This is a list of American Civil War monuments and memorials associated with the
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''U ...
memorial
A memorial is an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential, deceased person or a historical, Tragedy (event), tragic event. Popular forms of memorials include landmark objec ...
s are listed below alphabetically by state. States not listed have no known qualifying items for the list.
Vinnie Ream
Lavinia Ellen "Vinnie" Ream Hoxie (September 25, 1847 – November 20, 1914) was an American sculptor. Her most famous work is the Statue of Abraham Lincoln (U.S. Capitol), statue of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in the United States Capit ...
, located in the
Capitol Rotunda
The United States Capitol rotunda is the tall central rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. It has been described as the Capitol's "symbolic and physical heart". Built between 1818 and 1824, the rotunda is located below the ...
Henry Kirke Brown
Henry Kirke Brown (February 24, 1814 in Leyden, Massachusetts – July 10, 1886 in Newburgh, New York) was an American sculptor.
Life
He began to paint portraits while still a boy, studied painting in Boston under Chester Harding, learned a lit ...
, sculptor, 1874
*
Emancipation Memorial
The Emancipation Memorial, also known as the Freedman's Memorial or the Emancipation Group is a monument in Lincoln Park in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Washington, D.C. It was sometimes referred to as the "Lincoln Memorial" before the more ...
Peace Monument
The Peace Monument, also known as the Naval Monument or Civil War Sailors Monument, stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in Peace Circle at First Street, N.W., and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. The 44 foot (13.4 m) high ...
, 1877
*
Major General George Henry Thomas
''Major General George Henry Thomas'', also known as the Thomas Circle Monument, is an equestrian sculpture in Washington, D.C. that honors Civil War general George Henry Thomas. The monument is located in the center of Thomas Circle, on the bo ...
Pension Building
The National Building Museum is located at 401 F Street NW in Washington, D.C. It is a museum of "architecture, design, engineering, construction, and urban planning". It was created by an act of Congress in 1980, and is a private non-profit i ...
frieze,
Caspar Buberl
Caspar Buberl (1834 – August 22, 1899) was an American sculptor. He is best known for his Civil War monuments, for the terra cotta relief panels on the Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio (depicting the various stages of James Garfiel ...
sculptor, 1887
* The ''Warrior'',
James A. Garfield Monument
The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W., and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to United States President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and ass ...
Equestrian statue of Philip Sheridan
''General Philip Sheridan'' is a bronze sculpture that honors Civil War general Philip Sheridan. The monument was sculpted by Gutzon Borglum, best known for his design of Mount Rushmore. Dedicated in 1908, dignitaries in attendance at the unvei ...
, 1908
*
Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial
The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, also known as ''Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson'', is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring Dr. Benjamin F. Stephenson, founder of the Grand Army of the Republic, a fraternal organization for ...
, 1909
*
Dupont Circle Fountain
The Dupont Circle Fountain, formally known as the Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Dupont Memorial Fountain, is a fountain located in the center of Dupont Circle in Washington, D.C. It honors Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont, a prominent American ...
Daniel Chester French
Daniel Chester French (April 20, 1850 – October 7, 1931) was an American sculptor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, best known for his 1874 sculpture '' The Minute Man'' in Concord, Massachusetts, and his 1920 monum ...
and carved by the
Piccirilli Brothers
The Piccirilli brothers were an Italian family of renowned marble carvers and sculptors who carved many of the most significant marble sculptures in the United States, including Daniel Chester French’s colossal ''Abraham Lincoln'' (1920) in the ...
** "
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address is a speech that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivered during the American Civil War at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, now known as Gettysburg National Cemetery, in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the ...
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, betwe ...
, 1924
*
Nuns of the Battlefield
''Nuns of the Battlefield'' is a public artwork made in 1924 by Irish artist Jerome Connor, located at the intersection of Rhode Island Avenue NW, M Street, and Connecticut Avenue NW, in Washington, D.C., United States. A tribute to the more th ...
, 1924
*
George Gordon Meade Memorial
The George Gordon Meade Memorial, also known as the Meade Memorial or ''Major General George Gordon Meade'', is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring George Meade, a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for defeatin ...
,
Charles Grafly
Charles Allan Grafly, Jr. (December 3, 1862May 5, 1929) was an American sculptor, and teacher. Instructor of Sculpture at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts for 37 years, his students included Paul Manship, Albin Polasek, and Walker Hancoc ...
, sculptor, 1927
*
African American Civil War Memorial
The African American Civil War Memorial Museum, in the U Street district of Washington, D.C., recognizes the contributions of the 209,145 members of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). The eponymous memorial, dedicated in July 1998 by the Af ...
, 1997
**
U Street (WMATA station)
U Street is a rapid transit station on the Green and Yellow Lines of the Washington Metro in the U Street neighborhood of Washington, D.C.
U Street station is located in northwest Washington and serves the U Street neighborhood; nearby attra ...
, which contains "African-American Civil War Memorial/Cardozo" in its subtitle.
U.S. Currency
* U.S. one-cent coin
** Lincoln's Bust, depicted on Front since 1909
** Lincoln Memorial, depicted on Back from 1959 – 2008
** Lincoln Bicentennial, depicted on Back in 2009
* U.S. five-dollar bill
** Lincoln's Portrait, depicted on Front since 1914
** Lincoln Memorial, depicted on Back since 1929
* U.S. fifty-dollar bill
** Grant's Portrait, depicted on Front since 1913
*
U.S. Postage Stamps
Postal service in the United States began with the delivery of stampless letters whose cost was borne by the receiving person, later encompassed pre-paid letters carried by private mail carriers and provisional post offices, and culminated in a ...
* Fort Greely, Alaska (1942) named in honor of Major General
Adolphus Greely
Adolphus Washington Greely (March 27, 1844 – October 20, 1935) was a United States Army officer and polar explorer. He attained the rank of major general and was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
A native of Newburyport, Massachusetts a ...
.
* Fort Logan /
Fort Logan National Cemetery
Fort Logan National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery in Denver, Colorado. Fort Logan, a former U.S. Army installation, was named after Union General John A. Logan, commander of US Volunteer forces during the American Civil War. It co ...
File:Vinnie Ream - Lincoln.jpg, ''Abraham Lincoln'' by
Ream
Ream may refer to:
* Paper ream, unit of 500 sheets of paper
* Ream (surname)
* Reamer, tool used to widen a hole
* Ream, West Virginia
* Ream, the name of Rama in the Khmer version of the Ramayana, the Reamker
''Reamker'' ( km, រាមក� ...
James A. Garfield Monument
The James A. Garfield Monument stands on the grounds of the United States Capitol in the circle at First Street, S.W., and Maryland Avenue, Washington, D.C. It is a memorial to United States President James A. Garfield, elected in 1880 and ass ...
File:Allegorical_detail_"Fame"_from_Gen._Meade_Monument.jpg, ''Fame'' from the
George Gordon Meade Memorial
The George Gordon Meade Memorial, also known as the Meade Memorial or ''Major General George Gordon Meade'', is a public artwork in Washington, D.C. honoring George Meade, a career military officer from Pennsylvania who is best known for defeatin ...
File:Grant_Memorial,_detail,_H_Shrady_sc.jpg,
Ulysses S. Grant Memorial
The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial is a presidential memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring American Civil War general and 18th United States President Ulysses S. Grant. It sits at the base of Capitol Hill (Union Square, the Mall, 1st Street, betwe ...
Arizona
*
Picacho Peak State Park
Picacho Peak State Park is a state park surrounding Picacho Peak in Picacho, Arizona. The park is located between Casa Grande and Tucson near Interstate 10 in Pinal County. Its centerpiece spire is visible from downtown Tucson, a distance of . ...
