Statues of High Ranking Military Officers
MAJOR GENERAL ABNER DOUBLEDAY WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-REYNOLDS AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
COMMANDER FIRST CORPS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AT GETTYSBURG JULY 1, 1863.
MAJOR GENERAL ALEXANDER HAYS WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HANCOCK AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
COMMANDER THIRD DIVISION, II CORPS AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG. KILLED MAY 5, 1864 AT THE BATTLE OF THE WILDERNESS, VA.
MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW ATKINSON WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-EMMITSBURG ROAD
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
COMMANDER U.S. ARMY ENGINEERS AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
BREVET MAJOR GENERAL JAMES SAMUEL WADSWORTH WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-REYNOLDS AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
APPOINTED BREVET MAJOR GENERAL UNITED STATES VOLUNTEERS TO RANK FROM MAY 6, 1864 FOR GALLANT CONDUCT AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG AND THE WILDERNESS. HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED MAY … Read More
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN GIBBON WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-HANCOCK AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
AT GETTYSBURG COMMANDER 2ND DIVISION, II CORPS ON JULY 3, 1863 SERVING WITH “CONSPICUOUS GALLANTRY DISTINCTION” IN THE REPULSE OF THE LONGSTREET’S ASSAULT, UNTIL HE WAS WOUNDED AND CARRIED … Read More
BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL WILEY CRAWFORD WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-CRAWFORD AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
BRIGADIER GENERAL SAMUEL WILEY COMMANDER OF THE PENNSYLVANIA RESERVES
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN BUFORD WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-CHAMBERSBURG PIKE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
IN MEMORY OF MAJOR GENERAL JOHN BUFORD COMMANDING 1ST DIVISION CAVALRY CORPS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC WHO WITH THE FIRST INSPIRATION OF A CAVALRY OFFICER SELECTED THIS BATTLEFIELD JULY … Read More
124TH NEW YORK INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
Location: GETTYSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK-SICKLES AVENUE
City: GETTYSBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17325
THE ORANGE BLOSSOMS WENT INTO ACTION ON THIS SPOT WITH 18 OFFICERS AND 220 MEN. LOST IN KILLED AND WOUNDED 7 OFFICERS AND 85 MEN. THE STATUE ATOP THE … Read More
GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
SEE ALSO-GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN WAR MEMORIAL
GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN WAR MEMORIAL
SEE ALSO-GENERAL WILLIAM TECUMSEH SHERMAN WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE
COLONEL WILLIAM COLVILL MEMORIAL
Location: CANNON FALLS CEMETERY-NORTH ALMOND STREET
City: CANNON FALLS
State: Minnesota
Zip Code: 55009
COLONEL WILLIAM COLVILL AND THE 1ST REGIMENT MINN. VOLS WHICH HE COMMANDED AT THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG ON JULY 2ND 1863. THIS WAS THE FIRST REGIMENT TENDERED TO PRESIDENT … Read More
GOODHUE COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS OF GOODHUE COUNTY 1861-1865
GENERAL DANIEL BUTTERFIELD WAR MEMORIAL
AT THE OUTBREAK OF THE CIVIL WAR IN 1861, HE SERVED AS A COLONEL IN THE 12TH NEW YORK MILITIA DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP IN MILITARY ENGAGEMENTS ON THE UPPER POTOMAC … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK WAR MEMORIAL
KILLED IN BATTLE AT SPOTSYLVANIA MAY 9, 1864 WHILE IN COMMAND OF THE 6TH CORPS, ARMY OF THE POTOMAC.
50TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
CASUALTIES AT ANTIETAM KILLED 8 WOUNDED 46 MISSING 3 TOTAL 57
ABRAHAM LINCOLN FORT LINCOLN CEMETERY MEMORIAL
Location: FORT LINCOLN CEMETERY-3401 BLADENSBURG ROAD
City: BRENTWOOD
State: Maryland
Zip Code: 20722
THIS STATUE OF PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN PORTRAYS HIM IN HIS LAST DAYS, THE THIN, TIRED, WAR-WORN PRESIDENT IN THOUGHTFUL AND DEEP MEDITATION.
