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The ''Soldiers and Sailors Monument'' is a work of public art in Delphi, Indiana in the United States. It is located at the Carroll County Courthouse, and comprises the collection on the National Register of Historic Places listing making up the courthouse and the square. ==Description== The memorial is made of bronze and has a base made of granite. On the top of a tall shaft is a color bearer from the American Civil War. The color bearer holds a staff with a furled flag in both hands. It is held to his proper left side. The shaft the figure is standing on has two pieces of bunting decorating it, along with eagles, military medals, and a row of mortar shells and round shot. The tower is resting on a battlement style design. Each corner of the battlement design has a musket made of bronze. There are four in total. There is a bronze relief panel on each side of the base. They depict: #Six infantrymen fighting eight artillerymen, representing the Battle of Shiloh and Battle of Stones River〔 #Soldiers going off into battle and saying goodbye to their families to fight at the Battle of the Wilderness and Battle of Cedar Creek〔 #Soldiers returning from battle from the Siege of Vicksburg and Battle of Champion Hill, titled ''The Return Home''〔〔 #Cavalrymen fighting infantrymen at the Battle of Antietam and Battle of Gettysburg〔 One of the panels is titled "The Dying Soldier," but it is unclear what one.〔 The base also has cut stone decorating it.〔 A plaque, made of bronze, on the east side of the base says:〔 :ERECTED BY CARROLL COUNTY INDIANA :IN MEMORY OF HER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delphi, Indiana)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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