Civil War Monument, Rochester, NY
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member MrsMcFly
N 43° 07.790 W 077° 37.471
18T E 286525 N 4778576
Monument located in the Civil War section of Mt. Hope Cemetery, Rochester, NY
Waymark Code: WM3542
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member Sprinterman
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This monument is a 22 feet high bronze monument created by Sally James Franham. The plaque on the monument reads:
1861 1865
ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND
THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD,
AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND
THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD.

This quote is from a poem by Theodore O'Hara, Bivouac of the Dead.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1905

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: i dont know

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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