, Stone Monument Shaft. Erected by the Arizona Pioneers Historical Society and Southern Pacific Railroad Company on April 15, 1928. It commemorates the 3 Union soldiers who lost their life during the
Battle of Picacho Pass
The Battle of Picacho Pass, also known as the Battle of Picacho Peak, was an engagement of the American Civil War on April 15, 1862. The action occurred around Picacho Peak, northwest of Tucson, Arizona. It was fought between a Union cavalr ...
and list their names. The dedication was a grand ceremony with many people attending and multiple organizations including the
Woman's Relief Corps
The Woman's Relief Corps (WRC) is a charitable organization in the United States, originally founded as the official women's auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) in 1883. The organization was designed to assist the GAR and p ...
,
Daughters of the American Revolution
The Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) is a lineage-based membership service organization for women who are directly descended from a person involved in the United States' efforts towards independence.
A non-profit group, they promot ...
, and the
Grand Army of the Republic
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (United States Navy, U.S. Navy), and the United States Marine Corps, Marines who served in the American Ci ...
. In the 21st century a plaque dedicated to the Confederate veterans which was on a wall by the stone monument was removed and it was cemented on the bottom of the Union plaque. The plaque was later stolen.
* Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. A small stone with a Grand Army of the Republic medal on the front of it honors the dead Union veterans within the cemetery. The stone was erected in the 2000s by the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil ...
Camp Negley Post of Tucson and the Burnside Post of Tombstone.
* Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery. A small flagstone that commemorates the 18 California Volunteers Union veterans and one colored troop buried in the cemetery. Erected by the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil ...
, Department of California.
* Prescott, Arizona. Plaque dedicated to the memory of the more than 50 Union Veterans buried with Citizens' Cemetery and their pioneer spirit that led to Arizona's statehood in 1912. Dedicated by the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil ...
Grant County, Arkansas
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Arkansas. Its population was 17,853 at the 2010 United States Census. The county seat is Sheridan.
Grant County is included in the Little Rock– North Little Rock– Conway, AR Metropolit ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
, 1869
* Judsonia, Arkansas: Grand Army of the Republic Memorial, obelisk surrounded by 16 union soldier graves, 1894
*
Leola, Arkansas
Leola is a town in Grant County, Arkansas, United States. The population was 501 at the 2010 census. It is the southernmost municipality within the Central Arkansas region.
Geography
Leola is located at (34.171094, -92.590133).
According to the ...
Little Rock National Cemetery
Little Rock National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery, located approximately two miles (3 km) south-east of the Arkansas State Capitol Building, being within the city of Little Rock, and Pulaski County, Arkansas. It encompasses ...
John C. Black
John Charles Black (January 27, 1839 – August 17, 1915) was a Democratic U.S. Congressman from Illinois. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions as a Union Army lieutenant colonel and regimental commander at the Battle of Prairie Grove ...
Marker
*
Sheridan
Sheridan may refer to:
People
Surname
*Sheridan (surname)
*Philip Sheridan (1831–1888), U.S. Army general after whom the Sheridan tank is named
*Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816), Irish playwright (''The Rivals''), poet and politician
...
is named after
Union
Union commonly refers to:
* Trade union, an organization of workers
* Union (set theory), in mathematics, a fundamental operation on sets
Union may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''U ...
general
Phillip Sheridan
General of the Army Philip Henry Sheridan (March 6, 1831 – August 5, 1888) was a career United States Army officer and a Union general in the American Civil War. His career was noted for his rapid rise to major general and his close as ...
Los Gatos
Los Gatos (, ; ) is an incorporated town in Santa Clara County, California, United States. The population is 33,529 according to the 2020 census. It is located in the San Francisco Bay Area just southwest of San Jose in the foothills of the ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
, 1883
* "Soldier's Monument",
Colorado State Capitol
The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, United States, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado.
Histor ...
grounds, Jack (or John) Howland, sculptor, dedicated July 24, 1909
Connecticut
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Soldiers' Monument in Bristol, Connecticut
Soldiers' Monument is in Bristol, Connecticut, on top of a hill in the city’s West Cemetery. The monument is an obelisk with a brownstone eagle on top. At the base on its eastern side, there is a dedication honoring the men from Bristol who foug ...
, ca. 1865
*
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Bushnell Park, Hartford, Connecticut, honors the 4,000 Hartford citizens who served in the American Civil War, including 400 who died for the Union cause. It is notable as the first permanent triumphal ...
, Hartford, 1886
*
Joseph Roswell Hawley
Joseph Roswell Hawley (October 31, 1826March 18, 1905) was the 42nd Governor of Connecticut, a U.S. politician in the Republican and Free Soil parties, a Civil War general, and a journalist and newspaper editor. He served two terms in the U ...
rondel,
Connecticut State Capitol
The Connecticut State Capitol is located north of Capitol Avenue and south of Bushnell Park in Hartford, the capital of Connecticut. The building houses the Connecticut General Assembly; the upper house, the State Senate, and lower house, the ...
Lincoln College of Technology
Lincoln Tech is an American group of for-profit postsecondary vocational institutions headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. Each campus is owned and operated by Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (), a provider of career-oriented post ...
in East Windsor
*
Lincoln College of New England
Lincoln College of New England was a private college in Southington, Connecticut, founded in 1966 as Briarwood College. Lincoln's regional accreditor placed the college on probation in the summer of 2018 and the institution subsequently stoppe ...
in Southington, 2010 (formerly known as Briarwood College)
Delaware
* General
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert
Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert (July 1, 1833 – August 29, 1880) was a career United States Army officer, a Union Army General commanding both infantry and cavalry forces in the American Civil War, and a U.S. diplomat.
Early life
Torb ...
Samuel Francis Du Pont
Samuel Francis Du Pont (September 27, 1803 – June 23, 1865) was a rear admiral in the United States Navy, and a member of the prominent Du Pont family. In the Mexican–American War, Du Pont captured San Diego, and was made commander of the C ...
, originally erected in Dupont Circle, Washington D.C. in 1884, moved to
Rockford Park
Rockford Park is a historic public park located in a residential area of Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. It is characterized by a large, grassy meadow which slopes gently upward to a large knoll overlooking the Brandywine River.
It was a ...
These are arranged by city:
* 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops Monument, Centennial Park,
Fort Myers
Fort Myers (or Ft. Myers) is a city in southwestern Florida and the county seat and commercial center of Lee County, Florida, United States. The Census Bureau's Population Estimates Program calculated that the city's population was 92,245 in 202 ...
, dedicated in 2000
* Union Soldier's Memorial, Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, erected in 1891
* Forgotten Soldier Memorial, in honor of African-American soldiers, Bayview Park, Key West, unveiled February 16, 2016
* Obelisk at Clinton Square, Bayview Park, Key West, circa 1866
* Monument Park, Lynn Haven, dedicated in 1920
* G.A.R. Memorial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Miami, dedicated on April 12, 1939
* G.A.R. Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, 1910
* G.A.R. Monument, Veterans Park, St. Cloud, erected in 2000
* Unknown Soldiers Monument, Mount Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud, 1915
* Union Monument, Greenwood Cemetery,
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, erected in 1900
* Daughter of Union Veterans Monument, Oaklawn Cemetery,
Tampa
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough Count ...
* In Memory of Our Union Veterans, Woodlawn Cemetery,
Tampa
Tampa () is a city on the Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. The city's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and the seat of Hillsborough Count ...
Schools
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Old Lincoln High School
Lincoln High School (also known as Lincoln Academy) was a high school located in Tallahassee, Florida, United States. It is commonly referred to as "Historic Lincoln High School" or "Old Lincoln". There is no connection with Leon County's curren ...
(also known as Lincoln Academy) in Tallahassee, 1869. School closed in 1967–68.
