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Erected in 1871.

The statue features two generic Union and Confederate soldiers standing back-to-back with a crouching enslaved child underneath them. This child is holding a pamphlet granting emancipation. The Union soldier holds a United States flag while the…

Cannon captured by the 21st Massachusetts Infantry during the Battle of New Bern, North Carolina and donated by the U.S. Army to Amherst College in memory of Frazar A. Stearns