Civil War Monument - Ashfield, MA
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N 42° 31.707 W 072° 47.326
18T E 681610 N 4710821
The Civil War Monument is located at the southern tip of Ashfield Plain Cemetery in Ashfield, MA
Waymark Code: WMH80Y
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 06/05/2013
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The small town of Ashfield has a striking monument in honor of its citizens who lost their lives during the Civil War. A 10' high by 4' by 2' marble sculpture of a Union soldier, by an unknown artist, is depicted looking straight ahead while standing at parade rest. The soldier is wearing a cap, knee length coat and cape. He is wearing a kit on the left side of his belt and is holding a rifle vertically in front with both hands on the barrel, left over right. His left foot extends over the edge of the marble plinth.
The multi-tiered base is about 12 feet high by 6' wide by 4' deep. The lower part two tiers are made of gray granite. The upper two tiers are made of pink granite. The top pink tier has the names of those who died in the Civil War:
REUBEN W. TAYLOR
CASPAR LILLY
LEWIS ELDREDGE
SYLVESTER HOWES
WILLIAM O. WILLIS
EDWARD F. HALE
LAFAYETTE F. EDDY
MILO F. WARREN
JOEL WING
ELON S. WILLIAMS
EPHRAIM P. TAYLOR
R. BEMENT SMITH
The lower pink tier has the inscription:
IN MEMORY OF ASHFIELD SOLDIERS
1861 - 1865
PRESENTED BY SAMUEL WILLIAMS