2023.02679a The Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh. The American Civil War Monument.

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2023.02679a The Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh. The American Civil War Monument.
2023.02679a The Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh. The American Civil War Monument.

The Old Calton Burial Ground, Edinburgh has the only Civil War Monument outside the USA and I believe the first statue of Abraham Lincoln to be erected outside the USA. It was unveiled in 1893.

It commemorates Scots who fought in the Union Army and is the only monument outside the USA to the Scots who died in the Civil War (1861-1865).

From The Imperial War Museum description:

"The imposing Edinburgh monument to the Scots who fought in the Union Army is exceptional as it is the only memorial outside the United States to those who lost their lives in the Civil War. (From The Imperial War Museum description.). "The monument consists of two statues; a crouching, freed slave extends his arms in gratitude to an imposing Abraham Lincoln. The freed man is resting on furled flags, symbols of victory. The statues are made of bronze and that of Lincoln is about 16 ft high. The base is marble. A medallion on the monument has the flags of Britain and the United States surrounded by thistles and cotton plants. It is not unlike Thomas Ball's Freedman Memorial in Washington DC, where a former slave kneels at the feet of Lincoln like a Mary Magdalene at the feet of Christ - an image that has not appealed to African-Americans. On the east (front) face of the Edinburgh monument is carved: "In memory of Scottish-American soldiers."

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