Over the long history of the
carving and the
many carvers, it was inevitable that mistakes would be made.
While some could be corrected by further carving, there were cases where
material had to be added. This was done by patching the carving by
installing large blocks of
granite where needed. These patches are known as dutchmen.
A total of ten dutchmen were used to complete the carving. Some are
larger and more obvious than others. The first dutchman to be added was along the upper profile of
Robert E. Lee's chest, in order to
improve the ratio of the size of his head to that of his body.
Perhaps the most obvious were the two dutchmen added to the bottom of
Robert E. Lee's forearm, in a further attempt to increase the size of
his body to match the head. These were the first to be added in such a way
that their full weight had to be supported.
Here is another view of the dutchmen in Lee's forearm.
Dutchmen were used to correct errors in the forehead, eyebrow, collar, and beard of
Stonewall Jackson.
One more was added to lower Traveller's jaw.
Two additional patches below Lee's arm
Close-up of above two patches