There are many other memories of African American Civil War soldiers, sailors, and those that participated in the American Civil War that range across the United States, mainly in the east. Below are pictures and a brief description of each memorial or marker. These are just 14 of the many monuments dedicated to a part of history many do not know about. Most of the monuments were erected between 1990 and the 2000's and three rare monuments can be found in former Confederate states.
The following information is found from another blog and I would highly recommend checking it out and reading more about the different stories each monument tells.
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The Connecticut Twenty-Ninth Colored Regiment, C.V. Infantry Memorial erected in 2008 by Ed Hamiliton lives in Criscuolo Park in New Haven, Connecticut.
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The 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops Monument was dedicated in 1998 and is can be visited in downtown Fort Myers, Florida.
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Colored Soldiers Monument is in Frankfort, Kentucky and is also known as the Kentucky African American Civil War Veterans Monument.
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The above monument is in memory of more than 400 colored troops and can be found in Chestertown, Maryland.
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This monument is in honor of Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts 54th Regiment and lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
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The African American Monument in Vicksburg, Mississippi can be found in the National Military Park.
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In Butler, Missouri is the 1st Kansas Colored Infantry Civil War Monument.
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The 56th United States Colored Troops Monument in St. Louis, Missouri is for all of the officers who died of cholera.
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Jefferson City in Missouri is home of the Soldiers' memorial at Lincoln University and commemorates the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry.
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Built in a former Confederate State, the monument in Hertford, North Carolina is in memory of the colored Union soldiers.
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The United States Colored Troops National Monument in Nashville, Tennessee is modeled after a USCT reenactor.
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The Norfolk African American Civil War Memorial in Norfolk, Virginia is also built in a former Confederate state.
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In Portsmouth, Virginia, is the third monument built in a former Confederate state.
For teachers interested in monuments, James A. Percoco's Teaching Resources, Monumental History: Commemorating America's Civil War Sesquicentennial, Percoco discusses the many Civil War monuments. This resource discusses many ways teachers are able to bring students 150 years back into history bringing the Civil War into school curriculum.
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