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History -- United States
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military
Dress -- Uniform
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Winona
Sculpture
(Confederate Memorial Statue), (sculpture).
Artist:
Unknown, sculptor.
Title:
(Confederate Memorial Statue), (sculpture).
Dates:
Dedicated Dec. 17, 1909.
Medium:
Figure: cast; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Figure: approx. 6 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 12 ft. 5 in. x 7 ft. x 7 ft.
Inscription:
(On front of midbase, raised:) 1861--1865/(Confederate flag)/TO THE/CONFEDERACY/PRESIDENT/JEFFERSON DAVIS/AND/THE SOLDIERS/WHO FOUGHT/FOR STATE RIGHTS (On front of lower base, raised:) C.S.A. (On front of lower tier of base, incised:) 1909 (On back of midbase, raised:) THIS MONUMENT IS/THE GIFT OF COMRADE/JAMES C. PURNELL,/TO STATHAM-FARRELL/CAMP OF UNITED/CONFEDERATE VETERANS./--/MONUMENTAL COMMITTEE/(List of names follows) (On side of base, raised:) TO THE WOMEN OF/THE CONFEDERACY,/WHO WERE AS FAIR/AS OUR SKIES AND/SUNNY AS OUR CLIME/THEIR HEROISM,/SACRIFICES,PATRIOTISM,/AND DEVOTION TO THE/SOUTH,IS WITHOUT/PARALLEL IN HISTORY,/AND FOR THIS WE LOVED/THEM AND WILL FOREVER/HONOR AND CHERISH/THEIR MEMORY. unsigned
Description:
A figure of a Civil War soldier, dressed in military uniform consisting of a brimmed hat and jacket, stands next to a tree stump at his proper right side. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands, the butt rests in front of his feet. The figure has a bedroll slung over his proper right shoulder secured with a strap across the front of his body. A bag and canteen hang from his proper right hip and a scabbard and bayonet are on the figure's belt on the proper right side. The figure is placed atop a multitiered base that is placed among shrubbery.
Subject:
History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Winona
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Winona, Office of Mayor, 116 Quitman Avenue, Winona, Mississippi 38967
Located Winona/Montgomery County Library, Winona, Mississippi
Remarks:
Commissioned by James C. Purnell as a gift to Statham-Farrell Camp of United Confederate Veterans. Statue honors Jefferson Davis, the soldiers who fought for state rights, and the women of the Confederacy. The statue was moved about 50 feet on the old courthouse grounds when the courthouse was demolished in 1975 and replaced with the Winona/Montgomery Library. IAS files contain list of names that appears on base. IAS image files contain a historic photograph from the Montgomery County Historical Society that shows the dedication of the statue in front of the old courthouse.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi 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 MS000222
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MS000222
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