Confederate Monument - Charlottesville, Va
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N 38° 02.143 W 078° 30.808
17S E 718221 N 4212696
A Confederate memorial in the University cemetery dedicated to soldiers buried there.
Waymark Code: WM8JDX
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2010
Views: 6
Description from the Inventory page:
Young, male, Confederate soldier standing at rest position. His proper left leg is slightly forward with bent knee. In his proper left hand he holds the barrel of a bayoneted rifle, with the stock butt resting behind his proper left foot. His proper right hand rests on his proper right hip and holds his hat.
Inscriptions:
C. Buberl, sculptor
Cast by the Henry Bonnard Foundry, N.Y. 1893
1861 CONFEDERATE DEAD 1865
FATE DENIED THEM VICTORY
BUT CROWNED THEM WITH
GLORIOUS IMMORTALITY
On each of the four sides of middle section of base are bronze tablets listing the names of soldiers, listed by state and regiment, who were buried in the University of Virginia Cemetery.
TITLE: Confederate Monument, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): Caspar Buberl
DATE: Cast 1893. Dedicated June 7, 1893.
MEDIUM: Figure: bronze; Base: granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS VA000004
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Located in the cemetery in the NE quadrant of McCormick Rd & Alderman Rd.
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Found as described.
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