Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Utica, NY - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Large memorial located in Oneida Square near the center of downtown Utica. It is at the intersection of State, Genesee and Plant Streets.

The monument is inscribed simply:

We Keep In Memory
The Men Of Utica
Who Risked Their Lives
To Save The Union

The dates 1861 and 1865 are raised on opposite sides of the base.

The uppermost ring features the phrase, "One flag, one land, one heart, one hand, one nation, evermore." which is a quote from Ship of State, by Oliver Wendell Holmes.

from the Smithsonian entry:

"The monument consists of a central granite column that is topped by a heroic bronze female figure representing Utica. The column is adorned around the base with two bronze female figures representing Peace and Victory and two bronze male figures representing the Navy and the Army. Encircling the middle of the column is a bronze relief depicting scenes of volunteers leaving home to join the war, soldiers in battle, and soldiers returning home from the war."

Of note is that Utica is pointing south towards the battlefields of the War.

The north facing has the inscription:

"From Sumter by land and sea to Appomattox."

indicating the beginning and end of the Civil War.

TITLE: Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument ARTIST(S): George W. Keller DATE: Commissioned Nov. 1887. Cast 1891. Dedicated Oct. 13, 1891 MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 76004642 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: At the intersection of State, Genesee and Plant Streets in downtown Utica. DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Utica hand points south towards the Civil War Battlefields.

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