Administered by City of Newburyport Newburyport Massachusetts
Located Atkinson Common High Street & Moseley Avenue Newburyport Massachusetts 01950
Date:
Copyrighted 1901. Cast 1902. Dedicated July 4, 1902
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Historical Society of Old Newbury, 1977.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MA5049, 1989.
Carlock, Marty, "A Guide to Public Art in Greater Boston," Boston: Harvard Common Press, 1988.
Monument News, August 1913, pg. 555.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Currier, John J., "The History of Newburyport Massachusetts 1764-1905, Somersworth, NH: New Hampshire Publishing Co., 1977, pg. 220.
(On proper right side of bronze base:) THEO A. RUGGLES-KITSON/sculptor/COPYWRITTEN 1901 (On rear of bronze base:) The Henry-Bonnard Bronze co./Founders, N.Y. 1902 (On front of boulder, in raised bronze numbers:) '61-'65 signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A bronze figure of a Civil War soldier returning from the war is mounted on a large stone boulder. The soldier carries his rifle over his proper right shoulder and hooks his proper left thumb on his belt. As he walks, he steps over a branch of Southern Pine. A canteen and a small kit bag are slung over his proper left hip.
