Category: Monuments
Fort Trumbull in New London Conn. Is Civil War Era Fortification
New London is a small city right in between Boston and New York. Just two hours from those two big cities, it often gets driven…
Woodlawn Union Monument in the Bronx
I went up to Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx early in November, 2023 to photograph Unions and Confederate generals buried there. What I did not…
Monument to the 29th New Jersey Vol. Infantry Redbank, NJ
The 29th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Regiment was raised during the invasion of Maryland after the Union defeat at the Second Manassas. The unit, a…
Orange Blossom Monument in Goshen to the 124th Regiment NY
Goshen, New York is in the Hudson Highlands just fifty miles north of New York City. Many of the buildings along Main Street in the…
Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts
Northampton Memorial Hall in Massachusetts is dedicated to local veterans, but with a clear nod at the Civil War. The Hall was first proposed in…
Broadway Civil War Monument New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is best known as the location of Yale University and one of its best known Civil War monuments is only a few blocks…
Sag Harbor Civil War Soldiers’ Memorial on Long Island
Sag Harbor is one of Long Island’s most intact housing stock from the Civil War Era. Earlier fires in the village led to many of…
Monument to 29th Connecticut Colored Regiment in New Haven
After the 1960s, very few Civil War monuments were erected, however several were unveiled honoring African American participants in the last thirty years. Monuments to…
Portsmouth, N.H. Soldiers & Sailors Monument Celebrates the Defeat of The Alabama
The Portsmouth Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a large and historically significant memorial to Union veterans of the Civil War. Portsmouth, New Hampshire was the…
Springfield Soldier’s Rest Monument in Massachusetts
Springfield was not just a place where the Civil War was commemorated, it was also a place where vital contributions were made. In the 1860…
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