Honoring the Fallen on Memorial Day
The first widely observed Memorial Day occurred on May 30th, 1868. Earlier that month Union General John A. Logan, the national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, a Civil War veterans organization,...
Category: Memorials
The Sgt. Richard Kirkland Memorial at Fredericksburg
Located near the Stone Wall and Sunken Road at the foot of Mary’es Heights in Fredericksburg, Virginia, the site of intense fighting at the December 1862 Battle of Fredericksburg, is the Sgt. Richard Rowland...
The Eternal Light Peace Monument at Gettysburg
On July 3rd, 1938, some 1800 aged Union and Confederate veterans of the Civil War were gathered at Gettysburg National Military Park. It was the 75th anniversary of the third and final day of...
The Hazen Brigade Monument at Stones River is the Nation’s Oldest Civil War Memorial
Though most Civil War memorials were created after the war ended, in a few cases the soldiers themselves didn’t wait that long to commemorate the fight and honor those who fell. The Hazen Brigade...
The Confederate Cemetery in Madison, Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin is a long way from the battlefields of the Civil War or the states of the old Confederacy. It would seem to be an unlikely location for a Confederate cemetery, yet there...
Arlington House, Pre War Home of Robert E. Lee, Receives $12.35 Million Donation for Repairs
Philanthropist David Rubenstein has donated $12.35 million for the repair and refurbishing of Arlington House, the home of General Robert E. Lee and his family from 1831-61. The house in Arlington, Virginia, is now...
The General Lloyd Tilghman Equestrian Statue at Vicksburg
There are a lot of equestrian statues of Civil War generals at National Military Parks and battlefields, as well as other locations. Most of these have the general riding the horse and if the...
The Death and Burial of Private Charles R. Delano of the 1st Maine Cavalry
When a soldier was killed in action in the Civil War funeral and burial arrangements ranged from the body shipped home and buried in a hometown cemetery, to burial in common graves or cemeteries...