West Point Monument (Norfolk, Virginia) Unknown sculptor Visit Norfolk (Smarthistory) Creator images photographs Atop a large square column of stone, the figure of the Norfolk native Sergeant William H. Carney of the Massachusetts 54th Volunteer Infantry Regiment is depicted, dressed in his military uniform. Carney is the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions at the Battle of Fort Wagner in South Carolina. The base of the monument, built as a tribute to African American veterans of the Civil War and Spanish American War, contains a number of bronze and marble plaques. The figure of Sergeant William H. Carney atop large square stone column, dressed in his military uniform. West Point Monument (Norfolk, Virginia), Brown University Library May 30, 1906 1906-05-30 Norfolk (Va.) CC BY-SA 4.0 Collection is open for research. west-point-monument-norfolk-va Brown University Library, Center for Digital Scholarship, Box A, Brown University, Providence, RI, 02912, U.S.A., (http://library.brown.edu/)