General Albert Sidney Johnston, Austin , TX
N 30° 17.081 W 097° 44.388
14R E 621199 N 3351003
General Albert Sidney Johnston statue at the University of Texas, Austin.
Waymark Code: WM3WWY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/27/2008
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Full-length standing portrait of General Albert Sidney Johnston, turning slightly to his proper right. The Civil War hero wears a long uniform double-breasted coat with belt, boots and gauntlet gloves. He holds a hat in his proper right hand; and his proper left hand rests on a sword which hangs from his belt. He has a moustache and beard. He stands atop a stepped granite base.¹
The inscription on the granite base: ALBERT SIDNEY JOHNSTON /1803 1862/SECRETARY OF WAR/OF THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS/BRIGADIER GENERAL/IN THE UNITED STATES ARMY/GENERAL IN THE/CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY/COMMANDER OF THE ARMY/OF THE MISSISSIPPI.
¹http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=12119D3E8286M.1973&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!21830~!20&ri=3&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=Outdoor+Sculpture+--+Texas+--+Austin&index=&uindex=&aspect=Browse&menu=search&ri=3#focus