus thwarting a planned Confederate attack on the U. S. Arsenal in South St. Louis. Lyon was killed August 10, 1861 at the Battle of Wilson Creek, near Springfield, Missouri. Monument was erected by the Camp Jackson Union Soldiers' Monument Association, and funded by popular subscription. Cost: $15,000. The original plan was for a free-standing equestrian statue of General Lyon on a granite base, mounted at the peak of an angle formed by two granite or marble walls topped with classical balustrades, estimated to cost $50,000. When the Camp Jackson Union Soldiers' Monument Association raised only $15,000, the design was revised. Roman Bronze Works cast one or both of the bronze plaques. Originally installed at the site of Camp Jackson, the monument was moved to Lyon Park in 1960 to allow expansion of St. Louis University.

IAS files contain copies of newspaper articles from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 16, 1929; Jan. 11, 1959; and the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, June 8, 1960. IAS files also contain copies from an unpublished 1969 mayor's report, "Public Art - St. Louis;" copies from George McCue's "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, 1988, pg. 38-39; and related materials.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Missouri, St. Louis survey, 1994.

McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, Inc., 1988, pg. 38-39.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

McCue, George, "Sculpture City: St. Louis," New York: Hudson Hills Press, Inc., 1988, pg. 39.

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