Monuments


District of Columbia

Below is a list of monuments to personalities, soldiers, and events related to the Civil War in the Nation's Capitol.

The following monuments are organized according to their location inside or outside of the state and then by their date of dedication. Monuments without clear dedication dates are listed at the bottom of the table.

 
 

District of Columbia Monuments

Dedicated

Location

Notes

1865

District of Columbia,
Congressional Cemetery

Arsenal Monument

4/15/1868

District of Columbia,
Judiciary Square

Abraham Lincoln memorial, cost $1,800, funded by business and civic leaders of the District of Columbia

1873

District of Columbia,
United States Soldiers’ Home

Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott monument

1874

District of Columbia,
Scott Circle

Lieut. Gen. Winfield Scott monument,

1874

District of Columbia,
Rawlins Park

Major Gen. John A. Rawlins monument, cost $10,000, funded by Congressional appropriation

4/14/1876

District of Columbia,
Lincoln Park

Emancipation memorial, cost $18,000, funded by Western Sanitary Commission

10/18/1876

District of Columbia,
McPherson Square

Brig. Gen. James Birdseye McPherson memorial, cost $48,500, funded by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee and Congressional appropriation

1877

District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania Avenue and 1st St

Peace Monument to Union dead, cost $21,000, funded by donations

11/19/1879

District of Columbia,
Thomas Circle

Major Gen. George H. Thomas memorial, cost $35,000, funded by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and Congressional appropriation

4/25/1881

District of Columbia,
Farragut Square

Admiral David Farragut monument, cost $20,000, funded by Joint Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds

5/12/1896

District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania Avenue and 7th St

Major Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock memorial, cost $50,000, funded by act of Congress

1901

District of Columbia,
3rd and D Streets

Albert Pike Memorial, funded by Supreme Council of Freemasons

4/9/1901

District of Columbia,
Logan Circle

Major Gen. John A. Logan memorial, cost $12,972.07, funded by the Society of the Army of Tennessee and Logan Memorial Fund

10/15/1903

District of Columbia,
15th St and Pennsylvania Avenue

Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman monument, cost $115,000, funded by the Society of the Army of the Tennessee Sherman Monument Commission and by Congressional appropriation

5/2/1907

District of Columbia,
Connecticut Avenue and Columbia Road

Major Gen. George B. McClellan monument, cost $50,000, funded by the Society of the Army of the Potomac and by Congressional appropriation

11/25/1908

District of Columbia,
Sheridan Circle

Gen. Philip H. Sheridan monument, cost $50,000 , funded by the Society of the Army of the Cumberland and by Congressional appropriation

7/3/1909

District of Columbia,
7th Street

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Stephens memorial, GAR

11/7/1911

District of Columbia,
Fort Stevens

marks where Lincoln came under fire while visiting Fort Stevens, funded by Fort Stevens Lincoln Memorial Association, bas relief added 7/12/1920 by the Associated Survivors of the 6th United States Army Corps

9/19/1914

District of Columbia,
Battleground National Cemetery

25th New York Volunteers monument, cost $7,500, funded by the GAR

5/17/1921

District of Columbia,
Dupont Circle

Rear Admiral Samuel Francis Du Pont Memorial Fountain, cost $20,000, funded by Congressional appropriation

4/27/1922

District of Columbia,
Union Square

Ulysses S. Grant Memorial, cost $250,000, funded by Grant Memorial Commission by act of Congress

5/30/1922

District of Columbia,
West Potomac Park

Lincoln Memorial, cost $2,000,000, funded by the Lincoln Memorial Association and Congressional appropriation

9/20/1924

District of Columbia,
Rhode Island Avenue and M St

“Nuns of the Battlefield” monument, cost $50,000, funded by Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians

5/29/1926

District of Columbia,
West Potomac Park

John Ericsson monument, cost $60,000, funded by John Ericsson Memorial Committee and by Congressional appropriation

10/19/1927

District of Columbia,
Pennsylvania Avenue, between 3rd and 4th Streets

Major Gen. George Gordon Meade Memorial, cost $200,000, funded by Pennsylvania legislature

1940

District of Columbia,
Department of the Interior courtyard

Abraham Lincoln “Rail Fence-Mender” monument, cost $1,600, funded by a Congressional commission

1976

District of Columbia,
Maryland Avenue and Constitution Avenue

Veterans of Foreign Wars monument to American soldiers

1987

District of Columbia,
8th and Pennsylvania Avenue

Admiral David Farragut and United States Navy Memorial, funded by United States Naval Memorial Foundation

9/1996

District of Columbia, 10th and U St

African-American Civil War Memorial, “Spirit of Freedom,” funded by African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation