[2] The statue earned Brooks a gold medal at the Exposition Universelle of 1900.

[7][8] The statue depicts Cass in a Civil War uniform with his arms folded across his chest.

The artwork was surveyed as part of the Smithsonian Institution's "Save Outdoor Sculpture!"

In 2009, Peters F. Stevens of the Boston Irish Reporter wrote: A statue of Colonel Cass was erected in the Boston Public Garden, but surviving veterans of his regiment railed that the memorial was both stiff and a poor likeness of the fallen hero.

On September 22, 1899, the striking bronze, which captured the visage and commanding presence of Colonel Thomas Cass and garnered high praise and a prestigious award for Brooks, was unveiled.