General James B. Steedman - Toledo, OH - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

James Blair Steedman (July 29, 1817 – October 18, 1883) was an American printer, contractor and lawyer who rose to the rank of general in the Union Army during the Civil War. A printer by trade, as well as a soldier during the Texas War of Independence, Steedman returned to Ohio and later became a delegate in the state's General Assembly as well as President of Public Works, although he lost his campaign to become a U.S. Congressman.

Col. Steedman raised a ninety-day regiment that participated in the early fighting at Battle of Philippi in western Virginia in June 1861. Posted to the Western theater and promoted to brigadier general under Major General Don Carlos Buell, Steedman was credited with saving a whole division from being routed at the Battle of Perryville (Kentucky). At the desperate Battle of Chickamauga (Georgia), he lent valuable support to General George Thomas, and won praise for saving the remaining Union forces after their defeat. He reunited with Thomas at Nashville (December 1864), taking heavy losses at first, but played a big part in the dramatic victory that ended the war in the west.-James B. Steedman

The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System describes the sculpture as:
Standing figure of Civil War General James B. Steedman. He holds a pair of field glasses in his proper right hand. The case hangs from his proper right shoulder. His proper left hand rests on a sword on his left hip. He is wearing a uniform and a brimmed hat on his head. The figure is set on a 20 ft. marble pedestal on a low concrete base. In addition to the figure and pedestal, the monument also includes a drinking fountain and liberty pole.-Smithsonian

TITLE: General James B. Steedman ARTIST(S): Alexander Doyle DATE: 5/26/1887 MEDIUM: Bronze on a Vermont marble base on a second concrete base. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS OH000021 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Jamie Farr Park 2140 N Summit St Toledo, OH 43611 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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