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.

Washington, D.C.

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

U.S. Currency

U.S. commemorative stamp, 1963

US military

Bases

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Schools

Colorado

Colorado State Capitol grounds

Connecticut

Joseph Roswell Hawley

Schools

Delaware

Florida

  • 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[20]
  • G.A.R. Monument, Veterans Park, St. Cloud, erected in 2000[21]
  • Unknown Soldiers Monument, Mount Peace Cemetery, St. Cloud[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

Illinois

Schools

Indiana

Delphi, detail

Iowa

Schools

Kansas

According to Kansas Civil War Monuments (kcwmonuments.com) there are 105 counties in Kansas and virtually all 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.

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.[32]

Montana

Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska

New Hampshire

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

New Jersey

Schools

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Schools

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.[40]

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.[49]

Scotland

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Emancipation Proclamation Issue", Arago: people, postage & the post, Smithsonian National Postal Museum, viewed September 28, 2014
  2. ↑ Administration, National Cemetery. "Fort Logan National Cemetery - National Cemetery Administration". www.cem.va.gov. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Highlights in the history of Fort Logan" (PDF). Colorado Magazine Vol. 19 No. 3 (May 1942) pp. 87–88. Retrieved September 6, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Slideshow: Where are Arizona's Confederate monuments?". KMOV. August 16, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.
  5. 1 2 Staff (4 May 2017). "Grand Army of the Republic (GAR)". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. The Central Arkansas Library System. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Civil War Markers and Memorials". Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Reunited Soldiery Monument – Pea Ridge Battlefield". Waymarking.com. silverquill. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Department of Public Instruction Oakland California, School Directory 1915–1916".
  9. ↑ Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 7
  10. ↑ Connecticut State Capitol Statuary, League of Women Voters of Connecticut: Election Fund, pamphlet
  11. ↑ Johnson, Bostik (March 5, 2013). "Torbert Stands Tall Outside Museum". Milford Live.
  12. ↑ "Where is the Original Dupont Circle Statue?". Ghosts of DC. September 28, 2012.
  13. ↑ Maley, Patricia A. (August 1986). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Delaware Avenue Historic District (Boundary Increase)" (PDF).
  14. ↑ Hall, Tom. "Clayton". SWFL Art in the News. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Evergreen Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  16. ↑ Wheeler, Linda (February 16, 2016). "Memorial to black Union soldiers unveiled in Key West today". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  17. ↑ "Clinton Square Historical Marker". The Historical Marker Database. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  18. ↑ "Monument Park". City of Lynn Haven. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
  19. ↑ "Miami – Woodlawn Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Orlando – Greenwood Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  21. ↑ "G.A.R. Monument, Veterans Park". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  22. ↑ "G.A.R. Monument, Mount Peace Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
  23. ↑ "St. Petersburg – Greenwood Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  24. ↑ "Tampa – Oaklawn Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  25. ↑ "Tampa – Woodlawn Cemetery". Florida Public Archaeology Network. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  26. ↑ Bach, Ira and Mary Lackritz Gray, Chicago's Public Sculpture, University of Chicago Press, Chicago 1983 pp. 158–59
  27. ↑ Kvaran & Lockley, Guide to the Architectural Sculpture of the United States"
  28. ↑ Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 48
  29. ↑ Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 53
  30. ↑ Bruce Perry. "Sac City Monument Square Historic District" (PDF). City of Sac City. National Register of Historic Places Nomination. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  31. 1 2 Baruch, Mildred C. and Ellen J. Beckman, Civil War Union Monuments, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Washington D.C., 1978 p. 47
  32. ↑ "Kentucky Memorial". Vicksburg National Military Park. National Park Service. Retrieved 29 August 2017.
  33. ↑ Lisa Powell, "How Dayton's giant Main Street monument faced twists and turns to land there. Monument has moved around the city as one of its most beloved artifacts," Dayton Daily News, March 7,.2017, http://www.mydaytondailynews.com/news/how-dayton-giant-main-street-monument-faced-twists-and-turns-land-there/NpqmdnlULPE2bL6AstlCSJ/
  34. ↑ J. W. Carpenter & Son, ed. (18 October 1884). "Pvt. Fair". Retrieved 18 October 2017 – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  35. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Lees, William B. (2004). "Oklahoma's Civil War Monuments and Memorial Landscapes" (PDF). William B. Lees.
  36. ↑ "History - Grants Pass, Oregon". Grants Pass, Oregon. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  37. ↑ Gallagher, Edward; Plaschott, Henry F.; Philippoteaux, Paul Dominique; Martini; Donovan, Bartholomew (24 October 1899). "Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument" – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  38. ↑ Brewster, George Thomas. "First Defenders". Retrieved 18 October 2017 – via siris-artinventories.si.edu Library Catalog.
  39. ↑ "Soldiers and Sailors Monument -- Providence, RI". Waymarking.com. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
  40. ↑ Renkl, Margaret (January 29, 2018). "A Monument the Old South Would Like to Ignore". New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2018.
  41. ↑ "Return to Petersburg". 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry blogspot. Retrieved 2017-09-01.
  42. ↑ Meyer, Jason. "Memorial stone at Petersburg National Battlefield Eastern Front in Virginia". Alamy.
  43. ↑ lunchcountersitin (2011-05-30). "Monuments to the United States Colored Troops (USCT) [African American Civil War Soldiers]: The List". Jubilo! The Emancipation Century. Retrieved 2017-08-18.
  44. ↑ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMJ47Q_Civil_War_Memorial_Port_Angeles_WA
  45. ↑ http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WMNZN1_Grand_Army_of_the_Republic_Memorial_Bellingham_WA
  46. ↑ Wheeling Heritage, Civil War Monument
  47. ↑ Civil War monument to return to downtown Wheeling
  48. ↑ West Virginia SHPO, Historic Property Inventory Form HK-1411
  49. ↑ Wolfe, Richard E., West Virginia in the Civil War, Arcadia Publishing, 2014, pg. 86
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