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    		• Cazzulo, S.,
     
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    		• John M. Gessler & Sons,
     
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    		• Bureau Brothers,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Emblem -- Seal
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Driftwood
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Bucktail Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cazzulo, S., sculptor.
    John M. Gessler & Sons, fabricator.
    Bureau Brothers, founder.
    Title: 
    Bucktail Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated April 27, 1908.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 10 ft. x 92.5 in. x 88 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Proper right base of sculpture:) S. Cazzulo (Bronze plaque on front of base:) THIS MONUMENT/AT THE INSTANCE OF THE PEOPLE OF/CAMERON COUNTY/WAS ERECTED BY/THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA/ON APRIL 27, 1908/--/COLONEL EDWARD A. IRVIN/CORP. FIRMIN F. KIRK/SERGT. WILLIAM H. RAUGH/COMMISSIONERS/(Bronze Commonwealth of Pennsylvania plaque) (Bronze plaque on one side of monument:) BUCKTAILS/KANE RIFLE REGIMENT OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE CORPS/13TH PENNSYLVANIA RESERVE/42ND PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEERS/--/DRANESVILLE/MECHANICSVILLE/GAINES MILL/NEW MARKET CROSS ROADS/MALVERN HILL/HARRISBURG/CROSS KEYS/CATLETTS STATION/GROVETON/SECOND BULL RUN /SOUTH MOUNTAIN/ANTIETAM/FREDERICKSBURG/GETTYSBURG/WILDERNESS/SPOTTYSYLVANIA COURT HOUSE/NORTH ANNA/BETHESDA CHURCH
    (Bronze plaque on other side of base:) Cameron County Rifles/Capt. John A. Eldred/Afterwards Company C. Bucktail/Mustered In June 1, 1861/Mustered Out June 1, 1864/Elk County Rifles/Capt. Thomas B. Winslow/Afterwards Company G. Bucktails/Mustered in May 29, 1861/Mustered Out June 11, 1864/McKean County Rifles/Capt. William T. Blanchard/Afterwards Company 1, Bucktails/Mustered In May 30, 1861/Mustered Out June 11, 1874 (Bronze plaque on rear of base:) From This Town, On April 27, 1861, The/Cameron County Rifles, The Elk County/Rifles And The McKean County Rifles,/Under The Leadership Of Thomas L. Kane,/Afterwards Commanding Officer Of The/Regiment, And Later A Major-General/Embarked Upon Four Rafts For Harrisburg/Where They Were Mustered Into The Service/Of The State And Formed The Nucleus/About Which The Bucktail Regiment Of/The Pennsylvania Reserve Corps Was/Organized, Which During Its Term of Service/Was Almost Continuously Attached To The Army Of The/Potomac. signed
    Description: 
    A figure of a frontiersman soldier from the Bucktail Regiment stands dressed in frontier attire. He wears a deer tail hat and holds his rifle barrel vertically with his proper right hand, the stock resting by his foot. His proper left hand is placed on his waist. The sculpture is mounted upon a square, rough-hewn, six-tiered base, and set upon a square foundation. Surrounding the monument is a chainlink fence with artillery piece chainposts on each of the four corners.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Emblem -- Seal
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Driftwood
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Cameron County Commissioners, East 5th Street, Emporium, Pennsylvania 15834
    Located Walnut Street & Driftwood Avenue, Driftwood, Pennsylvania
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates the "Bucktail" or "Wildcat District Bucktails" Regiment of the Civil War, which was formed in Driftwood, Pennsylvania from Northern Pennsylvania woodsmen. The figure is depicted in frontiersman attire because the regiment members had not yet been sworn into military service when they left Driftwood. The monument overlooks the river where the raft was launched to carry them to Harrisburg. The monument cost $2,500, funded through House Bill No. 1046 of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, approved on June 13, 1907. It was dedicated on April 27, 1908, on the forty-seventh anniversary of the departure of the Bucktails from Driftwood. The dedication also marked the annual reunion of the Bucktails, as well as the anniversary of General Grant's birthday. The sculpture was reportedly fabricated from metal from a cannon used at Gettysburg. The monument may have been struck by a truck at least once. IAS files contain excerpt from "History of Cameron County," pg. 56-67; Pennsylvania House of Representatives Resolution, adopted April 17, 1961; and article from the Cameron County Press, May 25, 1961.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5012, 1989.
    Monumental News, april 1908, pg. 287.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Cameron County Press, May 25, 1961.
    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 PA001393
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