Union Soldier Monument - New Cumberland, West Virginia - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

A Union Civil War soldier standing at parade rest. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands. The butt of the rifle has broken off and is missing. His proper left foot is slightly forward and slightly turned out. He wears a uniform consisting of a short billed cap, a long moustache, a high collared shirt fastened tightly at the neck, a knee-length coat with an attached waist-length cape, and loose fitting pants. He also wears a wide belt and buckle with the letters "US" on it, and an attached bayonet and square pouch. 

- Smithsonian Art Inventory

The zinc monument has bronze inscribed plaques.

Inscription Front Lower:

To The Perpetual Memory Of The
Defenders
Of The Union, 1861 - 1865.
Erected By The
Citizens of Hancock Co., May 30th 1886.

Upper:

Yet Loved Ones Have Fallen
And Still Where They Sleep
A Sorrowing Nation Shall
Silently Weep.
And Spring's Brightest
Flowers With Gratitude Strew 
O'er Thos Who Once Cherished
The Red, White, And Blue. 

Each of the other sides have bronze plaques with names of those who served.

TITLE: Union Soldier Monument ARTIST(S): Monumental Bronze Company, founder. DATE: Dedicated May 30, 1886. MEDIUM: Zinc CONTROL NUMBER: IAS WV000093 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Hancock County Courthouse Court Street, Front Lawn New Cumberland, West Virginia DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: The Inventory lists it as being bronze with grey coating, it is actually zinc sometimes called as white bronze.

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