"The face had an expression of absolute content, of relief, at throwing off a burden such as few men have been called upon to bear --- a burden which few men could have borne." - Recollections of New York Secretary of State Chauncey M. Depew. . . . — — Map (db m5192) HM
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Commission of the City of Albany, New York Mayors Charles H. Gaus Henry F. Snyder James B. McEwan Commissioner of Public Works Wallace Greenalch Commissioners * John S. McEwan * John L. Newman Peter Kinnear * . . . — — Map (db m144262) WM
This straight path, sometimes known as the "Knox Street Mall", is the only portion of Washington Park that follows the pattern of the surrounding urban grid. It marks the west side of what was known as Middle or Washington Square.
This . . . — — Map (db m144256) HM
Philip Henry Sheridan, General United States Army. Born Albany NY. March 6th 1831, Died Nonquitt Mass. August 5th, 1888.
Erected by the citizens of Albany and the state of New York under chapter 100 of the laws of 1914. Commissioners: Governors . . . — — Map (db m95584) WM
"I hold myself without mock modesty, the humblest of all individuals that have ever been elevated to the Presidency....You have generously tendered me the united support of the great Empire State." - Abraham Lincoln speaking to the New York . . . — — Map (db m5191) HM
10 Pounder Rifle
From Watervliet Arsenal Designed
By Robert P. Parrott and Cast at
The West Point Foundry.
Used by the Union Forces These
Guns were Mounted on Carriages
Made at Watervliet Arsenal Where
Ammunition was also Made. This . . . — — Map (db m7299) HM
[front] In honor of our soldiers, the defenders of the Union. Civil War 1861-1865. [base] Gettysburg
[right] Sixth New York Cavalry
1st Lieut. John Muldoon; Lieut. Franklin Saunders
93rd. New York Infantry
Capt. John Sherwood . . . — — Map (db m75785) WM
(front)
Erected
by the
citizens of Amity
1861-1865
(right)
In memory
of the men
of the township
(rear)
who offered
their lives
to their country
(left)
in order
that their country . . . — — Map (db m75782) WM
albert andrews benjamin f. andrews charles b. alfred daniel blake col. lyasander burr fred a. burr henry l. bigelow hugh p. bennett andrew banister milford butler crandall bacon beerly bacon benson bacon columbus balcom . . . — — Map (db m157247) WM
With the development of the steamship, the reefs and rapids of Hell Gate no longer provided natural protection for New York City. Fort Schuyler and Fort Totten, on the opposite shore, were built to defend it against attack from Long Island Sound. . . . — — Map (db m193307) HM
Near this spot, Col. David Ireland trained the 137th NY. They defended the right flank on Culp's Hill at Gettysburg, contributing to Union victory in the battle & Civil War. — — Map (db m198178) HM
A self-educated escaped slave and an American
abolitionist and reformer, he firmly believed
in the equality of all people, regardless of race or sex.
"The life of a nation is secure only while the nation
is honest, truthful, and . . . — — Map (db m197919) HM
Civil War private buried here. Died in 1863 from wounds rec'd at Chancellorsville. Subject of Walt Whitman's 1864 essay "A New York Soldier". — — Map (db m132668) HM
Thomas Jefferson Parker came from a long military tradition His father, Henry, was a captain of Dragoons in the War of 1812, and his grandfather, Jonathan, was Quartermaster of a Connecticut cavalry troop in the American Revolution. He was regarded . . . — — Map (db m217369) HM
Bldg. dedicated Sept. 7, 1914 to honor the nearly 3,500 Cattaraugus County citizens who served in the Army and Navy during the Civil War. — — Map (db m132670) WM
Dedicated to the Memory of William H. Seward who as a young Auburn lawyer practiced law in Cayuga County Court House. He rose to become governor of New York, United States Senator, Secretary of State under Lincoln and Johnson. He was Lincoln's . . . — — Map (db m88355) HM
In memory of Harriet Tubman. Born a slave in Maryland about 1821. Died in Auburn, N.Y. March 10th, 1913. Called the "Moses" of her people during the Civil War. With rare courage, she led over three hundred negroes up from slavery to freedom and . . . — — Map (db m88356) HM
Memorial to Cayuga County Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War, 1861 1865. Friends around me fell like drops of rain. Twas there many noble ones were slain. Their mangled corpes strewned the grass with none to care since life was passed. Each . . . — — Map (db m88392) WM
The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States Government. It is bestowed by the President in the name of Congress and is conferred only upon members of the United States Armed Forces who distinguish themselves . . . — — Map (db m88220) WM
