Peace Monument, outside the U.S. Capitol, honors the U.S. Navy's Civil War dead. Washington, D.C.

ID: 2996 ~ Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA ~ Creator: Carol Highsmith ~ Date: Between 1980 and 2006

This file appears in: Peace Monument: This statue stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

This file appears in: Peace Monument: This statue stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

Peace Monument: This statue stands as a memorial to the Union naval deaths at sea during the Civil War.

By The DC Historic Sites team

First conceived by Union Admiral David D. Porter in 1865, the 44-foot-high, ornately detailed Peace Monument stands as a memorial to the naval deaths at sea during the Civil War. It was completed in…