Battle Monument - West Point, New York - Smithsonian Art Inventory Sculptures on Waymarking.com

The monument is inscribed:

In Memory
Of The Officers And Men
Of The
Regular Army Of The United State
Who Fell In Battle
During The
War Of Rebellion
This Monument Erected By Their
Surviving Comrades

"Perhaps the most prominent and majestic monument at the Academy is the Battle Monument. It was dedicated in 1897 "in memory of the officers and men of the American Army who fell in battle," specifically the Regular Army casualties of the North during the Civil War. Battle Monument was designed by an architecture engineering firm that included Stanford White, one of the nation's foremost architectural designers of the late 19th century. The shaft is reportedly the largest polished granite shaft in the Western Hemisphere. Some 2,230 names are inscribed on it. The figure at the top, "Lady Fame" or "Victory," was sculpted by Frederick MacMonnies, who also did the Nathan Hale statue in City Hall Park in New York City." - Tour of USMA website

TITLE: Battle Monument ARTIST(S): Frederick William MacMonnies, sculptor White, Stanford, architect. McKim, Mead & White, architectural firm. DATE: Commissioned ca. 1894. Modified May 1896. Dedicated May 31, 1897. MEDIUM: Sculpture: bronze; Shaft: Stony Creek granite; Sphere: pink Milford granite; Base: granite. CONTROL NUMBER: IAS NY001800 Direct Link to the Individual Listing in the Smithsonian Art Inventory: [Web Link] PHYSICAL LOCATION: Trophy Point United States Military Academy West Point, New York DIFFERENCES NOTED BETWEEN THE INVENTORY LISTING AND YOUR OBSERVATIONS AND RESEARCH: None noted

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