Administered by Tidioute Cemetery Association Second Street Tidioute Pennsylvania 16351
Located Tidioute Cemetery 3rd Street Tidioute Pennsylvania 16351
Date:
Dedicated May 1885
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
Image on file.
MONUMENTAL BRONZE CO. BRIDGEPORT CT (On front of base:) ERECTED A.D./1885/UNDER THE AUSPICES/OF/COL. GEO. A./COBHAM POST 311/GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC/COL. AND BREVET BRIG. GEN. GEO. A. COBHAM/11TH P.V./KILLED WHILE GALLANTLY/LEADING HIS REGIMENT AT/PEACH TREE CREEK, GEORGIA/JULY 20TH, 1864 (On back of base:) DEDICATED/TO ALL THE BRAVE/DEFENDERS OF THE UNION,/1861-65,/FROM TIDIOUTE AND/VICINITY./"OH! IF THERE BE ON THIS/EARTHLY SPHERE/A BOON, AN OFFERING HEAVEN HOLD DEAR,/TIS THE LAST LIBATION LIBERTY/DRAWS/FROM THE HEART THAT BLEEDS/AND BREAKS IN HER CAUSE." (On east side of base:) 111TH PENNSYLVANIA/(list of names) (On west side of base:) 145TH PENNSYLVANIA/COMPANY/(list of names) Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing figure of a Civil War soldier holding his rifle in front of him is installed atop a square base adorned with reliefs of crossed flags and garlands.
