Category: Monuments
Bethlehem Pennsylvania Civil War Soldiers’ Monument
The day after Christmas I went to Bethlehem, in the spirit of the Season. The town was celebrating the birth of Christ, but it was…
Copperhead Mayor Fernando Wood and Union Gen. John Dix Graves in Manhattan
When I mention the Trinity Church cemetery in Manhattan, most New Yorkers will tell me about visiting there as a child, typically to see the…
Amistad Monument New Haven, Connecticut
New Haven is mostly known as the place where Yale University occupies the center of the city. In the 1800s, it had significantly more importance….
Roscoe Conkling A Civil War Politician in Madison Square Park in NYC
I approached Madison Square Park in New York City from the South East side, where Madison Avenue hits East 23rd Street in Manhattan. There are…
21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment Monument in New London
The 21st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Regiment was organized in Norwich, Ct. in September 5, 1862. The regiment was organized after the Union defeat at the…
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…
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