Brownfield Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Brownfield Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Wilson, John Albert, 1878-1954, sculptor.

Brady, William, photographer. (copy after)

Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder.

Brownfield Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Daniel A. Bean, (sculpture).

1911. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1911.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 1/2 x 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 ft.

(On top plaque on base, front:) BROWNFIELD/TO HER/SONS/WHO UPHELD/THE FLAG/1861-1865 (On bottom plaque, lower right corner:) JOHN WILSON SCULPTOR (Bottom plaque also lists the names of the 146 men from Brownfield who served in the Civil War) (On plaque, left:) IN/HONOR OF/THE MEN WHO SERVED/IN THE ARMY OR NAVY OF/THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA/IN THE WORLD WAR/1917-1919 (Names follow) IN MEMORIAM/GEORGE H. WALKER/ERECTED BY THE/TOWN OF BROWNFIELD/1920/1941-1945 IN HONOR OF/THOSE WHO SERVED IN WORLD WAR II (Names follow) unsigned

Full-length uniformed Union soldier, modeled after Daniel A. Bean, a Brownfield resident. The figure holds his hat in his proper left hand and waves with his proper right hand. He stands atop a vertical boulder.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- World War I

History -- United States -- World War II

Portrait male -- Bean, Daniel A. -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Brownfield

Administered by Town of Brownfield, Selectmen's Office, P. O. Box 100, Brownfield, Maine 04010

Located Route 160, Brownfield, Maine

Erected by the Town of Brownfield in honor of its citizens who served in the Civil War. The figure is Daniel Bean, a Brownfield native who enlisted in the Union Army, Company A, 11th Maine Infantry at the age of 15. He was mortally wounded near Bermuda Hundred, Virginia on June 2, 1864 and died four days later. The sculpture was modeled from a photograph of Bean taken by William Brady. This is reportedly the only Civil War monument in Maine whose figure is a likeness of an actual person. IAS files include excerpts from "History of Brownfield, Maine," by William Teg (Cornish, ME: Carbrook Press, 1966) and "Maine in the Civil War: a Bibliographical Guide," compiled by William B. Jordan Jr., Maine Historical Society, 1976.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1995.

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