| Howitzer Monument | |
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 The monument in 2005 | |
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| Artist | Caspar Buberl |
| Year | 1892 (1892) |
| Location | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
| Coordinates | 37°32′55″N77°27′18″W / 37.54867°N 77.45495°W /37.54867; -77.45495 |
TheHowitzer Monument was installed inRichmond, Virginia, in the United States.[1] It commemorated the Richmond Howitzers, aConfederateartillery unit.[1] The statue was created byCaspar Buberl. It was located onVirginia Commonwealth University's Monroe Park campus.
The monument was erected in 1892.[1][2] In 2020, rioters pulled down the statue.[3]
“The Richmond Howitzer Company of the 1st Regiment of Volunteers was founded on November 9, 1859, byGeorge Wythe Randolph, a grandson ofThomas Jefferson. After electing Randolph its first captain, the company, which was recruited from elite Richmond circles, marched to Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia), to help provide security duringBrown's trial and subsequent execution. Following the end of the Civil War “the Howitzers reorganized in 1871 and saw active duty during bothWorld War I andWorld War II. It is now a unit in the Virginia National Guard.[4]
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