General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument is monument topped by an equestrian statue, located in President's Park

President's Park

President's Park, located in Washington, D.C., encompasses the White House, a visitor center, Lafayette Square, and The Ellipse. President's Park was the original name of Lafayette Square. The current President's Park is administered by the National Park Service.-White House:Washington, D.C...

, Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

 at the intersection of 15th Street, Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue

Pennsylvania Avenue is a street in Washington, D.C. that joins the White House and the United States Capitol. Called "America's Main Street", it is the location of official parades and processions, as well as protest marches...

 and Treasury Place.

It was commissioned in 1896 by the United States Department of War and the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and cost $90,000.
Carl Rohl-Smith

Carl Rohl-Smith

Carl Rohl-Smith Danish-American sculptor, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, where he studied at the Academy of Copenhagen from 1865 to 1870. There after he traveled and studied in Berlin Italy and Vienna. By 1886 he had moved to the United States where he worked in New York, St. Louis and Chicago...

 submitted plans, but died in 1900, and work was completed by Lauritz Jensen, Stephen Sinding, Sigvald Asbjornsen

Sigvald Asbjornsen

Sigvald Asbjornsen was a Norwegian born American sculptor.-Background:Sigvald Asbjørnsen was born in Oslo, Norway. Asbjørnsen studied art with Mathias Skeibrok and Julius Middelthun and under Brynjulf Bergslien...

 and Theo Kitson also did work on the figures and medalions.
In 2011, restoration is being conducted on the statue costing $2 million.

It was dedicated by President Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

 on October 15, 1903.
It is located at the site of the reviewing stand for the Grand Review of the Armies

Grand Review of the Armies

The Grand Review of the Armies was a military procession and celebration in Washington, D.C., on May 23 and May 24, 1865, following the close of the American Civil War...

, where Sherman, with President Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson

Andrew Johnson was the 17th President of the United States . As Vice-President of the United States in 1865, he succeeded Abraham Lincoln following the latter's assassination. Johnson then presided over the initial and contentious Reconstruction era of the United States following the American...

 and Ulysses Grant, reviewed the Army of the Potomac

Army of the Potomac

The Army of the Potomac was the major Union Army in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War.-History:The Army of the Potomac was created in 1861, but was then only the size of a corps . Its nucleus was called the Army of Northeastern Virginia, under Brig. Gen...

, on May 23 1865. He then led the parade of the Army of the Tennessee

Army of the Tennessee

The Army of the Tennessee was a Union army in the Western Theater of the American Civil War, named for the Tennessee River. It should not be confused with the similarly named Army of Tennessee, a Confederate army named after the State of Tennessee....

 the next day.

The statue is a contributing monument to the Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC

Civil War Monuments in Washington, DC

Civil War Monuments in Washington, D.C. is a group of 18 statues, that are spread out through much of central and northwest Washington, D.C. The statues depict 11 Union generals, and only one Confederate general, Albert Pike, who is depicted as a Mason rather than a military man. Two Union...

, of the National Register of Historic Places

National Register of Historic Places

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.

The inscription reads:

(Base, front:)

WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN

1820-1891


(North side of base:)

ON NO EARTHLY ACCOUNT WILL I DO ANY ACT OR

THINK ANY THOUGHT HOSTILE TO OR IN DEFIANCE

OF THE OLD GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

ALEXANDRIA, LOUISIANA JANUARY 18, 1861

WAR'S LEGITIMATE OBJECT IS MORE PERFECT PEACE

WASHINGTON, DC FEBRUARY 23, 1882


(South side of base:)

SEMINOLE WAR 1840-1842

WAR IN MEXICO 1847-1848

OCCUPATION OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL WAR 1861-1865

GENERAL COMMANDING THE

ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES

1869-1884


(South base, lower side:)

ERECTED BY THE

SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

WITH THE AID OF THE

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES

1903

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