West side of the George Henry Thomas statue

ID: 4684 ~ Source: Wikimedia Commons ~ Date: November 8, 2009
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West side of the George Henry Thomas statue

The bronze equestrian statue was sculpted by John Quincy Adams Ward, and dedicated on November 19, 1879. It is one of seventeen Civil War monuments in Washington, D.C., that were collectively listed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 20, 1978. The statuary was also designated a D.C. Historic Landmark on March 3, 1979.

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This sixteen-foot-high equestrian statue honors Major General George Henry Thomas, a US Army officer who gained fame during the Civil War as the “Rock of Chickamauga.” The statue was a gift of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland. The Society…