Through these different Civil War monuments I hope you are able to see the similarities in how they are constructed in comparison to those built during the Roman Empire. These monuments and designs are still in common practice despite the hundreds of years of development in between then and now. As you can hopefully see after reading this research these designs from the classical period give an outline to the architects of today and help inspire them while creating their own unique monuments. The Civil War monument are reminiscent of the classical period and its ideals of sacrifice and memorializing the dead. These monuments are designed from a period of time that idealized the Civil War and those who lost their lives for freedom. America continues to used these designs to commemorate these ideas throughout all of American history and even now into the 20th century. I hope that this site and these ideas have opened your own eyes to the influences of the Roman Empire that are around us every day!