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Fitchburg's Civil War Memorial, comprised of three bronze statues upon a granite base, was designed by celebrated sculptor Martin Milmore and was dedicated in June 1874. The central and highest figure is an allegorised depiction of America, with a…

The Bath Civil War Soldiers' Monument is located opposite the Sagadahoc County Court House, and at the intersection of Centre Street and High Street. It is dedicated to the men of Bath who died during the American Civil War 1861 - 1865. $4975 was…

An Ode in Time of Hesitation is a poem by William Vaughn Moody after seeing the Shaw monument at Boston. It is considered to give expressions on the problem “how to reconcile our imperialistic aims in the Philippines with ideal for which this country…

A Hall of Harvard Alumni was proposed in 1865 to commemorate the Harvard graduates who fought for the Union during the Civil War. It was intended as "a symbol of Boston's commitment to the Unionist cause and the abolitionist movement in America', but…

The Shaw Memorial is a bronze relief sculpture that commemorates the service of the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, one of the first black regiment organised to fight in the Civil War. It was unveiled in Boston in 1897 and depicts…

The Jefferson Davis Highway was a project sponsored by the United Daughters of the Confederacy in the early of 1910s to commemorate the President of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis. The planned route traverses from Arlington, Virginia to San…

The Standing Lincoln Statue in Chicago created by Augustus Saint-Gaudens is considered to be one of the most famous portrayals of the President. It depicts Lincoln standing before a chair in a reflective but also decisive mode. There are several…