*
Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida)
Lincoln High School is a public high school located in Tallahassee, Florida. It offers an accelerated Advanced Placement (AP) program. In 2010, ''Newsweek'' ranked Lincoln High School as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States. In 2 ...
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he trave ...
and
A. Phimister Proctor
Alexander Phimister Proctor (September 27, 1860 – September 5, 1950) was an American sculptor with the contemporary reputation as one of the nation's foremost animaliers.
Birth and early years
Proctor was born on September 27, 1860 in Bo ...
Lorado Taft
Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860, in Elmwood, Illinois – October 30, 1936, in Chicago) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. His 1903 book, ''The History of American Sculpture,'' was the first survey of the subject and stood for deca ...
Leonard Crunelle
Leonard Crunelle (July 8, 1872 in Lens, Pas-de-Calais – 1944) was a French-born American sculptor especially known for his sculptures of children. Crunelle immigrated with his family to the United States and worked as a coal miner in Decatur, ...
, 1919
* General Philip Henry Sheridan,
Gutzon Borglum
John Gutzon de la Mothe Borglum (March 25, 1867 – March 6, 1941) was an American sculptor best known for his work on Mount Rushmore. He is also associated with various other public works of art across the U.S., including Stone Mountain in Georg ...
, sculptor, Chicago, 1923
* Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Woods in River Forest, part of the
Forest Preserve District of Cook County
The Forest Preserve District of Cook County is a governmental commission in Cook County, Illinois, that owns and manages a network of open spaces, containing forest, prairie, wetland, streams, and lakes, that are mostly set aside as natural areas ...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
and the only one during his lifetime.
*
Lincoln College of Technology
Lincoln Tech is an American group of for-profit postsecondary vocational institutions headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey. Each campus is owned and operated by Lincoln Educational Services Corporation (), a provider of career-oriented post ...
in Melrose Park
* Carterville
**
John A. Logan College
John A. Logan College is a public community college in Carterville, Illinois. It is part of the Illinois Community College System. As of 2016, it had a total enrollment of 4,424 students: 1,990 full- and 2,434 part-time.Lincoln Land Community College
Lincoln Land Community College is a public community college in Springfield, Illinois. It has extended branches in different locations, including Beardstown, Jacksonville, Litchfield and Taylorville, Illinois. The main campus is less than ha ...
, 1967
** The Lincoln Academy of Illinois, 1964
File:Civil War Monument, Oregon IL. USA, 1916, Lorado Taft sc.jpg, Oregon
File:Logan statue Grant Park Chicago.jpg, Gen. Logan. Chicago
File:Gen. Sheridan by Borglum, Chicago.jpeg, General Sheridan, Chicago
File:Richard Oglesby Monument Lincoln Park Chicago 2019-2403.jpg,
Richard J. Oglesby
Richard James Oglesby (July 25, 1824April 24, 1899) was an American soldier and Republican Party (United States), Republican politician from Illinois, The town of Oglesby, Illinois, is named in his honor, as is an elementary school situated ...
Georgia
*
Illinois Monument
The Illinois Monument is a public monument located in the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The monument honors the soldiers from Illinois who fought in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during ...
, 1914
*
Wilder Brigade Monument
The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchto ...
, 1899
File:Monument to the Illinois soldiers who died on 27 June, 1864. Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park, Marietta, Georgia.jpg,
Illinois Monument
The Illinois Monument is a public monument located in the Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park in Cobb County, Georgia, United States. The monument honors the soldiers from Illinois who fought in the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain during ...
File:John T Wilder monument Chickamauga.jpg,
Wilder Brigade Monument
The Wilder Brigade Monument (also known as the Wilder Tower) is a large public monument located at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park in Walker County, Georgia, United States. The monument, which consists of a stone watchto ...
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis)
The Indiana State Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a tall neoclassical monument built on Monument Circle, a circular, brick-paved street that intersects Meridian and Market streets in the center of downtown Indianapolis, Indiana. In the years s ...
Battle of Corydon
The Battle of Corydon was a minor engagement that took place July 9, 1863, just south of Corydon, which had been the original capital of Indiana until 1825, and was the county seat of Harrison County. The attack occurred during Morgan's Raid in ...
.
* Colonel Richard Owen (bust), presented by Confederate organizations in honor of Union prison war camp director
*
Lincoln Bank Tower
The Lincoln Bank Tower in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, is an Art Deco highrise building. Construction started in late 1929 with the building's opening on November 16, 1930. For decades, it was the tallest building in the state.Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in and the county seat of Allen County, Indiana, United States. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 as of the 2020 Censu ...
, 1930
File:Civil_War_Monument,_Delphi_IN,_USA_ca._1888.jpeg, Delphi
File:Lincoln,_Preservation_of_the_Union.jpeg, Preservation of the Union,
Lincoln Bank Tower
The Lincoln Bank Tower in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States, is an Art Deco highrise building. Construction started in late 1929 with the building's opening on November 16, 1930. For decades, it was the tallest building in the state.Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park, Clermont, dedicated June 19, 1903, erected in memory of Civil War soldiers and sailorsBaruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 48
* Soldier's Monument (Davenport, Iowa), 1881Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 53
* Sac City Monument Square Historic District, Sac City
** General Sherman Hall; honors service of
William T. Sherman
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
1892
** Memorial Statue; 19 foot tall granite and bronze monument of Sherman unveiled Nov. 23 1894
** 4 Civil War Cannon; "whether it was idle curiosity or absence of thought that caused Phil Schaller to fire one of the cannon to awaken the town on July 4, 1895, one will never know. The force of the cannon fire broke all the windows on the south side of the court house and many windows in the Main Street business district. (Sac City, Iowa, p. 19)"
* Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines,
Carl Rohl-Smith
Carl Wilhelm Daniel Rohl-SmithCarr, p. 375. (April 3, 1848- August 20, 1900) was a Danish American sculptor who was active in Europe and the United States from 1870 to 1900. He sculpted a number of life-size and small bronzes based on Greco-Roma ...
, sculptor, 1896Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 47
* Clayton County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Elkader, W. H. Mullins Company
Schools
* Lincoln Elementary School in Manchester, 1916
File:Soldiers_&_Sailors_monument,_Des_Moines_IA,_USA.jpg, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines
File:Soldiers_and_Sailors_Monument,_Des_Moines,_IA,_USA.jpg, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines, detail
File:ElKander_IA,_USA,_Civil_War_Monument_1916.jpg, Elkader
File:Ekander_IA,_USA_Civil_War_monument,_detail,_1916.jpg, Elkader detail
Kansas
According to Kansas Civil War Monuments and Memorials, there are 105 counties in Kansas most have a monument to Union soldiers of the Civil War. Many were funded by GAR posts or Sons of Union Civil War Veterans, today the
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War
Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is an American congressionally chartered fraternal organization that carries out activities to preserve the history and legacy of the United States Armed Forces veterans who fought during the Civil ...
Ulysses, Kansas
Ulysses (pronounced ) is a city in and the county seat of Grant County, Kansas, United States. It is named after Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th President of the United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 5,788.
History ...
is a city named after Ulysses S. Grant, 1885
* McPherson, Kansas and McPherson County are named after Union General James McPherson. There is also a monument to him and another monument to Union Civil War soldiers fighting for him. The monument was erected in 1917.
* Baxter Springs Civil War Monument erected in 1886 after Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post collected more than 7,000 signatures from former soldiers. The monument is located in the Soldier's Lot of the Baxter Springs Cemetery, and is dedicated to the 132 soldiers who died in the Battle of Baxter Springs October 8, 1863.
* Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorial Arch, erected 1898 in Junction City, Kansas, NRHP-listed
Kentucky
*
Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument
The Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument in Taylor County, Kentucky, near Campbellsville, Kentucky, commemorates the Battle of Tebbs Bend, which occurred on July 4, 1863, during the Civil War. The battle was essentially a Union victory, as it greatly ...
, near Campbellsville. It includes a historical marker from state of Michigan, commemorating the Union soldiers, mostly immigrants from the Netherlands, who were given battle orders in Dutch.
* GAR Monument, Covington, 1929.
* Veteran's Monument, Covington. One of only two monuments in Kentucky to both Union and Confederate war dead, 1933.
* Colored Soldiers Monument, Frankfort's Green Hill Cemetery. One of the relatively few monuments to black soldiers that participated in the American Civil War, 1924.
* Captain Andrew Offutt Monument, Lebanon, 1921.
* Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument, Morgantown at the Butler County Courthouse, 1907.
*
32nd Indiana Monument
The 32nd Indiana Monument, also known as the August Bloedner Monument, honors the Union soldiers of the 32nd Indiana Volunteer Infantry Regiment, also known as Indiana's "1st German" regiment, who died in the Battle of Rowlett's Station on Dece ...
, near Munfordville. The oldest surviving memorial to the Civil War, 1862.
* Union Monument, Perryville, 1928.
* Union Monument, Vanceburg, 1884.
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
Monument Square (Portland, Maine) Monument Square is a town square located in downtown Portland, Maine, about halfway between the East Bayside and Old Port neighorhoods. The Time and Temperature Building, Fidelity Trust Building, and the main branch of the Portland Public Librar ...
, which includes the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument by sculptor
Franklin Simmons
Franklin Bachelder Simmons (January 11, 1839 – December 8, 1913) was a prominent American sculptor of the nineteenth century. Three of his statues are in the National Statuary Hall Collection, three of his busts are in the United States Senat ...
, 1891.
File:Civil War memorial, Auburn, Maine.jpg, Auburn
File:Civil War Monument Augusta 5.JPG, Augusta
File:Civil War Memorial in Bethel, Maine.jpg, Bethel
File:Civil War Memorial, Kennedy Park, Lewiston, Maine detail.jpg, Lewiston
File:Our Lady of Victories statue, Portland, Maine.jpg, Our Lady of Victories, Portland
File:Civil War memorial, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland Maine.jpg, Evergreen Cemetery, Portland
File:Eastman Park, Saco Maine.jpg, Saco
File:Civil War Memorial in Riverbank Park, Westbrook, Maine.jpg, Westbrook
File:Civil War Monument in York, Maine.jpg, York
Maryland
*
United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue (Lexington Park, Maryland)
The United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue is a memorial to the more than 700 African-American soldiers and sailors from St. Mary's County, Maryland who served in the Union forces during the American Civil War.
It is located in the city o ...
Antietam National Battlefield
Antietam National Battlefield is a National Park Service-protected area along Antietam Creek in Sharpsburg, Washington County, northwestern Maryland. It commemorates the American Civil War Battle of Antietam that occurred on September 17, 186 ...
Framingham
Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Bost ...
,
Martin Milmore
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Martin Milmore (1844–1883) was an American sculptor.
Life and career
Martin Milmore was born in Sligo, Ireland on September 14, 1844. He immigrated to Boston at age seven, graduated from Boston Latin School in 1860, took art lesson ...
Civil War Memorial (Webster, Massachusetts)
A Civil War Memorial stands in downtown Webster, Massachusetts
Webster is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 17,776 at the 2020 census.
Named after statesman Daniel Webster, the town was founded by ...
Memorial Hall (Harvard University)
Memorial Hall, immediately north of Harvard Yard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an imposing High Victorian Gothic building honoring Harvard men's sacrifices in defense of the Union during the American Civil War"a symbol of Boston's commitment ...
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Boston Common at Boston, in the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, was erected in memory of Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who died in the American Civil War. Designed by Martin Milmore, construction ...
, 1887
*
Soldiers' Monument (Worcester, Massachusetts)
Soldiers' Monument (Worcester, Massachusetts) is an American Civil War monument on Worcester Common in Worcester, Massachusetts.
Designed by sculptor Randolph Rogers, it consists of a tapering granite Corinthian column crowned by a bronze godd ...
Charlestown Civil War Memorial
The Charlestown Civil War Memorial, also known as the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, is an outdoor granite monument and sculpture by Martin Milmore, commemorating the men of Charlestown, Boston, who fought to preserve the Union during the Ame ...
*
North Adams, Massachusetts
North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 12,961 as of the 2020 census. Best known as the ...
File:Civil War memorial, Capron Park, Attleboro, Massachusetts.jpg, Attleboro
File:General Charles Devens Statue by Daniel Chester French - 2011-09-25.jpg, Devens Monument
File:Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (36053).jpg, Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston)
File:Boston - park 07.JPG, Boston Common
File:Sanders theater .jpg, Memorial Hall (Cambridge)
File:Civil War Monument, Cambridge, MA - side view.jpg, Cambridge
File:Civil War Memorial in Easton, Massachusetts.jpg, Easton
File:Civil War Memorial, Framingham, Massachusetts, 1872.jpeg, Framingham
File:Civil War Memorial in Arlington, Massachusetts.jpg, Arlington
File:Civil War Memorial - Grafton, MA - DSC04550.JPG, Grafton
File:Civil War Monument, Great Barrington, Massachusetts.jpg, Great Barrington
File:Civil War memorial, Clasky Common Park, New Bedford, Massachusetts.jpg, New Bedford
File:Pittsfield MA Civil War memorial - panoramio (6).jpg, Pittsfield
File:Civil War memorial at Raynham Public Library; Raynham, MA.jpg, Raynham
File:Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Sandwich Massachusetts.jpg, Sandwich
File:Civil War Monument - Springfield, MA - DSC03240.JPG, Springfield
File:Civil War Monument and Town Hall, Waltham, MA.JPG, Waltham
File:Webster MA Civil War memorial.jpg, Webster
File:Civil War Memorial in Whitinsville, Massachusetts.jpg, Whitinsville (Northbridge)
Michigan
*
Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a Civil War monument located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. This example of civic sculpture stands in a prominent location on the southeast tip of Campus Martius Park, where five principal thoroughf ...
,
Randolph Rogers
Randolph Rogers (July 6, 1825 in Waterloo, New York – January 15, 1892 in Rome, Italy) was an American Neoclassical sculptor. An expatriate who lived most of his life in Italy, his works ranged from popular subjects to major commissions, includ ...
Lorado Taft
Lorado Zadok Taft (April 29, 1860, in Elmwood, Illinois – October 30, 1936, in Chicago) was an American sculptor, writer and educator. His 1903 book, ''The History of American Sculpture,'' was the first survey of the subject and stood for deca ...
Grant County, Minnesota
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,074. Its county seat is Elbow Lake.
History
The county was created on March 6, 1868. It was named for Civil War General and US President U ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
* A monument to all Union soldiers and sailors is located in Bridge Square in Northfield, Minnesota.
Mississippi
* Monument to
United States Colored Troops
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed primarily of African-American ( colored) soldiers, although members of other minority groups also served within the units. They were first recruited durin ...
(1st and 3rd Mississippi Infantry, African Descent) at Vicksburg National Military Park. The inscription reads: "Commemorating the Service of the 1st and 3d Mississippi Infantry, African Descent and All Mississippians of African Descent Who Participated in the Vicksburg Campaign."
* Monument to the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Vicksburg National Military Park.
* Monument to admiral
David Farragut
David Glasgow Farragut (; also spelled Glascoe; July 5, 1801 – August 14, 1870) was a flag officer of the United States Navy during the American Civil War. He was the first rear admiral, vice admiral, and admiral in the United States Navy. F ...
at Vicksburg National Military Park.
