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Title
Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery (Woodlawn, Illinois)
Description
Located in Chicago's Oak Woods Cemetery, the Confederate Mound is situated on a former mass grave for Confederate prisoners of war, who died at Camp Douglas (1862-65). In 1887, the Ex-Confederate Association of Chicago received permission by the government to erect a memorial in the government lot of the cemetery. The mound is elliptically shaped and at its center a granite obelisk towers above the cemetery. At its base are three bass-reliefs depicting scenes of war, including: "The Call to Arms", "A Soldier's Death Dream", and "A Veteran's Return Home." Set atop the large shaft is a bronze sculpture of an unarmed confederate soldier, its image is based on the painting "Appomattox" by John A. Elder. The memorial was funded by the Chicago United Confederate Camp No. 8, and their commander, General John C. Underwood, provided the design. The monument was dedicated on May 30th, 1895. The commemorative space also includes four bronze plaques inscribed with the names of the dead (funded by the Commission for Marking the Graves of Confederate Dead in 1911); four artillery pieces; the graves of unknown Union guards from Camp Douglas; and trees, planted in 1953 by Louisiana and Mississippi Governors.
Creator
The Southern Granite Company of Georgia (base)
Source
american
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2085
Date Issued
1895-05-30
Extent
0m x 0m x 9.144m
Spatial Coverage
current,41.76703333333333,-87.60238611111112;
Access Rights
Public access
Rights Holder
John Cox Underwood
Europeana
Country
United States
Europeana Data Provider
Confederate Mound at Oak Woods Cemetery
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Confederate_Mound_at_Oak_Woods_Cemetery
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
Ex-Confederate Association of Chicago
Funded by
Chicago United Confederate Camp No. 8; John Cox Underwood
Run by
NA
Material
Bronze sculpture (8ft tall), Granite obelisk (30 ft total)
Inscription
Erected/ to the Memory of the/ Six Thousand Soldiers Here Buried. Who Died in/ Camp Douglas Prison,/ 1862-5 (on the fourth face of the column)
Cost
24647.52 dollars
State
Illinois
County
Cook County
Prim Media
2375
Affiliation
Confederate
City
Woodlawn