Iowa Monument, Sherman Reservation, (sculpture)

Object Details

Notes

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, TN5018, 1989.

Monumental News, March 1903, pg. 174.

Summary

A figure of a Union soldier standing and holding a flag in both hands at his proper left side. Both legs are straight, with his proper right foot slightly forward. He wears a military uniform which includes a thigh-length jacket and a cap. The soldier stands atop a tall rectangular shaft on an octaganal base with five steps.

Data Source

Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums

Date

Installed 1903. Dedicated Nov. 19, 1906

Control number

IAS TN000334

fabricator

Van Amringe Granite Company

Type

Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture

Sculptures

Medium

Grey granite on a grey granite base

Owner/Location

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 Sherman Reservation, Missionary Ridge Chattanooga Tennessee

Topic

Figure male--Full length

History--United States--Civil War

Occupation--Military--Soldier

Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform

Object--Other--Flag

Record ID

siris_ari_312617

Usage

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