List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials

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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.

U.S. Currency

Lincoln seated statue sculpted by Daniel Chester French "He saved the Union"
Pension Building frieze, Caspar Buberl sculptor, 1887
U.S. commemorative stamp, 1963

US military

Bases

Arizona

Arkansas

California

  • Monument to volunteers from Los Gatos[7]
  • 'G.A.R. Monument' 'Old Eli', located in Sacramento, CA, dedicated 1899-09-09
  • 'The Hostess House War and Veterans Memorial', located in Palo Alto, CA, dedicated 1901-01-01

Schools

Colorado

Colorado State Capitol grounds

Connecticut

Joseph Roswell Hawley

Schools

Delaware

Florida

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

Georgia

Illinois

Schools

Indiana

Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delphi, Indiana), detail

Iowa

Schools

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.[33]

Monuments and memorials in Kansas include:

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

  • 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

Missouri

Schools

Montana

Nebraska

New Hampshire

New Jersey

  • Monument to Strong Vincent, dedicated 1879-07-04
  • Lamington Black Cemetery Marker, located in Bedminster, NJ

Schools

New Mexico

New York


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

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Schools

  • 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

Schools

Rhode Island

South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Fort Negley, Nashville. The Fort was built by Union forces after the capture of Nashville.[55]

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

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.[67]

Wisconsin

Scotland

See also

References

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