Columbia-Union-Freedom Soldiers' Monument - Salisbury, CT - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

Columbia-Union-Freedom Soldiers' Monument consists of a 7' by 1.5' by 1.5' bronze allegorical female figure standing on a 13' by 8' by 8' multi-tiered granite base with cannon muzzles protruding from all four sides. The sculpture was created by George Edwin Bissell and cast at the Henry Bonnard Bronze Company. The monument was dedicated on June 17, 1891.

The female figure stands upright while holding the shield of the Unites States above her head. She is wearing a cap, long flowing robes, and a sword on her left hip. Her left bare foot is resting on top broken shackles that represent slavery.

The south side has a bronze seal of the State of Connecticut and, below, a bronze plaque which is inscribed:

On the base below the plaque is inscribed in raised block letters:

A bronze plaque on the east side list the following names:

2ND CONN. VOL'S.
RAMSEY GEORGE W.

1ST CONN. HEAVY ART.
JARVIS SAMUEL F.

2ND CONN. HEAVY ART.
AYERS HENRY L.
BALDWIN THOMAS
BATES ADMATHA
BENEDICT FRANK
BRIGGS ELIJAH A.
BRUCE JOHN H.
BALL HORACE
BALL CHARLES
BENEDICT SAM'L V.
BRAGG ROBERT
BRAZEE AMBROSE B.
BRENNAN JOSEPH
BURNS JOHN H.
BURGESS HENRY
CAPRON GEORGE V.
CARLEY SHELDON
CASEY MICHAEL
CASEY THOMAS
CAUL JAMES
CLARK DANIEL T.
COOPER GEORGE
DEANE JAMES
DAUCHEY FRED'K A.
DECKER JOHN A.
FENN HENRY R.
FENN CHARLES I.
FORK JOHN
GIBBS WESLEY
GALLAGHER MICH'L
GRAVES FRANK'N S.
GLAVEEN DANIEL
HICKEY EDMUND
HUBBARD EDWIN S.
HUBBARD JAMES
JOHNSON GEO. L.
JOHNSON CHESTER A.
JURAY PETER
KNIGHT OREN H.
LAPHAM JOHN
MCGOVERN JOHN
METHVEN GEORGE
MILLER FRANKLIN
MORRIS EZRA B.
NEGUS AMBROSE N.
OSTRANDER PETER
OSTRANDER ADAM
OSTRANDER JA'S
OSTRANDER HENRY
POWELL CHARLES
RAPP JACOB F.
ROARK WILLIAM
RORABACK NATH'L
SCOVILLE WILSON
SHERWOOD GRO. F.
SILVERNAIL WARREN
SPARKS WALTER C.
SNYDER JOEL
SPEED REUBEN R.
SPEED LUTHER E.
STEPHENS HENRY
SURDAM W'M H.
SURDAM JAMES
TAYLOR DANIEL E.
TURNER JOHN W.
VOELKER HENRY
VANDUSEN HENRY
WATERS WILLIAM
WOODEN AMOS
WHEELER HENRY S.
WHITEMAN MONROE
WHITE ALFRED
YOUNG FRANCIS J.

5TH CONN. VO'LS.
AYERS DANIEL A.
CALLENDER FRED. F.
CODDINGTON JOSIAH
HOPPER JOSEPH
MORGAN WILLIAM
SHERWOOD JOHN W.
SHERWOOD JA'S
SMITH WILLIAM
SQUIRES GEO. B.
SIMONS HIRAM W.
WOODIN JOHN
WOODHEAD BERNARD

On the base below the plaque is inscribed in raised block letters:

A bronze plaque on the north side list the following names:

6TH CONN. VO'LS.
DUNN MICHAEL
MOLLOY MICHAEL

7TH CONN. VO'LS.
ASHMAN LEWIS R.
ASHMAN GEO B.
BARNES ALBERT E.
BARDEN EDWIN J.
BOSWORTH H'M PITT
BUNDY GEORGE H.
DAVIS JAMES
DEXTER J. NEWTON
JACKSON SAM'L
LANDON ASHBEL
MCNEIL VIRGIL F.
MCLEAN HENRY
MOORE E. LEWIS
NORTON TAO'S L.
OLIN GEORGE W.
REID W'M D.
STARR AUG. W.
SWEET JOHN H.
TURNER PETER
WELLS GEO. LEE.
WOLCOTT SAM'L W.

8TH CONN. VO'LS.
FRINK CHARLES
MCLEAN IRA
SMITH HENRY W.

10TH CONN. VO'LS.
BRUCE JOHN W.
COOK GEORGE
FISH WALTER
FRENCH GEO. E.
HALSTEAD JOSIAH
HAM JUDSON T.
NEWELL GEO. W.
OWEN DOUGLASS
OWEN ORVILLE D.
PALMATIER RICH'D D.
ROWE ROBERT
SPEED JOHN W.

