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Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Unknown, sculptor. Title:  Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed April 26, 1910. Dedicated July 22, 1910. Medium:  Sculpture: marble; Base: marble. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 5 x 1 x 1 ft.; Base: approx. 17 x 10 x 10 ft. Inscription:  (Lengthy inscriptions appear on all four sides of the base) unsigned Description:  Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands on a tall shaft and a tiered base. The figure has a moustache and goatee, and holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt on the ground. A relief of the Confederate flag and the dates 1861 and 1865 appear halfway up the shaft. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Centreville Sculpture Owner:  Bibb County, Courthouse Square, Walnut Avenue, Centreville, Alabama 35402 Remarks:  Erected by the Leonard Callaway Pratt Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. IAS files include texts of the inscriptions and excerpts from the books "Bibb County, Alabama: the First Hundred Years, 1818-1918" and "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," by Ralph W. Widener. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Ellison, Rhoda, "Bibb County, Alabama: the First Hundred Years, 1818-1918," University: The University of Alabama Press, 1984, pg. 217. Widener, Ralph W., Jr, "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 6. 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 AL000313   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture AL000313 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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