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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Military
Object -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lewisburg
Sculpture
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated July 4, 1901.
Medium:
Sculpture: copper; Base: Vermont Barre granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. x 30 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 40 x 8 x 8 ft. (110 tons).
Inscription:
(Bronze plaque on north face of base:) ERECTED BY UNION COUNTY/TO THE/MEMORY OF HER SOLDIERY/1861-1865/THE REPUBLIC CALLED/THEY ANSWERED WITH THEIR BLOOD unsigned
Description:
A 40 foot high 4-sided granite column topped with a granite Civil War soldier. He is dressed in uniform, with half-length overcoat over a full field coat, and he wears a hat. He holds an American flag on a pole with his proper left hand. His proper right arm crosses in front of his body to hold the flagpole. A soldier and a sailor (possibly of copper sheeting) stand at the base of the memorial.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Occupation -- Military -- Sailor
Object -- Other -- Flag
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Lewisburg
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by Union County Commissioners, South 2nd Street, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837
Located South 3rd Street & University Avenue, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Remarks:
The memorial was erected by the County Commissioners, under an Act of Assembly. At time of SOS! survey in 1995, the solider and sailor figures had been removed for restoration.
IAS files contain related articles from the Lewisburg Chronicle, March 23, 1901 and July 6, 1901; and the Lewisburgh Saturday News, June 22, 1901 and July 6, 1901.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Lewisburg Chronicle, July 6, 1901.
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 PA001723
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Inventory of American Sculpture
PA001723
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