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On December 29, 1926, under a Court Order to widen State Highway Route 46, the monument affectionately known as 'Billy Yank' was toppled and the metal sold for junk. In May 1998, several local residents began a campaign to replace the destroyed Civil…

A soldier from New Jersey's 14th Regiment standing upon a stone pillar.

Single figure of Harriet Tubman, wearing a coat, haversack slung over her right shoulder, and a pistol at her waist. Tubman points her right hand toward the sky, symbolic of the “North Star.” Signed by the artist: James L. Gafgen, 2005. Foundry…

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…

As the first and the largest monument in Monument Avenue, the Robert E. Lee Monument is a focal point in Richmond, Virginia. It was erected in 1890 based on a painting of Robert Lee by Adalbert Volck. The monument is composed of two distinct parts:…

This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. is a monument raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides during the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a…

The City of Lynn's Soldiers' Monument is notable for the allegorical classicism of its figures, with a Grecian style preferred over the conventional standing soldier of many contemporaneous memorials. Comprised of a trio of bronze figures atop an…