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The Forlorn Soldier is a deteriorated Union soldier statue with his rifle, hands, and lower face missing. The statue was completed by James G. Batterson's stone yard and monument business. Batterson is also known for co-designing the Connecticut…

Funded by Charles E. Chaffee, the Windsor Locks Memorial Hall was erected as the gathering place for the Grand Army of the Republic's Post No.67, an organization for Union veterans. The group's official name was the JH Converse Post, dedicated to…

Benjamin Fitch commissioned Larkin Meade Jr. to replicate a classical sculpture seen by Fitch in Italy to honour Connecticut Veterans and their families. The statue features an orphan sitting on the knee of a Union soldier describing her father's…

This plaque is one of the memorial plaques on the walls of the historic Aquia Episcopal Church in Stafford, VA. It was placed by the Stafford Rangers chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy in 1933 to memorialize the Confederate soldiers…

A bronze soldier, with musket drawn and pointed forward, stands atop a granite plinth. On the base, two bronze relief panels depict a lone woman, one holding the shield of Virginia, the other a Confederate flag. The statue, designed by Frederick W.…

Tucked away amidst the gravestones in the Rosehill Cemetery, you will find the Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument. This simple block of stone honors the sacrifice of soldiers recruited from the Chicago Board of Trade, the oldest commodity…

Perched atop a granite pedestal and archway, the Ulysses S. Grant Monument in Chicago honors the service of famed Civil War general and U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant. The monument was commissioned shortly after Grant's death, fundraised by…

This bronze bust depicts Joshua Glover in Joshua Glover Park in the Etobicoke neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. In 1852, Glover escaped from where he was enslaved in St Louis, Missouri, eventually making his way to Canada through the Underground…

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