Category: Places to Visit
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…
New Windsor Cemetery Where “Orange Blossom” War Dead Lie
Many of the cemeteries I have visited are well-kept, heavily landscaped, with monumental monuments to then-famous men. This year I happened upon an all-but abandoned…
Four New Sites Added to Reconstruction Era National Historic Network
Last month the National Park Service issued this announcement of four new sites added to the Reconstruction Era National Historic Network: BEAUFORT, SC- The National…
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…
Robert Gould Shaw’s “Grave” on Staten Island & Gen. Francis Barlow’s Wife’s Resting Place
Robert Gould Shaw (born October 10, 1837) was one of the most famous colonels of the Civil War. The subject of the movie “Glory,” Shaw…
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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