Cass County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Cass County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Powell, Schuyler, sculptor.

Cass County Soldiers and Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1887.

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Sculpture: limestone; Base: limestone.

Sculpture: approx. 12 x 6 x 4 1/2 ft.; Each base figure: approx. 6 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. H. 78 ft. x Diam. 33 ft.

(On west side of base:) Schuyler Powell Designer and Builder (On upper base:) (North side:) THEIR SERVICE WAS A SERVICE OF INTELLI/GENCE AND LOVE OF COUNTRY. IT WAS NO/MERE HIRELING SERVICE/GRANT/OUR NATIONS DEFENDERS/THEY FREELY OFFERED UP THEIR LIVES THAT/THE NATION UNDER GOD MIGHT HAVE A NEW/BIRTH OF FREEDOM AND THAT THE GOVERNMENT/OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE PEOPLE AND BY THE PEOPLE/SHOULD NOT PERISH FROM OFF THE EARTH/LINCOLN (West side:) WHOSE MONUMENTS RISE IN NO TEMPLE OF FAME/WHOSE DEEDS NEITHER HERALD/NOR TRUMPET PROCLAIM/SHERWOOD/OUR LOYAL WOMEN/OH BRAVE WOMEN HEROES YOUR FAITH AND/YOUR PRIDE HAVE URGED TO THE CONQUEST/HAVE CHEERED THOSE WHO DIED/SHERWOOD

(On upper base:) (East side:) FROM THESE HONORED DEAD WE TAKE INCREASED/DEVOTION TO THE CAUSE FOR WHICH THEY GAVE/THE BEST FULL MEASURE OF DEVOTION/LINCOLN/OUR DEAD HEROES/THE VOICES OF THEIR DEAD WILL FOREVER FILL THE/LAND LIKE HOLY BENEDICTIONS/GARFIELD (South side:) THEIR BONES ARE ON THE NORTHERN HILLS/AND ON THE SOUTHERN PLAIN/BY BROOK AND RIVER MOUND AND HILL/AND IN THE BOUNDING MAIN/OUR UNKNOWN/DEAD./THEY DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY AND THUS MADE IMMORTAL THEIR PATRIOTISM AND THEIR VIRTUE/GARFIELD (On projections and each side of lower base:) (Names of Cass County dead from Civil War and previous wars) signed

At the top of a tall column a Civil War color bearer stands holding a furled flag with his proper left hand. Around the column at the top is a border of stars, a shield, and an eagle. The middle part of the column is encircled by four acanthus leaf wreaths. The column is mounted on a two-tiered square base from which four large blocks project diagonally at each corner. Atop each block stands a male figure representing a branch of the service: Artillery on the northeast; Cavalry on the southeast; Infantry on the southwest; and Navy on the northwest. A low iron fence encircles the monument.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Animal -- Bird -- Eagle

Outdoor Sculpture -- Indiana -- Logansport

Administered by Cass County, 1800 Grant Street, Logansport, Indiana 46947

Located Mt. Hope Cemetery, 1800 Grant Street, Logansport, Indiana

For related reading see "Where Two Rivers Meet: A View of the Past," Cass County Historical Society, 1978.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.

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