11TH CONN. VO'LS.
ARNOLD CYRUS
ARNOLD GEORGE
BRAZEE HENRY
CLEAVELAND ELISHA
DAY ALFRED
DUBOS ALFRED
GREEN MILTON
HERTER PAUL E.
HAYES JAMES
HARVEY CHA'S W.
KING WILLIAM
MCNEIL OWEN
MANN HENRY
MCELROY JOHN
MURPHY JOHN
OLMSTEAD OSCAR
O'DONNELL HUGH
OSTRANDER JOHN
OSTRANDER WALTER
RILEY GEORGE
SLATER ISAAC
SNYDER GEORGE
VAN DUSEN JOHN
WHITE ALFRED W.
WOODIN JAMES

12TH CONN. VO'LS.
ANDERSON JOHN
DIKEMAN W. H.
FULLER WILDMAN
GRHAM ROBERT

13TH CONN. VO'LS.
DAUCHEY CHA'S F.
MANSFIELD NORMAN
WRIGHT CHA'S R.

14TH CONN. VO'LS.
BOND JOSEPH B.

22ND CONN. VO'LS.
WHITTLSEY CHA'S

23RD CONN. VO'LS.
DOTY JAY
DOTY THOMAS
SANFORD ELIAS F.

28TH CONN. VO'LS.
AYERS WHITING L.
BALL HARVY L.
BALL ANDREW
BENEDICT JOHN
BISHOP J. MILTON
BLAKE GEORGE H.
BLAKE ORVILLE D.
BOSTWICH JOSEPH
BRADLEY MILTON
BRANT JOHN
BRAGG ROB'T W.
BRAZEE JOURDAN
BRIGGS NIC'S O.
BRODERICK THO'S
BUSHNELL GEO.
BURNS PETER

On the base below the plaque is inscribed in raised block letters:

A bronze plaque on the west side list the following names:

28TH CONN. VO'LS.
CLEAVELAND FRED'K
COON ROBERT A.
DAILEY WARREN C.
DECKER GEORGE
DONAHUE JOHN
DUNBAR HARLAN
DUTTON JOSEPH
DUVALL DAN'L W.
FRENCH CALVIN N.
FRENCH SANF'D W.
FULLER W'M H.
JEWELL AUG. L.
JONES JOHN D.
JONES NELSON
KNICKERBOCKER GEO A.
KNICKERBOCKER M. H.
LANDON CHA'S B.
MATSON WILFRED H.
MCARTHUR RENSELAER
MASNER JOHN
MASON ELIJAH F.
MOORE DWIGHT
MORGAN W'M H.
NEWBERRY STEPH.
NIVER WALTER
NIVER ELIAS D.
NOTT EGBERT F.
ORTON THO'S B.
OVIATT DAVID F.
OSTRANDER MYRON
PALMER SMITH
PITKIN EDWARD
ROWLAND HENRY
ROSSITER REUBEN
SAUNDERS EDWARD
SCRIBNER SMITH
SCHLITTENHART MICH'L
SCOTT JERRY
SHAW DWIGHT
SMITH J. HARPER
SPEED ANDREW
SPEED BRADFORD
STORM PETER C.
STUPPLEBEEN H. M.
SURRENER HENRY E.
SWEET WARD W.
TALLARDY SENECA
THORNTON HENRY
TURNER G. MARTIN
TURNER WALTER
TURNER CORNELIUS
TYLER MORGAN
TYLER GORDON
WELCH JOHN
WHEATLEY RICH'D
WIKE LEOPOLD
WILLIAMS JOHN
WOLCOTT EBEN P.
WOODWORTH CHA'S
WRIGHT HENRY V.

29TH CONN. VO'LS.
ADDISON DAVID E.
ADDISON JOHN S.
BROWN CHARLES
DAVIS JESSE W.
DE WITT SIMON
FOOTE GEORGE H.
FREEMAN HENRY A.
GLASCO WILLIAM
HYDREN JOSEPH
JACKSON EDWARD
LYONS SAMUEL

BALL LUTHER T. 84TH ILLS. INF.

REID JOHN C. 8TH OHIO VOL. INF.

ADDISON WORTHY 14TH R.I. H'VY ART.

CUMMINGS JAMES 14TH R.I. H'VY ART.

DAUCHEY JOHN P. 38TH N.Y. INF.

MCCARRICK ROB'T 20TH N.Y. INF.

HOLLISTER CHA'S 11TH INF. U.S.A.

PECK JOSHUA 14TH INF. U.S.A.

WOODIN THEO. E. 47TH N.Y. INF.

VOSBURG GRAHAM 41ST MASS. INF.

FRINK GEORGE 31ST MASS. INF.

FRINK W'M R. 31ST MASS. INF.

SCRIBNER WILLIAM H. 3RD N.Y. CAV.

On the base below the plaque is inscribed in raised block letters:

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