The memorial is to Robert A Smith, a Scottish man who fought in the US Civil War Deep in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh, there's a grey obelisk, around 2m (6ft) high, its inscription faded.

A devoted Midlothian veteran is working tirelessly to save a crumbling Second World War monument "for future generations". Christian Garden, 52, served at least six tours in Northern Ireland, one in ...

Plans for a new installation that could be built to protect the war memorial at the City Chambers are to go before Edinburgh councillors. The Stone of Remembrance was damaged in an arson attack in ...

I was at the National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle for the service to commemorate the third anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. The passion was so raw and the patriotism tangible as the ...

The Edinburgh monument to Robert Smith isn't particularly prominent or well known. The city has a far more famous civil war memorial – a statue of Abraham Lincoln in Old Calton Burial Ground.

The memorial commemorates Colonel Robert A. Smith, who was struck down in Kentucky during the US civil war [BBC] Robert was one of nine children. He left Edinburgh and moved to Mississippi as a 14 ...

Confederate monuments have been at the heart of heated debates in the US about how the war should be remembered. This memorial was erected by Robert's brother. Robert was one of nine children. He left ...