Samuel Hammond Monument - Augusta, Georgia
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N 33° 28.420 W 081° 58.040
17S E 410120 N 3704218
This bust of Samuel Hammond can be found on the traffic median strip around the 800 block of Greene Street in Augusta.
Waymark Code: WMKR73
Location: Georgia, United States
Date Posted: 05/20/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member silverquill
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From the Smithsonian AIC Description:
Bust of Samuel Hammond, officer from the American Revolution, set atop rough hewn granite stele, with bronze plaque on front describing his military and political career. Hammond is portrayed in a military uniform with his hair gathered together and tied with a bow in the back.
From the Smithsonian AIC Remarks:
The monument to Revolutionary officer and statesman, Samuel Hammond (1757-1842), was placed by the Augusta Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution as the filial tribute of his grandson, Hugh Vernon Washington.

The text on the base reads:

SAMUEL HAMMOND,

BORN IN RICHMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA, SEPT. 1757,
DIED AT VARELLO, NEAR AUGUSTA, SEPT. 1842

PATRIOT, SOLDIER, STATESMAN

CAPTAIN OF MINUTE-MEN AT GREAT KANAHWA 1774
LONG BRIDGE, NORFOLK 1775
AID TO GENERAL HAND AT PITTSBURGH 1776
COLONEL OF CAVALRY UNDER WASHINGTON 1779

WITH GENERAL GREENE IN EVERY IMPORTANT
ENGAGEMENT THROUGH VIRGINIA,
THE CAROLINAS AND GEORGIA: ON THE FRONT
LINE AT EUTAW, COWPENS AND KINGS MOUNTAIN.
AT THE SIEGE OF CHARLESTON,
SAVANNAH AND AUGUSTA
MEMBER OF CONGRESS FROM GEORGIA, 1802
APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON IN 1805
TO THE COMMAND OF UPPER LOUISIANA,
FIRST TERRITORIAL GOVERNOR OF MISSOURI.
SECRETARY OF STATE IN SOUTH CAROLINA, 1831.

HE GAVE 60 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE
TO THE CAUSE OF AMERICA.

THIS MEMORIAL IN HIS HONOR, PLACED
BY THE AUGUSTA CHAPTER DAUGHTERS
OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION,
AS THE FILIAL TRIBUTE OF HIS GRANDSON,

HUGH VERNON WASHINGTON.

TITLE: Samuel Hammond Monument

ARTIST(S): sculptor : Unknown

DATE: none

MEDIUM: Bust and plaque: bronze; Stele and base: granite

CONTROL NUMBER: IAS GA000044

Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]

PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Traffic Median Strip 800 block of Greene Street Augusta, Georgia 30901

DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Error in transcription of text from the base: Date 1776 should be 1775 Date 1778 should be 1779 Punctuation errors also noted {period should be semi-colon, missing periods
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