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Columbus Marble Works,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Carrollton
Sculpture
Confederate Monument at Carrollton, Mississippi, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Columbus Marble Works, fabricator.
Title:
Confederate Monument at Carrollton, Mississippi, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
ca. 1905. Dedicated Dec. 1, 1905.
Medium:
Sculpture: Italian marble; Base: marble.
Dimensions:
Overall: approx. H. 25 ft.
Inscription:
(On base, front:) TO THE MEMORY/OF CARROLL'S/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS/WHO FOUGHT IN/DEFENSE OF OUR/CONSTITUTIONAL/RIGHTS. ERECTED BY/CARROLL COUNTY UNDER THE AUSPICES OF P. F. RIDDELL CAMP/NO 56/AND D. (sic) H. D. MONEY CHAPTER U. D. C. 1905 (On base, left:) TRUTH/CRUSHED/TO EARTH WILL/RISE AGAIN. (On base, rear:) FROM BETHEL/TO APPOMATTOX unsigned
Description:
Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands atop a tall, tapered shaft on a tiered base. The figure holds his rifle in front of him, butt on the ground, both hands around the barrel. There are cannon balls on each corner of the base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Carrollton
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Carroll County, Board of Supervisors, Lexington Street, Carrollton, Mississippi 38917
Located Carroll County Courthouse, Northwest corner, Carrollton, Mississippi
Remarks:
Erected by Carroll County under the auspices of the P. F. Riddell Camp, no. 56 and the H. D. Money Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. IAS files contain related excerpt from "Military Annals of Carroll County," by W. F. Hamilton, (Carrollton, MS:) Conservative Print, June 1906.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS5017, 1989.
Monumental News, Oct. 1905, pg. 694-696.
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 MS000365
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Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000365
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