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    		• Royal Foundry,
     
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    		• Muldoon Monument Company,
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Figure male -- Full length
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• State of Being -- Evil
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
     
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    Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Confederate), (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Royal Foundry, founder.
    Muldoon Monument Company, contractor.
    Title: 
    Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Confederate), (sculpture).
    Other Titles: 
    Tennessee Monument to Forrest's Cavalry, (sculpture).
    Tennessee Cavalry (C.S.A.), (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Installed 1895.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: granite; Base: Tennessee granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Monument: approx. 14 x 3 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 28 in. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    By Miller Munchen (Proper left side of pedestal, incised lettering:) In commemoration of the/heroism of her sons,/September 19"-20" 1863./TENNESSEE/ERECTS THIS MONUMENT/CAVALRY (Other faces of pedestal: information about the regiment and its companies) signed
    Description: 
    A full-length figure of a Confederate cavalryman about to draw his sword. He stands with his proper right hand reaching across his waist and holding the handle by his proper left side, the sheath held by his proper left hand. The soldier is in uniform, he has a moustache and wears a wide-brimmed hat and boots, and stands with his proper right foot forward. The sculpture is mounted upon a castellated pedestal set upon a two-tiered, rough-cut base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Figure male -- Full length
    Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
    State of Being -- Evil -- War
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Georgia -- Ft. Oglethorpe
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Washington, District of Columbia
    Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, P. O. Box 2128, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia 30742
    Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Cloud Springs Site, Old Lafayette Road & Coffman Drive, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia
    Remarks: 
    The monument commemorates the involvement of the Confederate Cavalry of Tennessee at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It was placed by the State of Tennessee and marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. The cost was $2,000. The original was destroyed before 1906 and was replaced. IAS files contain an excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d. The monument is listed as National Park Service List of Classified Structures, No. 03210. IAS files contain a copy of the LCS report form.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994.
    National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7455, 1989.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Kerr, Jack, "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.
    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 GA000697
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