Civil War Monument (Cambridge, Massachusetts) Explained
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]
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- Web site: Civil War Memorial, (sculpture). . . May 5, 2020 . February 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230220140424/https://siris-artinventories.si.edu/ipac20/ipac.jsp?&profile=ariall&source=~%21siartinventories&uri=full=3100001~%21299756~%210#focus . live .
- Web site: 29 Boston-area military memorials and monuments, mapped. Tom. Acitelli. May 22, 2018. Curbed Boston. December 26, 2019. December 20, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191220034258/https://boston.curbed.com/maps/boston-military-memorials-monuments-veterans. live.
- Web site: Civil War Monument | Cambridge Office of Tourism. www.cambridgeusa.org. 2019-12-26. 2020-08-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20200809163514/https://www.cambridgeusa.org/listing/civil-war-monument. live.
- The Soldiers' Monument in Cambridge (Cambridge: City of Cambridge, 1870)
- Web site: Statue of Abraham Lincoln within Civil War Monument - Cambridge, MA - Abraham Lincoln on Waymarking.com. www.waymarking.com. 2019-12-26. 2019-12-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20191227012715/https://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7Q57_Statue_of_Abraham_Lincoln_within_Civil_War_Monument_Cambridge_MA. live.
- Web site: 25 Boston-area military memorials and monuments, mapped. Tom. Acitelli. November 10, 2015. Curbed Boston. December 26, 2019. October 10, 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191010031434/https://boston.curbed.com/maps/boston-military-memorials-map. live.