Henry Hudson Kitson
Henry Hudson Kitson (April 9, 1863, 1864 or 1865 – June 26, 1947) was an English-American sculptor who sculpted many representations of American military heroes.
Romania's Queen Elisabeth knighted him after he sculpted a marble bust of h ...
, sculptor
* The
Illinois Memorial
The Illinois Memorial (also known as the Illinois State Memorial and the Illinois Monument) is a public memorial located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Dedicated in 1906, it honors the Union Army ...
at Vicksburg National Military Park. Commemorating the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign and has 47 steps, one for every day Vicksburg was besieged.
* Kentucky memorial composed of bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, both native Kentuckians, Vicksburg National Military Park.
* The Michigan Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park.
File:African-American Monument at Vicksburg National Military Park wide view.jpg,
USCT
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed primarily of African-American (colored) soldiers, although members of other minority groups also served within the units. They were first recruited during ...
monument, Vicksburg NMP
File:18WisInfMonument.jpg, 18th Wisconsin VI, Vicksburg NMP
File:Statue of David Glasgow Farragut at the Vicksburg National Military Park.jpg, David Farragut Monument, Vicksburg NMP
File:Illinois Monument.jpg,
Illinois Memorial
The Illinois Memorial (also known as the Illinois State Memorial and the Illinois Monument) is a public memorial located at Vicksburg National Military Park in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. Dedicated in 1906, it honors the Union Army ...
, Vicksburg NMP
File:Lincoln and Davis Statue 2.jpg, Kentucky Memorial, Vicksburg NMP
File:Vicksburg National Military Park, Mississippi, US (18).jpg, Michigan Memorial, Vicksburg NMP
Missouri
* Attorney General
Edward Bates
Edward Bates (September 4, 1793 – March 25, 1869) was a lawyer and politician. He represented Missouri in the US House of Representatives and served as the U.S. Attorney General under President Abraham Lincoln. A member of the influentia ...
statue in
Forest Park
A forest park is a park whose main theme is its forest of trees. Forest parks are found both in the mountains and in the urban environment.
Examples Chile
* Forest Park, Santiago
China
* Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai
* Mufushan National Forest ...
Francis Preston Blair Jr.
Francis Preston Blair Jr. (February 19, 1821 – July 8, 1875) was a United States Senator, a United States Congressman and a Union Major General during the Civil War. He represented Missouri in both the House of Representatives and the Senate, a ...
statue in
Forest Park
A forest park is a park whose main theme is its forest of trees. Forest parks are found both in the mountains and in the urban environment.
Examples Chile
* Forest Park, Santiago
China
* Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai
* Mufushan National Forest ...
Franz Sigel
Franz Sigel (November 18, 1824 – August 21, 1902) was a German American military officer, revolutionary and immigrant to the United States who was a teacher, newspaperman, politician, and served as a Union major general in the American Civil ...
statue in
Forest Park
A forest park is a park whose main theme is its forest of trees. Forest parks are found both in the mountains and in the urban environment.
Examples Chile
* Forest Park, Santiago
China
* Gongqing Forest Park, Shanghai
* Mufushan National Forest ...
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
statue on the grounds of
City Hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually house ...
Grant City, Missouri
Grant City is a city in, and the county seat of, Worth County, Missouri, United States. The population was 859 at the 2010 census.
History
Grant City was laid out in 1864. The community has the name of General Ulysses S. Grant, afterward 18th Pr ...
is named after General
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
*
Lincoln, Missouri
Lincoln is a city in Benton County, Missouri, United States. The population was 1,190 at the 2010 census.
History
A post office called Lincoln was established in 1866. The city was named for Abraham Lincoln, sixteenth President of the United St ...
is named after
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
statue on the grounds of
City Hall
In local government, a city hall, town hall, civic centre (in the UK or Australia), guildhall, or a municipal building (in the Philippines), is the chief administrative building of a city, town, or other municipality. It usually house ...
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy
Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill) is a three-year middle school and four-year college preparatory magnet school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The high schoo ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
Nebraska
*
Grant County, Nebraska
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 614, making it the fourth-least populous county in Nebraska and the ninth-least populous county in the United States. Its county ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
Nebraska State Capitol
The Nebraska State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Nebraska and is located in downtown Lincoln. Designed by New York architect Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue in 1920, it was constructed of Indiana limestone from 1922 to 19 ...
Lee Lawrie
Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through ...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
* Civil War Memorial statue in
Blair, Nebraska
Blair is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,990 at the 2010 census.
History
Blair was platted in 1869 when the Sioux City and Pacific Railroad was extended to that point. It was ...
*
U.S. Route 6
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast from Bishop, California, to P ...
, running through the entirety of Nebraska, is named
Grand Army of the Republic Highway
U.S. Route 6 (US 6), also called the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, honoring the American Civil War Grand Army of the Republic, veterans association, is a main route of the U.S. Highway system. While it currently runs east-northeast fr ...
New Hampshire
* a casting of the
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial
The ''Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-Fourth Regiment'' is a bronze relief sculpture by Augustus Saint-Gaudens opposite 24 Beacon Street, Boston (at the edge of the Boston Common). It depicts Colonel Robert Gould Shaw lea ...
is located at the
Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site
Saint-Gaudens National Historical Park in Cornish, New Hampshire, preserves the home, gardens, and studios of Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848–1907), one of America's foremost sculptors. This was his summer residence from 1885 to 1897, his perman ...
in
Cornish, New Hampshire
Cornish is a town in Sullivan County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 1,616 at the 2020 census. Cornish has four covered bridges. Each August, it is home to the Cornish Fair.
History
The town was granted in 1763 and contained a ...
,
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he trave ...
Grant County, New Mexico
Grant County is a List of counties in New Mexico, county located in the U.S. state of New Mexico. At the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 28,185. Its county seat is Silver City, New Mexico, Silver City. The county was fo ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
New York
*
Elmira Prison
Elmira Prison was originally a barracks for "Camp Rathbun" or "Camp Chemung", a key muster and training point for the Union Army during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1864. The site was selected partially due to its proximity to the ...
John Quincy Adams Ward
John Quincy Adams Ward (June 29, 1830 – May 1, 1910) was an American sculptor, whose most familiar work is his larger than life-size standing statue of George Washington on the steps of Federal Hall National Memorial in New York City.
Early ye ...
Caspar Buberl
Caspar Buberl (1834 – August 22, 1899) was an American sculptor. He is best known for his Civil War monuments, for the terra cotta relief panels on the Garfield Memorial in Cleveland, Ohio (depicting the various stages of James Garfiel ...
, sculptor, 1882
*
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a historic American Civil War monument located at Lowville in Lewis County, New York. It was built in 1883 by Monumental Bronze Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut, and is constructed of sand-cast zi ...
Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch
The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch is a triumphal arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn, New York City, just north of Prospect Park. Built from 1889 to 1892, the arch is dedicated "To the Defenders of the Union, 1861–1865".
The eastern end wit ...
Grand Army Plaza
Grand Army Plaza, originally known as Prospect Park Plaza, is a public plaza that comprises the northern corner and the main entrance of Prospect Park in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It consists of concentric oval rings arranged as s ...
Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Augustus Saint-Gaudens (; March 1, 1848 – August 3, 1907) was an American sculptor of the Beaux-Arts generation who embodied the ideals of the American Renaissance. From a French-Irish family, Saint-Gaudens was raised in New York City, he trave ...
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Syracuse)
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (1908–1911) is a Beaux-Arts monument in Syracuse, New York, dedicated to the 12,265 men of Onondaga County who served in the Civil War.
