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SOLDIERS AND SAILORS' MONUMENT. 19
Erected
by the People of Michigan in Honor of the MaRtyrs who Fell and the. Heroes who Fought
in defense of Liberty and Union.
On the left are the arms of the State; on the right are the arms of the United States. On the projecting butments below are four allegorical figures seated. These figures, if standing, would be six and a half feet high, and they represent
Victory, Union, Emancipation, and History. On the next section below, standing upon projecting butments, are the defenders of Liberty and Union, the representations of the army and navy, four statues, seven feet high, soldiers of infantry, artillery, and cavalry, with a sailor of the navy. Between these statues are bronze tablets, on which are medallion figures of Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, and Farragut. On the outer pedestals are four eagles.
" The whole it speaks in volumes of the past— Of war's dread tempest and the fiery blast; Of mail-clad valor, brave the sword to draw, To vindicate the right, maintain the law. "
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