Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Elyria, Ohio
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BruceS
N 41° 22.039 W 082° 06.444
17T E 407384 N 4580125
Civil War memorial in Ely Square in downtown Elyria, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM4MMK
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2008
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Inscription:
Elyria To Her Heroes Who Fought and Her Martyrs Who Fell That the Republic
Might Live 1861 - 1865
The 41 ft. 8 in. monument was designed sculptor Joseph Carabelli. The
monument was dedicated June 26, 1888 and cost $8,500. The
Smithsonian Art Inventory describes the monument as follows:
A Civil War soldier stands holding a draped flag with the pole resting at
his feet. He is dressed in a Union cape, coat and billed cap. The sculpture is
mounted atop a tall, columnar base with a cornice-like cap piece. Acanthus and
palm leaves decorate the bottom of the cornice. Stars in relief ring the shaft
midway down. At the bottom front of the shaft, an eagle atop a starred shield,
flags and laurel leaves are depicted. On each side of the lower monument, below
the shaft, stand two full-length Civil War soldiers. The soldier on the west
side wears a billed cap and a knee-length coat draped with a cape. He holds a
rifle barrel with both hands in front of him, the butt of which rests at his
feet. The soldier on the east side wears a bushy mustache and is dressed in a
cape over a knee-length coat, a brimmed hat and knee-high boots. He rests both
hands atop the handle of a sheathed sword which rests on the ground at his feet.
Depicted on the lower portion of the front of the base is a pair of crossed
flags and an anchor, in relief. The monument is surrounded by a fence and
situated near a large, active water fountain.