Tennessee sandstone with bronze plaque on a sandstone base with a bronze plaque
Type:
Sculptures-Relief
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
University of the South University Relations University & Texas Avenues Sewanee Tennessee 37375
Date:
Dedicated May 16, 1940
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Summary:
A rectangular monument made of blocks of sandstone and resting on a circular sandstone base with a semi-circular seating area in back. On the monument is an oval shaped bronze plaque with a relief portrait of Edmund Kirby-Smith, who was a Confederate general during the Civil War. Kirby-Smith faces front and wears a uniform and full beard.
