Favorite USCT monument

[major bill]

There are a fair number of monuments honoring the USCT. Sadly I have only visited 3 or 4. If I wanted to make a point of visiting USCT monuments, which ones are the most important and/or best looking?

This is one I would love to see. The Soldier's Memorial at Lincoln University.

This is the rest of the memorial, two brave soldiers still trudging their way to their destiny.

 

[bdtex]

The African-American Monument at Vicksburg NMP. I forgot to go back and take a pic of it after my guided tour of Vicksburg last February.

 

[nitrofd]

Robert Gould Shaw'S monument in Boston also honors the 54th. MASS.

 

[TomP]

The Corinth Contraband Camp in Corinth, MS (a unit of Shiloh National Military Park) has six life-size bronze statues depicting life at the camp. One of them is a soldier who represents the estimated two-thousand men who enlisted here in Corinth.

 

[E_just_E]

I'd start at the African American Civil War Memorial & Museum, in Washington, DC.

 

[Pat Young]

Nice thread.

 

[major bill]

The Corinth Contraband Camp in Corinth, MS (a unit of Shiloh National Military Park) has six life-size bronze statues depicting life at the camp. One of them is a soldier who represents the estimated two-thousand men who enlisted here in Corinth.
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I kind of like the monuments like this. Some monuments are very beautiful and ornate but I kind of like the monuments that put the hero and the visitor on the same plane. Kind of like the hero is among us but still a hero none the less.

 

[Booner]

There are a fair number of monuments honoring the USCT. Sadly I have only visited 3 or 4. If I wanted to make a point of visiting USCT monuments, which ones are the most important and/or best looking?

This is one I would love to see. The Soldier's Memorial at Lincoln University.

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This is the rest of the memorial, two brave soldiers still trudging their way to their destiny.

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My sister works for the university, (which is in Jefferson City, MO) and unfortunately, the university is having a hard time financially. Two regiments of USCT started the university, and it was originally a Black Only school. It's been open for enrollment to all now for a number of years.

 

[Boonslick]

The African-American Monument at Vicksburg NMP. I forgot to go back and take a pic of it after my guided tour of Vicksburg last February.

Boonslick- The 'ol photo collector-comes through again. Here are 2 photos that I took of the "African-American" Monument in 2015.

 

[Patrick H]

Boonslick- The 'ol photo collector-comes through again. Here are 2 photos that I took of the "African-American" Monument in 2015.

Boonslick, the pics aren't uploaded. Please try again.

 

[Boonslick]

Now look.

 

[major bill]

Boonslick- The 'ol photo collector-comes through again. Here are 2 photos that I took of the "African-American" Monument in 2015.

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I like this monument as well.

 

[Patrick H]

This is not the sort of big, flashy, public monument that I think is intended by the original poster. But this is my favorite. This is the grave monument of a home county hero, and I can go visit it any time I wish. ....and I often do.

 

[Patrick H]

Now look.

Still not seeing anything.

 

[Patrick H]

Now look.

Never mind. I refreshed the page and now I see them. My bad (now sulks away in shame).

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* The USCT Monument at the Nashville, Tennessee National Cemetery.

 

[bdtex]

Here are 2 photos that I took of the "African-American" Monument in 2015.

Thank you sir. That is the term I used when I googled it because I couldn't remember the name of it. I wanted to see an image of it before I posted about it. As I recall,I missed that whole loop where it is when I went back through the NMP after my guided tour. There are about a half dozen monuments that I did not get pics of. Grrrr!

 

[Pat Young]

Apart from USCT monuments, there are monuments to the Union army and navy that depict black men. This figure is part of the Spirit of the Navy group on the Arch at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn:

This strong figure dates to 1892 and demonstrates that not all monuments ignored the African American contribution to the Union victory.

Here is a link to my photo tour of the Arch:

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/grand-army-plaza-brooklyn-photo-tour.115349/

 

[7thWisconsin]

Robert Gould Shaw'S monument in Boston also honors the 54th. MASS.

And listen to Charles Ives "The Black Regiment" which was inspired by it. One of the plaster models was on display in the National Gallery in D.C.; it was awesome because you could see the sculpture from different angles. Several of the portraits were sculpted from life, depicting the actual veterans.

 

[ForeverFree]

There are a fair number of monuments honoring the USCT. Sadly I have only visited 3 or 4. If I wanted to make a point of visiting USCT monuments, which ones are the most important and/or best looking?

This is one I would love to see. The Soldier's Memorial at Lincoln University.

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This is the rest of the memorial, two brave soldiers still trudging their way to their destiny.

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The University was actually founded by two USCT regiments from Missouri. I believe it is the only university that was founded by colored troops.

Of note is that Missouri had some kind of ban on educating enslaved people. The first thing they did when they won their freedom was start a school.

- Alan