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Civil War Monuments at the Capitol - Connecticut History | a CTHumanities Project

The 29th First to Enter Confederate Capital When It Surrenders – Today in History: April 3

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A Memorial to General Hawley at the State Capitol

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Unveiling of the Grant Memorial Tablet – Today in History: October 4

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A Monument Memorializes the Fallen

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Remembering Civil War Prisoners of War

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Hall of Flags: Memorial to Connecticut’s Civil War Colors

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    Tara M. Cantore

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    Hartford

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Gun Wheel of the First Light Battery, Connecticut Volunteers

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Sloop-of-War Ship’s Figurehead Lands at State Capitol

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The Ulysses S. Grant Memorial Tablet

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Connecticut’s Chickamauga Tree: An Investigation

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Connecticut’s Capitol Building – Inside and Out

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The Gettysburg Address and Heroic Fathers Bronze Tablets at the State Capitol

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Honor and Duty: The Life of Alfred Howe Terry

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Civil War Soldier Dies of Gangrene – Today in History: July 10

The Forlorn Soldier

A Soldier’s Welcome

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Connecticut’s War Governor, William A. Buckingham

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Standing at Rest, at Last: The Story of the Forlorn Soldier

Civil War Monuments and Memorials in and Around the State Capitol

Forlorn Soldier Oral History Interviews

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The Old Brownstone Soldier

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The Legend of Old Hayfoot, the Forlorn Soldier

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Commemorating the USS Hartford at the Connecticut State Capitol

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The Forlorn Soldier Conservation Ceremony, July 2013

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Pomp and Circumstance: Civil War Commemoration

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The 29th Connecticut Colored Infantry Regiment Leaves for War – Today in History: March 19

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    Cornel Garfman

  • Town(s):
    New Haven

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Gideon Welles’s Role in Lincoln’s Cabinet

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James G. Batterson, Stone Contractor

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The 29th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Flag and Display

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