Union Soldiers & Sailors Monument (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore is a city full of fascinating monuments. You can tell much about any cities history from its monuments. Maryland was a divided state during the Civil War. Much of the state supported the Confederacy although Maryland never secceeded from the Union. This is the only Civil War monument in Baltimore dedicated to the Union. One the opposite corner of the Wyman Park Dell you will find the monument to Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson of the Confederacy.
The statue was created by Adolphe A. Weiman and was dedicated in 1909. The monument depicts a Union soldier striding forward with the Goddess Victory to his right and the Goddess Bellona (War) to his left. Behind Bellona rises a fig tree.
Union Soldiers & Sailors Monument (Baltimore, MD)
Baltimore is a city full of fascinating monuments. You can tell much about any cities history from its monuments. Maryland was a divided state during the Civil War. Much of the state supported the Confederacy although Maryland never secceeded from the Union. This is the only Civil War monument in Baltimore dedicated to the Union. One the opposite corner of the Wyman Park Dell you will find the monument to Robert E. Lee and Stonewall Jackson of the Confederacy.
The statue was created by Adolphe A. Weiman and was dedicated in 1909. The monument depicts a Union soldier striding forward with the Goddess Victory to his right and the Goddess Bellona (War) to his left. Behind Bellona rises a fig tree.