List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials facts for kids

The American Civil War was a huge conflict in the United States from 1861 to 1865. It was fought between the Union (the northern states) and the Confederacy (the southern states). After the war, many monuments and memorials were built to remember the brave soldiers and important leaders from the Union side. These special statues, buildings, and parks help us learn about this important time in history and honor those who fought for the Union. This list will show you some of these amazing memorials across the United States.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., the nation's capital, has many important monuments. These include memorials to Union generals, admirals, and other key figures.

Famous Statues and Memorials

• The Lincoln Statue by Lot Flannery was built in 1868.
• Another statue of Abraham Lincoln by Vinnie Ream is in the Capitol Rotunda. It was finished in 1871.
• The Emancipation Memorial by Thomas Ball, built in 1876, celebrates freedom.
• The Lincoln Memorial, completed in 1922, is one of the most famous. It features a huge seated statue of Abraham Lincoln, created by Daniel Chester French. Inside, you can also read famous speeches like the "The Gettysburg Address" and Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address.
• The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, finished in 1924, honors the main Union general.
• The African American Civil War Memorial, built in 1997, remembers the brave African American soldiers who fought for the Union.

Money and Stamps

• You can see Abraham Lincoln on the U.S. one-cent coin (penny) and the U.S. five-dollar bill.
• Ulysses S. Grant is featured on the U.S. fifty-dollar bill.
• Many U.S. Postage Stamps have also honored Abraham Lincoln over the years.

Military Bases

Some military bases were named after important Union figures:

• Fort Greely, Alaska, was named for Major General Adolphus Greely.
• Fort Logan National Cemetery, Colorado, was named for General John A. Logan.
• Fort Sheridan, Illinois, was named for General Philip Sheridan.

Gallery of D.C. Monuments

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  Abraham Lincoln by Ream

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  Warrior, James A. Garfield Monument

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  Ulysses S. Grant Memorial

Arizona

Arizona has several memorials to Union soldiers.

• At Picacho Peak State Park, a stone monument remembers three Union soldiers who died in the Battle of Picacho Pass. It was put up in 1928.
• The Southern Arizona Veterans Memorial Cemetery has small stones honoring Union veterans.
• In Tombstone, Arizona, the oldest Union monument in Arizona was dedicated in 1887. It remembers the "comrades of Burnside Post G.A.R." (Grand Army of the Republic).

Arkansas

Arkansas also has many Union memorials.

• Gentry Grand Army of the Republic Memorial was installed in 1918.
• Grant County, Arkansas is named after General Ulysses S. Grant.
• In Judsonia, Arkansas, an obelisk (a tall, thin monument) from 1894 stands near 16 Union soldier graves.
• The Minnesota Monument was placed in the Little Rock National Cemetery in 1916.
• Sheridan is named after Union general Phillip Sheridan.

Gallery of Arkansas Monuments

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  Siloam Springs

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  Little Rock

California

• A monument in Los Gatos honors volunteers from that area.

Schools Named for Lincoln

• Lincoln Elementary School in Newark.
• Lincoln Elementary School in Oakland.

Colorado

• Garfield County was named after James A. Garfield, a Union general and later U.S. President.
• The "Soldier's Monument" on the Colorado State Capitol grounds was dedicated in 1909.

Connecticut

• The Soldiers' Monument in Bristol, Connecticut was built around 1865.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch in Hartford was completed in 1886.

Schools Named for Lincoln

• Lincoln College of Technology in East Windsor.
• Lincoln College of New England in Southington.

Delaware

• A monument to General Alfred Thomas Archimedes Torbert was put up in Milford in 2008.
• A monument to Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont was moved to Rockford Park in Wilmington in 1920.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delaware) in Wilmington was built in 1871.

Florida

Florida has many Union memorials, often called G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Monuments.

