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Title
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The Battle of Nashville Monument
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Description
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A thirty-foot high Granite obelisk topped with an Angel of Peace, with a bronze sculpture near its base of two rearing horses yoked together by a man symbolizing all Americans who fought in the Civil War and World War I. The word “UNITY” is inscribed on the banner with which he connects the horses. Inscribed on the granite base on the South side is "The Spirit Of Youth Holds In Check Contending Forces That Struggled Here At The Fierce Battle Of Nashville, Dec. 16th, 1864, Sealing Forever The Bond Of Union By The Blood Of Our Heroic Dead Of The World War 1917 – 1918. A Monument Like This, Standing On Such Memories, Having No Reference To Utilities, Becomes A Sentiment, A Poet, A Prophet, An Orator To Every Passerby." An inscription on the North side is inscribed "“Oh, Valorous Gray, In The Grave Of Your Fate, Oh, Glorious Blue, In The Long Dead Years, You Were Sown In Sorrow And Harrowed In Hate, But Your Harvest Today Is A Nations Tears. For The Message You Left Through The Land Has Sped From The Lips Of God To The Heart Of Man: Let The Past Be Past : Let The Dead Be Dead. — Now And Forever American!”" The Western face of the monument is inscribed "Battle of Nashville, 1864."
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Coordinates
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Battle of Nashville Monument Park, Granny White Pike, Nashville, TN 37215
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Location
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Battle of Nashville Monument Park, Nashville, Tennessee
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Note
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The monument sits on a base installed when it was moved in 1999. The original is at the location of an artillery battery of General Stephen D. Lee during the first day of the Battle of Nashville. The new Angel at the top of the obelisk is made of American Granite.
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Abstract
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The marble obelisk of the Battle of Nashville Monument is topped with an Angel of Peace. Created by Giuseppe Moretti and unveiled in 1927, it honors Americans in the Civil War and World War I. The monument was moved twice, in 1974 and 1999, from its original Civil War artillery site.
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Creator
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Giuseppe Moretti
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Date
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1927/11/11
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Medium
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Original used marble for obelisk and angel, and bronze sculpture|Recreation uses the original's bronze sculpture, but used American granite for obelisk and angel
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Date Modified
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1974|1999/06/26
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Subject
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Americans who fought in the Civil War and World War I|The Battle of Nashville, December 15, 1864|Angel of Peace
