Sculpture: bronze; Base: limestone and Barre granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Randolph County Commissioners Randolph County Courthouse Winchester Indiana 47394
Located Randolph County Courthouse Square Winchester Indiana 47394
Date:
Installed 1889-1890. Dedicated July 21, 1892
Notes:
Salmon, Thomas W., II, 1991.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, IN5020, 1989.
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Indiana survey, 1993.
Monumental News, Oct. 1889, pg. 194.
Image on file.
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Summary:
A soldier holding a flag in his proper left hand stands atop an elaborate column. At the base of the column is a granite ashlar through which cannons protrude. Above this is a square element with turrets at each corner, in front of which stand bronze figures --an infantryman, a sailor, an artilleryman, and a cavalryman. At the bottom of the column is a bronze relief depicting the Battle of the Wilderness. Above the relief is a section of granite with twelve small Corinthian columns. The top portion of the central column is composed of rusticated granite.
