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The
North Carolina Monument
is a
North Carolina memorial of the American Civil War
commemorating the 32 Carolina regiments in action at the
Battle of Gettysburg
.
[1]
The monument is a public artwork by
American
sculptor
Gutzon Borglum
located on
Seminary Ridge
, West Confederate Avenue,
[2]
in the
Gettysburg National Military Park
.
Description
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Surrounded by
dogwood
trees (the North Carolina state flower), the monument features figures of
North Carolina
infantrymen
advancing during
Pickett's Charge
, where fifteen infantry regiments from North Carolina participated and suffered heavy casualties.
[3]
One man kneels injured on the ground, pointing towards the enemy with his proper left hand while two men wield guns and look forward. A fourth man holds a flag in both hands as he glances forward. The sculpture is signed "Gutzon Borglum 1929 (illegible) AKUNST FDY NYC". The back of the base is inscribed: "NORTH CAROLINA".
History
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A 1913
North Carolina
commission
of
Civil War
veterans presented a monument proposal after visiting the
Gettysburg Battlefield
,
[
citation needed
]
and after
World War I
, the North Carolina
United Daughters of the Confederacy
and Governor
Angus McLean
continued the planning in 1927. with a commission visiting the battlefield on September 28, 1926.
[4]
: '27
North Carolina appropriated $50,000
[
when?
]
to purchase and landscape the site and to commission Gutzon Borglum, presumed to have been a Ku Klux Klan member, who was approached while working on
Mount Rushmore
.
[1]
Borglum designed the monument in Texas
[2]
and posed the
Confederate flag
designer (Orren Smith) as the flag bearer,
[5]
while the other soldiers were sculpted from photographs of posed
Confederate soldiers
. Postponed from May 1929,
[3]
the US Navy and 6th Field Artillery bands played at the monument's dedicationon July 3, 1929.
[4]
By 1949, a glass-faced display at the site,
[5]
and a wooden marker for the site was cut down by vandals in 1954.
[6]
President Kennedy left his car to visit the monument in April 1963
[7]
prior to the rededication on the 100th anniversary. After a 1985 restoration required lifting by helicopter
[8]
for shipment to Cincinnati,
[9]
a fence was added in 1993;
[6]
and after the 1995
Smithsonian's
Save Outdoor Sculpture!
survey reported the sculpture needed treatment,
[2]
the monument was rehabilitated in 1999.
[6]
Images
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See also
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References
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- ^
plaque west of sculpture
, North Carolina State Monument,
Gettysburg Battlefield
, 1929
{{
citation
}}
: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (
link
)
[
clarification needed
]
- ^
a
b
Save Outdoor Sculpture! (1995).
"North Carolina Monument, (sculpture)"
.
SOS
. Smithsonian
. Retrieved
4 January
2010
.
- ^
"Seminary Ridge"
.
Virtual Tour ? Day Two
. National Park Service
. Retrieved
4 January
2010
.
- ^
"The Gettysburg Commission Reports"
(transcribed versions: 1893-1921, 1927-1933)
. Gettysburg Discussion Group
. Retrieved
2010-02-04
.
(original formats:
1895
,
'96
,
'97
,
'89
,
1901
,
'09
,
'13
,
'18)
- ^
"State of North Carolina Monument"
.
West Confederate Avenue Tour Part 2
. Stone Sentinels. 1999
. Retrieved
4 January
2010
.
- ^
a
b
"North Carolina State Monument"
.
List of Classified Structures
.
National Park Service
.
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permanent dead link
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39°49′06″N
77°14′50″W
/
39.81833°N 77.247258°W
/
39.81833; -77.247258