• The 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops Monument, was dedicated in 2000 in Fort Myers.
• The Union Soldier's Memorial in Jacksonville was put up in 1891.
• The Forgotten Soldier Memorial in Key West honors African-American soldiers.
• A G.A.R. Memorial was dedicated in Miami in 1939.
• Another G.A.R. Monument is in Orlando from 1910.
• The Union Monument in St. Petersburg was built in 1900.

Schools Named for Lincoln

• Old Lincoln High School (also known as Lincoln Academy) in Tallahassee, established in 1869.
• Lincoln High School (Tallahassee, Florida).
• Lincoln High School (Gainesville, Florida).

Georgia

• The Illinois Monument was built in 1914.
• The Wilder Brigade Monument was put up in 1899.

Gallery of Georgia Monuments

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  Illinois Monument

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  Wilder Brigade Monument

Illinois

Illinois has many important Civil War memorials.

• The Soldiers' Monument (Freeport, Illinois) was built in 1871.
• The Civil War Memorial (Sycamore, Illinois) dates from 1896.
• A monument to General John A. Logan is in Grant Park, Chicago, from 1897.
• The Soldiers' Monument in Oregon was sculpted by Lorado Taft in 1916.
• The Ulysses S. Grant Monument is in Lincoln Park, Chicago, from 1891.

Schools and Colleges

• Lincoln College (Illinois) was the first place named for Abraham Lincoln while he was still alive.
• John A. Logan College in Carterville, named after General John A. Logan.
• Lincoln Land Community College in Springfield.

Gallery of Illinois Monuments

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  Oregon

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  Gen. Logan. Chicago

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  General Sheridan, Chicago

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  Richard J. Oglesby

Indiana

• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delphi, Indiana) was built in 1888.
• The famous Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Indianapolis) was also completed in 1888.
• The Corydon Battle Site in Corydon remembers both sides of the Battle of Corydon.
• A bust of Colonel Richard Owen (bust) was given by Confederate groups to honor this Union prison camp director.

Gallery of Indiana Monuments

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  Delphi

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  Preservation of the Union, Lincoln Bank Tower

Iowa

• The Abraham Lincoln Statue and Park in Clermont was dedicated in 1903 to remember Civil War soldiers.
• The Soldier's Monument (Davenport, Iowa) dates from 1881.
• In Sac City, the Sac City Monument Square Historic District includes a monument to William Tecumseh Sherman.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Des Moines was sculpted by Carl Rohl-Smith in 1896.

Schools Named for Lincoln

• Lincoln Elementary School in Manchester, built in 1916.

Gallery of Iowa Monuments

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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

Many of Kansas's 105 counties have monuments to Union soldiers.

• The Kinsley Civil War Monument is in Hillside Cemetery.
• Sherman County, Kansas is named after General William Tecumseh Sherman.
• Grant County, Kansas and the city of Ulysses, Kansas are named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• McPherson, Kansas and McPherson County are named after Union General James McPherson.
• The Baxter Springs Civil War Monument was put up in 1886 to remember 132 soldiers who died in the Battle of Baxter Springs.
• The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorial Arch was built in 1898 in Junction City, Kansas.

Kentucky

• The Battle of Tebb's Bend Monument near Campbellsville remembers Union soldiers, many of whom were Dutch immigrants.
• The GAR Monument in Covington was built in 1929.
• The Colored Soldiers Monument in Frankfort's Green Hill Cemetery honors black soldiers who fought in the war.
• The 32nd Indiana Monument near Munfordville is one of the oldest Civil War memorials, from 1862.
• The Union Monument was built in 1928.

Louisiana

• Grant Parish, Louisiana is named after General Ulysses S. Grant.

Maine

• Memorial Hall (Oakland, Maine) was built in 1870.
• Monument Square (Portland, Maine) includes the Portland Soldiers and Sailors Monument from 1891.

Gallery of Maine Monuments

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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

Maryland

• The United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue (Lexington Park, Maryland) was dedicated in 2012.
• The Union Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Baltimore was built in 1909.
• Many monuments are found at the Antietam National Battlefield.

