Sculpture: white granite; Base: dark Quincy granite
Type:
Sculptures-Outdoor Sculpture
Sculptures
Owner/Location:
Administered by Town of Milton P. O. Box 180 Milton New Hampshire 03851
Located American Legion Hall Main Street Milton New Hampshire
Date:
Dedicated Nov. 7, 1908
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, NH0010, 1989.
Monumental News, Aug. 1908, pg. 594.
Image on file.
(On front of base:) ELI WENTWORTH/POST No 89/G.A.R./1861-1865 (On back of base:) TWENTY SEVEN/UNKNOWN GRAVES/MILTON 1908 (On proper left side of base:) WOMEN'S RELIEF CORPS/No 47. (On proper right side of base:) JOHN H. VARNEY/CAMP No 3./S. OF V. (In incised wreath on each side of base:) M unsigned
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a Union soldier. He wears a uniform, cap and coat. The cape of his coat is thrown over his proper right shoulder. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground in front of him. The granite sculpture stands on top of a tall, stepped granite base. The front face of the die has bas-relief crossed flags.
