Soldiers' Memorial (Jefferson City, Missouri) Dwight, Ed 1933- sculptor Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau Creator images photographs The monument depicts the members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry who, in 1866, founded Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. The work includes two soldiers and Captain Foster, their white commander, who all are shown atop a pedestal. Behind this main group, another USCT soldier on top of the pedestal assists another standing bronze figure to ascend the pedestal. On the base of the pedestal is a bas-relief of three marching soldiers. The commemorative work also includes two bronze soldiers, wearing knapsacks and bed rolls and whose facial expressions appear weary, walking up the lawn toward the front of the monument. Two soldiers and Captain Foster, their white commander, atop a white granite pedestal; two USCT soldiers walk towards the monument on the grassy incline. Soldiers' Memorial (Jefferson City, Missouri), Brown University Library May 2, 2007 2007-05-02 Jefferson City (Mo.) In Copyright - Non-Commercial Use Permitted Collection is open for research. soldiers-memorial-jefferson-city-mo Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)