General Devens Memorial - Worcester, MA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Charles Devens was a lawyer, Massachusetts State Senator and general in the Union Army. When the war started he was a major in the 3rd Battalion of Massachusetts Rifles. He was appointed colonel of the 15th Massachusetts Infantry in July 1861 and brigadier general of volunteers in April 1862.

General Devens fought in the Battles of Ball's Bluff, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Cold Harbor, and the Siege of Petersburg. He was wounded in battle at Ball's Bluff and again at at Chancellorsville.

A 25' high bronze equestrian statue of General Devens rests on a 15' by 9.75' granite base. The statue was created by Edward Clark Potter and Daniel Chester French. General Devens sits upon a horse that has all four feet planted. He is wearing a coat over a Union army uniform. His right arm is straight down and he is holding a hat. His left hand is holding the horses reins. The statue was dedicated on July 4, 1906.

The front of the base is inscribed:

TO
GENERAL DEVENS
AND THE
MEN OF WORCESTER COUNTY
IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION
1861-1865

On right side of base: names of towns and number of war dead.

On back of base

CHARLES DEVENS
SOLDIER.ORATOR.JURIST
1820-1891
MAJOR THIRD BATTALION MASSACHUSETTS RIFLES
APRIL 1861
COLONEL FIFTEENTH REGIMENT MASS.VOL.INFANTRY
JULY 1861
BRIGADIER GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS
APRIL 1862
BREVET MAJOR GEN - UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS
APRIL 1865
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPERIOR COURT OF MASS
APRIL 1867
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE SUPREME COURT OF MASS
APRIL 1867
ASSOCIATED JUSTICE SUPREME COURT OF MASS
OCTOBER 1873
ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES
MARCH 1877
ASSOCIATED JUSTICE SUPREME COURT OF MASS
1881-1891

On left side of base

MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEERS
THE FIFTEENTH TWENTY-FIRST TWENTY-FIFTH
THIRTY-FOURTH THIRTY-SIXTH FIFTY-FIRST
FIFTY THIRD AND FIFTY SEVENTH REGIMENTS
COMPANIES E F AND K IN FORTY SECOND REGIMENT
COMPANIES D E F AND H IN FOURTH REGIMENT
COMPANY F IN FIRST BATTALION HEAVY ARTILLERY
MASSACHUSETTS VOLUNTEER MILITIA
THIRD BATTALION RIFLES COMPANY B WORCESTER LIGHT
INFANTRY IN SIXTH REGIMENT TENTH UNATTACHED COMPANY.

TITLE: General Devens Memorial ARTIST(S): Edward Clark Potter and Daniel Chester French, sculptors; Robert Andrews, carver; Webb Granite Company, contractor DATE: July 4, 1906 MEDIUM: bronze with granite base CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 87630003 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Worcester County Court House Main & Highland Streets Worcester, MA DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: He is holding the horses reins in his left hand.

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