Civil War Monument - Brattleboro, VT - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The Brattleboro Civil War Monument is an 8' high bronze statue on a 20' high gray granite base. The statue was designed by the team of George A. Hines, Charles Henkel, of the Estey Organ Company. The figure and plaques were modeled by Melzar Hunt Mosman. It was cast at the Chicopee Bronze Works, foundry. The granite base was fabricated by the Carrick Brothers. The Monument created from 1886 to 1887 and dedicated on the Brattleboro Town Common on Bunker Hill Day - June 17, 1887.

A Civil War soldier is standing upright his left foot is slightly in front of his right. His uniform includes a shawl coat that reaches his knees and a cap. He is holding a rifle in front of him with both hands on the barrel, left over right. The top of the rifle butt rests on the ground at in front of its right foot. Each side of the base has a plaque.

The south side plaque is inscribed:

THIS MONUMENT COMMEMORATES
THE LOYALTY AND PATRIOTISM
OF THE MEN OF BRATTLEBORO
WHO FOUGHT FOR
LIBERTY AND THE UNION
IN THE GREAT REBELLION OF
1861 - 1865
ENLISTED 385 DIED IN SERVICE 31.
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ERECTED BY A GRATEFUL TOWN
A.D. 1887.

The east side plaque has a a coat of arms with stars, stripes, a cow, a pine tree, and a plow.

The north side plaque is inscribed:

NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE
BIG BETHEL, BULL RUN,
LEE'S MILL, SAVAGE'S STATION,
ANTIETAM, FREDRICKSBURG,
PORT HUDSON, WILDERNESS,
SPOTSYLVANIA, GOLD HARBOR,
PETERSBURG, WINCHESTER,
CEDAR CREEK, MOBILE,
SAILOR'S CREEK.

The west side plaque contains a circle with the quote:

WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE
WITH CHARITY FOR ALL

In the middle is a Confederate soldier shaking hands with a Union soldier. A kneeling black person is between them receiving papers from the Union soldier. Behind them is an allegorical female figure with her left arm outstretched.

TITLE: Civil War Monument ARTIST(S): George A. Hines and Charles Henkel of the Estey Organ Company designers; Melzar Hunt Mosman, sculptor, Carrick Brothers, fabricator; Chicopee Bronze Works, founder DATE: Dedicated June 17, 1887 MEDIUM: bronze statue, gray granite base CONTROL NUMBER: IAS VT000231 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Brattleboro Town Common Park Place, Putney Road & Linden Street Brattleboro Vermont 05301 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: No differences noted.

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