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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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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Bland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Parade Rest, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1911. Dedicated Aug. 1911.
    Medium: 
    Monument: polished stone; Base: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Overall: approx. H. 22 ft. 8 in.; Soldier: approx. H. 6 ft.; Base: approx. W. 8 ft. x D. 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Upper front of monument, raised:) 1861-1865 (Lower front of monument, incised:) ERECTED 1911 BY BLAND CHAPTER U.D.C/AS A LASTING MEMORIAL/TO THE GALLANT SONS OF BLAND COUNTY/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN DEFENSE OF/THEIR BELOVED SOUTHLAND. (Bottom front of monument, raised:) OUR HEROES (Side of monument, incised:) CO. B. 47TH. VA. BAT./CO. F. 8TH. VA. CAV./FATE DENIED THEM VICTORY/BUT CROWNED THEM WITH/GLORIOUS IMMORTALITY. (Other side of monument, incised:) CO. V. 51ST. VA. INF./CO. G. 36TH. VA. INF./CO. F. 45TH. VA INF. unsigned
    Description: 
    A Confederate soldier in uniform is at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands as the butt rests by his proper right foot. He wears a slouch hat and a haversack rests on his proper right hip. A blanket is tied over his proper left shoulder, and a bayonet and canteen rest on his proper left hip. The soldier stands atop a tall pedestal with inscriptions.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Bland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by County of Bland, P. O. Box 295, Bland County Courthouse, Bland, Virginia 24315
    Located Bland County Courthouse, Lawn, Bland, Virginia
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Bland Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy for Confederate soldiers of Bland County who died during the Civil War. For related information see: Benjamin J. Hillman's "Monuments to Memories; Virginia's Civil War Heritage in Bronze and Stone," Virginia Civil War Commission, 1965; and, Ralph W. Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 237.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 237.
    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 VA000180
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