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This fifteen-foot high marble obelisk with a four-foot square granite base, surmounted with a sculpture of an eagle, is Presque Isle's Civil War Monument and was formerly known as the "Soldier's Monument". It is located in Fairmount Cemetery and it…

The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument was erected in the downtown of Indianapolis in 1902. It was originally designed to commemorate the Hoosiers in the Civil War and the range expanded into the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary War, the War of…

The Volunteer is a copy of Kitson's sculpture in Newport, but unlike the original, this figure has a mustache and looks slightly older. It is possible that the committee wanted their statue to be unique, whilst basing a design on an existing monument…

The Wirz Monument was dedicated in 1909 by the United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate, and exonerate, Captain Heinrich Hartmann Wirz who served as the commander of the Andersonville Civil War Prison between 1864-65. Wirz was hanged in…

This Confederate monument was created in 1891 to honor the Confederate dead of Greenville County. James Blackman Ligon, who was the chief of police in Greenville, served as the model for the sculpture. The monument was originally erected in the…

This Confederate monument was created in 1891 to honor the Confederate dead in the Civil War with James Blackman Ligon who was the chief of police in Greenville as the model. The monument was originally erected in the center of the Main Street where…

Bronze figure of a standing Union soldier whose right hand holds the butt of a rifle, left hand holds the rifle barrel, and left foot thrusts forward. He wears an overcoat, boots and spurs, and a Union soldier's kepi hat. He has a strapped and…

This monument, located in Spring Hill Cemetery (also known as Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum), depicts a Union soldier at "Parade Rest" and is dedicated to the men from Vermillion County who fought for the Union during the war. Strikingly, the…

This Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is located on the east side of Taunton Green, and was dedicated on June 4, 1902. Crafted entirely of Westerly granite, the monument is comprised of three bases, rising to 15 feet and featuring militaristic relief…

This monument was built to honour the Confederate dead of Chowan County. It consists of a tall white granite shaft with a Confederate Common Soldier standing with his rifle at his waist and pointing forward. In the Civil War, Chowan County…