Sculpture: cast bronze; Base: gray granite from Vermont, bronze tablets
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Administered by Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park P. O. Box 2128 Ft. Oglethorpe Georgia 30742
Located Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park Craven's Reservation, Lookout Mountain Chattanooga Tennessee
Date:
Dedicated 1899
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992.
Image on file.
(Bronze tablets on base:) GORHAM MEL FOUNDERS 1898 Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
A figure of a Union soldier stands and holds a flag which is furled over proper left shoulder. He holds the flag with his proper left hand. His proper right is down by his side and holds a sword angled diagonally downward. His proper left leg is slightly bent and slightly forward. He wears a military uniform and cap.
