Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument ~ Princeton, IN - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

County of statue: Gibson County
Locatio of statue: Corner of IN 64 & IN 65 (Main St. & Broadway St.), courthouse lawn, Princeton
Artist: Rudolf Schwarz, 1866-1912, sculptor
Contractor: Clark Brothers

Monument text:
(Front Shaft)

RESACCA
GETTYSBURG
CHICKAMAUGA (Front Shaft- band):MARCH TO THE SEA (Front Base): ERECTED 1912
By the Citizens of
GIBSON COUNTY, INDIANA
In honor of the Valor
and Patriotism of the
Soldiers and Sailors
who enlisted from
Gibson County in the Civil War of
1861 to 1865
A Tribute to the Memory of
the 500 who gave
the Full Measure of Devotion
to their Country. (Proper Left Side Shaft): ANTIETAM
FRANKLIN
KENNESAW MT.
FREDRICKSBURG (Proper Left side Base): "ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND, THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD."

(Proper Right Suide Shaft): SHILOH/PERRYVILLE
VICKSBURG
NASHVILLE (Proper Right Side Base): "IT IS RATHER FOR US, THE LIVING, THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN -- THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM -- AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH."
(Gettysburgh Address) ~ A. Lincoln

(Proper Rear Shaft): BENTONVILLE
ATLANTA
MISSION RIDGE
STONE RIVER (Rear Base): Board of County Commissioners
Joseph F. Yoeher
Gerhard C. Frohbierer
Geroge A. Knowles
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Soldiers Monument Committee
David W. Smith, chairman
Hoseph K. McCary
Joseph Moore
William W. Blair
James W. Lewis, secretary

Proper Description:
"Full-length figure of a Civil War flagbearer stands atop a tall granite shaft. He wears a uniform and hat and holds the flagpole in his proper left hand. The shaft is red-chocolate Montello granite and is punctuated by three narrow bands. Standing around the four corners of the base of the red granite shaft are four full-length bronze figures representing the infantry, the cavalry, the artillery and the navy. Each figure is dressed in the respective Civil War uniform. The shaft ends in a multi-stepped base of grey Barre granite." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Remarks: The monument was funded by the Gibson County Council, which appropriated $25,000 for the project. The shaft was fabricated in Montello, WI. The base was fabricated in Barre, Vermont. The ramrod held by the figure of the artilleryman was stolen and replaced. It has since been stolen again. There is a discrepancy in the dedication date: SOS! survey indicates dedication date of 1919; base inscription and Stormont text indicate dedication date of 1912. " ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

TITLE: Gibson County Soldiers and Sailors Monument ARTIST(S): Rudolf Schwarz DATE: 1911-1912. Dedicated Nov. 12, 1912 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: gray Barre granite, red-chocolate Montello granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS IN001055 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 101 Main St., courthouse lawn Princeton, IN 47670 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The listing is in doubt whether it was dedicated in 1912 or 1919, it says 1912 on the monument

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