"How through these years in silence thou hast borne the cruel doubt, the slanders of debate, the assassin's knife, and keener blade of scorn, wielded by party in its narrow hate: How could'st thou pause each step to vindicate of thy . . . — — Map (db m88395) HM
Dedicated to Corporal Cyrus W. James 9th New York Cavalry Company G Enlisted at Dunkirk, NY September 26, 1861 at age 22 Killed July 1, 1863 at Gettysburg, PA, and was the first Union Soldier to succumb in that great battle. His body rests . . . — — Map (db m118924) WM
Resident of Fredonia, NY who graduated from Wet Point in June of 1861 and died defending "The Angle" at The Battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1863. Grandson of Town of Pomfret founder Judge Zattu Cushing
"Faithful unto death" . . . — — Map (db m188969) WM
USN In memory of Commander William B. Cushing 1842-1874 The sinking of the Confederate Ram Albemarle Oct. 27, 1864 by Lt. Cushing. — — Map (db m117563) HM
The Lincoln Maple This maple was planted in 1865 after Pres. Lincoln was assassinated. Schoolchildren from this Balltown school, built in 1820, planted it. — — Map (db m105654) HM
Corporal Co. D 112 NY Infantry. Congressional Medal of Honor awarded 29 September 1864 for battle of New Market Heights Chapins Farm, Virginia. Buried in Mina Cemetery. — — Map (db m62854) WM
Antietam To the perpetual memory of the defenders of the Union in the wars of 1776, 1812, and Civil War 1861-1865. Revolutionary War. Dutton, Moses War of 1812. Corse, Cyrus; Cross, George; Eades, Elisha A.; Eastman, Daniel; Graham, Aretus . . . — — Map (db m117538) WM
(Front):107 N.Y. Vols. Antietam Chancellorsville Gettysburg Resaca New Hope Church 1861-1865 (Left Side):Pine Knob Culp's Farm Kenesaw Mountain Peach Tree Creek Siege of Atlanta (Right Side):Sherman's March Siege of . . . — — Map (db m32322) HM
Civil War Dead
An estimated 700,000 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the Civil War between April 1861 and April 1865. As the death toll rose, the U.S. government struggled with the urgent but unplanned need to bury fallen Union . . . — — Map (db m90119) HM
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that . . . — — Map (db m114217) HM
Dedicated to the soldiers who trained at Camp Rathbun May 1861 - 1864 and the Confederate prisoners of war incarcerated at Camp Chemung July 1864 - July 1865 Flagstaff located inside main entrance to the camp N.W. corner of property at 722 Winsor . . . — — Map (db m32244) HM
Between July 1864 and August 1865, 2973 Confederate soldiers were buried here with kindness and respect, by John W. Jones, a runaway slave. They have remained in these hallowed grounds of Woodlawn National Cemetery by family choice because of the . . . — — Map (db m32239) HM
Elmira Prison Camp
Overcrowding at the military prison at Point Lookout, Maryland, led the U.S. Army to establish Elmira Military Prison in May 1864. Elmira, New York, initially a rendezvous point for enlisting Union soldiers, had barracks, . . . — — Map (db m90076) HM
In Memory of The Confederate Soldiers in the War Between the States who died in Elmira Prison and lie buried here erected by the United Daughters of the Confederacy November 6, 1937 — — Map (db m32179) HM
This was the site of Elmira Prison Camp, established in 1864 to hold Confederate prisoners of the Civil War. When the war started in 1861, it was Barracks No. 3 of the Upstate Draft Rendezvous where Union soldiers were housed and trained. It was . . . — — Map (db m32303) HM
(Federal Side):
Erected by the
United Statesto the memory of the following soldiers, privates in the Eleventh Veteran Reserve Corps. Comprising the Union guard who were killed with their Confederate prisoners of war in the railroad . . . — — Map (db m32180) HM
Upon this spot stood the original flagstaff at the entrance of Camp Rathbun 1861-Spring 1864 and the Elmira Prison Camp known as Camp Chemung
July 1864 - July 1865
May 3, 1992 — — Map (db m195371) HM
Elmira Military Depot
On April 15, 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a call for volunteers to put down the Confederate rebellion. Three days later, New York Gov. Edwin G. Morgan appealed for 13,280 troops to fill the state's quota of . . . — — Map (db m90151) HM
Erected
In Memory Of Those Who Gave
Their Lives To Save Their
Country
By
The Hon Henry A. Clark
The muffled drums sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo,
No more on life's parade shall meet
The brave and fallen few.
On . . . — — Map (db m146630) WM
Columbus Memorial
Columbus named by Dr. Tracy Robinson
First settlement by Col. Converse on lot 44 in 1781.
Revolutionary Soldiers buried in Columbus
Church, C.
