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Aspen Civil War Statue, Aspen, Colorado - Civil War Colorado - Image 4

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Aspen Civil War Statue, Aspen, Colorado

Aspen Union Soldier Statue (Aspen, Colorado)

Life-sized granite statue of Union soldier standing at parade rest, holding the barrel of a rifle whose butt rests on the ground next to his right foot. The soldier wears a Union overcoat, cape, and kepi hat. The statue is mounted atop a granite…

Aspen Ute Cemetery Monument (Aspen, Colorado)

Headstone-shaped grey granite tablet set into the ground at entry to Ute Cemetery. Tablet lists names of the Civil War veterans, both Union and Confederate, buried at the cemetery.

Aspen, Colorado Ute Cemetery Monument - Civil War Colorado - Image 1

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Aspen, CO Ute Cemetery Monument

Aspen, Colorado Ute Cemetery Monument - Civil War Colorado - Image 1

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Aspen, CO Ute Cemetery Monument

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court John McLean, an anti-slavery egalitarian Methodist from Nicholasville, was one of two justices to dissent to the majority ruling of the Dred Scott v. Sandford case. The ruling stated that enslaved people were not citizens of the United States and could not, therefore, expect protection from the Federal government or the courts.

At a meeting at Mingo Tavern in Jessamine County’s Nicholasville, town trustees authorize the whipping of slaves found traveling without a pass.

At a meeting at the county courthouse, Jessamine County Democrats demonstrate their support for the outcome of the Dred Scott case and declare the “rights of citizens to hold any species of property.”

At Rest Arms Monument (Thomaston, Georgia)

Athens County Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Memorial (Athens, Ohio)

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