Monuments

Allegheny County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument


Union

Erected in 1871.


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Obelisk

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Pittsburgh

Allegheny

Pennsylvania

United States

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Erected to the memory of the 4,000 brave men of Allegheny County. Who fell in the great struggle to maintain the integrity of our union. The eye of God rests upon their graves even when unmarked by man. And their sleeping dust shall arise in the morning of their resurrection.

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