Massachusetts

Massachusetts has many Civil War memorials.

• Memorial Hall (Dedham, Massachusetts).
• The Civil War Memorial in Framingham was created in 1872.
• The Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston) from 1884 is very famous.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston) was built in 1887.
• The Rockery in Easton dates from 1882.

Gallery of Massachusetts Monuments

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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)

Michigan

• The Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in Detroit was created in 1867.
• The Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan) dates from 1870.
• The Kent County Civil War Monument in Grand Rapids was built in 1885.
• The Abraham Lincoln Monument (Ypsilanti, Michigan) was put up in 1938.

Gallery of Michigan Monuments

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Minnesota

• Grant County, Minnesota is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• A monument to all Union soldiers and sailors is in Bridge Square in Northfield, Minnesota.

Mississippi

Many monuments are located at Vicksburg National Military Park.

• A monument honors the United States Colored Troops (African American soldiers) who fought in the Vicksburg Campaign.
• A monument remembers the 18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
• The Illinois Memorial honors the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who took part in the Vicksburg Campaign. It has 47 steps, one for each day Vicksburg was under attack.
• The Kentucky Memorial has bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, both from Kentucky.

Monuments and Memorials at Vicksburg National Military Park

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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

• A statue of General Ulysses S. Grant is on the grounds of City Hall in St. Louis. It was dedicated in 1888.
• Grant City, Missouri is named after General Ulysses S. Grant.
• Lincoln, Missouri is named after Abraham Lincoln.
• A statue of President Abraham Lincoln is on the grounds of City Hall in Kansas City. It was dedicated in 1986.

Schools and Universities

• Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas City.
• Lincoln University in Jefferson City.

Montana

• Garfield County was named after James A. Garfield.

Nebraska

• Grant County, Nebraska is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• Garfield County is named after James A. Garfield.
• Lincoln, Nebraska is named after Abraham Lincoln.
• The Emancipation Proclamation panel is on the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln, from 1932.
• A Civil War Memorial statue is in Blair, Nebraska.

New Hampshire

• A copy of the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial is at the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in Cornish, New Hampshire. It was made in 1897.

New Jersey

Schools

• Lincoln Tech in Newark, established in 1946.

New Mexico

• Grant County, New Mexico is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• The Soldiers' Memorial in Santa Fe, New Mexico honored Federal Troops who fought in the Battle of Val Verde.

New York

New York has many important Civil War monuments.

• The Seventh Regiment Memorial in New York City was created in 1869.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Buffalo, New York) was sculpted in 1882.
• The Soldiers' and Sailors' Arch in Brooklyn was built in 1892.
• The Sherman Monument in Grand Army Plaza in Manhattan, New York was created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens in 1902.
• The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Manhattan) also dates from 1902.

Gallery of New York Monuments

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  Seventh Regiment Memorial

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  Sherman Monument

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  Buffalo

North Carolina

• Salisbury National Cemetery has Union monuments from 1876, 1908, and 1910.
• New Bern National Cemetery has monuments from Connecticut (1894), New Jersey (1905), Massachusetts (1908), and Rhode Island (1910).
• A monument to U.S. Colored Troops is in Hertford from 1910.
• At Bentonville Battlefield, there are monuments for Sherman's 4 corps (2013) and the 123rd New York (2012).

Schools

• Lincoln Academy in Kings Mountain, established in 1886.

North Dakota

• Grant County, North Dakota is named after Ulysses S. Grant.

Ohio

• The Jewish Civil War Memorial (Cincinnati, Ohio) was built in 1868.
• The Civil War Soldiers Monument (Dayton) dates from 1884.
• The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Cleveland) was completed in 1894.
• A statue of Phillip Sheridan is in Somerset from 1905.
• The These Are My Jewels monument is in Columbus.

