Soldiers' Monument - Shelburne, MA
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N 42° 36.983 W 072° 43.992
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The Soldiers' Monument is located in the north part of the Arms Cemetery north of Route 2 on Mechanic Street in the village of Shelburne Falls, MA.
Waymark Code: WMM8D6
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 08/10/2014
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The nicely maintained Civil War monument in Shelburne Falls, MA, was erected by public subscription in Arms Cemetery. A 25' tall granite obelisk stands on a three step base. The monument is inscribed on all for sides on polished dados. Two bands with the names of battles encircle the shaft.
On the front, south face, above a polished dado is the raised capital letter:
S
The bands on the south face of shaft are inscribed:
GETTYSBURG
and
FREDRICKSBURG
The south dado has the inscription:
IN HONOR OF
THE FALLEN SOLDIERS
OF SHELBURNE
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KILLED OR DIED OF WOUNDS
14
DIED IN REBEL PRISONS
5
TOTAL 26
FROM ALL CAUSES.
There are actually 27 names on the monument. It's apparently that the last name on the east dado was added later.
The bands on the east face of the shaft are inscribed:
WILDERNESS
and
PORT HUDSON
Eleven names are inscribed on the east dado:
10 REG. CO. H.
___
MAJ. OZRO MILLER.
LT. BENJ. F. LELAND.
HENRY C. SEVERANCE.
ASA C. MERRILL.
N. SMITH PUTNEY.
ELIJA M. BRIGGS.
JACOB BRINGOLF.
ELISHA W. FAY.
JAMES M. WILLIAMS.
SILAS NIMS.
HENRY C. UTLEY.
The bands on the north face of the shaft are inscribed:
FAIR OAKS
and
PETERSBURG
Nine names are inscribed on the north dado:
10 REG. CO. H.
___
CHARLES B. DOLE.
CHARLES W. RUSSELL.
JOSIAH S. EMERSON.
JOHN R. CAMPBELL.
___
CAPT. HENRY M. KELLOGG ILL. VOLS.
___
27 REG. CO. B.
___
CHAUNCEY L. EMMONS.
PATRICK SWEENEY.
THEODORE E. GALER.
PHILIP C. COLLINS.
The bands on the west face of the shaft are inscribed:
ANTIETAM
and
MALVERN HILL
Seven names are inscribed on the north dado:
COL. JOHN KELLOGG U.S.A.
___
31 REG. CO. B.
___
ASA TILDEN.
GEO. M. LANDER.
___
34 REG.
___
HENRY W. DODDS.
___
52, REG. CO. E.
___
NATHANIEL HERRICK.
E. EVERETT SEVERANCE.
HENRY D. CULVER.