Medium Bronze Owner City of Baltimore Created 1948 Year 1948 | Location Baltimore, Maryland Artist Laura Gardin Fraser Material Bronze | |
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The Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee Monument, often referred to simply as the Jackson and Lee Monument or Lee and Jackson Monument, is a double equestrian statue of Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee, located on the west side of the Wyman Park Dell in Charles Village in Baltimore, Maryland. The monument is situated alongside a forested hill, similar to the topography of Chancellorsville, Virginia, where Stonewall Jackson and Robert E. Lee met before the Battle of Chancellorsville in 1863.
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Significance
The Jackson and Lee Monument is the first double equestrian statue in the United States. Artist Laura Gardin Fraser was the only woman sculptor selected out of five other men to create the monument. Notable architect John Russell Pope was commissioned to design the base of the monument.
Background
Although the statue wasn't dedicated until 1948, funding for the statue was secured by Colonial Trust Company owner J. Henry Ferguson before he died in 1928. Ferguson provided $100,000 for the erection of the monument. The monument has held its place on the west side of the Wyman Park Dell along Art Museum Drive since its dedication, but has recently been threatened with removal by the Baltimore City Government.
After the 2015 Charleston church shooting, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake organized a commission to evaluate removal of the city's four confederate monuments. In January 2016, the commission decided that the Jackson and Lee Monument, along with William Henry Rhinehart's Roger B. Taney Sculpture in Mount Vernon Place would to be removed.
Inscription
The base of the sculpture features the following inscription: