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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Cianfarani, Aristide Berto,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- Goodspeed, Arza M.     Occupation -- Military     Homage -- Lightburn, J. A. J.     Occupation -- Military     Homage -- Dayton, James H.     Occupation -- Military     Homage -- Ong, Findley D.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Sculpture

Major Arza M. Goodspeed, (sculpture). Artist:  Cianfarani, Aristide Berto, 1895-1960, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Major Arza M. Goodspeed, (sculpture). Other Titles:  West Virginia Memorial, (sculpture). West Virginia State Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated November 14, 1922. Medium:  Bust: bronze; Base: dark gray granite. Dimensions:  Bust: approx. 54 x 36 x 24 in.; Base: approx. 76 x 50 x 50 in. Inscription:  (On left side of bust:) Cranfarani, Sc (On right side of bust:) Gorham Co. Founders (On front of self base, raised:) GOODSPEED (On bronze plaque on front of base, raised:) WEST VIRGINIA/15TH ARMY CORPS/2nd DIV. 2nd BRIGADE/BRIG. GEN. J.A.J. LIGHTBURN/2ND DIV. 3RD BRIGADE/FOURTH INFANTRY/COL. J.A.J. LIGHTBURN/COL. JAMES H. DAYTON/KILLED 30, WOUNDED 126, TOTAL 156/MAJOR ARZA M. GOODSPEED/KILLED/LT. FINDLEY D. ONG/MORTALLY WOUNDED signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A bust of Major Arza M. Goodspeed wearing a military uniform that includes a wide lapelled jacket. The bust is placed atop a two-sectioned base with an inscribed plaque. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- Goodspeed, Arza M. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Major Homage -- Lightburn, J. A. J. Occupation -- Military -- Brigadier General Homage -- Dayton, James H. Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Homage -- Ong, Findley D. Occupation -- Military -- Lieutenant Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Sculpture Owner:  Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia Administered by Vicksburg National Military Park, 3201 Clay Street, Box 349, Vicksburg, Mississippi 39180 Located Vicksburg National Military Park, Union Avenue, 150 feet south of stop #5, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Major Arza M. Goodspeed of West Virginia commanded a brigade during the Vicksburg campaign. He was killed in battle. According to the American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, the monument was erected by the State of West Virginia in 1922 as its state memorial. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03316). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Cost of bust and four bronze tablets $7,500, paid through $6,000 appropriation. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7050, 1989. Vicksburg National Military Park, 1988. 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 MS000226   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000226 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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