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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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Regis de Trobriand, Immigrant General’s Grave in Sayville, NY on Long Island

Philippe Régis Denis de Keredern de Trobriand was a French aristocrat born near Tours, France, in 1816. He came to the United States in his…

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Port Chester Monument to Colonel of the U.S. Colored Troops Photo Tour

Port Chester, along Long Island Sound in Westchester, is a thriving and diverse village. Along its main road, U.S. Route 1 The Boston Post Road,…

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About That “Wall Street Journal” Article Showing Declining Interest in Civil War

Three years ago, the Wall Street Journal published an article claiming that Civil War battlefields were losing ground as tourist draws. Within days, Civil War…

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Captain Dermody Triangle in Queens Honoring an Immigrant Abolitionist

Captain William Dermody Triangle in Bayside, Queens honors an officer of the Army of the Potomac killed at Spotsylvania in 1864. Dermody was from Bayside…

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Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington D.C.

The Stephenson Grand Army of the Republic Memorial in Washington D.C. is in a prominent location in the nation’s capital. It is at the corner…

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