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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Dress -- Accessory
Object -- Weapon
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Ossian
Sculpture
Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
Civil War Monument, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
G.A.R. Monument, (sculpture).
Grand Army of the Republic Monument, (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated 1911.
Medium:
Statue: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Statue: approx 6 ft. x 2 ft. x 22 in.; Base: approx. 14 x 7 x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of base, raised:) ONE COUNTRY/ONE FLAG/(G.A.R. MEDAL)/WILLIAM SWAIM POST/169, DEP'T. IND. G.A.R./1861-1865 (On side of base:) ERECTED/A.D. 1911./No. 169, G.A.R./DEP'T. OF IND./AND PATRIOTIC CITIZENS/OF OSSIAN AND VICINITY./TO THE MEMORY OF THOSE/WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY/DURING THE CIVIL WAR. unsigned
Description:
A mustached Union Civil War soldier stands in a sentry stance dressed in a greatcoat. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands, proper left hand over proper right. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his proper right foot. A cartridge pouch hangs from his belt at his proper right and a scabbard hangs from his belt at his rear proper left. The statue stands atop a tall multitiered base.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
Object -- Weapon -- Gun
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Ossian
Sculpture
Owner:
Oak Lawn Cemetery, 701 Highland Avenue, SR 1, Ossian, Indiana 46777
Remarks:
This monument was erected by No. 169 of the G.A.R., the Department of Indiana, and the citizens of Ossian and environs to memorialize those who served their country during the Civil War.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
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 IN000346
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