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The Shaw Memorial is a bronze relief sculpture that commemorates the service of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first black regiment organised to fight in the Civil War. It was unveiled in Boston in 1897 and depicts…

The first and largest monument created for Monument Avenue, the Robert E. Lee Monument was a focal point in Richmond, Virginia. It was composed of two distinct parts: a prominent base, designed by Paul Pujol, and a large statue designed by the…

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…

A Hall of Harvard Alumni was proposed in 1865 to commemorate the Harvard graduates who fought for the Union during the Civil War. It was intended as "a symbol of Boston's commitment to the Unionist cause and the abolitionist movement in America', but…

The Appomattox Statue is a bronze statue commemorating the Confederate dead of Alexandria, Virginia. A lone Confederate soldier stands facing south, towards the main battlefields of the Civil War, with his arms crossed. The figure has been the focal…

This small commemorative marker made of granite and bronze is located within Woodlawn National Cemetery, the location where John W. Jones was the caretaker in charge of burying the Confederate dead of Elmira Military Prison, located nearby. It was…