To the Confederate Dead - Fredericksburg, VA
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vhasler
N 38° 18.138 W 077° 28.037
18S E 284256 N 4242236
Confederate soldier stands at rest over his fallen comrades in this cemetery.
Waymark Code: WM9ZT7
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 10/23/2010
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Official Description:
A uniformed Confederate soldier stands at parade rest with arms bent, hands converging to grasp his musket, proper left hand over proper right hand. The butt of the rifle rests parallel to his proper left foot. He is in field uniform, wearing a wide-brimmed field hat, a canteen hanging by his proper left hip, a field pouch at the small of his back. At his proper left hip is a small pouch or perhaps a holster. He is mounted atop an elaborate, tapered upper base with castellated top, and bas-reliefs of a cannon, crossed muskets, a castle, and crossed sabers. The lower base is larger and quadrilateral, with polished columns on each corner. Around all four corners of the lower base are thirteen shields, each with the name of a Confederate state.
Inscriptions:
TO THE CONFEDERATE DEAD
JUNE 4TH, A.L. 5874, A.D. 1874
Laid by
FREDERICKSBURG LODGE NO.4
A.F. & A.M.
MOST WOR. WM. H. LAMBERT, G.M.
of Masons
OF VIRGINIA, PRESIDING
LOUISIANA MISSISSIPPI TEXAS... through all of the Confederate states.
Located to the NW upon entering the cemetery from the main gate.
TITLE: To the Confederate Dead
ARTIST(S): Monumental Bronze Company
DATE: dedicated June 10, 1891.
MEDIUM: Zinc on granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS VA000452
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
Fredericksburg Confederate Cemetery
Washington Avenue & Amelia Street
Fredericksburg, Virginia
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
Missing from the Inscription is that all thirteen shields have a Conferderate state on it.
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