John Quincy Adams Ward-- Part 2: Some of His Civil War Statues

These are some of the statues he made regarding Civil War personage:

1869  Seventh New York Regiment Memorial in Central Park, N.Y.

1871  General John F. Reynolds Statue in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1878  William Gillmore Simms statue in Charleston, S.C.

1879  General George Henry Thomas , Washington, D.C.

1887  James A. Garfield Monument in Washington, D.C.

1891  Henry Ward Beecher Monument in Cadman Plaza, Brooklyn, N.Y.

1898  Equestrian statue of Gen. Winfield S. Hancock at the Smith Memorial Arch in Philadelphia, Pa.

1910  Financier August Belmont, Newport, R.I.

1916  Gen. Philip Sheridan statue in Albany, N.Y.  completed posthumously.

--Old Secesh

John Quincy Adams Ward-- Part 1: the Man Who Made the Sheridan Statue at Albany

From Wikipedia.

(June 29, 1830-May 1, 1910)

American sculptor whose most-known work is the larger-than-life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of the Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City.

Born in Urbana, Ohio, founded by his paternal grandfather, Col. William Ward, an American Revolution officer.  After training as a sculptor in Brooklyn, N.Y., , he went to Washington, D.C., in 1857, where he made a name for himself doing busts of prominent men. 

In 1861, he worked for the Ames Manufacturing Company  in Massachusetts  where he made models for projects, including  gilt-bronze sword hilts for Union officers.  Ames was one of the largest bronze, brass and iron  foundries in the United States at that time.

He set up a studio in New York City and pushed for an American School of Sculpture and became one of the preeminent sculptors of his generation.

--Old Secesh

10 Facts About Phil Sheridan-- Part 7: His Statue

In the fall of 1916, the monument, designed by  sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, and finished by Daniel Chester French, was ready to be installed.

On October 7, there was a parade for the unveiling.  Albany Mayor John Stevens even declared a half-day holiday so people could attend the ceremony.  A big crowd, described as "a mighty throng", turned out for it.

A series of officials and guests of honor made speeches before the statue was unveiled.

Mayor Stevens said:  I do not posses the eloquence to do so, nor is it my function to speak of the great military genius, the great services rendered to the nation by General Sheridan.  This will be dwelt upon by  the eminent speakers whom I shall have the honor to introduce.  My only desire is to express the appreciation of all concerned for this beautiful memorial -- dedicated to the memory  of Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, in the city of his birth."

--Old Secesh