Pro Patria Soldiers and Sailors Monument - Bridgeport, CT - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

An upright large granite stone is topped by a bronze cap and cape and has a large bronze plaque honoring servicemen who died during the Civil War and are buried outside of Connecticut. The monument was dedicated in 1906 by the State of Connecticut and the Elias Howe Jr. Post of the Grand Army of the Republic. The plaque features an Civil War infantryman on the left and a Civil War soldier on the right. Both have their heads bowed.

The top of the plaque has the seal of the State of Connecticut and a banner inscribed with the names of Civil War battles:

The bottom of the plaque has the dedication:

The middle of the plaque has a five column listing of: name, rank, regiment, date, and place of death of of those not returned for burial from the following units.

FIRST CONN CALVARY
SECOND CONN BATTERY
FIRST CONN HEAVY ARTILLERY
SECOND CONN HEAVY ARTILLERY
FIFTH CONN INFANTRY
SIXTH CONN INFANTRY
SEVENTH CONN INFANTRY
EIGHT CONN INFANTRY
NINTH CONN INFANTRY
TENTH CONN INFANTRY
ELEVENTH CONN INFANTRY
TWELFTH CONN INFANTRY
THIRTEENTH CONN INFANTRY
FOURTEENTH CONN INFANTRY
SIXTEENTH CONN INFANTRY
SEVENTH CONN INFANTRY
EIGHTEENTH CONN INFANTRY
TWENTY-THIRD CONN INFANTRY
TWENTY-FOURTH CONN INFANTRY
THIRTY-FIRST CONN INFANTRY
SEVENTH U.S. INFANTRY
FOURTEENTH U.S. INFANTRY
FOURTEENTH R.I. C-H ARTILLERY
FORTIETH N.Y. INFANTRY
SIXTY-NINTH N.Y. INFANTRY
U.S. NAVY

ERECTED BY
STATE OF CONNECTICUT
& POST ELIAS HOWE JR.
1906 GAR

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