(2008) Enlarge In 1864, during the Civil War, a large fair was held in Logan Square to raise funds for the US Sanitary Commission, the agency that aided the Union wounded. For a short time afterward, the temporary buildings erected for the fair housed some 3,000 convalescent soldiers. View looking east towards city hall

(2008) Enlarge Logan Square looking west towards the art museum, those are the famous “Rocky” steps in the background. In the foreground is the Civil War Sailors and Soldiers Memorial

(2008) Enlarge Civil War Sailors and Soldiers Memorial south side of the Parkway, West of 20th

(2010) Enlarge Civil War Sailors and Soldiers Memorial detail army