Springfield's Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is an imposing granite column of over 40 feet topped by a standing Union soldier. Funded by Gurdon Bill, a wealthy local resident who later became President of the Springfield & New London Railroad…
The St Paul Soldiers and Sailors Monument honours United States veterans of the Civil War and their victories for the union and abolition of slavery. The statue depicts Josias R. King, said to be the first Minnesotan to volunteer to fight for the…