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The monument in 1909. The monument was erected in 1902 and commemorates the 2,260 Confederate soldiers buried at the site. [5] [6] The memorial is 17 feet (5.2 m) and includes a bronze figure of a soldier standing on a granite arch, holding a rifle. Its original wooden arch, which was inscribed with the word "AMERICANS", was replaced with the ...
Confederate monument-building has often been part of widespread campaigns to promote and justify Jim Crow laws in the South. [12] [13] According to the American Historical Association (AHA), the erection of Confederate monuments during the early 20th century was "part and parcel of the initiation of legally mandated segregation and widespread disenfranchisement across the South."
During the American Civil War, the State of Ohio played a key role in providing troops, military officers, and supplies to the Union army.Due to its central location in the Northern United States and burgeoning population, Ohio was both politically and logistically important to the war effort.
The Cuyahoga County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a major Civil War monument in Cleveland, Ohio, honoring the more than 9,000 individuals from Cuyahoga County who served the Union throughout the war. [1] It was dedicated on July 4, 1894, and is located on the southeast quadrant of Public Square in Downtown Cleveland. [2]
Confederate and Union monuments are listed separately. State monuments and monuments to individuals are listed alphabetically within their sections. Regimental monuments are grouped within a state's section by type: Artillery / Cavalry / Infantry / Other (engineers, militia, reserves, sharpshooters).
In June 2020, the Roanoke City Council voted to start the legal process to remove the monument and rename Lee Plaza after the July 1, 2020 date when a new state law removes the prohibition against removing monuments to the Confederate States of America.
Columbus: The Daughters of the Union dedicated a sundial on the grounds of the Ohio State House in 1941, the 75th anniversary of the GAR. [73] Kettering: In 1901, The Old Guard Post 23 erected a cannon monument in Beavertown cemetery; Urbana: W. A. Brand Post No. 98 placed a G.A.R. Civil War artillery shell monument in Oak Dale Cemetery. W. A.
Union (American Civil War) monuments and memorials in Ohio (4 P) Pages in category "Monuments and memorials in Ohio" The following 59 pages are in this category, out of 59 total.