MAJOR GENERAL ALFRED T.A. TORBERT WAR MEMORIAL
GENERAL TORBERT, A WEST POINT GRADUATE, CLASS OF 1855, SERVED WITH DISTINCTION DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS COMMANDER 1ST NEW JERSEY BRIGADE AND CHIEF OF CAVALRY, ARMY OF THE … Read More
JAMES A. GARFIELD MEMORIAL
Location: MARYLAND AVENUE SW AND EAST CAPITOL CIRCLE
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20004
JAMES A. GARFIELD 1831-1881 MAJOR GENERAL USV, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SENATOR, AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY … Read More
LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Location: LINCOLN MEMORIAL CIRCLE AND CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20037
“IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER”
11TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
MICHIGAN-TO HER 11TH REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS. COL. WILLIAM L. STOUGHTON, 11TH MICHIGAN INFANTRY, WHOSE STATUE SURMOUNTS THIS SHAFT.
COL. JOHN LYMAN CHATFIELD MEMORIAL
JOHN LYMAN CHATFIELD SERVED DURING THE CIVIL WAR AS COLONEL AND COMMANDER OF THE 6TH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEER INFANTRY AND WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED STORMING FORT WAGNER IN SOUTH CAROLINA. HE … Read More
BRIGADIER GENERAL GRIFFIN A. STEDMAN MEMORIAL
GRIFFIN A. STEDMAN TYPICAL VOLUNTEER SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR CAPTAIN MAJOR LIEUTENANT COLONEL BRIGADIER GENERAL KILLED AT PETERSBURG, VA AUGUST 5, 1864 ERECTED BY THE VETERAN SURVIVORS OF … Read More
LINCOLN MEETS STOWE MEMORIAL
THIS MEMORIAL COMMEMORATES THE 1862 MEETING OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND HARRIET BEECHER STOWE IN WASHINGTON D.C. STOWE’S NOVEL, UNCLE TOM’S CABIN WAS WIDELY CREDITED FOR INCREASING OPPOSITION TO SLAVERY. … Read More
GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON MEMORIAL
GENERAL JAMES B. MCPHERSON SERVED AS A GENERAL IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS KILLED AT THE BATTLE OF ATLANTA, THE SECOND HIGHEST RANKING UNION … Read More
WILLIAM MCKINLEY MEMORIAL
ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY AS PRIVATE, 1861. MUSTERED OUT AS A MAJOR, 1865. ELECTED PRESIDENT, 1896. PRESIDENT DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT, 1900
LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN ARCHER LEJEUNE MEMORIAL
LIEUTENANT GENERAL JOHN ARCHER LEJEUNE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDING SECOND DIVISION AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE FRANCE, WORLD WAR I 1918-1919 MAJOR GENERAL COMMANDANT UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS … Read More
GENERAL ULYSSES S. GRANT MEMORIAL
UNDER GENERAL GRANT THE UNION ARMY DEFEATED THE CONFEDERATE MILITARY, HAVING EFFECTIVELY ENDED THE WAR AND SECESSION WITH THE SURRENDER OF ROBERT E. LEE’S ARMY AT APPOMATTOX.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN CAMPBELL GREENWAY ARMY RESERVE, ROUGH RIDER DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR.
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT MEMORIAL
REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT UNITED STATES NAVY STATUE WAS ERECTED BY THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES IN RECOGNITION OF HIS DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN WHITE GEARY MEMORIAL
PROMOTED TO MAJOR GENERAL “FOR FITNESS TO COMMAND AND PROMPTNESS TO EXECUTE”.
