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List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials

Summary

This is a list of American Civil War monuments and memorials associated with the Union. Monuments and memorials are listed below alphabetically by state. States not listed have no known qualifying items for the list.

Washington, D.C. edit

 
Lincoln seated statue sculpted by Daniel Chester French "He saved the Union"
 
Pension Building frieze, Caspar Buberl sculptor, 1887

U.S. Currency edit

 
U.S. commemorative stamp, 1963

US military edit

Bases edit

Gallery edit

Arizona edit

  • Picacho Peak State Park, 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 and list their names. The dedication was a grand ceremony with many people attending and multiple organizations including the Woman's Relief Corps, Daughters of the American Revolution, and the Grand Army of the Republic. 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 flagstone 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 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, 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, Department of the Southwest on August 17, 2022.
  • Tombstone, Arizona. Oldest Union monument in the State of Arizona erected "In memory of the comrades of Burnside Post G.A.R." dedicated on May 30, 1887, and is placed at the Old Tombstone Cemetery.

Arkansas edit

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    Sloan Springs
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    Little Rock

California edit

Schools edit

Colorado edit

 
Colorado State Capitol grounds

Connecticut edit

 
Joseph Roswell Hawley

Schools edit

Delaware edit

Florida edit

These are arranged by city:

  • 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops Monument, Centennial Park, Fort Myers, dedicated in 2000[14]
  • Union Soldier's Memorial, Evergreen Cemetery, Jacksonville, erected in 1891[15]
  • Forgotten Soldier Memorial, in honor of African-American soldiers, Bayview Park, Key West, unveiled February 16, 2016[16]
  • Obelisk at Clinton Square, Bayview Park, Key West, circa 1866[17]
  • Monument Park, Lynn Haven, dedicated in 1920[18]
  • G.A.R. Memorial, Woodlawn Cemetery, Miami, dedicated on April 12, 1939[19]
  • G.A.R. Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, Orlando, 1910[20]
  • G.A.R. Monument, Veterans Park, St. Cloud, erected in 2000[21]
  • Unknown Soldiers Monument, Mount Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud, 1915[22]
  • Union Monument, Greenwood Cemetery, St. Petersburg, erected in 1900[23]
  • Daughter of Union Veterans Monument, Oaklawn Cemetery, Tampa[24]
  • In Memory of Our Union Veterans, Woodlawn Cemetery, Tampa[25]

Schools edit

Georgia edit

Illinois edit

Schools edit

Indiana edit

 
Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delphi, Indiana), detail

Iowa edit

Schools edit

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    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines
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    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines, detail
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    Elkader
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    Elkader detail

Kansas edit

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.[33]

Monuments and memorials in Kansas include:

Kentucky edit

Louisiana edit

Maine edit

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    Auburn
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    Augusta
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    Bethel
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    Lewiston
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    Our Lady of Victories, Portland
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    Evergreen Cemetery, Portland
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    Saco
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    Westbrook
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    York
 
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Maryland edit

Massachusetts edit

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    Attleboro
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    Devens Monument
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    Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston)
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    Boston Common
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    Memorial Hall (Cambridge)
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    Cambridge
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    Easton
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    Framingham
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    Arlington
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    Grafton
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    Great Barrington
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    New Bedford
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    Pittsfield
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    Raynham
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    Sandwich
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    Springfield
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    Waltham
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    Webster
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    Whitinsville (Northbridge)
 
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Michigan edit

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Minnesota edit

Mississippi edit

  • Monument to United States Colored Troops (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 at Vicksburg National Military Park. Henry Hudson Kitson, sculptor
  • The Illinois Memorial 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.[34]
  • The Michigan Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park.

Monuments and Memorials at Vicksburg National Military Park edit

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    USCT monument
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    18th Wisconsin VI
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    David Farragut Monument
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    Illinois Memorial
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    Kansas Memorial
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    Kentucky Memorial
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    Michigan Memorial
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    Missouri State Memorial

Missouri edit

Schools edit

Montana edit

 
Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska edit

New Hampshire edit

 
Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

New Jersey edit

Schools edit

New Mexico edit

New York edit

North Carolina edit

Schools edit

  • 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 edit

Ohio edit

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    Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland
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    Hancock County Great Rebellion Memorial in Findlay, Ohio

Oklahoma edit

Oregon edit

Schools edit

  • 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 edit

Schools edit

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    York, Martin Milmore, sculptor
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    Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
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    Allentown
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    Allentown, detail
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    Beaver
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    Easton
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    McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery
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    Gen. Wells
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    Gen. Humphreys
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    Lincoln Address Memorial, with bust of Abraham Lincoln
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    Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg, with date "1861"

Rhode Island edit

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    Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington
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    North Burial Ground, Bristol
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    Henry Tillinghast Sisson grave and statue in Little Compton
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    Burnside Monument, Burnside Park, Providence
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    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Providence
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    Union Soldier Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence
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    Warren Common, Warren
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    Woonsocket
 
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South Dakota edit

Tennessee edit

  • Fort Negley, Nashville. The Fort was built by Union forces after the capture of Nashville.[51]

Texas edit

Utah edit

Vermont edit

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    Gen. Wells in Burlington
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    Burlington
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    Brattleboro
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    Chester
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    Middlebury
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    Rochester
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    Swanton
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    Tribou Park in Woodstock
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    Woodstock
 
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Virginia edit

Washington edit

West Virginia edit

Former edit

  • 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.[63]

Wisconsin edit

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    The Victorious Charge
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    Winged Victory, Kenosha (1900)

Scotland edit

See also edit

External links edit

  • Maine Civil War Monuments
  • Massachusetts Civil War Monument Project

References edit

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