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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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    		• Object -- Other
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Brooksville
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Our Heroes, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Our Heroes, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Confederate Memorial, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 1911.
    Medium: 
    Figure: stone; Base: stone, brick and mortar.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 6 ft. x 17 in. x 17 in.; Base: approx. 8 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Front and side of upper base, raised:) CSA (Front of lower base, raised:) OUR HEROES (Side of lower base, raised:) 1861-1865 (North side of base:) "ERECTED IN August, 1911/BY LADIES OF THE/MAIDS AND MATRON/CLUB" and the "NOXUBEE/RIFLE CHAPTER" OF THE/United Daughters/of the Confederacy of Brooksville Miss. (Other three sides of the base have commemorative inscriptions) unsigned
    Description: 
    Confederate soldier in uniform stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his musket with both hands. The butt of the gun rests on the ground. He wears a hat, shirt, pants, and boots. He stands atop a base consisting of a pedestal mounted on three tiers. The front of the pedestal has a relief of a flag and all four sides of the base have inscriptions.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Other -- Flag
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Brooksville
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Main Street, Brooksville, Mississippi
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the Maids and Matron Club and the Noxubee Rifle Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Brooksville, Mississippi. Dedicated to the Confederate soldiers who died in the Brooksville hospital after the Battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862, and were buried near this site. IAS files contain complete transcription of inscriptions. For additional information see "Brooksville Erected Monument to Local Confederate Dead," Noxubee Historical Society, no. 23 (Sept. 1982).
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    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 MS000148
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