Is that what that thing is?

The sculptor , IIRC, was Levi T. Scofield.

Mike Peters

Thanks for the great post and that is a wonderful monument. I have no association w/ Indianapolis, but I would like to throw their downtown Civil War monument (and the underground Eli Lilly Civil War Museum) in the ring as another of the best city memorials to the war and soldiers…I’ll try and post some photos from my trip there a few years ago on my blog later this week. Indeed, the whole downtown area is home to a wide variety of war memorials and statuary.

Keep up the great work.

Jim Schmidt

Did you know the Cleveland monument was designed by Levi Scofield, a 23rd Corps engineer officer who was present at the Battle of Franklin?

As you know, I used to live in the Cleveland area for many years back in the 1990’s and when I ventured downtown during those days, I used to make it a point to stop there if I could.

Thanks for sharing the good news about the monument.

Steve