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 Title:
Soldiers' Monument
Artist:
Unknown
Commissioned
by: Chicago Soldiers' Home
Location:
Oak Woods Cemetery 1035 E. 67th Street
Medium:
Granite (?)
Commentary:
The worn form of a Union soldier standing on top of a pedestal,
with civil war cannons at each side, is the earliest public statue
in Chicago. Around it are Union graves. On the other side of the
cemetery, and very much larger, is a monument to Confederate soldiers
who died in a Chicago prison camp during the Civil War.
The Oak Woods Cemetery is a wonderful place to study Chicago's
history--a good locale for a walk or a field trip.
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