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Sergeant William Jasper Monument

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1879–1888, Alexander Doyle, sculptor. Madison Square

With its cornerstone laid on the one hundredth anniversary of the Siege of Savannah in October 1879, Doyle’s colossal bronze statue, dedicated in 1888 in the presence of President Grover Cleveland, commemorates the heroism of William Jasper, who lost his life carrying the American colors in the Battle of Savannah. Adorning the tall granite pedestal are four bronze reliefs cast by the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company in New York City. The statue was cast by the Ames Manufacturing Company in Chicopee, Massachusetts.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler
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What's Nearby

Madison Square
Eliza Jewett House
Scottish Rite Temple
Poetter Hall, SCAD (Savannah Volunteer Guards Armory)
Poetter Hall, SCAD

Citation

Robin B. Williams with David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler, "Sergeant William Jasper Monument", [Savannah, Georgia], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/GA-02-8.8.

Print Source

Buildings of Savannah, Robin B. Williams. With David Gobel, Patrick Haughey, Daves Rossell, and Karl Schuler. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2016, 142-143.

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