Monument Monday - August 27, 2018

[Jimklag]

Stonewall Jackson Monument at Manassas National Battlefield.

 

[Jimklag]

The North Carolina Monument at Gettysburg on Seminary Ridge. Stone Sentinels

 

[captaindrew]

I know some people don't care for the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg because it's so big but it has a lot of meaning for me. I have a bunch of relatives whose names are listed on that monument so its definitely one of my favorites and one of my first stops every visit.

 

[Jimklag]

I know some people don't care for the Pennsylvania monument at Gettysburg because it's so big but it has a lot of meaning for me. I have a bunch of relatives whose names are listed on that monument so its definitely one of my favorites and one of my first stops every visit. View attachment 202080

I love the Pennsylvania monument. Though huge and gaudy and a bit over the top, it was meant to show that if not for Pennsylvania's contribution, the Army of the Potomac doesn't win.

 

[Jimklag]

The Vermont Brigade monument in the Wilderness - just a short walk into the woods from the Brock Road/Orange Plank Road intersection.

 

[jackt62]

Illinois Monument at Vicksburg.

 

[Gettmore]

Wilder

 

[byron ed]

Illinois Monument at Vicksburg.

My pard and I did an impromtu banjo / concertina duet in there for the soldiers listed. The sound reverberated excellently. (We thought later "Were we supposed to get park permission?" but decided that since we didn't have a hat upturned it was ok. Other visitors appreciated it.

 

[JOHN42768]

Great photos

 

[1stMN]

I was just at Manassas a few days ago! Just left Gettysburg today

 

[Jimklag]

I was just at Manassas a few days ago! Just left Gettysburg today

How was your visit? Hope you had decent weather.

 

[Jimklag]

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As your host, let me ask that, for those who don't know your monument is at Chickamauga, you put more information about the monument in your post. Thanks.

 

[1stMN]

How was your visit? Hope you had decent weather.

Weather at Manassas was stellar, Gettysburg was very hot and humid...as usual! But we were dry, which from what I hear is some sort of minor miracle on the East Coast this summer. Got some great sunset photos of Jackson's monument, the weather cooperated beautifully!

 

[Andersonh1]

I was just at Gettysburg in July. It means so much more seeing these pictures having been there. Thanks for sharing!

 

[James N.]

I recently posted a thread about a 1977 visit to Fort Donelson NMP at Dover, Tennessee, but made these more recent photos of the 1933 Confederate Monument there during a visit this June. It sits on what had been the Confederate defense line; note the broken flagstaff behind the figure of the soldier on the monument itself, no doubt a reference to the 1862 surrender of the fort.

Inscriptions on either side of the base of the monument.

 

[bdtex]

My second battlefield visit was at Mansfield Battlefield State Park. Others have already posted pics in the last 2-3 weeks of the Texas and Louisiana monuments there. I offer the Mouton/Polignac Monument:

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* The Mississippi Monument at the Gettysburg National Military Park.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* The Ohio Civil War Generals Monument at the State Capital Building in Columbus, Ohio.

 

[Jimklag]

* The Ohio Civil War Generals Monument at the State Capital Building in Columbus, Ohio.

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Love it, Bill.

 

[Buckeye Bill]

* The Massachusetts Soldier Monument on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.