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Portrait of Theo Alice Ruggles Kitson published in New-York Tribune, New York, N.Y., 20 Dec. 1903.

Civil war statue in Atkinson Commons.

Dedicated in 1919, this statue honors Civil War general and former governor Richard Oglesby. Located in Lincoln (Abraham) Park, the ten-foot monument consists of a bronze statue on a granite pedestal. Despite serving in the 8th Illinois Infantry…

The Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Woods Plaque honors the sacrifices of Union soldiers and Veterans from Illinois. Located at the entrance to the General Army of the Republic (G.A.R) Woods, the plaque sits before an American flag and adjacent…

The Stonewall Jackson Elementary School opened in September 1948 in Bristol, Virginia. Funded by Bristol Virginia Public Schools and designed by architect C.B Kearfott, the school is a 3 floor brick building .An extension to the main building was…

Erected on November 10th, 1998, the Cranes Nest Battlefield Tablet sits quietly on a mountainside backroad in Dickenson County, Virginia. The monument, composed of a granite tablet set upon a granite base, is dedicated to the Confederate soldiers who…

The place where the Jefferson Cemetery Shaft stands today began as a temporary repository for the bodies of dead Confederate soldiers during the war. The site was formally given commemoration in 1892 by the Brown-Harman Camp of Confederate Veterans.…

Standing in front of the county courthouse in Tazewell, VA, the Common Soldier monument directly commemorates "the Confederate Soldier of Tazewell". Facing North in an aggressive and vigil pose, the Soldier is made of white bronze, a material…

The East Hill Cemetery Tablet sits in the hilltop cemetery straddling the state line between Bristol, Tennessee and Bristol, Virginia. Commemorating the 300 Confederate dead estimated to be buried around the site, the Tablet overlooks the military…

Purposefully standing near the state line between Virginia and Tennessee, the Confederate Soldier Monument commemorates both the Confederate men and women from each state. Funded by James M Barker, a former Confederate colonel and influential…