Monument Monday August 20, 2018

[Jimklag]

Priming the pump for tomorrow morning. 8th Ohio monument at Bloody Lane at Antietam National Battlefield. Stone Sentinels Link -

 

[Jimklag]

Memorial to the Union defenders of Fort Sumter.

 

[bdtex]

First battlefield visit. My camera and photography skills weren't very good. Sabine Pass Battleground State Historic Site. Monument to Lt. Richard Dowling and the Davis Guards,Co. F,1st Texas Heavy Artillery:

 

[captaindrew]

One of my favorite monuments for this Monday, at Gettysburg, the 73d NY, 2nd Fire Zouaves

 

[FarawayFriend]

My favorite monument from the minute I saw it first:
North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg, sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, the same artist who carved the famous heads at Mount Rushmore!

About the monument:
"The expressions of the men on the monument display all types of emotion, from pure determination to unwavering devotion.
When one stands in front of the North Carolina Monument and looks westward they see the monument is partially surrounded by a group of trees. These trees are Dogwoods, the North Carolina state tree. Borglum commented that the group of North Carolinian troops portrayed in the monument were to appear as if they had "just been ordered forward to charge across that bloody battlefield" only after they "had caught shelter in a group of trees."
The monument was intended to honor the valor, bravery and courage of the men from North Carolina and this was accomplished by the pure size of the monument. The large bronze figures fill the viewer's eye. The textured surface of the monument and the lack of great detail that is common to many of the bronze monuments at Gettysburg helps bring focus to the faces of the men. These faces are of men showing great devotion as well as strength, all needed to cross this field on July 3rd, 1863. It is said that Borglum used the actual likenesses of Civil War veterans for the monument."
http://gettysburgsculptures.com/north_carolina_state_monument

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* The Confederate Monument in front of the Warren County Court House at Front Royal, Virginia.

 

[Brenal]

My favourite from Gettysburg

 

[GrantCottage1885]

Olustee Battlefield, Florida Union Grave Marker/Monument...

"After the smoke had cleared and the dead were buried, the armies marched away to fight in other battles. The battle scarred trees were all that remained in silent testimony of the fury and carnage of the battle of Olustee. The battlefield remained silent except for an occasional traveler passing the area. In May of 1866, a little over two years after the battle, a Lieutenant Frederick E. Grossman of the 7th U.S. infantry was ordered to proceed to the Olustee battlefield and determine the whereabouts and condition of the Union graves on the battlefield. He was horrified at what he found. He found that the Union dead had been buried in shallow graves near where they had fallen, some times several in one grave. Within a few weeks after the battle the graves had been disinterred by the wild hogs in the area and the bones scattered all over the battlefield. Lieutenant Grossman and his command covered almost 2 square miles of the battlefield collecting all the bones of the fallen Yankees that he could find. Two wagons were filled with the remains and buried in a mass grave near the railroad. There he erected a wooden monument, 12 feet high and surrounded with a wooden fence 27 feet long and 18 feet wide. On the monument were the following carved inscriptions:

Southside: "To the Memory of the officers and soldiers of the United States Army who fell in the Battle of Olustee February 20, 1864

West side: "Our Country"

North side: "May the Living Profit by the Example of the Dead"

East side: "Unity and Peace"

The following years the monument would fall into a state of disrepair. The last recorded mention of it was in the fall of 1873 when Olustee veteran Loomis Langdon of the 1st U.S. Artillery reported seeing it from the platform of a passing train. He reported that all that could be seen were two sides of a weather stained and broken down fence. Soon, like the fate of the battlefield, the dead were also forgotten."

In 1991 the Sons of Union Veterans erected the stone cross memorial where the earlier wooden memorial had been...

 

[Si Klegg]

 

[James N.]

A favorite that I'd always seen before looking shabby and forlorn but that has obviously been restored sometime fairly recently - the Mississippi State Monument at Vicksburg, during my visit this April. The statuary is now all darkened and in relatively good condition instead of being green with streaks of corrosion which had run down onto and staining the stone of the base.

I think some damage to the figures has been repaired too, despite some of the rifles having been broken off or otherwise damaged by vandals. The blade on the officer's sword below looks to have been replaced, although the pistol at right is still broken off.​

 

[JOHN42768]

Great photos

 

[Jimklag]

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A favorite that I'd always seen before looking shabby and forlorn but that has obviously been restored sometime fairly recently - the Mississippi State Monument at Vicksburg, during my visit this April. The statuary is now all darkened and in relatively good condition instead of being green with streaks of corrosion which had run down onto and staining the stone of the base.

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I think some damage to the figures has been repaired too, despite some of the rifles having been broken off or otherwise damaged by vandals. The blade on the officer's sword below looks to have been replaced, although the pistol at right is still broken off.​

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Here's the Mississippi monument at Gettysburg - taken at the 150th anniversary in 2013. Stone Sentinel

 

[Jimklag]

The memorial to Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh - NPS link to the monument.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Here's the Mississippi monument at Gettysburg - taken at the 150th anniversary in 2013. Stone Sentinel
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Nicely done monument, if you pay no attention to the toes of the guy clubbing with his rifle. His toes are as long as the fingers of the flag bearer lying next to him!

 

[Jimklag]

Nicely done monument, if you pay no attention to the toes of the guy clubbing with his rifle. His toes are as long as the fingers of the flag bearer lying next to him!

Andrea, do you have a foot fetish? You are right, though - extra long toes.

 

[FarawayFriend]

Andrea, do you have a foot fetish?

No, but I have a relatively good memory. When @lelliott19 allowed us to accompany her on the ranger tour she had booked during our "September to Remember" reunion in 2016, the guide pointed that out to us.

***edit by Lnwlf: monument removal discussion outside Moderated thread***

 

[James N.]

No, but I have a relatively good memory. When @lelliott19 allowed us to accompany her on the ranger tour she had booked during our "September to Remember" reunion in 2016, the guide pointed that out to us.

I remember his comments and I'd say the one who had the foot fetish was the sculptor of the Tennessee and Mississippi monuments at Gettysburg!

 

[Cavalry Charger]

the generally inoffensive Silent Sam?

As this is a monument thread, I was just wondering if someone could tell me why he was called 'Silent Sam'?
I'm not interested in the protestors. They have their own axe to grind.

 

[BlueNGrey]

As this is a monument thread, I was just wondering if someone could tell me why he was called 'Silent Sam'?
I'm not interested in the protestors. They have their own axe to grind.

From wiki.....Wilson created a "silent" statue by not including a cartridge box on the Confederate soldier's belt so he cannot fire his gun.[8] Like the Daniel A. Bean sculpture, Wilson used a northerner—Harold Langlois, a Boston man, as his model.[7]

Wilson created a series of similar statues called the "Silent Sentinels." All were created in the North and then displayed in the South. Like these other statues, Silent Sam is positioned to face north towards the Union.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Sam

 

[Cavalry Charger]

From wiki.....Wilson created a "silent" statue by not including a cartridge box on the Confederate soldier's belt so he cannot fire his gun.[8] Like the Daniel A. Bean sculpture, Wilson used a northerner—Harold Langlois, a Boston man, as his model.[7]

Wilson created a series of similar statues called the "Silent Sentinels." All were created in the North and then displayed in the South. Like these other statues, Silent Sam is positioned to face north towards the Union.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Sam

Thank you for that interesting piece of insight into this monument. I really appreciate it.

It makes a difference if you actually understand what it is meant to represent.