, 1910
* Cattaraugus County Civil War Memorial and Historical Building, Little Valley, NY (1914)
Seventh Regiment memorial, NYC, 1869.jpg, Seventh Regiment Memorial
Sherman Monument, NY 1902.jpg, Sherman Monument
Buffalo NY, USA civil War monument.jpg, Buffalo
North Carolina
Schools
* Lincoln Academy in Kings Mountain, 1886
*Salisbury national cemetery, Union monument, 1876
*Salisbury national cemetery, Maine monument, 1908
*Salisbury national cemetery, Pennsylvania monument, 1910
*New Bern national cemetery, Connecticut monument, 1894
*New Bern national cemetery, New Jersey monument, 1905
*New Bern national cemetery, Massachusetts monument, 1908
*New Bern national cemetery, Rhode Island monument, 1910
*Hertford, US colored troops monument, 1910
*Goldsborough Bridge battle, (jointly with CSA troops)
*Averasboro, 20th Corps monument, 2001
*Bentonville battlefield, Sherman's 4 corps monument, 2013
*Bentonville battlefield, 123rd New York monument, 2012
*Bentonville battlefield, horse and mule monument (jointly with CSA), 2011
*Bennett place, Durham, NC, Unity monument (jointly with CSA), 1923
North Dakota
*
Grant County, North Dakota
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,301. Its county seat is Carson.
History
The territory of Grant County was part of Morton County until 1916. On November 7 the county vo ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland)
The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland, Ohio, honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is ...
, 1894
* Phillip Sheridan equestrian statue (Somerset), Carl Heber sculptor, 1905
** The figure at the top of the monument, for which Private Fair served as the model, was replaced by a bronze version of the same piece in 1993, the Fair statue now serving as another monument.
*
Dayton Memorial Hall
The Dayton Memorial Hall is a historic meeting venue on First Street in downtown Dayton, Ohio, United States. Constructed shortly after the turn of the twentieth century, this Beaux-Arts structure is one of many memorial halls statewide from ...
, which commemorates the Civil War as well as other wars
* These Are My Jewels monument (Columbus)
File:Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland).jpg , Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland
File:Hancock County Great Rebellion Memorial.jpg , Hancock County Great Rebelion Memorial in Findlay, Ohio
Oklahoma
*
Ardmore, Oklahoma
Ardmore is the county seat of Carter County, Oklahoma, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a population of 24,283, with an estimated population of 24,698 in 2019. The Ardmore micropolitan statistical area had an estimate ...
: Union Monument in front of Veterans Home (old Confederate Home)
* Enid, Oklahoma: Union Monument in Enid Cemetery to the unknown dead by LGAR (1917)
* Fort Blunt: abandoned old
Fort Gibson
Fort Gibson is a historic military site next to the modern city of Fort Gibson, in Muskogee County Oklahoma. It guarded the American frontier in Indian Territory from 1824 to 1888. When it was constructed, the fort was farther west than any ot ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
*
Grant County, Oklahoma
Grant County is a county located on the northern border of the U.S. state of Oklahoma. As of the 2010 census, the population was 4,527. Its county seat is Medford. Originally designated as part of the Cherokee Outlet, it was named County L in ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
*
Miami, Oklahoma
Miami ( ) is a city in and county seat of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, United States, founded in 1891. Lead and zinc mining were established by 1918, causing the area's economy to boom.
This area was part of Indian Territory. Miami is the capita ...
: GAR Cemetery Monument, obelisk honors dead soldiers by WRC and GAR.
* Oklahoma City: Union Monument in Fairlawn Cemetery by GAR (1918), later broadened with new plaque to honor all US soldiers.
*
Rentiesville, Oklahoma
Rentiesville is a town in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, United States. It was founded in 1903 and named for William Rentie, a local landowner. It was one of 50 all-black towns in Oklahoma and one of 13 that still survives.O'Dell, Larry. ''Encyclopedi ...
Grant County, Oregon
Grant County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,233, making it Oregon's fourth-least populous county. The county seat is Canyon City. It is named for President Ulysses S. Gra ...
is named after
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
Ulysses S. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union A ...
City View Cemetery
City View Cemetery is a privately owned cemetery in Salem, Oregon, United States that was established in 1893. Its Mount Crest Abbey Mausoleum, opened in 1914, contains the remains of eight governors of Oregon.
History
The cemetery was establish ...
, Salem
*
Sherman County, Oregon
Sherman County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 1,870, making it the second-least populous county in Oregon after nearby Wheeler. The county seat is Moro, and the largest city i ...
is named after
William T. Sherman
William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...
.
*
Crook County, Oregon
Crook County is one of the 36 counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,738. The county seat is Prineville. The county is named after George Crook, a U.S. Army officer who served in the American ...
* Lincoln Elementary School in Eugene 1953 (converted from prior Woodrow Wilson Junior High School). School closed in 1987 and repurposed as Lincoln School Condominiums.
Pennsylvania
*
List of monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield
The monuments of the Gettysburg Battlefield commemorate the July 1 to 3, 1863 Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. Most are located within Gettysburg National Military Park; others are on private land at battle sites in and around Getty ...
72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument is an 1891 statuary memorial on the Gettysburg Battlefield. It is located on Cemetery Ridge, by The Angle and the copse of trees, where Union forces – including the 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry – b ...
, 1891
** Army of the Potomac Marker (1908)
** Brig. Gen. Francis Barlow Statue (1922)
** Maj. Gen.
John Buford
John Buford, Jr. (March 4, 1826 – December 16, 1863) was a United States Army cavalry officer. He fought for the Union as a brigadier general during the American Civil War. Buford is best known for having played a major role in the first day o ...
Statue (1895)
** John L. Burns Statue (1903)
** Father
William Corby
The Rev. William Corby, CSC (October 2, 1833 – December 28, 1897) was an American priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross, and a Union Army chaplain in the American Civil War attached to the Irish Brigade. He served twice as president o ...
Statue (1910)
** Brig. Gen. Samuel W. Crawford Statue (1988)
** Culp Brothers' Memorial (2013) Near entrance Gettysburg Heritage Center, Honors Confederate Private Wesley Culp and brother Union Army, Lieutenant William Culp ("brother against brother").
** Delaware State Monument (2000)
** Maj. Gen.
Thomas Devin
Thomas Casimer Devin (December 10, 1822 – April 4, 1878) was a United States Army officer and general. He commanded Union cavalry during the American Civil War and during the Indian Wars.
Early life
Born in New York City to Irish immigra ...
Relief, 6th New York Cavalry Monument (1889)
** Maj. Gen.
Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a p ...
Statue (1917)
** Maj. Gen.
Abner Doubleday
Abner Doubleday (June 26, 1819 – January 26, 1893) was a career United States Army officer and Union major general in the American Civil War. He fired the first shot in defense of Fort Sumter, the opening battle of the war, and had a p ...
s Headquarters Marker, 1st Corps Headquarters Marker (1913)
** Colonel Augustus van Horne Ellis Statue, 124th New York Infantry Monument (1884)
** Captain Henry V. Fuller Marker, 64th New York Infantry (1894)
** Statue of Gen. John Geary, Culp's Hill sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer (c. 1914)
** Statue of General Alexander Hays, Ziegler's Grove sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer (c. 1914)
** Statue of General Andrew A. Humphreys, Emmitsburg Road sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer 1919
** Indiana State Monument (1971)
** Lincoln Address Memorial, Gettysburn National Cemetery designed by Louis Henrick 1912
*** Bust of bust of Abraham Lincoln, by
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown
Henry Kirke Bush-Brown (1857–1935) was an American sculptor and the adopted nephew of sculptor Henry Kirke Brown. He was raised in Newburgh, New York and attended the National Academy of Design in New York City.
He became known for histori ...
