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    		• McNeel Marble Works,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Cleveland
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    McNeel Marble Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1910. Dedicated May 31, 1911.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image
    Medium: 
    Italian marble on an Elberton gray granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Approx. overall H. 28 ft.; Base: approx. W. 12 ft. D. 12 ft. (15,000 lbs.).
    Inscription: 
    (Center base, north side:) To our known and unknown Confederate dead (Center base, east side:) Man was not born to himself alone, but to his country 1861-1865 (Center base, west side:) Erected by the Jefferson Davis Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy 1910 unsigned
    Description: 
    A figure of a Confederate soldier standing wearing a uniform which includes a brimmed hat. He holds the barrel of a rifle in his proper right hand. The butt of the rifle rests on the plinth at his feet. His proper left foot is slightly forward and his proper left arm is down by his side. The soldier stands atop a tall tiered granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object -- Weapon -- Gun
    Figure male -- Full length
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Cleveland
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Cleveland, Department of Parks and Recreation, 190 Church Street North East, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
    Located Ocoee Street & 8th Street North, Cleveland, Tennessee 37311
    Remarks: 
    The Cleveland Public Library files contain addtional information on this sculpture. Erected by the Jefferson Davis Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy, with the help of the John D. Traynor Camp, United Confederate Veterans. The sculpture was made in Italy and shipped to the United States. IAS files contain related article from "Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee" which lists the inscription.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
    Civil War Centennial Commission of Tennessee, "Directory of Civil War Monuments and Memorials in Tennessee," Nashville, 1963, pg. 9.
    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 TN000230
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