Not all Civil War monuments are created equal. While many depict stoic bronze figures perched high on granite pedestals, sculptor Gary Casteel takes a different approach. He brings his subjects down to eye-level, capturing them in moments of intense, life-like action. This is powerfully demonstrated in his monument to a wounded North Carolina color bearer at Fox’s Gap. But what if the stirring story this monument tells, a tale of heroic sacrifice, isn’t the whole truth?
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