Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Jackson, MI
N 42° 14.855 W 084° 24.876
16T E 713291 N 4680502
Civil War Monument located in Withington Park in Jackson, Michigan.
Waymark Code: WM164V8
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 05/06/2022
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The Smithsonian Art Inventory describes the monument as "Central standing male figure holding a flag while two other males kneel on either side of him." The bronze sculpture is the work of
Lorado Taft.
The approximately seven foot monument sits atop a concrete base adding another five feet. The soldier on the left seems older than the other two carrying his rifle at the ready. The man in the middle holds a very large flag at the carry while the man on the right seems to be clutching a chest wound.
Inscription:
TO THE SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF
JACKSON COUNTY
WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICES, AND MANY THEIR LIVES
TO THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR FOR THE UNTION
1861-1865
ERECTED AS A TRIBUTE OF LOVE AND ADMIRATION
BY ONE OF THEIR COMPANIONS-IN-ARMS
MAY 30 1903