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 New Jersey Monument - New Bern, North Carolina Posted by:  LJParr
N 35° 07.422 W 077° 03.187
18S E 312918 N 3888690
Erected by the state of New Jersey in 1905.
Waymark Code: WMAZB9
Location: North Carolina, United States
Date Posted: 03/15/2011
Views: 4
Description from the Inventory:
A granite figure of a Civil War soldier standing at parade rest, with his rifle held vertically in front of him, his right hand holding the barrel, his left hand resting across the top of the barrel, and the rifle butt resting on the ground by his feet. He has a moustache and wears a short belted jacket and a small cap. He stands with his right leg slightly forward atop a short granite shaft adorned with the New Jersey coat of arms and an inscription honoring soldiers from New Jersey who died during the Civil War.
Inscriptions:
The state of New Jersey
Erects this Monument
In Honor of her 9th Reg’t.
Volunteer infantry,
Whose heroic dead lie
Buried in this cemetery.
1861 - 1865
Erected – 1905.
Port Walthall,
Brewry's Bluff,
Cold Harbor,
Petersburg.
Roanoke Island,
New Bern,
Fort Macon,
Kinston,
Goldboro
Mustered In, October 1861.
Mustered Out, July 1865.
Total Enlistments 2781.
TITLE: New Jersey Monument, (sculpture)
ARTIST(S): Unknown
DATE: 1905
MEDIUM: Granite
CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 68000033
Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link]
PHYSICAL LOCATION:
New Bern National Cemetery
1711 National Avenue,
New Bern, North Carolina 28560
DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH:
The left hand is described as resting across the top of the barrel, actually both the left and right hands are holding the barrel.
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