Battelle Monument, (sculpture).

Battelle Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Battelle Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 6, 1913.

Sculpture: Vermont granite; Base: Vermont granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 5 ft. 8 in.; Base: approx. 15 x 7 x 7 ft. (20 tons).

(On front of base in raised lettering:) REV. GORDON BATTELLE D. D/M. E. CHURCH CHAPLAIN 1ST VA. VOL. INF./BORN IN NEWPORT OHIO 1814/DIED IN WASH. D. C. 1862/A TEACHER, PATRIOT, AND LEADER/IN THE FORMATION OF W. VA./ERECTED BY COL. J. G. BATTELLE CAPTAIN N. LITTLE/1812/R. EDGELL R. SHINN REYNOLDS/1846 T.D. COOK/1861 TO 1865/CAPTAINS/T. E. GREENWOOD J. M. MCELHINNEY/H. MIDDLESWART/LIEUTENANTS W. WOOD, A. LEONARD, W. EDGERTON/ROSS NEWPORT/POST/NUMBER 489/GAR/1861 TO 1985 (Three remaining sides of the base contain 265 names of citizens of Newport Township who served in the Civil War and in previous American wars)

Full-length figure of Rev. Gordon Battelle stands atop a tall pedestal. He wears civilian clothes of the Civil War period and holds a book to his chest in his proper right hand. The figure faces south. On three sides of the pedestal are incised 265 names of Newport Township citizens who served in the Civil War and previous American wars.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Portrait male -- Battelle, Gordon -- Full length

Occupation -- Religion -- Clergy

Dress -- Historic -- Nineteenth Century Dress

Outdoor Sculpture -- Ohio -- Newport

Administered by Newport Trustees, Newport, Ohio 45768

Located Newport Cemetery, Greene Street, Newport, Ohio

Erected by the Grand Army of the Republic, Newport Post No. 489 and Col. J. H. Battelle in memory of Rev. Gordon Battelle (1814-1862), a chaplain with the 1st Virginia Volunteer Infantry. The cost was $2,000. Col. Battelle, son of Rev. Battelle, was the primary fundraiser. IAS files include related articles from the Marietta Times, July 8, 1913 and July 14, 1974 and a citation to the book, "Washington County, Ohio to 1980," [Newport, OH]: Washington County Historical Society, pg. 34.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Ohio, Columbus survey, 1994.

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