The American Civil War changed the nation forever. In the decades immediately after the wars end in 1865, civic authorities in the victorious north created many monuments to the heroes, the fallen and to the leaders who continued to serve the nation.
The Stops
Starting at stop #1, this Driving tour is miles long.
Select a stop to start the tour and learn more:
- Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Arch
- Union Soldier
- Capitol Sculpture, South Wing: Connecticut Heroes of the Civil War Era
- Andersonville Boy
- Civil War Memorial of Trinity College, 1950: Cannons from the USS Hartford 1858
- West Hartford Veterans Memorial
- New Britain Civil War Memorial (Sailors and Soldiers Monument)