Moses Jacob Ezekiel
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Moses Jacob Ezekiel, or Sir Moses Ezekiel (October 28, 1844, Virginia – March 27, 1917) was a soldier in the Confederate States Army and a U.S. sculptor.
Ezekiel was born in Richmond, Virginia, and attended the common schools. He was a graduate of the [[Virginia Military Institute], was the first Jewish cadet to attend VMI, and was a highly decorated Confederate veteran of the American Civil War. He and other cadets from VMI marched 80 miles north from Lexington and fought at the 1864 Battle of New Market, where Ezekiel was wounded in a fight with Union army troops under Franz Sigel. After his recovery, he served with the cadets in Richmond to train new recruits for the army. Shortly before the end of the war, he served in the trenches defending the city.
Following the Civil War, Ezekiel returned to VMI to finish his education, graduating in 1866. He moved to Europe and completed the sculptures and paintings for which he is famous, including a memorial at VMI that commemorates the small cemetery where the 10 cadets killed at New Market were buried.
Ezekial died in Rome, Italy, and was temporarily entombed there. His body was later moved to the United States and reburied at VMI in Lexington, Virginia.
Works
- Virginia Mourning her Dead (Lexington, Virginia)
- Jefferson Monument (for Thomas Jefferson) (Louisville, Kentucky)
- Confederate Soldiers' Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery
- Religious Liberty at National Museum of American Jewish History Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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