Civil War Monument (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

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Civil War Monument
United States
The memorial in 2008
Used for those deceased
Location42°22′35″N 71°07′13″W / 42.37637°N 71.12039°W / 42.37637; -71.12039
Cambridge Common

near 
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Designed byCyrus Cobb; Darius Cobb; Thomas W. Silloway

The Civil War Monument, also known as the Civil War Memorial[1] and Lincoln-Soldier Monument,[2] is installed in Cambridge Common, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.[3]

The monument was completed in 1870 and was designed by artists Cyrus Cobb and Darius Cobb with supervising architect Thomas W. Silloway. McDonald & Mann were the contractors.[4]

The memorial features a bronze statue of Abraham Lincoln.[5][6]

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References

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  1. ^ "Civil War Memorial, (sculpture)". Smithsonian Institution. Archived from the original on February 20, 2023. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
  2. ^ Acitelli, Tom (May 22, 2018). "29 Boston-area military memorials and monuments, mapped". Curbed Boston. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  3. ^ "Civil War Monument | Cambridge Office of Tourism". www.cambridgeusa.org. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  4. ^ The Soldiers' Monument in Cambridge (Cambridge: City of Cambridge, 1870)
  5. ^ "Statue of Abraham Lincoln within Civil War Monument - Cambridge, MA - Abraham Lincoln on Waymarking.com". www.waymarking.com. Archived from the original on 2019-12-27. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  6. ^ Acitelli, Tom (November 10, 2015). "25 Boston-area military memorials and monuments, mapped". Curbed Boston. Archived from the original on October 10, 2019. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
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