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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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    		• Emblem
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuskegee
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    (Confederate Monument), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Oct. 1909.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 6 ft. x 27 in. x 18 in.; Base: approx. 10 ft. 6 in. x 10 ft. 4 in. x 10 ft. 4 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base, in raised letters:) 1861-1865/ERECTED BY THE/DAUGHTERS OF/THE CONFEDERACY/TO THE CONFEDERATE/SOLDIERS OF/MACON COUNTY/C.S.A.
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed Confederate soldier stands at parade rest on a square, tapered base. Uniform items include a canteen, a bed roll draped across the figure's chest and a wide-brimmed hat. The figure has a moustache and holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt on the ground. There is a Southern Cross at the rear of the base and a flag image in relief.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Emblem
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Tuskegee
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Located Tuskegee City Square, Tuskegee, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in memory of Macon County soldiers who served in the Civil War. Attached sources from the Tuskegee News, Oct. 14, 1909 and the excerpt from "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," by Ralph Widener give the dedication date as Oct. 6 and Oct. 12, respectively.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Widener, Ralph W., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War between the States," Washington, DC: Andromeda Associates, 1982, pg. 20.
    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 AL000341
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