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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;BaseballGames, post: 5756061, member: 7826&quot;]That&#039;s exactly how the Wilcox monument is (or was, or is now) decorated -- &quot;Each face carries a bronze Shield of the United States, on the front with crossed rifles, on the east with crossed swords, on the north crossed cannon, and on the west an anchor.&quot;&nbsp; </p><p>Obviously there&#039;s no mention on the Wilcox webpage of the infantry bugle as one of the four shields, although (maybe grasping at straws here) that may have been changed in the 126 years since the monument was dedicated -- the crossed rifles emblem did largely supplant the bugle at some point as symbol of the infantry (the crossed sabres are emblematic of the cavalry, the crossed cannon the artillery), and the photo from the Wilcox page seems to be of much more recent origin than J Dagger&#039;s printing plate.&nbsp; </p><p>We wish we had a better, straight-on, black-&amp;-white view of the plate (and a larger photo from the Wilcox site).&nbsp; There appear to be other details in the monument(s) that maybe perhaps possibly don&#039;t quite match, although the similarity in the surrounding landscaping is intriguing...&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p>The Madison Historical Society [ <a href="https://www.madisonhistory.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.madisonhistory.org/" rel="nofollow">https://www.madisonhistory.org/</a> ] or the West Cemetery directors should be able to definitively confirm or refute whether the OP&#039;s printing block shows the Wilcox Soldiers Monument.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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