Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Boston)

For a listing of other monuments with the same name or variants thereof, see Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (disambiguation).
Soldiers and Sailors Monument
United States
The monument on Boston Common was erected in 1877.
For Massachusetts soldiers and sailors who died in the American Civil War
UnveiledSeptember 17, 1877
Location42°21′19.7″N 71°3′59.1″W / 42.355472°N 71.066417°W / 42.355472; -71.066417
Boston Common, Boston, Massachusetts
Designed byMartin Milmore
The monument in winter, seen from the west.

The Soldiers and Sailors Monument is a monument erected in Boston Common in downtown Boston, dedicated to soldiers and sailors of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts who died in the American Civil War. Designed by Martin Milmore, construction began in 1874 and the monument was dedicated on September 17, 1877. Union Generals George B. McClellan and Joseph Hooker were among the estimated 25,000 people attending the dedication on Boston Common.