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Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  Stephen Maslen Company, fabricator. Maslen, Stephen, sculptor. Title:  Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated Oct. 17, 1888. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: Barre tan gray granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 7 1/2 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/3 ft.; Base: approx. 15 x 8 x 8 ft. Inscription:  (On front of base, raised letters:) 1888 (On front of base, incised letters:) SUFFIELD/ERECTS THIS MEMORIAL/IN HONOR OF/HER CITIZEN SOLDIERS,/WHO DIED/SERVING THEIR COUNTRY,/THAT THE UNION/MIGHT BE PRESERVED./1861 - 65. (On north side of base, raised letters:) Ft. Wagner/ (Seal of Connecticut) (On east side of base, raised letters:) SHARPSBURG (On east side of base, incised letters: list of thirty-one names) (On west side of base's midsection, raised letters:) ANDERSONVILLE unsigned Description:  A figure of a Civil War soldier stands with his proper left foot forward, the toe extending over the edge of a multi-tiered base. The rifle's butt is at a right angle to the direction of the figure's feet. The figure's hands are on the barrel of the rifle, proper left over proper right. The figure wears a long overcoat with the cape falling to the forearms. A bayonet is at the figure's proper left hip. A kit is suspended from the belt at the figure's back. He wears a moustache and brimmed cap. His face is turned towards the field on which he fell. A band of five raised polished stars decorates the base, which rests on a small mound, surrounded by a granite curb. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Suffield Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Town of Suffield, Public Works, Highway Department, Fyler Place, Suffield, Connecticut 06078 Located 2 Mountain Road, N.W., corner of SR 168 & SR 75, Suffield, Connecticut Remarks:  The memorial was erected in honor of the soldiers from Suffield who died serving their county during the Civil War. The monument cost $2,700. Two thousand people attended the sculpture's dedication ceremony. For related information see: The Hartford Courant, Oct. 18, 1888; and Mildred C. Baruch and Ellen J. Beckman's "Civil War Union Monuments," Washington, D.C.: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1978, pg. 13. For related unpublished information see: "Report of the Monument Committee," Suffield, Oct. 17, 1888. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT0016, 1989. Monumental News, Nov. 1902, pg. 652. 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 CT000279   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture CT000279 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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