Civil War Soldier - Danville, IL - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. 7 x 6 x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 10 x 8 x 8 ft.; Circular platform: approx. H. 3 ft. Diam. 30 ft.
Inscription: (Lower corner of statue:) Clark Noble, Sc/Gorham Co. Founders, NY (Base front:) IN/MEMORY/OF/THE MEN/WHO OFFERED/THEIR LIVES/IN DEFENSE/OF/THEIR COUNTRY signed Founder's mark appears.

There is a nice entry on the Danville National Cemetery at (visit link)
"The National Cemetery dates from 1898 when the Danville Branch opened. The cemetery was originally a small plot to the east of the two circles on campus. In 1901, a new cemetery was laid out in concentric circles on 30 acres to the southeast of the original cemetery. Ninety-nine graves from the first cemetery were moved and reinterred in the new cemetery. The cemetery now contains thousands of veterans' graves. A Civil War Soldiers Monument, designed by sculptor Clark Nobel, was dedicated at the cemetery on Memorial Day in 1917. Clark Nobel sculpted the bronze life-sized figure of a Civil War soldier holding a musket."

Sculptor Clark Noble has numerous entries in the Smithsonian database including Civil War monuments at Antietam and Gettysburg.

Getting to the cemetery and the monument requires some careful driving through the VA grounds and paying attention to the signs. There is a tablet with Lincoln's Gettysburg address at the entrance to the cemetery.

TITLE: Civil War Soldier ARTIST(S): Noble, W. Clark, 1858-1938, sculptor. Gorham Manufacturing Company, founder. DATE: none, but s/b Dedicated May 30, 1917 (Memorial Day) MEDIUM: Bronze on a granite base CONTROL NUMBER: IAS IL000162 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 1900 East Main Street, National Cemetery, Danville, Illinois 61832 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: NOTE: This monument has a duplicate entry entitled Soldiers Monument in the Smithsonian database at http://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?session=1N76C9428564N.12647&profile=ariall&source=~!siartinventories&view=subscriptionsummary&uri=full=3100001~!375892~!53&ri=6&aspect=Keyword&menu=search&ipp=20&spp=20&staffonly=&term=danville&index=.GW& This entry does have the dedication date. The duplicate entries should be consolidated.

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