Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Monumental Bronze Company, founder.

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated May 30, 1888.

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Sculpture: zinc; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 17 1/2 ft. x 60 in. x 60 in.; Base: approx. 19 1/2 x 76 x 67 in.

(On back , right side of zinc monument:) MONUMENTAL BRONZE CO OF BRIDGEPORT CT. (On front of monument:) G.A.R. J. S. STONE/POST NO. 351, DEPT. OF N.Y./DRURY'S BLUFF/ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING/GROUND/THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE/SPREAD,/AND GLORY GUARDS WITH/SOLEMN ROUND/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD./IN MEMORY OF THE BRAVE/DEFENDERS/OF THE UNION 1861-1865./ERECTED BY THE SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS/OF SARANAC VALLEY, MAY 30, 1888. (On back of monument:) GETTYSBURG/DIED OF DISEASE./(followed by 39 names) /SARANAC FURNISHED 416 SOLDIERS FOR THE ARMY OF THE UNION./MONUMENT COMMITTEE/OF J.S.STONE POST/JAMES H. SIGNOR, PRES'T/ALEXANDER LAMKINS/EDMUND J. PICKETT/OF CITIZENS/DAVID H. PARSONS,SEC'Y/HARRISON A. WOOD/EDWIN S. HOWE, M.D./HENRY J. BULL, TREAS'R

(On right side of monument) ANTIETAM/KILLED IN BATTLE/(Twenty names)/LIST OF BATTLES./SALEM CHURCH/CHAPIN'S FARM/1st BULL RUN/GAINES' MILLS/WEST POINT/MALVERN HILL/CRAMPTON'S GAP/SOUTH MOUNTAIN/SOUTH ANNA/SUFFOLK/PORT HUDSON/COLD HARBOR/PETERSBURG/FAIR OAKS/CHANCELLORSVILLE/GAINESVILLE/2nd BULL RUN/MINE RUN/WILDERNESS/TOLOPOTOMOY (On left side of monument:) FREDERICKSBURG/DIED IN PRISON/(twelve names)/LIST OF BATTLES/NORTH ANNA/BETHESDA CHURCH/CHAPEL HOUSE/YORKTOWN/SEVEN DAYS BATTLE/BATTERY HARRISON/GOLDSBOROUGH/DURY'S FARM/HATCHER'S RUN/SPOTTSYLVANIA/WELDON RAIL ROAD/WHITEHALL/WILLIAMSBURG/SIEGE OF NEWBERN/PORT WALTHALL/BLACK WATER/CHARLES CITY ROAD/ENTERED RICHMOND APRIL 3rd 1865 Founder's mark appears.

Full-length figure of a Civil War soldier. He wears a uniform, overcoat and cap. The cape of his coat is thrown over his proper right shoulder. He holds a rifle with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The figure stands atop an ornately decorated zinc monument adorned with drapery and arched pediments. the zinc monument is seated on a granite block.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Saranac

Saranac Independence Cemetery, Ganong Drive, Saranac, New York

The monument, which was erected by the soldiers and citizens of Saranac Valley, commemorates the 416 local men who served in the Grand Army of the Republic. The monument cost $1,500. The sculpture was dislodged in the 1960s or early-1970s by a hurricane. It was filled with cement and reinstalled on the same base. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.

SOS Assessment Award, 2001.

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.

Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012

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