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History -- United States
Portrait male -- Davis, Sam
Portrait male -- Davis, Sam
Occupation -- Military
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Pulaski
Sculpture
Sam Davis, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Sam Davis, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Oct. 11, 1906.
Medium:
Stone on granite base.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 6 x 6 ft.
Inscription:
(Front of base:) BORN OCT. 6, 1842, NEAR SMYRNA/RUTHERFORD COUNTY TENNESSEE/THOUGH A CONFEDERATE/SOLDIER IN THE LINE OF DUTY/HE WAS EXECUTED AS A SPY/BY THE FEDERALS AT/PULASKI,NOV.27, 1863/"LET COME WHAT MUST,/I KEEP MY TRUST."/SAM DAVIS (Proper left base:) "If I had a thousand lives,/I would lose them all here/before I would betray my/friend or the confidence/of my informer." (Proper right base:) "Greater love hath no/man than this; that a/man lay down his life/for his friends." (Rear base:) Erected by the Giles County/Chapter U.D.C. Oct. 11, 1906.
Description:
A standing figure of a boy in a Confederate uniform. The figure stands erect with arms crossed. He wears a jacket, holds his brimmed hat on his proper right side, and looks to the proper right. His proper right leg is extended slightly forward. He stands atop a tiered granite base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Portrait male -- Davis, Sam -- Child
Portrait male -- Davis, Sam -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Pulaski
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Pulaski, 203 South First, City Hall, Pulaski, Tennessee 38478
Located Courthouse Square, Pulaski, Tennessee 38478
Remarks:
IAS files contain a brochure with some information on the life of Sam Davis, a boy hero of the Confederate Army, who was hanged as a spy in Pulaski on Nov. 17, 1863; and information from Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee, Nashville, 1963. This monument was erected by the Giles County Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 26.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 26.
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 TN000052
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Inventory of American Sculpture
TN000052
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