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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Hazlehurst
Fountain
Sculpture
(Copiah County Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Copiah County Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
Dates:
April 1917.
Medium:
Sculpture: stone; Basin: marble; Wall: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 6 in.; Basin: approx. H. 9 ft. 9 in. x Diam. 5 ft.
Inscription:
(Incised in base, front:) IN HONOR OF THOSE/WHO FOUGHT AND DIED;/OF THOSE WHO FOUGHT AND LIVED;/THIS MEMORIAL IS ERECTED BY/COPIAH COUNTY/AND THE/CHARLES EDWARD HOOKER CHAPTER/NO. 1179/UNITED DAUGHTERS/OF THE CONFEDERACY/APRIL A. D. 1917/"LOVE MAKES MEMORY ETERNAL" (On each side of the round pedestal, below soldier:) INFANTRY/CAVALRY/ARTILLERY/NAVY (Incised on circular wall:) 1861 TO THE MEMORY OF OUR CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS 1865 unsigned
Description:
Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands at parade rest with rifle butt on the ground. There is a canteen on the proper left hip and a sash or bedroll across proper left shoulder. The figure stands on a round pedestal in a round decorative basin. The whole work stands on a two-tiered round base in a small paved area offset by two decorative pedestals with stylized "CSA" insignia joined by a half-circle, low wall.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Hazlehurst
Fountain
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Copiah County, Board of Supervisors, 100 Caldwell Drive, P. O. Box 551, Hazlehurst, Mississippi 39083
Located Copiah County Courthouse, Front lawn, Hazlehurst, Mississippi
Remarks:
Title supplied by Inventory cataloger.
The sculpture was erected by the Charles Edward Hooker Chapter no. 1179, United Daughters of the Confederacy.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1994.
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 MS000370
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