1912
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New York State Monument
The New York State Monument is a large monument at the Gettysburg National Cemetery in Pennsylvania. The granite and marble monument was dedicated in 1893 honors the soldiers from New York who died at the Battle of Gettysburg during the Americ ...
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln ( ; February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865) was an American lawyer, politician, and statesman who served as the 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in 1865. Lincoln led the nation throu ...
Andrew Curtin
Andrew Gregg Curtin (April 22, 1815/1817October 7, 1894) was a U.S. lawyer and politician. He served as the Governor of Pennsylvania during the Civil War, helped defend his state during the Gettysburg Campaign, and led organization of the cre ...
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William Clark Noble
William Clark Noble (February 10, 1858 – May 10, 1938) was an American sculptor best known for his monuments.
Early life
Noble was born on February 10, 1858 in Gardiner, Maine. He was a son of Clark Noble, a ship’s captain, and Emma Fr ...
, west side
*** ''General
George Meade
George Gordon Meade (December 31, 1815 – November 6, 1872) was a United States Army officer and civil engineer best known for decisively defeating Confederate General Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War. ...
'' (1911–13) by
Lee Lawrie
Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through ...
, north side
*** ''General
John F. Reynolds
John Fulton Reynolds (September 21, 1820 – July 1, 1863)Eicher, pp. 450-51. was a career United States Army officer and a General officers in the United States, general in the American Civil War. One of the Union Army's most respected senior co ...
'' (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, north side
*** ''General
Winfield Scott Hancock
Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a United States Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service ...
'' (1911–13) by
Cyrus Edwin Dallin
Cyrus Edwin Dallin (November 22, 1861 – November 14, 1944) was an American sculptor best known for his depictions of Native Americans. He created more than 260 works, including the ''Equestrian Statue of Paul Revere'' in Boston, Massac ...
, east side
*** ''General
David McMurtrie Gregg
David McMurtrie Gregg (April 10, 1833 – August 7, 1916) was an American farmer, diplomat, and a Union cavalry general in the American Civil War.
Early life and career
Gregg was born in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. He was the first cousin of fut ...
'' (1911–13) by J. Otto Schweizer, east side
*** ''General
Alfred Pleasonton
Alfred Pleasonton (June 7, 1824 – February 17, 1897) was a United States Army officer and major general of volunteers in the Union cavalry during the American Civil War. He commanded the Cavalry Corps of the Army of the Potomac during the Gett ...
'' (1911–13) by J. Otto Schweizer, south side
*** ''General
David B. Birney
David Bell Birney (May 29, 1825 – October 18, 1864) was a businessman, lawyer, and a Union general in the American Civil War.
Early life
Birney was born in Huntsville, Alabama, the son of an abolitionist from Kentucky, James G. Birney. The Bi ...
'' (1911–13) by Lee Lawrie, south side
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Soldiers' National Monument
The Soldiers' National Monument is a Gettysburg Battlefield memorial which is located at the central point of Gettysburg National Cemetery. It honors the battle's soldiers and tells an allegory of "''peace and plenty under freedom … followin ...
** United States Regulars Monument (1909)
** United States Signal Corps Marker (1919)
** Vermont State Monument, "Stannard's Vermont Brigade Monument" (1889)
** Statue of Gen Wells, sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer 1914
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Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a tall Gothic Revival memorial which stands in Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It was dedicated on July 4, 1874, at its present site on the Northeast intersection of King and Queen Streets. ...
Martin Milmore
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Martin Milmore (1844–1883) was an American sculptor.
Life and career
Martin Milmore was born in Sligo, Ireland on September 14, 1844. He immigrated to Boston at age seven, graduated from Boston Latin School in 1860, took art lesson ...
, sculptor, 1874
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Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial Obelisk
The Dauphin County Veteran's Memorial Obelisk, sometimes called the Harrisburg Obelisk, is an Egyptian-style obelisk that was erected in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania as a tribute to Dauphin County’s Civil War soldiers. Designed by civil engineer E. ...
, Harrisburg, by 1876?
* Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument –
Allentown Allentown may refer to several places in the United States and topics related to them:
* Allentown, California, now called Toadtown, California
* Allentown, Georgia, a town in Wilkinson County
* Allentown, Illinois, an unincorporated community in T ...
, Edward Gallagher Jr., Henry F. Plaschott, Bartholomew Donovan, sculptors, 1899
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Smith Memorial Arch
Smith Memorial Arch is an American Civil War monument at South Concourse and Lansdowne Drive in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Built on the former grounds of the 1876 Centennial Exposition, it serves as a gateway to Fairmount Park, West Fairmount Pa ...
Lee Lawrie
Lee Oscar Lawrie (October 16, 1877 – January 23, 1963) was an American architectural sculptor and a key figure in the American art scene preceding World War II. Over his long career of more than 300 commissions Lawrie's style evolved through ...
* Lincoln Elementary School in Pittsburgh, 1931
File:Civil_War_monument,_York,_PA,_USA,_1874,_Martin_Milmore,_sc.jpeg, York,
Martin Milmore
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Martin Milmore (1844–1883) was an American sculptor.
Life and career
Martin Milmore was born in Sligo, Ireland on September 14, 1844. He immigrated to Boston at age seven, graduated from Boston Latin School in 1860, took art lesson ...
, sculptor
File:Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, 1914.jpeg, Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
File:Civil_War_Monument,_Allentown,_PA,_USA_1899.jpeg, Allentown
File:Civil_War_Monument,_Allentown,_PA,_USA_,_detail_1899.jpeg, Allentown, detail
File:Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Beaver.jpg, Beaver
File:Civil War Memorial in Easton, Pennsylvania.jpg, Easton
File:Civil War Memorial, McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery, 2015-05-25, 01.jpg, McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery
File:Statue_of_Gen._Wells_at_Gettysburg.jpg, Gen. Wells
File:Gen_AA_Humphreys_statue_by_J_Otto_Schweizer_1919.jpg, Gen. Humphreys
File:LincolnGett.JPG, Lincoln Address Memorial, with bust of Abraham Lincoln
File:Soldiers_and_Sailors_Memorial_Bridge,_Harrisburg,_PA,_USA.jpeg, Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg, with date "1861"
Rhode Island
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Equestrian statue of Ambrose Burnside
''Major General Ambrose E. Burnside'', also known as the Ambrose Burnside Monument, is a monumental equestrian statue in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. The statue, located in the city's Burnside Park, was designed by sculptor Lau ...
in
Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode Island
Burnside Park is a small park situated in Downtown Providence, Rhode Island, adjacent to Kennedy Plaza. The park is named for Ambrose Burnside, a general in the American Civil War from Rhode Island. An equestrian statue of Ambrose Burnside was ...
, 1887
* Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Providence), Rhode Island, 1871
* Woonsocket Civil War Monument, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, 1868
* ''The Union Soldier'',
Roger Williams Park
Roger Williams Park is an elaborately landscaped city park in Providence, Rhode Island and a historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is named after Roger Williams, the founder of the city of Providence and the pr ...
, Providence, Rhode Island (1898). This statue is a replica of an original located at Gettysburg. Cast by the
Gorham Manufacturing Company
The Gorham Manufacturing Company is one of the largest American manufacturers of sterling and silverplate and a foundry for bronze sculpture.
History
Gorham Silver was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, 1831 by Jabez Gorham, a master crafts ...
.
