The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) is dedicated to preserving the history and legacy of veteran heroes who fought and worked to save the Union in the American Civil War. Part of that mission involves saving and protecting our nation’s endangered memorials, graves, and monuments. These memorials are part of our national heritage and honor American soldiers who lost their lives in the preservation of freedom and union. The SUVCW is working to preserve these memorials so that future generations can learn from them and can learn to appreciate their hard-won freedom.
Monument, Memorial, and Grave Preservation
NATIONAL GRAVE REGISTRATION PROJECT
The goal of the SUVCW National Grave Registration Project is to locate the final resting places of all Union Civil War Veterans, and enter that information into the National Graves Registration Database. This undertaking is rather large and needs as many interested people to assist as possible.
MONUMENT & MEMORIAL PROJECT
As legal heir to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR), preservation of GAR memorials is one of the most important purposes of the SUVCW. The purpose of this program is to physically search out, inspect, and catalog each and every GAR and Civil War memorial that can be found.
MONUMENT & MEMORIAL GRANT FUND
The purpose of this fund is to assist Camps and Departments in their efforts to refurbish and restore Civil War related monuments and memorials. The grant fund is open to the preservation and restoration of Civil War monuments and memorials as well as supporting the production of new monuments.
Who kept the faith and fought the fight; The glory theirs, the duty ours.
- Wallace Bruce
NEBRASKA MONUMENTS & MEMORIALS
A growing database of Civil War Monuments, Memorials, Markers, and Plaques, in Nebraska.
This database is being developed – and is not completed until we have located and identified every Civil War monument memorial and marker in Nebraska.
We need your help! If you are aware of a monument which has not yet been added to our site, please consider taking a photo of it and sending it to us.
Please include the precise location (intersection/park/building, City/Village/Town, County) and a basic description of what the monument was erected for (ex: In Memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of 1861-1865, etc.).
Listing of Civil War Monuments by County Number of monuments in database as of 8/22/2015: 75
A list of the monuments in Nebraska can be found here. An updated visual guide will be coming soon.