Howitzer Monument, Civil War artillery monument in Monroe Park, Richmond, United States.
The bronze statue features an artilleryman in the number one position at Park Avenue and Harrison Street, mounted on a granite base with Latin inscriptions.
The Richmond Howitzers Monument, erected in 1892, honored a Confederate artillery unit formed in 1859 by George Wythe Randolph, grandson of Thomas Jefferson.
William Ludwell Sheppard, a Richmond Howitzers veteran, created this monument along with other Civil War sculptures while documenting soldier life through watercolor paintings.
The monument site, located on Virginia Commonwealth University campus, remains accessible to visitors through park pathways intersecting at Park Avenue.
Students at Virginia Commonwealth University named the figure 'Q-Tip Man' and regularly decorated the statue with various accessories until its removal in 2020.
Location: Richmond
Inception: 1892
GPS coordinates: 37.54870,-77.45490
Latest update: March 7, 2025 09:23
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