Civil War Monument (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

War monument in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.

Civil War Monument

United States

The memorial in 2008

Used for those deceased
Location| 42°22′35″N 71°07′13″W﻿ / ﻿42.37637°N 71.12039°W﻿ / 42.37637; -71.12039

Cambridge Common

near

Cambridge, Massachusetts

Designed by| Cyrus 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]

## See also

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* List of sculptures of presidents of the United States
* List of statues of Abraham Lincoln

## 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.

## External links

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* Visual arts portal

* Cambridge Civil War Monument on "Massachusetts Civil War Monuments Project"
* Media related to Cambridge Soldiers Memorial, Cambridge, Massachusetts at Wikimedia Commons
* Civil War Memorial – Cambridge Common, Cambridge, MA at Waymarking

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