FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT

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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1863
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
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
SEE ALSO-FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT PLAQUES A, B, & C
SEE ALSO-FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT SIDES A, B, C, & D
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