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    		• Batterson, James Goodwin,
     
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    		• Batterson Monument Works,
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Greenfield
     
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    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Batterson, James Goodwin, 1823-1901, sculptor.
    Batterson Monument Works, fabricator.
    Title: 
    Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Commissioned June 18, 1869. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1870.
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    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Aberdeen granite; Foundation: concrete.
    Dimensions: 
    Base: approx. H. 27 ft. x 6 ft. 8 in. x 6 ft. 8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On front of base:) GREENFIELD/ERECTS THIS MONUMENT /IN GRATEFUL HONOR TO HER/PATRIOTIC SONS/WHO OFFERED THEIR LIVES/IN SUPPRESSING THE GREAT REBELLION/AND FOR THE PRESERVATION OF THE/NATIONAL UNION/1861-5 U
    Description: 
    A bronze eagle strangling serpents in its nest rests atop a tall granite column that rests on a square granite base.
    Subject: 
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Animal -- Bird -- Eagle
    Animal -- Reptile -- Snake
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Greenfield
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by Town of Greenfield, Selectmen, 14 Court Square, Town Hall, Greenfield, Massachusetts 01301
    Located Town Common, Greenfield, Massachusetts
    Remarks: 
    The monument honors men from Greenfield who died during the Civil War. The total cost of the monument was $8,902 of which the artist was paid $7,000. The town began investigating ways to honor the war dead at a town meeting held on March 5, 1866, but the vote to erect a monument did not take place until March 1, 1869 due to lack of funding for a monument. IAS files contain a copy of the original contract and artist sketches for the monument; the dedication program; a transcription of an article from the Amherst Record, Oct. 12, 1870, pg. 2; and articles from The Recorder (Greenfield, MA), May 8, 1992, pg. 2 and March 24, 1992, pg. 1-8.
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1994.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    The Recorder (Greenfield, MA), March 21, 1994, pg. 8.
    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 MA000498
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