MOMENT OF MERCY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
THIS STATUE DEPICTS CONFEDERATE SERGEANT RICHARD R. KIRKLAND GIVING WATER TO A WOUNDED UNION SOLDIER ON DECEMBER 14, 1862, DURING THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. THIS ACT LED TO KIRKLAND BEING CALLED "THE ANGEL OF MARYE'S HEIGHTS".
Location
Address:
NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM-LINCOLN CIRCLE
City:
HARRISBURG
State:
Pennsylvania
Zip Code:
17104
Details
Memorial Type:
Statues War or Military Related
Access:
Public
Wars Commemorated:
CIVIL WAR
Year Dedicated:
2001
Photograph By:
BILL COUGHLIN
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