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First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment Monument, (sculpture). Artist:  American Granite Company, contractor. Title:  First Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment Monument, (sculpture). Dates:  1894. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Monument: granite and bronze; Seal: bronze; Base: granite. Dimensions:  Monument: approx. 9 ft. x 8 ft. x 4 ft. 10 in.; Lower tier of base: approx. 20 in. x 9 ft. x 5 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (Top tier of base, raised and polished lettering:) FIRST WISCONSIN CAVALRY/2ND BRIG 1ST DIV/CAVALRY CORPS (Bronze plaque on rear of base: account of the battle) unsigned Description:  The monument depicts a saddled, riderless horse carved out of a granite boulder. The horse is seen from the side, with its front proper right foreleg bent and lifted. The horse has a bronze bridle. Below the horse on the front is a bronze medallion of the State of Wisconsin seal. The sculpture sits on a two tiered rough-edged base. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Animal -- Horse Emblem -- Seal 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, Near Wilder Tower & Widow Glenn's house site, Ft. Oglethorpe, Georgia Remarks:  The monument commemorates the involvement of the First Wisconsin Cavalry, 2nd Brigade, 1st Division, Cavalry Corps at the Battle of Chickamauga during the Civil War. It marks the position held by the regiment during the battle. It was placed by the State of Wisconsin and veterans. The state seal is a replacement. At one time, the monument was enclosed by a wrought iron fence, which has been removed. IAS files contain: related excerpt from Jack Kerr's "Monuments and Markers of the 29 States Engaged at Chickamauga and Chattanooga," Collegedale, TN: The College Press, n.d.; copy of Georgia Historic Resources 1988 form, Historic Preservation Section, Georgia Department of Natural Resources. The monument is on the National Park List of Classified Structures No. 03241. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Georgia survey, 1994. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN0041, 1989. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, GA7479, 1989. Monumental News, Dec. 1895, pg. 762. 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. Monumental News, Dec. 1895, pg. 760. 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 GA000638   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture GA000638 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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