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File Name	shades_chp_0002.jpg
Creator	Bauhof, J. C.
Title	Bauhof Inscription, Hazen's Monument
Date	1864
Description	Inscribed limestone reads: J.C. Bauhof, Co. A. 115th Ohio
Historical note	Hazen's Monument was built of local limestone and constructed by soldiers on the battlefield at Stones River only months after the battle. In 1864, two German-American soldiers/stonemasons from the 115th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Daniel C. Miller and J.C. Bauhof, carved the inscription on the monument. The south face reads: "Hazen's Brigade--To The Memory of Its' Soldiers Who Fell at Stones River, Dec. 31st, 1862." "Their Faces towards Heaven, Their Feet to the Foe." Recognition of those soldiers who fell at Shiloh and the names of the soldiers are found on other faces. The concepts of death and the afterlife centered around the idea of the "good death." Officers spent countless hours writing to the families of lost loved ones to assure them that the fallen soldier had died bravely {"their feet to the foe") with a firm belief in the afterlife ("their faces towards heaven").
Subject	Hazen Brigade Monument (Tenn.); United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Monuments
Theme	The Persistence of Memory
Story	Monuments and Cemeteries
Time period	1860-1869
Rights	Images reproduced on this website are intended for individual, educational use only. For research inquiries about specific objects or requests for high resolution images, contact the Center for Historic Preservation.
Type	Still image
Format	image/jpg
Contributing Institution	The Center for Historic Preservation, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Digital Publisher	Digital Initiatives, James E. Walker Library, Middle Tennessee State University