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 Civil War Memorial - Southampton, MA Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 14.071 W 072° 43.595
18T E 687591 N 4678317
Southampton's Civil War memorial is located near the entrance to Center Cemetery in Southampton, MA.
Waymark Code: WMM7J0
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/05/2014
Views: 3
A well maintained 20' tall brownstone obelisk is topped by a carved sitting eagle. An auxiliary granite tablet was added on the ground on the south side of the monument in 2009. The east facing shaft of the monument contains a carved shield superimposed over flags, rifles and swords. The shield is inscribed:
DIED
FOR THEIR
COUNTRY
On the east dado is the dedication:
Erected by the Town
and Hon. S. C. Pomeroy
In grateful remembrance
of the patriotic and
brave Volunteers of
Southampton, whose
lives were sacrificed
in defense of Liberty
and Union during
the great rebellion.
Below is inscribed the date and name of the carver:
1866.
O.M. Clapp
The north face is inscribed:
Perry M. Coleman,
Killed in Fair Oaks, Va.
Sergt. Phineas F. Knight,
at Chantilly, Va.
Hiram Spooner,
at Cold Harbor, Va.
George C. Clark
George M. Wolcott
John S. Hyde
all in the Wilderness.
Corp. William M. Kingsley
in Spotsylvania, Va.
The west face is inscribed:
Charles H. Searle,
Killed near Richmond, Va.
Corp. Charles T. Eggleston,
at Petersburg, Va.
Lewis F. Swint J. A. E. U.S.N.
Died at s. Hampton
Alonzo A. Lyman
at Augusta, Ga.
Fredrick H. Simpson
at Washington D.C.
Chauncey Hendricks
John Quinn
The south face is inscribed:
Corp. Anson H. Norton,
Albert H. Strong,
Died at Bayou Beouf, La.
Rufus W. Robinson,
at Andersonville, Ga.
Rufus A. Street,
Marcus E. Lyon,
at New Orleans, La.
Jeremiah M. Johnson,
Edwin C. Parsons,
at Baton Rouge, La.
Corp. Hiram A. Eaton.
The auxiliary tablet is inscribed:
FOUGHT FOR SOUTHAMPTON
AND DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY
DURING THE GREAT REBELLION
DWIGHT C. BARTLETT DIED WINDSOR, MA 1861
GEORGE H.A. BROWN DIED WASHINGTON D.C.1863
ERASTUS L. COOK SIED ROANOKE ISLAND NC 1862
HENRY HILTON DIED WASHINGTON D.C.1865
RICHARD LEVERTON DIED WASHINGTON D.C.1864
GEORGE ROY DIED VICKSBURG, MS 1864
COMMUNITY PRESERVATION FUNDS 2009
Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/01/1866
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Town of Southampton
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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