Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Federal) - Chickamauga National Battlefield - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier striking a death blow with his sword. His right hand reaches across his chest to grasp the sword from a sheath that he holds with his left hand. The sword is now missing. The soldier is in uniform and wears a hat and boots and has a mustache. He stands with his proper left foot forward. The sculpture is set upon a castellated pedestal, mounted upon a two-tiered, stepped, rough-cut base.

Inscription:
Raised US emblem

In commemoration of the
heroism of her sons,
September 19" - 20," 1863
TENNESSEE
ERECTS THIS MONUMENT
CAVALRY

Rear of pedestal:

1ST REGIMENT LT. COL. JAMES P. BROWNLOW
1ST BRIGADE, COL. DANIEL M. RAY,
FIRST DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS.
2ND REGIMENT. LT. COL. WILLIAM R. COOK.
SECOND BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, CAVALRY CORPS

TITLE: Tennessee Cavalry Monument (Federal) ARTIST(S): Royal Foundry, founder. - Muldoon Monument Company, contractor. DATE: 1895. Pedestal replaced 1906. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Pedestal: granite; Base: granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000696 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: on Genn-Viniard / Vittetoe Chickamauga Road near driving tour stop 6, Chickamauga National Battlefield Park. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Both the sword and the sheath are now missing. -- the sheath is still there. SRIS notes that the Inscription says (Bottom right corner of monument, proper left side:) Miller Munchen. Is Miller Munchen the artist?? The Raised emblem says US, not CSA.

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