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    		• Gerhardt, Karl,
     
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    		• Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company,
     
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    		• Portrait male -- Stannard, George Jerrison
     
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    		• History -- United States
     
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    		• Occupation -- Military
     
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    		• Object -- Weapon
     
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    		• Dress -- Accessory
     
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    		• Dress -- Uniform
     
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    		• Gravestone
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Burlington
     
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    		• Sculpture
     
     
    General George Jerrison Stannard, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Gerhardt, Karl, 1853-1940, sculptor.
    Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, founder.
    Title: 
    General George Jerrison Stannard, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    Cast 1891.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image
    Medium: 
    Bronze on a granite base.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. H. 6 ft. 6 in.; Base: approx. 6 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in. x 2 ft. 6 in.
    Inscription: 
    (On pedestal:) Karl Gerhardt, Sculptor (On pedestal:) Cast by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Co./New York/1891 (Base front:) IN HONONR OF/GENERAL GEORGE JERRISON STANNARD/WHOSE MORTAL PART RESTS BENEATH THIS STONE./BORN IN GEORGIA, VT. OCT 20, 1820./DIED AT WASHINGTON.D.C., JUNE 1, 1886./VOLUNTEERED FOR THE WAR APRIL 14, 1861. LT. COL. 2. VT./VOLS. JUNE 6, 1861. COL. 9 VT. VOLS. MAY 21, 1862; BRIG. GEN./OF VOLS. MARCH 11, 1863; BVT. MAJ. GEN. VOLS. OCT. 24, 1864./MUSTERED OUT JUNE 28, 1866./AT GETTYSBURG, JULY 3, 1863, COMMANDING THE SECOND/VERMONT BRIGADE IN THE CRISIS OF THE BATTLE, HE MADE/THE FLANK ATTACK WHICH DECIDED THE FATE OF PICKETTS/CHARGE AND CHANGED A DOUBTFUL STRUGGLE INTO VICTORY./AT COLD HARBOR, JUNE 3, 1864, HE COMMANDED THE FIRST BRIGADE SECOND DIVISION EIGHTEENTH CORPS. AND WAS/TWICE WOUNDED SEPTEMBER 29 1864 COMMANDING THE/FIRST DIVISION EIGHTEENTH CORPS HE STORMED FORT/HARRISON IN FRONT OF RICHMOND, AND HELD THE WORK/AGAINST THE ENEMY'S UTMOST EFFORTS TO RETAKE IT THE/FOLLOWING DAY LOSING HIS ARM./IN THESE AND OTHER BATTLES HE DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF/BY HIS COOL COURAGE CLEAR INSIGHT AND GENIUS OF COMMAND./GALLANT TRUTHFUL UNSELFISH PATRIOTIC. HIS FAME IS CHER-/ISHED AS A PRICELESS INHERITANCE BY HIS COMRADES AND/FELLOW CITIZENS WHO HAVE JOINED THE STATE OF VERMONT/IN ERECTING THIS MEMORIAL./SLEEP SOLDIER SLEEP. THY BATTLES ALL ARE O'ER. (Back of base:) EMILY JANE CLARK/WIFE OF/GEORGE J. STANNARD/MAY 12, 1828-JUNE 20, 1902/JEDDIE 1857-1883/CHARLES C. MILLER/1858-1906/1854 ETTIE 1925 (Lower base front:) STANNARD
    Description: 
    Standing portrait of General Stannard. His proper left hand is holding a hat and a sword. On his proper right side is an empty sleeve below the elbow tucked in to the front of his uniform. He is wearing a military uniform with knee length boots. He has a beard and a moustache.
    Subject: 
    Portrait male -- Stannard, George Jerrison -- Full length
    History -- United States -- Civil War
    Occupation -- Military -- General
    Object -- Weapon -- Sword
    Dress -- Accessory -- Hat
    Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
    Object Type: 
    Gravestone
    Outdoor Sculpture -- Vermont -- Burlington
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    City of Burlington, Lakeview Cemetery, 455 North Avenue, Back of Cemetery, near the lake, Burlington, Vermont 05401
    References: 
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, Vermont survey 1992.
    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 VT000068
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