Administrated by Virginia Commonwealth University Physical Plant 824 Park Avenue, P. O. Box 843011 Richmond Virginia 23284
Date:
Cast 1892. Dedicated Dec. 13, 1892. Removed June 16, 2020
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985.
Commonwealth of Virginia, Virginia Landmarks Commission, 1974.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Virginia survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, VA0041, 1989.
Monumental News, June 1894, pg. 287.
Image on file.
Monumental News, June 1894, pg. 287.
(On bronze base of sculpture, south side:) DESIGNED BY WM. L. SHEPPARD/C. BUBERL.SCULPTOR (On bronze base of sculpture, west side:) HENRY BONNARD BRONZE CO. NEW YORK 1892 (On front of base:) TO COMMEMORATE/THE DEEDS AND SERVICES/OF/THE RICHMOND HOWITZERS/OF THE PERIOD/1861-1865 (On south side of granite base, on bronze emblem of the Richmond Howitzers:) 1859/CITA MORS AUT VICTORIA LAETA/W.L. SHEPPARD FECIT (On north side of granite base, on bronze emblem of the Confederacy:) FROM BETHEL TO APPOMATTOX/W.L. SHEPPARD FECIT signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A standing figure of a Civil War artillery soldier holding a cannon tamper in his proper right hand and his hat in his proper left hand. By his feet is a shattered artillery shell. The sculpture is mounted on top of a square granite base that is adorned with two circular bronze emblems. The emblem of the Richmond Howitzers, on the south side of the base, depicts two crossed cannon barrels encircled by a laurel wreath. The emblem of the Confederacy, on the north side of the base, depicts a shield crossed with two rows of stars and encircled by a laurel wreath.
