Wilcox Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Wilcox Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Wilcox Soldiers' Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 4, 1896.

Sculpture: bronze; Base: light and dark gray granite.

Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. 3 in. x 1 1/2 ft. x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. x 6 1/2 ft. x 6 1/2 ft.

(Incised on south face, lower die:) TO THE MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS OF MADISON/PRESENTED/BY/VINCENT MEIGS WILCOX/NEW YORK CITY/Col. 132d Regt. Pa. Vols./Born in Madison/October 17, 1828 (On south face, upper die:) ANTIETAM (On east face, lower die:) 1861-1865/Col. Vincent M. Wilcox/(Names of 7 captains)/and 158 others (On east face, upper die:) FREDERICKSBURG (On west face, lower die:) 1775-1783/Capt. Timothy Field/"Dan'l Hand"/Jehiel Meigs/and 65 others (On west face, upper die:) GETTYSBURG (On north face, lower die:) 1812-1814/Lt. Benjamin Bradley/Timothy Dudley/and 32 others (On north face, upper die:) CHANCELLORSVILLE unsigned

Full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier stands atop a two-die, tapered pedestal and tiered base. The figure wears a long, caped coat, cap and moustache. He holds his rifle by the barrel in both hands in front of him with the butt by his proper right foot.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Madison

Administered by Madison Cemetery Association, c/o Swan Funeral Home, Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut 06443

Located West Cemetery, State Road 1, opposite 408 Boston Post Road, Madison, Connecticut

Gift of Colonel Vincent Meigs Wilcox, a native of Madison who served in a 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteers regiment during the Civil War. For related reading, see "History of Guilford and Madison, Connecticut" (Guilford, CT: Guilford Free Library, 1975) and "Madison's Heritage," edited by Philip S. Platt (Madison, CT: Madison Historical Society, 1964).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

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