Parking is available on the street in front of the memorial.
The Smitsonian Art Inventory at (
visit link) tells us:
"Artist: Unknown, sculptor.
Title: Civil War Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).
Dates: Dedicated Aug. 10, 1888.
Medium: Sculpture: granite; Base: granite.
Dimensions: Sculpture: approx. H. 18 ft.; Base: approx. H. 5 ft. x W. 5 ft.
Inscription: (Incised on lower plinth, left, front and right sides:) FRATERNITY/CHARITY/LOYALTY (Incised on base, front:) G.A.R/IN MEMORIAL/OF OUR COUNTRY'S DEFENSES/1861-1865/SOLDIERS AND SAILORS SLEEP/FOND HEARTS SHALL KEEP/THY MEMORY GREEN THROUGH COMING YEARS/BRAVE UNION VOLUNTEERS/SAGINAW AUG. 10, 1888 unsigned
Description: Full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier stands on an upright pedestal. The figure wears a long caped coat and cap. He has a moustache and goatee, and holds his rifle in front of him with both hands around the barrel and the butt near his proper right foot.
Subject: History -- United States -- Civil War
Figure male -- Full length
Occupation -- Military -- Soldier
Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform
Object Type: Outdoor Sculpture -- Michigan -- Saginaw
Sculpture
Owner: Administered by City of Saginaw, Cemetery, 3210 South Washington, Saginaw, Michigan 48601
Located Oakwood Cemetery, 6100 Gratiot, Saginaw, Michigan