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The statue atop the Soldier's Memorial Fountain on a foggy day

Oak Woods Cemetery features a number of Civil War monuments within its bounds. A ‘Soldier’s Memorial’ erected in 1876 serves as a tribute to the Union as does a statue of Abraham Lincoln nearby. Perhaps most prominently, however, is the Confederate…

This Soldiers' Civil War Memorial is situated in the Grand Army Lot, Oak Grove Cemetery. It was funded and erected by the Sedgwick Post No. 4, G.A.R. It was dedicated on May 30, 1896 and is to the Veterans of the United States Army and Navy who…

Close up of the statue of the Soldier's Memorial Fountain in Oak Bluffs

This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. was raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides of the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a granite base…

This Civil War Nurses Memorial in Washington D.C. is a monument raised by Ellen Ryan Jolly and designed by Irish artist Jerome Connor to honor the nuns who looked after soldiers on both sides during the American Civil War. The memorial consists of a…

Built in 1874 by Cincinnati architect James W. McLaughlin, the Northampton Memorial Hall is the only example on Main Street of Post Civil War General Grant style architecture. The building not only serves as a memorial site, but also as a public…