Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Gettysburg National Military Park 97 Taneytown Road Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Located Gettysburg National Military Park West Confederate Avenue Gettysburg Pennsylvania 17325
Date:
Commissioned March 9, 1908. Cast 1912. Installed 1913. Dedicated June 8, 1917
Notes:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania survey, 1995.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA2080, 1989.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA5139, 1989.
Gettysburg Battlefield.
Monumental News, Jan., March, 1910.
Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 33.
Image on file.
Monumental News, Jan., March, 1910.
Dupre, Judith, "Monuments: America's History in Art and Memory," New York, NY: Random House, Inc., 2007, pg. 33.
F. Wm Sievers Sculptor 1912 / CAST BY TIFFANY STUDIOS N.Y. (On front of base:) VIRGINIA TO HER SONS AT GETTYSBURG signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
An equestrian portrait of General Robert E. Lee on his horse Traveler stands atop a rectangular granite monument. General Lee holds the horse's reins in his proper left hand and his hat in his proper right hand. The base of the granite monument is adorned on the front with a large bronze figure group depicting Virginia troops. The central figure is an equestrian soldier holding a Confederate flag. To the left of him are two soldiers with rifles and one soldier aiming a pistol. To the right of him is a soldier swinging a bayonet, a soldier about to aim his rifle, and a soldier blowing a bugle.
