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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Harrod, Benjamin M.,     Stroud, George,     Portrait male -- Lee, Robert E.     Portrait male -- Polk, Leonidas     Portrait male -- Johnston, Albert Sidney     Portrait male -- Jackson, Stonewall     Occupation -- Military     Occupation -- Military     Object -- Weapon     Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans     Sculpture

Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Harrod, Benjamin M., architect. Stroud, George, contractor. Title:  Confederate Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Installed 1874. Dedicated April 10, 1874. Medium:  Sculpture: Carrara marble; Base: Carrara marble; Foundation: granite. Dimensions:  Soldier: approx. 6 x 2.5 x 2.5 ft.; Base: approx. 9 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (Incised on front of base:) COMMEMORATION OF/THE HEROIC VIRTUES OF THE/CONFEDERATE SOLDIER/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE LADIES BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION OF LOUISIANA/1874 (Below each respective bust:) LEE/POLK/A.S.JOHSTON/JACKSON Description:  A Confederate infantryman stands, resting against his rifle, at his side, a sword strapped to his proper left hip. Behind him is a cannon and a shot. The soldier stands atop a marble pedestal with relief portraits of generals Lee, Polk, Jackson and Johnston on each side. Two stairs lead up to the memorial's granite foundation. Subject:  Portrait male -- Lee, Robert E. -- Bust Portrait male -- Polk, Leonidas -- Bust Portrait male -- Johnston, Albert Sidney -- Bust Portrait male -- Jackson, Stonewall -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Occupation -- Military -- General Object -- Weapon -- Gun Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Louisiana -- New Orleans Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Daughters of the Confederacy, New Orleans, Louisiana Located Greenwood Cemetery, 5242 Canal Boulevard, New Orleans, Louisiana Remarks:  The memorial marks the mass graves of 600 Confederate soldiers and was erected by the Ladies Benevolent Association of Louisiana. IAS files contain article on the cemetery from Mary Louis Christovich, ed., "New Orleans Architectural Series, Vol. III: The Cemeteries," Pelican Publishing Co., Gretna, LA: 1974. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Louisiana, New Orleans survey, 1993. Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968. Illustration:  Cocke, Edward J., "Monumental New Orleans," New Orleans: La Fayette Pub., 1968, pg. 15. 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 88350015   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 88350015 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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