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United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue (Lexington Park, Maryland).jpg
The life-size bronze sculpture of a United States Colored Troop soldier, rifle held over his shoulder as he strides forward. The figure stand on 6-foot granite pedestal, which features two bronze plaques bearing a dedicatory inscription, as well as…

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 African-American Soldier Monuments, Danbury.jpg
The black granite monument, which resembles the adjacent grave markers, is dedicated to honoring African-American veterans who volunteered for Civil War service.

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US-Sanitary-Commission-Soldiers-Home-sm.jpg
Camp Nelson National Monument, formerly Camp Nelson Civil War Heritage Park, is a 525-acre national monument, historical museum, and park located in southern Jessamine County, Kentucky, 20 miles south of Lexington, Kentucky. The camp was established…

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Colored_Infantry_Monument_Front1.jpg
The memorial features a black stone obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiment. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The Westside features a bronze…

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monument_56thinfantry.jpg
The stone obelisk, which stands on a square stone base, honors the memory of the 175 African American soldiers of the 56th United States Colored Infantry who died of cholera in August 1866. The soldiers were originally buried at the city's old…

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key west memorial.jpg
The bronze sculpture depicts a uniformed African American Union soldier holding a rifle, his right arm outstretched over his head.

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West Point Monument, Norfolk, Virginia.jpg
Atop a large square column of stone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. The base of the monument, built as a tribute to African…

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United States Colored Troops National Monument_TN_Full Length with gravemarkers.JPG
The life-sized bronze statue of a single Black soldier honors the contributions of the over 20,000 African American men from Tennessee who served in the Union Army.

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Hertford Monument.jpg
The memorial consists of a rectangular stone marker that comes to a point and sits atop a concrete base. The marker is engraved with text on two sides and is accompanied by a North Carolina Civil War Trails marker and informational placard.

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The Battle of Island Mound.jpg
The life-sized bronze statue of a single black soldier honors the contributions of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry to the Union Army.

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