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More Smithsonian Searches     Who else has...     Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles,     Gorham Manufacturing Company,     History -- United States     Portrait male -- McMillen, William L.     Occupation -- Military     Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg     Relief     Stele     Sculpture

Colonel William L. McMillen, (sculpture). Artist:  Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles, 1871-1932, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  Colonel William L. McMillen, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1915. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Plaque: bronze; Base: pink and black granite. Dimensions:  Plaque: approx. 44 1/4 x 27 1/2 x 1 3/4 in.; Base: approx. 78 1/2 x 44 1/4 x 27 in. Inscription:  (Top right corner of plaque:) Theo A.R. Kitson (Bottom right corner of plaque:) Gorham Co. Founders (Front of plaque beneath relief, raised:) WILLIAM L. McMILLEN/COL. 95TH OHIO INFANTRY/COMMANDING 1ST BRIGADE/3RD DIVISION 15TH CORPS/JUNE 22-JULY 4, 1863 signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  Plaque featuring a relief bust of Colonel William L. McMillen in uniform and wearing a beard and moustache. Below the relief is an inscription. The plaque is mounted on a stele. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Portrait male -- McMillen, William L. -- Bust Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Mississippi -- Vicksburg Relief Stele 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, between Grant Avenue and Stop #6, Vicksburg, Mississippi Remarks:  Colonel William L. McMillen commanded the 95th Ohio Infantry during the Vicksburg campaign. Erected by the federal government. The monument is on the National Park Service List of Classified Structures (LCS no. 03411). IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form. Bronze cost $275 paid by Federal Government. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Mississippi survey, 1993. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MS7279, 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 MS000149   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MS000149 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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