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The Confederate Memorial Fountain was commissioned in 1915 by the Winnie Davis Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy to commemorate confederate civil war soldiers. The fountain was erected in Hill Park in the city of Helena, Montana,…

The memorial to Private David Lewis Gifford is a life-size statue of a local war hero and medal of honor recipient, best known for his daring rescue expedition to save troops on the stranded union steamer ship, USS Boston. The statue depicts Gifford…

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…

A granite obelisk some twenty seven and a half feet in height with a cruciform base, the Ladd and Whitney Monument was erected in memory of Luther Crawford Ladd and Addison Ottis Whitney, residents of Lowell. Ladd and Whitney, who are widely reported…

The fourth of six monuments erected in Gloucester in honour of those who fought in the Civil War, the Riverdale Martyrs Monument was dedicated in June 1886. A granite obelisk, this monument records the names of 15 Massachusetts men who gave their…