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    		• Peter-Burghard Stone Company,
     
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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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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Gallatin
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Peter-Burghard Stone Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Soldiers, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1903.
    Medium: 
    Bronze with green patina on Vermont granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 36 in. x 24 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base: "THERE IS NO NOBLER/SPOT OF GROUND,/THAN WHERE EXALTED/VALOR LIES"/CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS (Back of base:) ERECTED/BY THE/DAUGHTERS (Proper right side of base:) 1861/1865
    Description: 
    A standing Confederate soldier wearing a uniform consisting of a brimmed hat, hip-length jacket, trousers, and boots. On his belt is a shot pouch, case, canteen, bag, and bayonet. His proper left leg is bent and his proper left foot is forward and rests on a knapsack and bedroll. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle rests on the plinth in front of his proper right foot. The rifle has an applied metal strap and appears to be a 1830s model Harpers Ferry Musket. The soldier stands atop an elaborate tiered granite base with a Confederate flag in relief on the front and a wreath in relief on the proper right side.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Gallatin
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United Daughters of the Confederacy, Clark Chapter, West Main Street, Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
    Located Trousdale House, South Locust Avenue & West Main Street, Front yard, Gallatin, Tennessee 37066
    Remarks: 
    Cost $2,000. Monument Committee: Daughters of the Confederacy, Clark Chapter.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0018, 1989.
    Monumental News, Dec. 1902, pg. 710.
    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 TN000238
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