Stonewall Jackson Monument, (sculpture).

Stonewall Jackson Monument, (sculpture).

Valentine, Edward Virginius, 1838-1930, sculptor.

Humphries, David C., engineer.

Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.

Westham Granite Works, contractor.

Stonewall Jackson Monument, (sculpture).

Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson, (sculpture).

Commissioned 1888. 1890. Cast 1890. Dedicated July 21, 1891.

Figure: bronze; Base: granite.

Figure: approx. H. 8 ft.; Base: approx. H. 9 ft.

(Front of plinth, proper right side:) Edward V. Valentine/Sculptor. Richmond, Va. (Proper left side of plinth:) CAST BY THE HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO. NEW YORK. 1890 (Front of base, raised:) JACKSON/1824-1863 (Back of base, raised:) STONEWALL (Front of base, on bronze plaque:) The fame of Stonewall Jackson is no longer the exclusive property of Virginia and the South. It has become the birthright of every man privileged to call himself an American. signed Founders mark appears.

Standing figure of Jackson, wearing the uniform of a Confederate Lieutenant General, but with his head uncovered. He stands with his proper right leg slightly bent and forward, while the weight of his body rests on his proper left leg. His proper left arm is bent and his proper left hand rests on the hilt of his sword. In his proper right hand he holds binoculars.

Portrait male -- Jackson, Stonewall -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- General

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Object -- Weapon -- Sword

Outdoor Sculpture -- Virginia -- Lexington

Administered by City of Lexington, Department of Public Works, Shop Road, Lexington, Virginia 24450

Located Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Virginia

Commissioned by the Jackson Memorial Association. Although the bronze figure was delivered to Lexington, Virginia before the end of 1890, the monument was not dedicated until July 21, 1891, the thirtieth anniversary of the Battle of Manassas, where Jackson earned his nickname, Stonewall.

The granite base, and the six-chambered burial vault beneath the base, were designed by engineer David C. Humphries. In early July 1891, the remains of Stonewall Jackson, his infant daughter (Mary Graham Jackson), and another daughter (Mrs. J. Julia Jackson Christian) were removed from nearby burial sites and interred in the vault designed by Humphries; in mid-July 1891, the base was put in place over the vault. No provision for identifying the persons buried in the vault below the monument was made at the time the monument was designed or dedicated; sometime since the dedication, seven low tablets of polished granite, each with carved inscriptions, were placed on the west, south, and east sides of the base of the monument.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.

Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.

"American Sculpture in Lexington: Selected Examples from Public Collections," Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University, 1977.

"American Sculpture in Lexington: Selected Examples from Public Collections," Lexington, VA: Washington and Lee University, 1977, pg. 34.

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