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New York 12th Corps Monument, Craven's Reservation, (sculpture). Artist:  Ames Manufacturing Company, founder. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. Title:  New York 12th Corps Monument, Craven's Reservation, (sculpture). Dates:  Dedicated 1899. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: gray granite from Vermont, bronze tablets. Dimensions:  Sculpture: overall approx. H. 65 ft.; Base: approx. 3 x 19 x 19 ft. Inscription:  (Bronze tablets on base:) GORHAM MEL FOUNDERS 1898 Founder's mark appears. Description:  A figure of a Union soldier stands and holds a flag which is furled over proper left shoulder. He holds the flag with his proper left hand. His proper right is down by his side and holds a sword angled diagonally downward. His proper left leg is slightly bent and slightly forward. He wears a military uniform and cap. Subject:  History -- United States -- Civil War Figure male -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Soldier Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Other -- Flag Object -- Weapon -- Sword Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Tennessee -- Chattanooga 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, Craven's Reservation, Lookout Mountain, Chattanooga, Tennessee Remarks:  The sculpture cost $14,500. The bronze tablets were furnished by the Gorham Manufacturing Company. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee 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 TN000331   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture TN000331 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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