The seller of this rare replica of the Confederate
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Richmond, Virginia believes it was given to dignitaries at the
dedication of the monument in 1984. The souvenir monument stands 17 inches tall
with a 6 x 6 inch base. Another collector pointed out that the bayonet is missing from the
replica or was never included. The real
monument is a 17-feet-high standing bronze figure of a Confederate soldier
standing on a Corinthian” capital atop a 73-feet-high granite column on Libby Hill in Richmond, Virginia. It was unveiled May 30, 1894, at a reunion of Confederate
Veterans. The bronze figure of a Confederate Soldier surmounting the top of the
monument is said to be the largest piece of solid bronze ever cast in the
United States. There are many other Civil War monuments in the southern city of
Richmond. Do you know of other souvenir replicas that were created?
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