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Granbury 1865-1865, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown (Italian), sculptor. Youngblood, Jim, contractor. Youngblood Monument Company, contractor. Title:  Granbury 1865-1865, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Monument of General Granbury, (sculpture). Dates:  1916. Medium:  Sculpture: granite; Base: granite and limestone. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 18 ft. Inscription:  (Front of base, raised lettering:) ERECTED BY THE/U.D.C./GENERAL GRANBURY CHAPTER NO. 638/IN MEMORY OF/BRIGADIER GENERAL/H.B. GRANBURY/AND HIS/VALIANT FOLLOWERS/GRANBURY/1861-1865 unsigned Description:  Portrait of Brigadier General Hiram Brinson Granbury, depicted in Confederate uniform and hat, with a sword at his proper left side. He is depicted standing atop a graduated, rough-edged, six-tiered base with upper tiers of granite and lower tiers of limestone. On the upper front of the base is a relief of a Confederate flag. The monument is lit at night. Subject:  Portrait male -- Granbury, Hiram Branson -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Texas -- Granbury Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Hood County Commissioners Court, 200 Gordon, Granbury, Texas 76048 Located Hood County Courthouse, Lawn, Granbury, Texas Remarks:  Monument commemorates Brigadier General Hiram Brinson Granbury, for whom Granbury (Texas) is named. Brig. General Granbury, a native of Mississippi, was the leader of the Granbury organized company, the Waco Guards, who participated in several crucial battles of the Civil War. The monument was erected by the General Granbury Chapter No. 683, United Daughters of the Confederacy. It cost was $1,350, with $1,000 appropriated on July 1, 1913 by the State Legislature. It was imported from Italy, bought from Youngblood Monument Company of Waxahachie, Texas, and erected by Jim Youngblood. IAS files contain article which includes reprint from May 30, 1913 issue of the Granbury Graphic Democrat; and excerpt from Thomas T. Ewell's "History of Hood County," Granbury, TX: Frank Gaston, publisher, 1895, pg. iii, reprinted by the Junior Woman's Club, Granbury, TX, 1956. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Texas survey, 1993. 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 TX000788   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TX000788 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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