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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Berryville
Sculpture
(Confederate Memorial), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Confederate Memorial), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 21, 1900.
Medium:
Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 10 x 2 1/2 x 10 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 61 in. x 61 in.
Inscription:
(On front of base:) 1861 1865/ERECTED/TO THE MEMORY OF/THE SONS OF CLARKE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENCE OF THE/RIGHTS OF THE STATES/AND OF CONSTITUTIONAL/GOVERNMENT./FORTUNE DENIED THEM SUCCESS/BUT THEY ACHIEVED/IMPERISHABLE FAME. (Names of war dead are inscribed on sides and back of the base)
Description:
A Confederate soldier stands with proper left foot forward, arms crossed, proper right arm over proper left arm. He holds his hat in his proper right hand. A haversack and a canteen are slung on his proper right hip. The soldier has a moustache and he is wearing cavalry boots and a CS oval type belt bucket.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Berryville
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Clarke County, Berryville, Virginia
Located Courthouse Square, Berryville, Virginia
Remarks:
The monument was installed through the joint efforts of the J.E.B. Stuart Camp of Confederate Veterans, the Clarke Cavalry survivors, and the Stonewall Chapter of Daughters of the Confederacy. The monument is in memory of the men of Clarke County who died in the Civil War. IAS files contain transcription of the names appearing on the sides and back of the base. IAS files contain an excerpt from Thomas D. Gold's "History of Clarke County Virginia," Berryville, VA, 1914, pg. 313-317.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
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 VA000447
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Inventory of American Sculpture
VA000447
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