United States Colored Troops National Monument (Madison, Tennessee) Ater, Renée 1965- Creator Butler, Roy W. sculptor images photographs The life-sized bronze statue of a single Black soldier honors the contributions of the over 20,000 African American men from Tennessee who served in the Union Army. Standing among rows of white headstones, the soldier gazes solemnly into the distance. He wears Union military attire—complete with forage cap, collared coat, belt, trousers, and boots—and grips the barrel of his rifled musket, its butt resting on the ground beside his right foot. A cartridge box hangs at his right hip, its leather shoulder strap slung across his chest, the brass circular eagle plate prominently displayed in the center. A socket bayonet hangs from his belt, and a canteen, cup, and satchel are slung over his back. The statue rests on a square white stone pedestal, with a bronze plaque bearing an inscription. Close-up of a Civil War soldier holding his rifled musket butt to the ground. United States Colored Troops National Monument (Madison, Tennessee), Brown University Library February 18, 2006 2006-02-18 Madison (Tenn.) CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Collection is open for research. usct-national-monument-madison-tn Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)