The Washington times., 1902-10-07
CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS PENETRATED IN flA2BLE.ANl
BRONZE IN THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
W WASHINGTON, the Monumental
M/ City. abounds in statues oil
v civil war heroes. whose

v civil war heroes, whose
names and deeds are thus
perpetuated to posterity. The veterans
of the Grand Army, it may be conceived
will delight to see their old commanders
and fellows in great cause mus
honored by the nation which they helped
so signally in the hour OF its grea,
peril. Perhaps some of the monuments
NAV not be all that could be desired
from the point of view of the art critic,
but the purpose is there. and the heroic
lustre that clings to the great names
themselves exalts and dignifes the
sculptor's work,
1t may not be generally known that
the Farragut statue, by Mrs. Winnie
Ream Hoxie, was the first monument
erected in the National Capital to COM
memorate the services of one of the
country's naval heroes. Twenty years
before this statue was erected. there
were but three monuments in Washing
ton dedicated to the memory OF distin-
guished men. Greenough's statue of
washington. variously estimated as a
work of art. was the first. unveiled in
1913; the sbronze equestrian statue of
jackson, erected in Lafayette Square,
was the second, and the equestrian
statue of Washington, at the intersec-
ton of Pennsylvania Avenue and New
Hampshire Avenue, was the third
The Farragut Statue.
The statue of Admiral Farragut is ten
feet in height, and stands on granite
pedestal twenty feet in height. 1t was
cast in 1880, and unveiled April 90, 1881,
on which occasion the orators were
Hon. Horace Maynard. of Tennessee, and
Hon. Daniel w. Voorhees,, of Indiana.
The figure was constructed of metal
taken from the bronze propeller of Far
ragut's flagship. the Hartford. The cost
Of this memorial was $4,000. 1t is a
strange thing that the artist was but a
girl, her design having been selected in
q competition, including the most prom
inent sculptors of the time. The por
traiture of the old admiral, who is rep
resented telescope in hand standing
upon the deck of his ship while passing
the UdIISTleS dt NEW OIlcduS, 10 topS-
cially excellent.
There are two monuments to Abraham
Lincoln in this city, the one in front of
the City Hall. the other in Lincoln
Park. both of which are described in
another article in The Times.
Genera; Rawlins.
The bronze s,atue of Gen. John A.
Rawlins. adjutant general of General
Grants staff, and also his Secretary of
War when President, was ordered by
Congress, and unveiled in 1874. 1t was
first erected in Rawlins Square, between |
New York Avenue AMI Potomac Flats, |
above Eighteenth Street. 1t was de-
signed by Bailey. and cast in Wood & |
Co.'s foundry. The general is repre- |
scented in the uniform of his rank, the |
figure being of colossal size. The statue |
of General Rawlins was sfterward moved |
to its present location, on Pennsylvania |
Avenue and Ninth Street. in accordance |
with resolution of Congress.
The Statue of Peace, standing on |
Pennsylvania Avenue and First Street, |
was designed by Admiral Porter, and
the work was done in Rome by the
sculptor Franklin Simmons, of Maine,
who also executed the recently erected
Logan Monument. 1t is made of beau
tiful Carrara marble, and was erected
to the memory of those officers, sailsrs,
and marines who died in defence OF
their country during the War of the
Rebellion Architect of the Capitol
Clark designed the foundation, for which
Congress made an appropriation. 1t is