Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).

Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Civil War Memorial, (sculpture).

1905. Dedicated Oct. 27, 1905.

Figure: stone; Base: white Bedford, Indiana stone.

Overall: approx. 13 ft.

(On front of base, incised:) DEDICATED/TO OUR/COUNTRY'S HEROES/by the WRC (On back of base, incised:) IN MEMORY OF/UNION POST NO. 6/G.A.R.

A Civil War soldier, dressed in a military uniform consisting of a jacket and cap, stands at parade rest holding the barrel of a musket with both hands; the butt of the rifle rests near his proper right boot. A bayonet in a sheath hangs at his proper left side and touches a tree stump beside him. The figure is placed atop a decorated and inscribed multitiered base.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Nebraska -- Shubert

Administered by Cemetery Association, Shubert, Nebraska 68437

Located Prairie Union Cemetery, Shubert, Nebraska

At meetings held in 1903, members of the cemetery board passed resolutions that sections of lots 19 and 20 be given to Union Post no. 6 and the Women's Relief Corps, both of Shubert, for the erection of a monument honoring unknown dead soldiers. Fund raising efforts failed to elicit the funds necessary to erect a bronze monument and after two and a half years of soliciting funds the women resigned themselves to a less expensive medium of white Bedford, Indiana stone. IAS files contain a related article.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Nebraska survey, 1994.

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