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Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company,
History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
Sculpture
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company, fabricator.
Title:
Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Irish Jasper Greens Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Installed 1870. Dedicated April 26, 1910.
Medium:
Sculpture: metal; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 5 in.; Base: approx. 7 x 4 x 4 ft.
Inscription:
Oglethorpe Marble & Granite Co. Sav. Ga. (Front of base, incised lettering:) IN MEMORY OF/THE/IRISH JASPER GREENS/COS. A AND B/FIRST VOL.REG.OF GEORGIA/WHO DIED IN THE SERVICE OF/THE CONFEDERATE STATES/1861 -- 1865./REQUIESCAT IN PACE./IRISH JASPER/GREENS unsigned Founder's mark appears.
Description:
A uniformed Confederate soldier stands at parade rest, his hands at chest level, leaning upon his rifle, which is now missing. The butt of the rifle, which is also missing, once rested on the ground. The soldier wears a billed cap and is bearded, with a sword by his proper left side and a canteen and pouch around his waist in the rear. A bed roll is slung over his proper left shoulder. The soldier is mounted upon a tapered square base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Savannah
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Catholic Pastoral, Archives, 601 East Liberty, Savannah, Georgia 31401
Located Catholic Cemetery, Savannah, Georgia 31401
Remarks:
The monument commemorates the Irish Jasper Greens, Companies A and B, First Volunteer Regiment of Georgia, who died in the Civil War. The monument cost $1,870, and the base was fabricated by the Oglethorpe Marble and Granite Company. The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, 1910. IAS files contain related sections from Isabell Smith Buzzett's "Confederate Monument of Georgia," Atlanta: United Daughters of the Confederacy, Chapter No. 18, 1984, pg. 40, 53, 69, 70. IAS files also contain a related article from the Savannah Morning News, April 27, 1910, pg. 5, 7, which discusses the dedication.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1993.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Savannah Morning News, April 27, 1910, pg. 5.
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 GA000398
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Inventory of American Sculpture
GA000398
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