Manhattan monument to the soldiers and sailors supplied in narrow riverside Park on the Hudson river, almost at the corner of riverside drive and 89th street. The place is beautiful, near water space – the memorial is impressive and dignified.

The idea to perpetuate the memory of soldiers and sailors of new York, who fought in the Civil war with the North, was made five years after the end of the war, in 1869. However went fierce debate over the place of installation of the monument, various influence groups offered all sorts of options not yet converged on riverside drive. The last obstacle was the attitude of the local resident, the widow Elizabeth Clark: she has managed to achieve a temporary ban on the construction of the "ugly and non-fiction" monument because it would "interfere with the flow of light and air and obscure the view". The widow lost the case, and in 1901 was laid the first stone of the structure.

Project white marble monument in the style of Beaux-arts architects have developed the brothers Charles and Arthur Scotoni. They interpreted it as a "temple of fame" and has performed as standing on a high base round the ancient temple, surrounded by twelve Corinthian columns. The memorial, located in the center of a complex system of staircases and balustrades, considerably elevated above the surrounding terrain. Curved profile riverside drive allows you to see it from afar. The initial project included the construction of a wide staircase leading down to the Hudson river, the battlements on the South side and the statue of Peace "heroic proportions". These plans, however, remained on paper.

To the South of the monument on stone pedestals there are two guns during the Civil war. On special plates that are located on the terrace, engraved with the names of the volunteer regiments from new York and battles in which they participated. During the war in new York was mobilized about 200 thousand soldiers, sailors and militia, about 20 thousand of them died. The civil war was the bloodiest in U.S. history: she claimed the lives of nearly 750 thousand people.

The height of the monument is about 29 meters. The frieze above the colonnade contains the inscription "to the memory of the brave soldiers and sailors who saved the Union". Cast bronze doors are usually closed to visitors. Inside the building in the centre of the mosaic floor is a bronze relief with the star, depicting American weapons surrounded by oak and Laurel leaves.

The monument serves as a point to which the last Monday in may, memorial Day weekend, is moving the traditional parade. The Day of remembrance was set just after the Civil war and was initially dedicated to the memory of Northern soldiers. After the First world on this day began to commemorate the fallen in all wars. Since 1971 this is an official national holiday in the USA.