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Sculptor:
Kitson, Theo Alice Ruggles 1871-1932  Search this
Founder:
Roman Bronze Works  Search this
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: stone
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Wallkill Valley Cemetery Association Boulevard Walden New York 12586
Located Wallkill Valley Cemetery Montgomery New York
Date:
1901-1904
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York survey, 1994.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NY0260, 1989.
Monumental News, July 1905, pg. 490.
Image on file.
(On plaque on base:) THE TRIBUTE OF/THOMAS W. BRADLEY BREVET MAJOR U.S.V./TO HIS COMRADES OF/COMPANY H,/ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOURTH/REGIMENT/NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,/"ORANGE BLOSSOMS"/PIATT'S BRIGADE, WHIPPLE'S DIVISION, THIRD ARMY CORPS./WARD'S BRIGADE, BIRNEY'S DIVISION, THIRD ARMY CORPS./WARD'S BRIGADE, BIRNEY'S DIVISION, SECOND ARMY CORPS./DETROBRIAND'S BRIGADE, MOTT'S DIVISION, SECOND ARMY CORPS./ARMY OF THE POTOMAC./THIS COMPANY, RECRUITED AT WALDEN BY CAPTAIN DAVID CRIST,/LIEUTENANT HENRY GOWDY AND LIEUTENANT JOHN R. HAYS, MUSTERED INTO THE UNITED STATES SERVICE AT GOSHEN,/SEPTEMBER 5TH 1862, MUSTERED OUT NEAR WASHINGTON,/JUNE 3RD 1865, WENT TO THE SEAT OF WAR EIGHTY TWO STRONG./RECAPITULATION/COMMISSIONED OFFICERS 3. WAGONER 1./MUSICIANS 3. RIFLES 75./TOTAL 82./CASUALTIES: WOUNDED 52. WOUNDED AND CAPTURED 9./CASUALTIES: KILLED 10. DIED IN CAPTIVITY 4./DIED OF WOUNDS 12. DIED OF DISEASE 4./DISCHARGED FOR WOUNDS 13. DISCHARGED: DISABILITY 18./MUSTERED OUT WITH REGIMENT 25.
(On plaque on base:) SERVICE DEATH RECORD./FIELD AND STAFF, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOURTH REGIMENT/COLONEL A. VAN HORNE ELLIS./MAJOR JAMES CROMWELL./COMPANY H, ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY FOURTH REGIMENT/(followed by 27 names)/BATTLE RECORD/MANASSAS GAP. FREDERICKSBURG./CHANCELLORSVILLE. BEVERLY FORD./GETTYSBURG. WAPPING HEIGHTS./AUBURN. KELLY'S FORD./LOCUST GROVE. MINE RUN./WILDERNESS. PO RIVER./SPOTTSYLVANIA. FREDERICKSBURG ROAD./NY RIVER. CHESTERFIELD BRIDGE./NORTH ANNA. TOTOPOTOMOY./COLD HARBOR. ASSAULT OF PETERSBURG./STRAWBERRY PLAINS. PETERSBURG MINE EXPLOSION./DEEP BOTTOM. POPLAR SPRING CHURCH./SIEGE OF PETERSBURG. BOYDTON ROAD./WELDON RAID. WATKIN'S HOUSE./HATCHER'S RUN. SECOND BOYDTON ROAD./FALL OF PETERSBURG. FARMVILLE./SAILOR'S CREEK. DEATONSVILLE ROAD./APPOMATTOX SURRENDER. unsigned
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a Civil War soldier. He is dressed in uniform and wears a cap. His rifle rests on his proper right shoulder. He is striding forward. His proper left arm is bent to hold his pack against his proper left hip. He gazes off to the proper left. The bronze sculpture stands atop a rough-hewn stone base which ends in a single step.
Topic:
History--United States--Civil War  Search this
Figure male--Full length  Search this
Occupation--Military--Soldier  Search this
Dress--Uniform--Military Uniform  Search this
Control number:
IAS NY001468
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_341501