Emmanuel United Methodist Church Martinsburg Pike Stephenson Virginia 22656
Date:
Dedicated Dec. 4, 1920
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
Image on file.
P. Bryant Baker (On front of base below plaque:) "I REGARD THIS AS THE/THERMOPYLAE OF MY CAMPAIGN/GEN. R. E. LEE (Around border of relief bust:) Richard Snowden Andrews, Lieut. Col. (On left side of bronze plaque:) Stephen's Depot June 15, 1863 Andrews Artillery Battalion/1st Maryland Battery (followed by thirteen names) (On right side of bronze plaque are listed eleven names.) signed
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Summary:
Bronze bas-relief plaque depicting the Confederate defense of Stephenson's Depot bridge. On the left is an officer on horseback. In front of him, to the right, are several cannon on large wheels. Soldiers, some standing, some fallen, are in the foreground of the scene. At the bottom of the plaque is a bas-relief portrait bust of Lieutenant Colonel Richard Snowden Andrews. The plaque is inset in a granite boulder.
