Northfield Civil War Monument - Northfield in Litchfield, CT
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N 41° 41.704 W 073° 06.674
18T E 657171 N 4617644
The Northfield Civil War Monument is located on the Town Green on Camphill Road in Northfield in Litchfield, CT
Waymark Code: WMGJGM
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/12/2013
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The Northfield Civil War Monument is usually called simply The Monument. It was sculpted by Nelson Bolles and Julius Glover and dedicated in September 1866.
A 20' by 4' by 4' brownstone obelisk is topped by a sculpted double flame and surrounded by a cast iron fence. The south face of the monument has the inscription:
THAT THE GENERATIONS TO COME
MIGHT KNOW THEM
Below, the name LINCOLN is inscribed in raised capital letters.
Followed by the names of three soldiers killed during the Civil War:
LIEUT. HORACE HUBBARD.
Co. H. 2. C.H.A.
killed Bat. Winchester Va.
Sept. 19. 1864, Æ 33.
HIRAM T. COOLEY.
Co. D. 2.C. C.H.A.
killed Bat. Winchester Va.
Sept. 19 1864, Æ 29.
SERG. DAVID B. WOOSTER.
Co. D. C.H.A.
killed Bat. Fishers Hill Va.
Sept. 22. 1864, Æ 37.
The east face has the names of two soldiers killed during the Civil War:
HENRY M. MINER.
Co. A. C.H.A.
died in Hospital Alexa Va.
Feb. 14. 1863, Æ. 25.
CORP. APOLLOS C. MORSE.
Co. A. 2. C.H.A.
killed Bat. Cold Harbor Va.
June 2. 1864, Æ. 20.
On the north face has the names of two soldiers killed during the Civil War:
WALTER HALE.
CO. C. 20. Regt. C.V.
killed Bat. Chancellorsville Va.
MAY. 3. 1863, Æ. 18.
CORP. JOSEPH E. CAMP.
Co. K. 2. C.H.A.
killed Bat. Cold Harbor Va.
JUNE 1. 1864, Æ. 22.
The west face has the names of two soldiers killed during the Civil War:
MORTON W. CASTLE.
Co. C.S. Regt. C.V.
died in Hospital. Va.
Aug. 4. 1864, Æ. 17.
CHARLES L. CASTLE.
Co. C.S. REGT. C.V.
died in Hospital, Va.
Aug. 4. 1864, Æ. 17.