 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
 Picture Courtesy of Jim Kuntz
GEORGE HAMILTON PERKINS
Born at Hopkinton * New Hampshire * October 20 * 1835
Died in Boston * Massachusetts * October 28 * 1899
Enter the Navy as Midshipman October 1 * 1851 and
Served His Country With Honor Forty Eight Years
Genial and Lovable as a Man * Able and Resourceful as an
Officer * Gallant and Inspiring as a Leader -- His Intrepid Conduct
at the Passage of the Forts Below New Orleans * His Heroism at
The Surrender of that City * His Skill and Daring on Notable
Occasions on the Mississippi River and in The Gulf of Mexico * His
Achievements in Mobile Bay When as Commander of the Chickasaw
He Compelled The Surrender of the Tennessee Won From The Navy
Unqualified Admiration and From Farragut These Words
"The Bravest Man That Ever Trod The Deck Of A Ship"
Bronze Relief on South Side:
MOBILE BAY * AUGUST V. MCDDLXIV
AFTER A SEVERE BATTLE WITH THE * CHICKASAW THE
TENNESSEE SURRENDERED
Bronze Relief at North End: APRIL XXIV MDCCCLXII
IN THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER
BELOW FORT ST PHILIP THE
CAUYGA DEFEATED THREE REBEL
GUNBOATS INCLUDING THE GOVERNOR
MOORE AND THE RAM MANASSAS
On Deck in Front of Statue: Forts Jackson and St. Philip
April 24, 1862
Capture of the "Governor Moore" and three
Ships of the Montgomery Flotilla
Below New Orleans
April 24, 1862
Capture of the Chalmette Batteries
April 25, 1862
Surrender of New Orleans
April 25, 1862
Skirmishes on the Mississippi River
July 1862
Fort Hudson and Whitehall's Point
July 1863
Capture of the Mary Sorley
April 7, 1864
Battle of Mobile Bay
August 5, 1864
Capture of the Tennessee
August 5, 1864
Fort Powell
August 5, 1864
Fort Gaines
August 8, 1864
Fort Morgan
August 23, 1864
Statue Description:
Bronze portrait statue of Commodore Perkins, stands on stone base carved to represent bow of ship. The statue is set within an arched niche on free standing 42 foot long exedra wall, with reliefs, seals and text plaques. Perkins is depicted standing in full dress uniform with epaulettes, proper right foot stepping forward. He holds a sword with his proper left hand, the tip of the sword resting on the ground. He holds a hat next to his side, in his proper right arm. The statue is stands on a projection, ornamented with a carved eagle's had, placed within an arched niche.
On the front of the centerpiece above the niche are two nude relief figures representing Peace and War. The figures are mirror images of each other. Peace is a nude winged female figure, shown lying back with proper right arm extended to hold a palm branch and proper left arm holding a wreath. War is a nude winged male figure, dressed only in sandals. He holds a snake in his proper right hand; and blows a long horn which he holds with his proper left hand. On the sides of the centerpiece are trophies, each with crossed flags, a seal, and crowning eagle. On one side is the seal of the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis, Maryland; on the other, the seal of the State of New Hampshire.
Sculptor: Daniel Chester French (1850-1931), Founder: Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, Gift of Mrs. Isabel Anderson (Daughter of Perkins) and her mother Anna W. Perkins, Dedicated April 24, 1902.
N. State St., courthouse lawn, Concord, Merrimack County New Hampshire
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