Church, J.
Dennison, J.P.
Howard, T.
Kinney, N.
Loomis, . . . — — Map (db m168968) WM
Moved to Georgia 1852 and conscripted in Confederate Army 1864. Taken prisoner 1865 and died of disease 1 month after release. Buried here. — — Map (db m148983) HM
Aldrich, Emer. H.
Baker, John B.
Ball, Abel M.
* Banks, Otis
Barnes, Harrison A.
Barnes, Nehemiah
* Barnes, Stephen A.
Barrows, Charles L.
Barrows, George M.
Barrows, Mansel
Barrows, Corp. Truman
* Beckwith, . . . — — Map (db m244081) WM
Erected 1881 by Dr. Devillo White in memory of the brave soldiers who lost their lives in putting down the Southern Rebellion.
(names of soldiers and battles) — — Map (db m168758) WM
Resided here 1885-1916. Machinist, inventor, mill owner & church leader. Union soldier diarist while prisoner during Civil War. — — Map (db m204229) HM
A barn on this property was one of the "Stations" on the "Underground Railroad," where runaway slaves were concealed and protected on their way to freedom, in Canada — — Map (db m236859) HM
This property was one of the "Stations" on the "Underground Railroad," where runaway slaves were concealed and protected on their way to freedom, in Canada — — Map (db m236860) HM
Belcher, John A.
Bell, Charles M.
Brandt, Phillip
Brooks, Henry
Brown, John
Butts, James
Butts, Robert
Byrne, John
Card, Roland
Card, Walter
Carl, John
Dayis, Isaac
Decker, Jacob
George, Charles . . . — — Map (db m140120) WM
Here in 1862
the 128th. New York State
Volunteer Infantry, the
Columbia-Dutchess Regiment
was organized.
It served in the Union
Army until 1865. — — Map (db m118548) HM
Dr. James Henry Salisbury
1823. Pioneer in germ theory
research. Invented salisbury
steak to combat illness
in Civil War soldiers. — — Map (db m128005) HM
Painter of four presidents including Abraham Lincoln reading to his cabinet the Emancipation Proclamation. Painting hangs in the U.S. Capitol — — Map (db m221711) HM
Dedicated
May 30, 1893,
to the memory
of those who fought
for the preservation
of the Union.
1861 — 1865
Comrades
G.A.R. - F.C. & L. - W.R.C — — Map (db m131032) WM
Erected by the people of
Delaware County
In grateful remembrance of those
Who served their Country in the Civil War
And who have defended
The American Flag
(List of Battles)
Gettysburg
Antietam
Wilderness
Cold Harbor . . . — — Map (db m137663) WM
N.Y. Vol. Inf. organized in Delaware County. Mustered into the Union Army Sept. 27, 1862 at Camp Delaware located on the flats below Delhi. — — Map (db m93300) HM
Major General, Union Army - American Civil War
Company C, 7th Michigan Infantry Regiment to Brigade Commander, 3rd Division, V Corps
Born in Sidney Plains on 8 September 1821, Baxter was later wounded four separate times during the Civil War. . . . — — Map (db m233322) HM WM
Corporal, Army of the United States, Civil War Company "M" 1st Regiment, Wisconsin Heavy Artillery A teacher when he volunteered for service, he was soon after appointed Company Clerk and served in that capacity until mustering out at war's end. . . . — — Map (db m238911) WM
Oliver Hager, U.S. Army Rank/Enl & Disch Dates Unknown Discharge Certificate Issued (Late) 23 April 1846 Windham Volunteer Infantry Co. (PA) War Era(s) Unknown (Gr-Gr Grandfather of Jay, Dan, Pete & Sam) PFC Jay Fred Hager, U.S. Army . . . — — Map (db m232865) WM
Commander of the Monitor, against the Confederate Ram, Merrimac. Hampton Roads, Mar. 9, 1862; Rear Admiral, U.S.N. is buried here. — — Map (db m63935) HM
[ West Side ]
Roll of Honor
To Honor the Pawling Men Who Served in the World War This Tablet is Erected By The Inhabitants of the Town 1917 – 1919
Akin, Albert John Alfredson, David Anderson, Edward . . . — — Map (db m24655) HM
Son of Philip & Rebecca Hamilton.
Killed in the Battle of the Washita
Nov. 27, 1868,
"while gallantly leading his command."
"A little while, and ye shall see me."
