MOMENT OF MERCY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: NATIONAL CIVIL WAR MUSEUM-LINCOLN CIRCLE
City: HARRISBURG
State: Pennsylvania
Zip Code: 17104
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Year Dedicated: 2001
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: BILL COUGHLIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
THIS STATUE DEPICTS CONFEDERATE SERGEANT RICHARD R. KIRKLAND GIVING WATER TO A WOUNDED UNION SOLDIER ON DECEMBER 14, 1862, DURING THE BATTLE OF FREDERICKSBURG. THIS ACT LED TO KIRKLAND BEING CALLED “THE ANGEL OF MARYE’S HEIGHTS”.
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