File:Civil War memorial at Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington RI.jpg, Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington
File:Soldiers Home Monument Bristol Rhode Island-3.jpg, North Burial Ground, Bristol
File:Henry Tillinghast Sisson grave and statue-full.jpg, Henry Tillinghast Sisson grave and statue in Little Compton
File:Gen. Burnside Monument, Burnside Park, Providence, RI.jpg, Burnside Monument, Burnside Park, Providence
File:Soldiers and Sailors Monument Providence RI.jpg, Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Providence
File:Union Soldier Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island.jpg, Union Soldier Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence
File:Civil War memorial at Warren Common, Rhode Island.jpg, Warren Common, Warren
File:Woonsocket Civil War Monument.jpg, Woonsocket
South Dakota
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Grant County, South Dakota
Grant County is a county in the U.S. state of South Dakota. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 7,556. The county seat is Milbank. The county was founded in 1873 and organized in 1878. It is named for Ulysses S. Grant, 18th ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
Tennessee
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Fort Negley
Fort Negley was a fortification built by Union troops after the capture of Nashville, Tennessee during the American Civil War, located approximately south of the city center. It was the largest inland fort built in the United States during the ...
, Nashville. The Fort was built by Union forces after the capture of Nashville.
Texas
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Treue der Union Monument
The German-American Treue der Union Monument (Loyalty to the Union), is located in the Kendall County community of Comfort in the U.S. state of Texas. It was dedicated on August 10, 1866 to commemorate the German-Texans who died at the 1862 Nuece ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
Vermont
* Statue of Gen Wells, in Battery Park (Burlington, Vermont) sculpted by J. Otto Schweizer 1914
File:MajGenWilliamWellsStatue.JPG, Gen. Wells in Burlington
File:Civil War Monument, Burlington Vermont.jpg, Burlington
File:Brattleboro, Vermont Commons and Civil War memorial.jpg, Brattleboro
File:Civil War memorial, Chester, Vermont.jpg, Chester
File:Civil War memorial, Middlebury, Vermont view.jpg, Middlebury
File:Civil War Memorial, The Park, Rochester, Vermont.jpg, Rochester
File:Civil War memorial, Swanton, Vermont.jpg, Swanton
File:Civil War Memorial in Woodstock, Vermont Tribou Park.jpg, Tribou Park in Woodstock
File:Civil War Memorial in Woodstock, Vermont-eagle version.jpg, Woodstock
Civil War Unknowns Monument
The Civil War Unknowns Monument is a Burial vault (tomb), burial vault and memorial honoring unidentified dead from the American Civil War. It is located in the grounds of Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee Memorial, at Arlington National Cemete ...
, 1865
** Tanner Amphitheater, built to support early Decoration Day events
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Charlottesville
Charlottesville, colloquially known as C'ville, is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Albemarle County, which surrounds the city, though the two are separate legal entities. It is named after Queen Ch ...
Petersburg National Battlefield
Petersburg National Battlefield is a National Park Service unit preserving sites related to the American Civil War Siege of Petersburg (1864–65). The Battlefield is centered on the city of Petersburg, Virginia, and also includes outlying compon ...
: Monument to the
United States Colored Troops
The United States Colored Troops (USCT) were regiments in the United States Army composed primarily of African-American ( colored) soldiers, although members of other minority groups also served within the units. They were first recruited durin ...
who fought during the Siege of Petersburg.
* Portsmouth: Civil War Monument at Lincoln Cemetery (Portsmouth, Virginia)
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Franklin
Franklin may refer to:
People
* Franklin (given name)
* Franklin (surname)
* Franklin (class), a member of a historical English social class
Places Australia
* Franklin, Tasmania, a township
* Division of Franklin, federal electoral d ...
: General Thomas Highway (Route 671).
Washington
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Grant County, Washington
Grant County is a county located in the U.S. state of Washington. As of the 2020 census, the population was 99,123. The county seat is Ephrata, and the largest city is Moses Lake. The county was formed out of Douglas County in February 1909 ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
James A. Garfield
James Abram Garfield (November 19, 1831 – September 19, 1881) was the 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881 until his death six months latertwo months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War gene ...
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Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery (Seattle)
The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery on Seattle, Washington's Capitol Hill is a cemetery situated just north of Lake View Cemetery on the hill's northern slope, on East Howe Street between 12th and Everett Avenues East.
A consortium of Seattl ...
established in 1895.
* Port Angeles, Washington: Memorial garden in downtown with a plaque honoring the Grand Army of the Republic.
* Bellingham, Washington: Cornwall Park, the memorial dedicated to the Grand Army of the Republic, Department of Washington and Alaska.
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
Calhoun County, West Virginia
Calhoun County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,229, making it the third-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Grantsville. The county was founded in 1856 and nam ...
is named after
Ulysses S Grant
Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant ; April 27, 1822July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As Commanding General, he led the Union Ar ...
* Wheeling Soldier and Sailors Monument, dedicated in 1883. In 2018 it was moved next to
West Virginia Independence Hall
West Virginia Independence Hall is a historic government building at 1528 Market Street in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia, United States. It was built in 1860 under the supervision of architect Ammi B. Young for the federal government as a custo ...
. It was rededicated on 27 May 2018 (Memorial Day Observed).
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Hancock County, West Virginia
Hancock County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 29,095. Its county seat is New Cumberland and its largest city is Weirton. The county was created from Brooke County in 1848 and named f ...
Union Monument, dedicated 1886 in front of the Hancock County Courthouse, New Cumberland.
* Jackson County, West Virginia GAR Monument, in front of Jackson County Courthouse, Ripley.
* The Mountaineer Monument (1912), placed as a response to the 1910 Stonewall Jackson at the Capitol in downtown Charleston which burned in 1921. Moved to the new Capitol Complex, Charleston, Kanawha County
* Soldiers & Sailors Monument (1930), Capitol Complex, Charleston, Kanawha County
Former
* Huntington Union monument dedicated by Bailey Post of the G.A.R. Formerly located at the corner of Fifth Ave. and Ninth St., it was scheduled to be moved to Ritter Park in 1915, but was subsequently lost.Wolfe, Richard E., ''West Virginia in the Civil War'', Arcadia Publishing, 2014, pg. 86
Wisconsin
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The Victorious Charge
''The Victorious Charge'' is a public artwork by American artist John S. Conway located on the Court of Honor on West Wisconsin Avenue in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The 1898 bronze sculpture is 9'10" high and sits on a 20' sq ...
bronze
Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 12–12.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids such ...
sculpture is 9'10" high and sits on a 20' square granite pedestal.
Winged Victory Simmons Library Park, Kenosha Wisconsin (1900)
File:VictoriousCharge1898.jpg, The Victorious Charge
File:Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Kenosha, WI.jpg, Winged Victory, Kenosha (1900)
Grand Army of the Republic Hall (disambiguation) Grand Army of the Republic Hall, GAR Building, or variants thereof, may refer to:
Florida
* Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall (St. Cloud, Florida)
Idaho
* Grand Army of the Republic Hall (Boise, Idaho)
Illinois
* Grand Army of the Republ ...
, including numerous memorials in the form of buildings
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List of Confederate monuments and memorials
In the United States, the public display of Confederate monuments, memorials and symbols has been and continues to be controversial. The following is a list of Confederate monuments and memorials that were established as public displays and symb ...
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List of Mexican-American War monuments and memorials
A ''list'' is any set of items in a row. List or lists may also refer to:
People
* List (surname)
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* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
*
List of Korean War memorials
A number of memorials have been established to honour people who served in the Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) including :
Australia
* Korean War Memorial, Canberra
* ANZAC Square, Brisbane
* Beaudesert War Memorial
* Cairns War M ...
*
List of Vietnam War monuments and memorials
This is a list of monuments and other memorials to the Vietnam War.
Australia
* Vietnam Forces National Memorial, Canberra
* Beaudesert War Memorial
* Cairns War Memorial
*Esk War Memorial
*Gair Park
* Gympie Memorial Park
* Sandgate War Memorial ...
*
List of World War I monuments and memorials
This is a List of World War I monuments and memorials.
There are numerous World War I monuments and memorials in various countries. In the United States in 2017, a new national monument to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the war is planned b ...