Wisconsin Monument - Marietta, GA - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

County of monument: Cobb County
Location of monument: Washington Ave, Marietta National Cemetery, Marietta
Artist: Stotzer & Company, fabricator
Date dedicated: May 31, 1925

Monument Text:
(front top):

WISCONSIN
(front): Dedicated to the Memory of Wisconsin soldiers who gave their lives in defense of the Union in 1861 - 1865

Four Hundred and five
Belong to the following regiments
are buried here

1st Cavalry

5th Battery Light Artillery
6th Battery Light Artillery
10th Battery Light Artillery
12th Battery Light Artillery

1st Infantry    3rd Infantry
10th Infantry    12th Infantry
14th Infantry    15th Infantry
16th Infantry    17th Infantry
18th Infantry    21st Infantry
22nd Infantry    24th Infantry
25th Infantry    26th Infantry
31st Infantry    32nd Infantry
(rear): "I am the resurrection
And the life. He that
Believeth in Me, though
He were dead yet shall
He live."

Proper Description: "A granite stele with a carved figure of a Wisconsin badger on top, and an inscription below honoring soldiers from Wisconsin who died during in Georgia during the Civil War."
~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

Remarks: "This monument erected by the Wisconsin legislature honors soldiers from Wisconsin who died during in Georgia during the Civil War"
~ Smithsonian American Art Museum

TITLE: Wisconsin Monument ARTIST(S): Stotzer & Company, fabricator DATE: May 31, 1925 MEDIUM: Wisconsin red granite CONTROL NUMBER: IAS 68000028 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: 500 Washington Ave., Inside Marietta National Cemetery behind the Rostrum in the center Marietta Georgia 30060 DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: Actual date was "May 31, 1925" Stotzer & Company, is from Milwaukee, WI Biblical quote on back listing had "Dead" spelt as "EAD" Front text many units are missing from the listing. Please see above for full text

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