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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Taylorsville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Confederate Soldier), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Confederate Soldier), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1958 (?).
    Medium: 
    Figure: marble; Base: concrete and rock.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. H. 6 ft. x W. 1 ft.; Base: approx. H. 20 ft. x W. 6 ft. 10 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On first plaque on base:) The young man who adorns this pedestal/was killed at Gettysburg, July 3, 1863./Perhaps his dying lips were murmuring/"Oh fate of just, thou gavest me/This bitter cup, and I bow to thy/Behest and drink it up."/He was a lad of "the old South" whose/name is known but to me./"How bravely her sons can say farewell" (On second plaque on base:) From 1861-65 the heroic sons and daughters of/The Old South, under the gratest generals of all times/Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson, Fought with/Gallantry unequaled in all the annals of history,/Not for the preservation of slavery, but for our/Greatest Heritage-States rights. Though they failed, The/memories of their heroic deeds will linger in the/hearts and minds of men long after these stones/have crumbled into dust./1958-V.G. Beckham
    Description: 
    Standing figure of a confederate soldier. He is holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands and the butt of his rifle is on the ground. He wears a uniform and a brimmed hat. He has a bag or a pouch on his proper left hip. Figure is atop multitiered base.
    Subject: 
    Figure male -- Full length
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- North Carolina -- Taylorsville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Alexander County, Main Street, Taylorsville, North Carolina 28681
    Located Alexander County Courthouse, Taylorsville, North Carolina
    Remarks: 
    Virgil G. Beckham, a local attorney, had this statue commissioned and donated it to the county. IAS files contain transcription of nearby plaque.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, North Carolina 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 NC000194
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