List of Union Civil War monuments and memorials

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This is a list of American Civil War monuments and memorials associated with the Union. Monuments and memorials are listed below alphabetically by state. States not listed have no known qualifying items for the list.

Washington, D.C.

Lincoln seated statue sculpted by Daniel Chester French
"He saved the Union"
Pension Building frieze, Caspar Buberl sculptor, 1887

U.S. Currency

U.S. commemorative stamp, 1963

US military

Bases

Gallery

Arizona

Arkansas

  • Sloan Springs
    Sloan Springs
  • Little Rock
    Little Rock

California

  • Monument to volunteers from
    Los Gatos[7]

Schools

Colorado

Colorado State Capitol grounds

Connecticut

Joseph Roswell Hawley

Schools

Delaware

Florida

These are arranged by city:

Schools

Georgia

Illinois

Schools

Indiana

Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Delphi, Indiana), detail

Iowa

Schools

  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines, detail
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Des Moines, detail
  • Elkader
    Elkader
  • Elkader detail
    Elkader detail

Kansas

According to Kansas Civil War Monuments and Memorials, there are 105 counties in Kansas most have a monument to Union soldiers of the Civil War. Many were funded by GAR posts or Sons of Union Civil War Veterans, today the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.[33]

Monuments and memorials in Kansas include:

  • listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Edwards County
  • Sherman County, Kansas, named after General William Tecumseh Sherman, 1873
  • Grant County, Kansas is a county in Kansas named after Ulysses S. Grant, commanding general of Union Army during the Civil War, 1888
  • Ulysses, Kansas is a city named after Ulysses S. Grant, 1885
  • McPherson, Kansas and McPherson County are named after Union General James McPherson. There is also a monument to him and another monument to Union Civil War soldiers fighting for him. The monument was erected in 1917.[citation needed]
  • Baxter Springs Civil War Monument erected in 1886 after Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) post collected more than 7,000 signatures from former soldiers. The monument is located in the Soldier's Lot of the Baxter Springs Cemetery, and is dedicated to the 132 soldiers who died in the Battle of Baxter Springs October 8, 1863.
  • Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Memorial Arch, erected 1898 in Junction City, Kansas
    , NRHP-listed

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

  • Auburn
    Auburn
  • Augusta
    Augusta
  • Bethel
    Bethel
  • Lewiston
    Lewiston
  • Our Lady of Victories, Portland
    Our Lady of Victories, Portland
  • Evergreen Cemetery, Portland
    Evergreen Cemetery, Portland
  • Saco
    Saco
  • Westbrook
    Westbrook
  • York
    York

Maryland

Massachusetts

  • Attleboro
    Attleboro
  • Devens Monument
  • Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston)
    Robert Gould Shaw Memorial (Boston)
  • Boston Common
    Boston Common
  • Memorial Hall (Cambridge)
    Memorial Hall (Cambridge)
  • Cambridge
    Cambridge
  • Easton
    Easton
  • Framingham
    Framingham
  • Arlington
    Arlington
  • Grafton
    Grafton
  • Great Barrington
    Great Barrington
  • New Bedford
    New Bedford
  • Pittsfield
    Pittsfield
  • Raynham
    Raynham
  • Sandwich
    Sandwich
  • Springfield
    Springfield
  • Waltham
    Waltham
  • Webster
    Webster
  • Whitinsville (Northbridge)
    Whitinsville (Northbridge)

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

  • Monument to United States Colored Troops (1st and 3rd Mississippi Infantry, African Descent) at Vicksburg National Military Park. The inscription reads: "Commemorating the Service of the 1st and 3d Mississippi Infantry, African Descent and All Mississippians of African Descent Who Participated in the Vicksburg Campaign."
  • Monument to the
    18th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment
    at Vicksburg National Military Park.
  • Monument to admiral David Farragut at Vicksburg National Military Park. Henry Hudson Kitson, sculptor
  • The Illinois Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park. Commemorating the 36,325 Illinois soldiers who participated in the Vicksburg Campaign and has 47 steps, one for every day Vicksburg was besieged.
  • Kentucky memorial composed of bronze statues of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis, both native Kentuckians, Vicksburg National Military Park.[34]
  • The Michigan Memorial at Vicksburg National Military Park.

