COL. WILLIAMSON WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE 4TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR LEADING HIS REGIMENT IN AN EXPOSED POSITION AT CHICKASAW BLUFFS, NEAR VICKSBURG, ON DECEMBER 29, 1862. HIS UNIT WAS NOT SUPPORTED BY OTHER REGIMENTS ...

JAMES A. GARFIELD 1831-1881 MAJOR GENERAL USV, MEMBER OF CONGRESS, SENATOR, AND PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. ERECTED BY HIS COMRADES OF THE SOCIETY OF THE ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND MAY 12, 1887.

IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, SEAMEN AND MARINES OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY WHO FELL IN DEFENCE OF THE UNION AND LIBERTY OF THEIR COUNTRY 1861-1865 ALSO KNOWN AS THE PEACE MEMORIAL

IN HONOR OF JULIA WARD HOWE WHO WROTE THE "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC" HERE AT THE OLD WILLARD HOTEL NOVEMBER 21, 1861

AFTER THE CIVIL WAR, CLARA BARTON CREATED THE MISSING SOLDIERS OFFICE ON THE THIRD STORY TO HELP FAMILIES FIND SOLDIERS MISSING IN ACTION.

GENERAL JOHN A. LOGAN THE FATHER OF MEMORIAL DAY. OF MEMORIAL DAY HE SAID "WE SHOULD GUARD THEIR GRAVES WITH SACRED VIGILANCE. ALL THAT THE CONSECRATED WEALTH AND TASTE OF THE NATION CAN ADD TO THEIR ADORNMENT AND SECURITY IS BUT A FITTING TRIBUTE TO THE ...

MAJOR GENERAL MCCLELLAN ORGANIZED THE FAMOUS ARMY OF THE POTOMAC AND SERVED BRIEFLY (NOVEMBER 1861 TO MARCH 1862) AS THE GENERAL-IN-CHIEF OF THE UNION ARMY.

GENERAL ORDERS NO. 11, HEADQUARTERS GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC, WASHINGTON, D.C. MAY 5, 1868. THE 30TH DAY OF MAY, 1868 IS DESIGNATED FOR THE PURPOSE OF STREWING WITH FLOWERS OR OTHERWISE DECORATING THE GRAVES OF COMRADES WHO DIED IN DEFENSE OF THEIR COUN ...

IN MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE DAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865. THIS FORT WAS THE SITE OF THE ONLY BATTLE DURING THE CIVIL WAR TO TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, DURING THE BATTLE PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LI ...

"IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER"

THIS PLAQUE MARKS THE SPOT WHERE THE LEGO OF U.S. ARMY COLONEL ULRIC DAHLGREN, SON OF ADMIRAL JOHN DAHLGREN "FATHER OF AMERICAN NAVAL ORDNANCE" WAS INTERRED FOLLOWING HIS WOUNDING AFTER THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG IN 1863. COLONEL DAHLGREN WAS KILLED IN MARC ...

THESE TWO GUNS ARE ORIGINALLY KNOWN AS BREECH-LOADING RIFLES. GUN ON THE EAST SIDE, REGISTRY 21, MOUNTED ON USS PURITAN (MONITOR #1, BM-1 1896-1922) ONE OF THE LAST OF THE USN MONITORS. SHE PARTICIPATED IN THE ATTACK ON THE SPANISH FLEET AT SANTIAGO, CUBA ...

THIS HONTORIA 140MM (5.9IN) NAVAL GUN WAS TAKEN FROM THE SPANISH CRUISER "ALMIRANTE QUENDO" FOLLOWING HER CAPTURE AT THE BATTLE OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA ON 3 JULY 1898 DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. THE HOLE IN THE GUN'S SHIELD WAS INFLICTED BY ONE OF APPROX ...

SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-FIVE-INCH BRASS TROPHY GUNS MEMORIAL

THE MEMORY OF THE "MAINE WILL LAST FOREVER THROUGH THE CENTURIES AS WILL THE BONDS OF FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE HOMELAND OF CUBA AND THE HOMELAND OF THE UNITED STATES OF NORTH AMERICA. THIS URN WAS SCULPTED FROM A FRAGMENT OF THE MARBLE COLUMN FROM THE MONU ...

MAJOR WALTER REED, M.D. WAS A U.S. ARMY PHYSICIAN WHO IN 1901 LED THE TEAM THAT POSTULATED AND CONFIRMED THE THEORY THAT YELLOW FEVER IS TRANSMITTED BY A PARTICULAR MOSQUITO SPECIES RATHER THAN DIRECT CONTACT. THIS DISCOVERY ALLOWED THE RESUMPTION AND COM ...

THIS MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN IS IN RECOGNITION OF REAR ADMIRAL SAMUEL FRANCIS DU PONT'S DISTINGUISHED SERVICE IN THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR AND THE CIVIL WAR.