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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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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Fort Payne
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Unknown, sculptor.
    Title: 
    Confederate Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Dedicated Aug. 2, 1913.
    Medium: 
    Figure: stone; Base: stone.
    Dimensions: 
    Figure: approx. 6 x 2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 20 x 6 x 6 ft.
    Inscription: 
    (On front midsection of base, raised:) 1861/(unfurled flag)/1865 (Lower section of base inscribed on all four sides)
    Description: 
    A figure of a Confederate Civil War soldier, dressed in military uniform that includes a brimmed hat and a bedroll slung over his proper left shoulder, stands holding the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his feet. The figure is placed atop a tall, shaft-like, multitiered base that is set within a small garden area.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Alabama -- Fort Payne
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of Fort Payne, 200 Gault Avenue, South, City Hall, Fort Payne, Alabama 35967
    Located Union Park, Fort Payne, Alabama
    Remarks: 
    Erected through the efforts of the Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, with the assistance of other interested citizens. The monument was originally located in the center of town and was moved to its present location at a later time. IAS files contain a related article from Dekalb Legend, 1972; and a related excerpt from Ralph Widener's "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 9.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Alabama survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Widener, Ralph W., Jr., "Confederate Monuments: Enduring Symbols of the South and the War Between the States," Adromeda Assoc., 1982, pg. 9.
    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 AL000262
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