Civil War Monument (Cambridge, Massachusetts)

Civil War Monument
United States
The memorial in 2008
Used for those deceased
Location	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

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

References

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

• 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