MAJOR GENERAL COMTE JEAN DE ROCHAMBEAU MEMORIAL
“WE HAVE BEEN CONTEMPORARIES AND FELLOW LABOURERS IN THE CAUSE OF LIBERTY AND WE HAVE LIVED TOGETHER AS BROTHERS SHOULD DO IN HARMONIOUS FRIENDSHIP” WASHINGTON TO ROCHAMBEAU
MAJOR GENERAL FRIEDRICH WILHELM VON STEUBEN MEMORIAL
IN GRATEFUL RECOGNITION OF HIS SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE IN THEIR STRUGGLE FOR LIBERTY.
BRIGADIER GENERAL THADDEUS KOSCIUSZKO MEMORIAL
KOSCIUSZKO MOVED TO THE UNITED STATES IN 1776 AND PARTICIPATED IN THE FIGHTING AS A COLONEL IN THE CONTINENTAL ARMY. HE ALSO OVERSAW THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GARRISON IN … Read More
MAJOR GENERAL MARQUIS GILBERT DE LAFAYETTE MEMORIAL
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE SERVICES RENDERED BY GENERAL LAFAYETTE AND HIS COMPATRIOTS DURING THE STRUGGLE FOR THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY MEMORIAL
Location: FRANKLIN SQUARE-14TH STREET AND K STREET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20005
COMMODORE JOHN BARRY UNITED STATES NAVY WAS AN OFFICER IN THE CONTINENTAL NAVY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. HE IS SOMETIMES CREDITED AS “THE FATHER OF THE AMERICAN NAVY” A … Read More
GENERAL DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER MEMORIAL WEST POINT
GENERAL DWIGHT DAVID “IKE” EISENHOWER, A FIVE STAR GENERAL DURING WORLD WAR II AND THE SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE ALLIED FORCES IN EUROPE. AFTER THE WAR HE WAS ELECTED … Read More
GENERAL KOSCIUSZKO MEMORIAL WEST POINT
THIS MEMORIAL IS TO GENERAL KOSCIUSZKO, A POLISH OFFICER AND ENGINEER WHO ASSISTED THE CONTINENTAL ARMY DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON MEMORIAL WEST POINT
THIS MEMORIAL IS TO GENERAL GEORGE S. PATTON COMMANDER OF 3RD U.S. ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II AND AN AMERICAN HERO.
MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK MEMORIAL WEST POINT
THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES UNION ARMY MAJOR GENERAL JOHN SEDGWICK WHO WAS THE HIGHEST RANKING UNION OFFICER TO DIE IN THE CIVIL WAR.
THAYER MONUMENT WEST POINT
THIS MONUMENT MEMORIALIZES COLONEL SYLVANUS THAYER THE “FATHER OF THE MILITARY ACADEMY”.
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK MEMORIAL
BRIGADIER GENERAL JOHN STARK DEFEATED THE BRITISH ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF BENNINGTON. HE WAS FAMOUS FOR SAYING “LIVE FREE OR DIE”.
GENERAL JOHN A. RAWLINS MEMORIAL
Location: RAWLINS PARK-E STREET AND 18TH STEET NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20006
GENERAL JOHN AARON RAWLINS WAS A UNITED STATES ARMY GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR, A CONFIDANT OF ULYSSES S. GRANT AND LATER U.S. SECRETARY OF WAR.
ADMIRAL DAVID G. FARRAGUT MEMORIAL
ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT WAS A FLAG OFFICER OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE WAS THE FIRST REAR ADMIRAL, VICE ADMIRAL AND ADMIRAL IN THE … Read More
GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER MEMORIAL
A MEMORIAL TO GENERAL GEORGE CUSTER’S SERVICE DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
COMMODORE OLIVER HAZARD PERRY MEMORIAL
COMMODORE PERRY, COMMANDER OF THE U.S. NAVAL FLEET IN THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE AND HERO OF THE WAR OF 1812.
GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE MEMORIAL
Location: E. BARRETT PRETTYMAN FEDERAL COUTHOUSE-333 CONSTITUTION AVE NW
City: WASHINGTON
State: District of Columbia
Zip Code: 20001
THIS MEMORIAL IS A TRIBUTE TO GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE WHO COMMANDED THE UNION FORCES AT GETTYSBURG.
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