Reynolds Memorial, (sculpture).

Reynolds Memorial, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Reynolds Memorial, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1920.

Sculpture: marble; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 67 x 40 x 18 in.; Base: approx. 69 x 69 x 47 in.

(On front of sculpture base, incised lettering:) LEST WE FORGET. (On left front of base, incised lettering:) FELICITY L./REYNOLDS/NOV. 17, 1847./OCT. 24, 1920. (On right front of base, incised lettering:) JAMES E./REYNOLDS/JULY 17, 1837./JUNE 26, 1920./CO. K 30TH MISS. REG. unsigned

A wounded Confederate soldier is supported on each side by a female figure. The soldier's head is bowed and his arms are draped around the shoulders of each of the females. He has a case for binoculars and a satchel strapped across his body. Each female is wearing a plain dress and high, lace-up boots. The woman to the soldier's proper left holds his hat in her proper left hand. Her proper right arm reaches around his back and rests on the other woman's shoulder. The other woman holds her proper left hand around the soldier's back. She holds his proper right hand with her proper right hand as it rests on her shoulder. The sculpture is mounted on a rectangular gravestone base that marks the burial site of Captain James E. Reynolds. The sculpture is placed directly behind two above-ground crypts.

Homage -- Reynolds, James E.

Homage -- Reynolds, Felicity L.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

State of Being -- Illness -- Wound

Outdoor Sculpture -- Arkansas -- Fort Smith

Administered by City of Fort Smith, Parks Department, 623 Garrison, P.O. Box 1908, Fort Smith, Arkansas 72902

Located Oak Cemetery, Near center of cemetery, Fort Smith, Arkansas

Captain James E. Reynolds commissioned the sculpture in tribute to the women of the Confederacy. It rests above his grave. Inscription on end of each crypt in front of sculpture reads: REYNOLDS. For related information see: Henry L. Peck's "The Proud Heritage of LeFlore County/A History of an Oklahoma County," n.d., pg. 356-358; and an article from the Southwest Times Record in The Review 103 (1984).

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Arkansas survey, 1994.

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