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Memorial to the Second Maine Regiment of Volunteers, (sculpture). Artist:  Shaffer, O. V., 1928-2021, sculptor. Title:  Memorial to the Second Maine Regiment of Volunteers, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Luther H. Peirce Memorial to the Second Maine Regiment, (sculpture). Dates:  1962. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze figure on stone marker; Base: concrete. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 30 ft. x 8 ft. x 19 in.; Base: approx. 2 in. x 12 ft. x 9 ft. Inscription:  (Incised on stone, front:) NOT PAINLESSLY DOTH GOD RECAST/AND MOULD ANEW THE NATION/SECOND MAINE REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/BATTLE RECORD JULY 1861-MAY 1863/BULL RUN/YORKTOWN/HANOVER COURT HOUSE/GAINE'S MILL/MALVERN HILL/MANASSAS 2ND BULL RUN/ANTIETAM/SHEPHERDSTOWN FORD/FREDERICKSBURG/CHANCELLORSVILLE (Incised on stone plaque at foot of sculpture: IN MEMORY OF THE/SECOND MAINE REGIMENT/OF VOLUNTEERS/GIFT OF/LUTHER H. PEIRCE/A MEMBER OF THAT REGIMENT Description:  A winged figure is installed on a plain rectangular marker. The wings are upraised, as though in flight, as the figure falls. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Mythology -- Classical -- Icarus Literature -- Whittier -- Luther's Hymn Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Maine -- Bangor Sculpture Owner:  Administered by Mount Hope Cemetery, Office of the Superintendent, 1038 State Street, Bangor, Maine 04401 Located Mount Hope Cemetery, Mount Hope Avenue, Bangor, Maine Remarks:  Commissioned by the Executive Committee of the Mount Hope Cemetery Corporation per the bequest of Luther H. Peirce, a member of the Second Maine Regiment of Volunteers. IAS files contain a 1968 booklet from the Corporation entitled "Memorial to the Second Maine Regiment of Volunteers," which details a history of the regiment and the monument. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maine survey, 1995. 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 ME000354   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture ME000354 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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