Monuments and Memorials at Vicksburg National Military Park

  • USCT monument
    USCT monument
  • 18th Wisconsin VI
    18th Wisconsin VI
  • David Farragut Monument
    David Farragut Monument
  • Illinois Memorial
  • Kansas Memorial
    Kansas Memorial
  • Kentucky Memorial
    Kentucky Memorial
  • Michigan Memorial
    Michigan Memorial
  • Missouri State Memorial
    Missouri State Memorial

Missouri

Schools

Montana

Nebraska State Capitol

Nebraska

New Hampshire

Robert Gould Shaw Memorial

New Jersey

Schools

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

Schools

  • Lincoln Academy in Kings Mountain, 1886
  • Salisbury national cemetery, Union monument, 1876
  • Salisbury national cemetery, Maine monument, 1908
  • Salisbury national cemetery, Pennsylvania monument, 1910
  • New Bern national cemetery, Connecticut monument, 1894
  • New Bern national cemetery, New Jersey monument, 1905
  • New Bern national cemetery, Massachusetts monument, 1908
  • New Bern national cemetery, Rhode Island monument, 1910
  • Hertford, US colored troops monument, 1910
  • Goldsborough Bridge battle, (jointly with CSA troops)
  • Averasboro, 20th Corps monument, 2001
  • Bentonville battlefield, Sherman's 4 corps monument, 2013
  • Bentonville battlefield, 123rd New York monument, 2012
  • Bentonville battlefield, horse and mule monument (jointly with CSA), 2011
  • Bennett place, Durham, NC, Unity monument (jointly with CSA), 1923

North Dakota

Ohio

  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Cleveland
  • Hancock County Great Rebellion Memorial in Findlay, Ohio
    Hancock County Great Rebellion Memorial in Findlay, Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Schools

  • Lincoln Elementary School in Eugene 1953 (converted from prior Woodrow Wilson Junior High School). School closed in 1987 and repurposed as Lincoln School Condominiums.

Pennsylvania

Schools

  • York, Martin Milmore, sculptor
    York, Martin Milmore, sculptor
  • Pennsylvania State Memorial, Gettysburg
  • Allentown
    Allentown
  • Allentown, detail
    Allentown, detail
  • Beaver
    Beaver
  • Easton
    Easton
  • McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery
    McKeesport and Versailles Cemetery
  • Gen. Wells
    Gen. Wells
  • Gen. Humphreys
    Gen. Humphreys
  • Lincoln Address Memorial, with bust of Abraham Lincoln
    Lincoln Address Memorial, with bust of Abraham Lincoln
  • Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg, with date "1861"
    Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Bridge, Harrisburg, with date "1861"

Rhode Island

  • Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington
    Princes Hill Burial Ground, Barrington
  • North Burial Ground, Bristol
    North Burial Ground, Bristol
  • Henry Tillinghast Sisson grave and statue in Little Compton
    Henry Tillinghast Sisson grave and statue in Little Compton
  • Burnside Monument, Burnside Park, Providence
    Burnside Monument, Burnside Park, Providence
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Providence
    Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Providence
  • Union Soldier Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence
    Union Soldier Monument, Roger Williams Park, Providence
  • Warren Common, Warren
    Warren Common, Warren
  • Woonsocket
    Woonsocket

South Dakota

Tennessee

  • Fort Negley, Nashville. The Fort was built by Union forces after the capture of Nashville.[51]

Texas

Utah

  • Garfield County was named after James A. Garfield
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
    Monument dedicated to the GAR dead in the GAR and USAWV Veteran Section of Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Re-dedicated in 2003 by the Sons of Union Veterans.
  • Salt Lake City, Utah
    Bench dedicated to Civil War Veterans which sits in the GAR Section of Mt. Olivet Cemetery and was erected by the W. O. Howard Woman's Relief Corps in 1939.

Vermont

  • Gen. Wells in Burlington
    Gen. Wells in Burlington
  • Burlington
    Burlington
  • Brattleboro
    Brattleboro
  • Chester
    Chester
  • Middlebury
    Middlebury
  • Rochester
    Rochester
  • Swanton
    Swanton
  • Tribou Park in Woodstock
    Tribou Park in Woodstock
  • Woodstock
    Woodstock

Virginia

Washington

West Virginia

Former

  • Huntington Union monument dedicated by Bailey Post of the G.A.R. Formerly located at the corner of Fifth Ave. and Ninth St., it was scheduled to be moved to Ritter Park in 1915, but was subsequently lost.[63]

Wisconsin

  • The Victorious Charge
    The Victorious Charge
  • Winged Victory, Kenosha (1900)
    Winged Victory, Kenosha (1900)

Scotland

  • American Civil War Memorial
    , in Old Calton Burial Ground, in Edinburgh, Scotland

See also

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