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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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    		• Animal -- Horse
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Crown Point
     
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    		• Obelisk
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated 1874.
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 8 ft. x W. 2 in.; Base: approx. 26 x 4 x 8 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (Incised on base, front:) TO THE MEMORY OF THE/HEROIC VOLUNTEERS OF CROWN POINT/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AS A SACRIFICE/FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND HUMANITY/IN THE SUPPRESSION OF THE/GREAT REBELLION OF 1861-1865/THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THEIR/GRATEFUL FELLOW CITIZEN/C. F. HAMMOND (The three remaining sides of the base list names of Crown Point citizens who died in the Civil War) unsigned
    Description: 
    Full-length figure of a uniformed, bearded Union soldier stands atop a three-course shaft, pedestal and tiered base. He wears a cap and long caped coat draped around his shoulders. He holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt near his proper left foot. Bands with raised-lettered names of battles separate the courses of the shaft. A smaller, rough-hewn obelisk stands with the same fenced area. This is reportedly a tribute to General Hammond's horse, Pink.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Animal -- Horse
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Crown Point
    Obelisk
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Crown Point, Parks & Roads, Crown Point, New York
    Located Main Street Park, Crown Point, New York
    Remarks: 
    Erected by General C. F. Hammond in memory of Crown Point citizens killed in the Civil War. The obelisk to the left of the monument reportedly honors General Hammond's horse, Pink. For related reading, see "The Hammonds of Crown Point" and "The History of Essex County, 1885."
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
    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 NY001014
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