FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT
FIRST MONUMENT IN THE UNITED STATES DEDICATED TO THE SOLDIERS OF THE CIVIL WAR ERECTED IN 1863. ERECTED TO COMMEMORATE THE DEATH OF THOSE WHO PERISHED IN SUPPRESSING THE SOUTHERN REBELLION. HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BELST.
1863-SOLDIERS
Location
Details
Memorial Type:
Obelisks War Monument
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
1863
Photograph By:
MICHAEL HERRICK
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