Stone Sentinels: Battlefield Monuments of the Civil War
From 1861 to 1865 great armies fought each other in a terrible Civil War for competing visions of America. Gettysburg, Antietam, Kernstown, Winchester and Cedar Creek: the places where they clashed are written in blood in our nation's history. The armies are long gone, but they have left behind sentinels that still guard their memory, messages carefully crafted by the survivors and carved in stone for future generations.
Stone Sentinels explores the battlefield monuments and historical markers that tell the story of America's Civil War. There are photographs of each monument or historical marker, many with detailed closeups. The inscriptions are provided as live text. Most monuments have links to Google Maps to help in finding them on the battlefield.
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South Mountain
A handful of monuments honor the men who fought and died in three strategic gaps in Maryland's South Mountain in the little-known fighting that led to the battle of Antietam.
| Antietam, or Sharpsburg
The single bloodiest day of American history and the end of Lee's first invasion of the North. Over 300 monuments and historical markers commemorate those who struggled on a battlefield that is little changed from September of 1862.
| Gettysburg
The largest battle of the war and one of the turning points of history. From the First Shot Marker to the High Water Mark, you can visit over 1,200 monuments and historical markers, read their inscriptions and learn their stories.
| Monocacy
The "battle that saved Washington" from Jubal Early's invasion of 1864 tours the monuments and markers from the small but strategically important battle outside Frederick, Maryland.
| Shenandoah Valley
A beautiful region of wooded mountains, rich farmland and flowing streams, during the Civil War it was a pathway for armies, and a battleground. The struggle for the Valley led to battles at Kernstown, Front Royal, Winchester, New Market, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, and finally to the scorched earth of The Burning.
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