Born July 21, 1844 at the City of New York; . . . — — Map (db m210636) HM WM
Dedicated by
Hamilton-Sleight Post
Grand Army of the Republic
1923
to the memory of
their comrades
in the Civil War
1861 - 1865
"The world will little note, nor
long remember what we say here;
but it can . . . — — Map (db m210624) WM
[ west side ]
Memorial
To the Patriotism of the Men of
Dutchess and Columbia Counties
Who served in the 128th Regiment
in the Civil War 1861 – 1865
----------
Till the fame of our fathers
Has melted away,
Till the . . . — — Map (db m37638) HM
[ east side ]
Soldiers
Memorial Fountain
[ south side ]
To The
Patriot Dead
[ north side ]
April 12th, 1861
April 9th, 1865
[ west side ]
Restored / Rededicated P.U.R.A Nov. 11, 1977 . . . — — Map (db m37779) HM
Dedicated to the 140 Civil War soldiers of Stanford
“Our cause is a good and just one”
Talmadge Wood, 156th N.Y. Vol. Inf.
Mortally Wounded at Gettysburg
July 3, 1863 — — Map (db m105603) WM
It is believed that the residents of Town Line, NY met at the schoolhouse near this marker following the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 and voted 80-45 to secede from the Union. The story is undocumented and their reasons are unknown. . . . — — Map (db m118944) HM
The Fenian Brotherhood was a group of Irish Nationalists founded in the United States in 1858 with the goal of creating an Irish Republic. In this vicinity, from the docks of the Pratt Iron Works, on the night of June 1st, 1866, the Fenians . . . — — Map (db m140705) HM
Born in Newburgh, NY, raised in Buffalo, Geneva College 1847, University of Buffalo 1851, Telegraph operator, U.S. Navy assistant surgeon, invented motion telgraphy, U.S. Army Signal Corps founder, Civil War meteorologist, U.S. Weather Bureau . . . — — Map (db m65476) HM
African Americans have fought in each of America's great conflicts, the early colonial wars, the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812. However, until the Civil War, African Americans were never offically included in the military establishment of . . . — — Map (db m81194) WM
1881 This monument honors the soldiers and sailors buried here who fought to save the Union, 1861-1865. [east side]Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty. One country one flag. Committee on Removal, 1904. John D. Lieb, Chairman; Charles M. . . . — — Map (db m81201) WM
The vista along Court Street from Niagara Square to Lafayette Square embraces a continuum of human struggle for freedom and justice. In the center of the vista stands a monument to the soldiers and sailors who perished in the war to preserve the . . . — — Map (db m92834) HM
The city has built this monument in grateful remembrance of the soldiers and sailors who in the war to maintain the Union, laid down their lives in the cause of their country and of mankind. The coming generations taught by their example will . . . — — Map (db m92913) WM
[west side] William McKinley was elected to Congress as a representative from Ohio in 1876, '78, '80, '82, '84, '86, '88, was elected Governor of Ohio in 1891 and 1893 and President of the United States in 1896 and 1900. [south side] William . . . — — Map (db m92791) HM
Commanding Third Brigade, Second Division, Sixth Corps. Killed at Cedar Creek, Virginia, October 19, 1864. This statue was erected and presented to the City of Buffalo through funds raised by the General Daniel Davidson Bidwell Memorial . . . — — Map (db m80407) WM
Battles and losses from "Fox's History of the Rebellion", Yorktown, Williamsburg, Fair Oaks, Bottoms Bridge, White Oak Swamp, Malvern Hill, Virginia; Folly Island, Cole's Island, Morris Island, Night Assault on Fort Wagner, Siege of Fort Wagner, . . . — — Map (db m80021) WM
To commemorate the gallantry of ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ the officers and enlisted men of the thirteenth regiment U.S. Infantry in the campaign against Santiago de Cuba. First at San Juan Hill, July 1st 1898 as they were at . . . — — Map (db m80364) WM
Tree planted November 30, 1925 by Wm. Richardson Womans Relief Corps No. 59 Auxiliary to the Grand Army of the Republic in honor of Bidwell-Wilkenson Post No. 9 Grand Army of the Republic;
Bidwell Post No. 9 organized April 1, 1870;
J.W. . . . — — Map (db m138864) WM
1861 To Commemorate 1961 the patriotism of the men of Clarence who served in the Civil War. This stone has been placed and a red maple tree planted in grateful appreciation. — — Map (db m209852) WM
[left photos] Street parade, circa 1940. George M. Pierce, President of the village of Hamburg, 1874-76. Hotel Hamburg was built on the site of the old B.M. Fish Dry Goods Store after it burned in 1917. 1798 - Joseph Ellicott, a land agent for . . . — — Map (db m82502) HM
To commemorate the bravery
of the
soldiers and sailors
of the Civil War
Erected in 1912
under the auspices of the
Lancaster Circle 67
Ladies of the G.A.R. — — Map (db m75222) WM
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