Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1881 — THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT. [ARTICLE]

THE YORKTOWN MONUMENT.

Below are given the dimensions of the proposed monument, at Yorktown, taken from the drawing and model in possession of Col. W. P. Craighill, engineer corps, United States army, who. by direction of the Secretary of War, will supervise its construction, divided for the purpose of a plain understanding by the reader into: First, the base; second, the podium, or drum supporting the thirteen figures; third, the shaft, or upright column; fourth, the capital, resting directly on the Anal course of the column; fifth,the pedestal, which supports the figures surmounting the monument; and sixth, the figure, are in height as follows: Base, 25 feet 8 inches. Podium, 14 feet 4 Inches. Shaft, 3> feet 1 inch. Capital, 5 feet 4 inches. Pedestal, 3 feet 9 inches. Figure, 11 feet 4 inches. Making the total height from the bottom of the base, resting on the surface of the ground, to the top of the figure, ninety-five foot six inches. The bottom of the base covers a surface area of 945.56 feet. The area for inscriptions on each side of the base is 15,680 square inches. The greatest diameter of the podium is nine feet three inches. The height of the thirteen figures surrounding the podium is eight feet; the diameter of the shaft at the bottom, five feet five inches, and at the top five feet. The inscriptions on the base of the monment are to be as follows : North—- • Erected : In pursuance of , 1 ; A Resolution of Congress, approved Oct 27, 1781,; ; and one approved June 7, 1880, ; • To Commemorate the Victory 1 by which ! • The Independence of the United States o. America was achieved. South — • At Yorktown, on Oct 19, 1781, ; After a siege of nineteen days, ; •By 5,500 Americans; 7,000 French infantry of; • ' the Line, 3,500 Militia, under command of ; : Gov. Thomas Nelson, and 36 French Ships ; • of the Line, Earl Cornwallis, : ; Commander of the British forces at Yorktown ; »nd Gloucester, ; • Surrendered the Army, ! • 7,251 officers and men, 840 seamen, 244 cannon,; • and 24 standards, ; ; To his Excellency George Washington, ; ; Commander-In-Chief of the combined forces of : • America and France; ; : To his Excellency the Count de Rochambeau, ; •Commanding the Auxiliary troops of his Chris-: tian Majesty in America, ; • And to his Excellency the Comte de Grasse, ; • Command in g-in-chief the Naval Army of ; France in Chespeake. ; West— I" * The Treaty, : Concluded Feb. 6, 1778, ; • Between the United States of America ; • And Louis XVI., King of France,- ; Declares ; The essential and direct end ; Of the present Defensive Alliance, ; • Is to maintain effectively : ; The Liberty, Sovereignty and Independence, : Absolute and Unlimited, ; ; Of the said United States, ; • As well in matters of Government as of ; ; Commerce. ; East— The Provisional Articles of Peace, : • Concluded Nov. 30, 1782, ; ; * And the Definite Treaty of Peace, ; Concluded Sept. 3, 1783, : • Between the United States of America ; • And George 111., King of Great Britain and Ire- ; • land, : • Declares: : ; His Britannic Majesty AcknowledgeAhe said : • United States, 1 • Viz.: New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, ; ; Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, ; ; Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, : ; Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, ; ; • Virginia, North Carolina, South ; ; Carolina and Georgia, ; ; To be Free and Sovereign and Independent : • * States. 1