MosesJacobEzekiel, or Sir MosesEzekiel (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 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.
Jacob and his retinue were accustomed to a shepherd's life, and on their arrival in Egypt were received with favor by the king, who assigned them the "best of the land", the land of Goshen, to dwell in.
Moses, amid all his Egyptian surroundings, had never forgotten, had never wished to forget, that he was a Hebrew." He now resolved to make himself acquainted with the condition of his countrymen, and "went out unto his brethren, and looked upon their burdens" (Ex.
Moved by fear, Moses fled from Egypt, and betook himself to the land of Midian, the southern part of the peninsula of Sinai, probably by much the same route as that by which, forty years afterwards, he led the Israelites to Sinai.
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