Gallery of Ohio Monuments

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  Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland

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  Hancock County Great Rebellion Memorial in Findlay, Ohio

Oklahoma

• In Ardmore, Oklahoma, a Union Monument stands in front of the Veterans Home.
• In Enid, Oklahoma, a Union Monument from 1917 honors unknown dead soldiers.
• Garfield County is named after James A. Garfield.
• Grant County, Oklahoma is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• In Rentiesville, Oklahoma, a monument to Union Soldiers is at the Honey Springs Battlefield from 1986.

Oregon

• Grant County, Oregon and Grants Pass, Oregon are named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• Sherman County, Oregon is named after William T. Sherman.
• The Daughters of Union Veterans Civil War Memorial is in City View Cemetery, Salem.

Schools

• Lincoln Elementary School in Eugene, converted in 1953.

Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania has many monuments, especially at Gettysburg National Military Park.

• The 44th New York Monument from 1893 was the first Gettysburg monument with an observation deck.
• The 72nd Pennsylvania Infantry Monument was built in 1891.
• A statue of Maj. Gen. John Buford was put up in 1895.
• The Lincoln Address Memorial at Gettysburg National Cemetery, designed in 1912, includes a bust of Abraham Lincoln.
• The New York State Monument dates from 1893.
• The Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg, from 1914, includes statues of important figures like Abraham Lincoln, Governor Andrew Curtin, and General George Meade.
• The Soldiers' National Monument is also at Gettysburg.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Lancaster, Pennsylvania) was built in 1874.
• The Soldier's Monument in York was sculpted in 1874.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania was built in 1930.

Schools

• Lincoln Elementary School in Pittsburgh, built in 1931.

Gallery of Pennsylvania Monuments

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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

• An Equestrian statue of Ambrose Burnside is in Burnside Park, Providence, Rhode Island, from 1887.
• The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Providence was built in 1871.
• The Woonsocket Civil War Monument dates from 1868.
• The Union Soldier statue is in Roger Williams Park, Providence, Rhode Island, from 1898.

Gallery of Rhode Island Monuments

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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

South Dakota

• Grant County, South Dakota is named after Ulysses S. Grant.

Tennessee

• Fort Negley in Nashville was built by Union forces after they captured the city.

Texas

• The Treue der Union Monument is located in Comfort.

Utah

• The Captain Lot Smith Company Memorial is in Salt Lake City, Utah.
• Garfield County was named after James A. Garfield.
• A monument dedicated to the GAR dead is in Mt. Olivet Cemetery in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Vermont

• A statue of General William Wells is in Battery Park (Burlington, Vermont), sculpted in 1914.

Gallery of Vermont Monuments

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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

Virginia

• Many monuments are found within Arlington National Cemetery, including the Civil War Unknowns Monument from 1865.
• Emancipation Park in Charlottesville was named in honor of the Emancipation Proclamation in 2017.
• The West Point Cemetery in Norfolk has an African-American Civil War Memorial.
• At Petersburg National Battlefield, a monument honors the United States Colored Troops who fought during the Siege of Petersburg.

Washington

• Grant County, Washington is named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• Garfield County is named after James A. Garfield.
• The Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery (Seattle) was started in 1895.
• In Port Angeles, Washington, a memorial garden has a plaque honoring the Grand Army of the Republic.

West Virginia

• Grant County, West Virginia and Grantsville are named after Ulysses S. Grant.
• The Wheeling Soldier and Sailors Monument was dedicated in 1883. It was moved in 2018.
• The Hancock County Union Monument was dedicated in 1886.
• The Mountaineer Monument from 1912 is in Charleston.

Wisconsin

• The Victorious Charge by John S. Conway is in downtown Milwaukee, Wisconsin. This bronze sculpture from 1898 is almost 10 feet tall.
• Winged Victory is in Simmons Library Park, Kenosha, from 1900.

Gallery of Wisconsin Monuments

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  The Victorious Charge

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  Winged Victory, Kenosha (1900)

Images for kids

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  Pension Building frieze, Caspar Buberl sculptor, 1887

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  Joseph Roswell Hawley