Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Whitehead & Wright, fabricator.

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.

Flagbearer: approx. 14 x 3 x 3 ft.; Lower figures: each approx. 70 x 20 x 19 in.; Base: approx. H. 32 ft.

(On south side:) STONE RIVER/TO THE SEA/"ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND/THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD/AND GLORY GUARD WITH SOLEMN ROUND/THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD" (On east side:) GETTYSBURG/CHICKAMAUGA/"AND NEVER SHALL THE LAND FORGET/HOW GUSHED THE LIFE-BLOOD OF HER BRAVE/GUSHED WARM WITH HOPE AND COURAGE YET/UPON THE SOIL THEY FOUGHT TO SAVE" (On north side:) SHILOH/APPOMATTOX/TO ALL HER/SOLDIERS AND SAILORS/WHO SERVED OR DIED ON LAND AND SEA/TO MAINTAIN THE UNION/HOWARD COUNTY/DEDICATES THIS MONUMENT/1886 (On west side:) VICKSBURG/ATLANTA/STRANGER./TELL THE AMERICAN PEOPLE/THAT THEY TO WHOM THIS/MONUMENT IS DEDICATED/OFFERED THEIR LIVES THAT/OUR GOVERNMENT MIGHT LIVE/ETERNAL VIGILANCE IS THE/PRICE OF LIBERTY/O.A. Sommers/"THE MUFFLED DRUM'S SAD ROLL HAS BEAT/THE SOLDIERS LAST TATTOO/NO MORE ON LIFE'S PARADE SHALL MEET/THAT BRAVE AND FALLEN FEW" unsigned

Full-length figure of a color-bearer stands atop a tall granite shaft. He wears a Civil War uniform and cap. He clutches the flag; the staff of the flag is held diagonally over his proper right shoulder. The flag drapes to the side of his proper right foot. At the base of the shaft stand two Union soldiers, face out with their backs against opposite sides of the shaft. On one side stands an officer. He wears a slouch hat and short cape. He holds a sword in his proper right hand; his proper left hand rests on his other hand. A sheath hangs on his proper left side. On the opposite side stands the Infantryman. He has a moustache and wears a great coat and cap. He holds a musket with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground. A sword or bayonet hangs from his proper right hip. The shaft ends in a four-stepped platform.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Officer

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Other -- Flag

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Kokomo

Crown Point Cemetery, East Sycamore Street, Kokomo, Indiana 46901

Nearby plaque: "Monument built by Whitehead & Wright, Indpls, Ind." For related article see Kokomo Tribune, Feb. 7, 1960.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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