Knox County Commissioners North Seventh Street & Broadway Street, Knox County Courthouse Vincennes Indiana 47591
Located Knox County Courthouse North Seventh Street & Broadway Street Vincennes Indiana 47591
Date:
Ca. 1913. Dedicated October 8, 1914
Notes:
Salmon, Thomas W., II, 1990.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Image on file.
(On lower front of shaft:) IN GRATEFUL REMEM-/BRANCE OF THE SERVICES/AND SACRIFICES OF OUR/SOLDIERS IN THE WAR OF/THE UNION, WE, THE PEOPLE/OF KNOX COUNTY HAVE ERECTED THIS MONUMENT (On front of building:) SHILOH 1861 WILDERNESS/INDIANA (On right side of building:) GETTYSBURG 1865 ANTIETAM (On back of building:) MOBILE BAY 1861 PERRYVILLE (On left side of building:) VICKSBURG 1865 ATLANTA
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Summary:
A bronze figure of a standard bearer holding a flag in his proper left hand stands atop a stall shaft which tops a small building. On each corner of the building stands a bronze figure of a Civil War serviceman. The figures represent a sailor, an infantryman, an artillery man, and a cavalryman.
