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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Figure female -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Heidelberg
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Statue, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Statue, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1911.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: stone; Base: marble.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 40 ft.; Base: approx. 15 ft. x 10 ft. 1 in. x 10 ft. 1 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On north side:) "Erected by Board/of Supervisors/of Jasper County/Through the efforts/of the Jasper County/Chapter no.1221 U.D.C./MISSISSIPPI DIVISION/Heidelberg Miss./"Lest we forget/1911 (On south side:) Jasper County's tribute/to her sons/who fell in the war/1861-1865 (On west side:) "To the noble/men who/marched neath/the flag of/the stars and/bars and were/faithful to/the end (On east side:) To the women of/Jasper County,/the record of/whose sublime/self sacrifice/and devotion to/duty in the service of their/country is the/proud heritage/of a loyal/prosperity unsigned
    Description: 
    A soldier holding a rifle in his proper right hand at the muzzle while his left hand clutches a rolled document. He is wearing a brimmed hat and has a rolled blanket over his proper right shoulder. He stands atop a tall shaft, two additional figures are near the bottom of the shaft. On the proper left side is a woman holding a wreath at her side. On the proper right side of the base is a soldier wearing a brimmed hat and holding a rifle in his proper right hand. He is also carrying a back pack with a rolled blanket on top, canteen, knap sack, and cartridge box. Crossed rifles appear on the lower front base and flag poles are located on the east and west side of the sculpture.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Figure female -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Heidelberg
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Jasper County Board of Supervisors, Courthouse, Bay Springs, Mississippi
    Located Mary Weems Parker Memorial Library, Highway 528, Heidelberg, Mississippi
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
    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 MS000068
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