Soldiers' Monument - St. Johnsbury, VT
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Soldiers' Monument is located in Courthouse Park at the corner of Main Street and Eastern Avenue in St. Johnsbury, VT.
Waymark Code: WM19VEW
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 04/17/2024
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Soldiers' Monument contains a 7.5' high, Italian marble, statue of an allegorical female figure representing America set on a 12' by 12' by 12' granite base. The female figure is wearing classical robes. Her right arm is bent across her chest to her left side and she is holding a wreath in her right hand. Her left hand holds a staff which rests beside her feet. An eagle is perched at the left side of her feet.
The monument was sculpted by Larkin Goldsmith Mead and dedicated on August 20, 1868.
The west facing lower block of the base contains the dedication:
IN HONOR OF
THE ST. JOHNSBURY VOLUNTEERS
WHO SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES
IN DEFENCE OF THE UNION.
On west facing the front of the base a shield shaped dado is inscribed:
LT. COL. GEO. E. CHAMBERLIN
CAPT. EDWIN B. FROST
CAPT. EDWIN J. MORRILL
CAPT. JOS. W.D. CARPENTER
LT. JOHN W. RAMSAY
LT. DUSTIN S. WALBRIDGE
SGT. LORENZO D. FARNHAM
SGT. JOHN S. KILBY
SGT. ORANGE S. LYNN
SGT. DARWIN J. WRIGHT
SGT. BENJAMIN WALDRON
SGT. ERASTUS M. DUNBAR
SGT. LANSON E. ALDRICH
CPL. JOHN N. COPELAND
CPL. MICHAEL FOLEY
CPL. ALBERT F. FELCH
CPL. EPHRAIM P. HOWARD
CPL. NATHAN P. JAY
CPL. GEORGE T. KASSON
CPL. WILLIAM NORRIS
On south side of the base a shield shaped dado is inscribed:
CPL. HARRISON W. VARNEY
CPL. HENRY C. VOODRY
CPL. CHARLES W. HILL
ORANGE H. AYER
JACOB S. ARCHER
LEONARD N. BISHOP
SIMEON S. BEAN
JAMES BAKER
ROZERNE E. BACON
STEPHEN CURRIER
FRANKLIN CASWELL
OSCAR H. CUMMINGS
LEWIS A. CLARK
FELIX CUNNEVILLE
JACOB CHAPMAN
ROYAL G. MANSFIELD
SAMUEL W. MARDEN
HIRAM T. PAGE
ELISHA S. PALMER
CHARLES A. PICARD
Below is inscribed:
ERECTED 1867.
On east side of the base a shield shaped dado is inscribed:
JOHN DONOVAN
ALVIN DUFF
DENISON DAY
GEO. L. FAIRCHILD
SAMUEL FORREST
SILAS FORREST
EDWARD FRENCH
JOHN GREEN
CHAS. J. GOODNOUGH
RUSSELL A. HUTCHINS
WILLIAM HANNET
OBED S. HATCH
OSCAR F. HAYWARD
ORVILLE W. HUTCHINSON
ABEL W. HAWKINS
JOHN HOWARD
PATRICK HOWARD
GEO F. HARROUN
THOMAS KIDDER
DANIEL S. LEE
Below is inscribed:
WILLIAMSBURG. COLD HARBOR.
PETERSBURG. LEES MILLS.
CEDAR CREEK.
ERECTED 1867.
On the north side of the base a shield shaped dado is inscribed:
SOLON W. PIERCE
IRA L. POWERS
GEO. T. RICHARDSON
MARTIN ROSEBROOK
WILLIAM J. ROGERS
ALBERT S. STOCKWELL
WM. N. SHERMAN
EDWIN W. STEWART
JOSEPH ST. PIERRE
ANDREW STURGEON
PASCHAL P. SHORES
GEORGE SMITHSON
THERON W. SCHUTON
DAVIS TOWLE
WHIPPLE R. WEST
ALFRED WARD
HENRY C. WRIGHT
JAMES DONNELL
NATHAN L. DAVIS
JULIUS DUPLUSE
Below is inscribed:
FREDRICKSBURGH. GETTYSBURG.
WINCHESTER. SPOTSYLVANIA.
WILDERNESS. PORT HUDSON.