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- Collection: United States Colored Troops (USCT)
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The First Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry Statue (Butler, Missouri)
The monument depicts a soldier from the First Kansas Colored Infantry during the Battle of Island Mound, which took place on October 28 and 29, 1862. The soldier is shown charging forward, his left foot stepping ahead. His facial expression is grave…
West Point Monument (Norfolk, Virginia)
Atop a large square column of limestone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. Carney is the first African American to receive…
United States Colored Troops National Monument (Madison, Tennessee)
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. Standing among rows of white headstones, the soldier gazes solemnly into the…
United States Colored Troops Memorial Statue (Lexington Park, Maryland)
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…
The Forgotten Soldier Memorial (Key West, Florida)
The bronze sculpture depicts a uniformed USCT soldier holding a rifled musket in his left hand, while his right arm is outstretched over his head. He wears a standard Union military uniform, including a forage cap; a collared button-down coat; a wide…
The 29th Colored Regiment Monument (New Haven, Connecticut)
The memorial features a black granite obelisk, partially encircled by eight stone markers featuring the names of the members of the 29th Colored Regiments. The obelisk itself includes images and/or texts on all four sides. The west side features a…
Soldiers' Memorial (Jefferson City, Missouri)
The monument depicts the members of the 62nd and 65th United States Colored Infantry who, in 1866, founded Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. The work includes two soldiers and Captain Foster, their white commander, who all are shown…
Monument to the 26th Regiment United States Colored Infantry (Ithaca, New York)
Polished black granite in the shape of an upright headstone with an arched top, is dedicated to the memory of the twenty-six men of the 26th Regiment Infantry U.S. Colored Troops who enlisted between 1863 and 1864 at the St. James A.M.E. Zion Church,…
Memorial to the 2nd Regiment Infantry, U.S. Colored Troops (Fort Myers, Florida)
The over life-sized work depicts a sergeant in the United States Colored Troops 2nd Regiment standing in front of an open gate within a wall. The soldier is framed by two granite plaques mounted on each wall. The plaque on the left is a description…
Memorial to Robert Gould Shaw and the Massachusetts Fifty-fourth Infantry Regiment (Boston, Massachusetts)
The memorial commemorates Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and members of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment, the first African American regiment to be formed in the North during the American Civil War. Shaw, the regiment’s leader, is shown…