Rhode Island Monument - New Bern, NC
Posted by: LJParr
N 35° 07.405 W 077° 03.189
18S E 312914 N 3888659
The monument, located at New Bern National Cemetery in North Carolina, was erected by the state of Rhode Island in honor of it's soldiers who died during the Civil War.
Waymark Code: WM9GBP
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 08/17/2010
Views: 4
Description from the Inventory:
A bronze female figure dressed in classical drapery, her left arm raised above her head, and her right hand holding a laurel wreath by her side. She stands atop a roughly cut square granite base that is adorned on the front with an inscription Rhode Island soldiers who died during the Civil War.
Inscription:
ERECTED BY THE STATE OF
RHODE ISLAND TO COMMEMORATE
THE SERVICES OF RHODE ISLAND
VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE UP THEIR
LIVES IN NORTH CAROLINA DURING
THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
FOURTH RHODE ISLAND INFANTRY
FIFTH RHODE ISLAND HEAVY
ARTILLERY - BATTERY F FIRST
RHODE ISLAND LIGHT ARTILLERY
TITLE: Rhode Island Monument- New Bern National Cemetery
ARTIST(S): William Whitney Manatt
DATE: 1908. Dedicated Oct. 6, 1909.
MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Base: pink granite.
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 68000034
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION: New Bern National Cemetery
1711 National Avenue
New Bern, NC
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None. Found as described.
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