Uxbridge Civil War Memorial - Uxbridge, MA
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member neoc1
N 42° 04.648 W 071° 37.842
19T E 282388 N 4661726
The Uxbridge Civil War Memorial is located on the town common, at the intersection of Route 16 and Route 122, in the center of Uxbridge, MA.
Waymark Code: WMHET3
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2013
Published By:Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
Views: 5

A 20' granite Civil War monument features a life-size statue of a Union soldier standing on a 14' high multi-tiered base. Four granite cannon balls are on each corner around the statue. The monument was fabricated by the Prout Brothers created by and dedicated on September 14, 1898.

A Civil War soldier is standing while holding a rifle by the barrel vertically on his right side, right hand over left. He is wearing a moustache, cap, knee length overcoat with cape. On each face of the base is a polished granite dado containing a list of the names of those residents of Uxbridge who served during the Civil War. The lower part of the base is decorated with reliefs of: an anchor, crossed swords and a wreath; crossed rifles, and crossed cannon ram rods and a wagon wheel.

On the front of the monument is the inscription:

IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS OF
UXBRIDGE
WHO SERVED IN THE WAR FOR THE UNION
1861-1865

Names on front dado:

C. W. ALDRICH
J. ANDY
W. D. ALDRICH
E. C. ARNOLD
J. A. ALDRICH
S. ANTHONY
H. ANSON
LIEUT. M. A. ALDRICH
J. M. BACON
P. E. BRAMAN
J. BOYCE
SERGT. A. F. BURRILL
LIEUT. G. W. BOLSTER
C. E. BRAMAN
D. BROCK
A. L. BUSH
W. D. BLANCHARD
C. BRADFORD
T. H. BARTON
G. W. BROWN
W. M. BENNETT
E. BURGOYNE
F. A. BAILEY
C. G. BUFFAM
G. E. BALLOU
J. BARRY
A. J. BOLSTER
J. BENNETT
C.E. COLE
G. COLE
J. CADWELL
SERGT. H. A. COLLAR
H. CHAPMAN
W. J. COLE
J. H. CARPENTER
W. J. CHRISTY
J. A. CUMMINGS
S. R. CHIPMAN
W. E. CHASE
E. E. CONANT
E. CLARK
C. E. CLEVELAND
W. B. CUMMINGS
J. W. DEXTER
D. DUFFY
J. DIXON
M. DUGAN
W. R. DRAKE
H. M. ENGLEY
D. S. ENGLEY
A. M. EAMES
M. FALING

Names on left dado:

M. FALING
H. N. FITCH
THOS. FINN
D. FAHY
D. FULLER
G. FAHY
A. FITZSIMMONS
G. D. FITCH
THOS. FINGHAN
W. H. FOX
D. F. FARRIS
CAPT. S. FARNUM
J. FLOOD
W. FITZGERALD
CORP. A. W. GARSIDE
J. GARAGAN
S. A. GREGORY
WM. GOULD
H. O. GIBSON
H. M. GRAHAM
O. A. GUILD
J. HORTON
A. J. HORTON
H. G. HAYWARD
S. HALL
B. F. HALL
F. L. HAYDEN
SERGT. C. H. HOWARD
CORP. E. J. HILL
SERGT. T. HILAND
C. HORAN
R. S. HOLYROYD
H. C. HORTON
J. P. HORTON
J. D. HALL
G. HALL
C. HALL
W. HAYDEN
T. HAMILTON
R. HOLLY
P. HORAN
J. HOWE
AL. HOLLIS
S. C. JOHNSON
A. F. JOHNSON
J. R. JOHNSON
J. F. KIERNAN
J. KELLY
G. A. KEMPTON
G. W. KENNY
P. KEARNS

Names on back dado:

D. KEMP
P. KELLY
E. KEMPTON
C. W. KNIGHT
T. KENNEDY
W. LESLIE
E. LACKEY
G. W. LEGG
S. W. LACKEY
L. LONGENDIKE
J. LAMEY
W. O. MERROW
A. MOWREY
A. P. METCALF
W. H. METCALF
J. MULLIGAN
W. H. MINOT
J. MAHONEY
E. MCDONALD
J. W. MUNROE
L. W. MURDOCK
W. S. MCARTHUR
J. A. MAGEE
J. MAGEE
J. MORRISEY
T. MAHONEY
S. C. NEWELL
J. M. NORBERY
E. OLNEY
W. OSBORN
JOHN PRICE
JESSE POLLARD
C. RUSSELL
J. F. RUSSELL
D. RICHARDSON
D. F. RAWSON
J. RIDER
C. H. RUGG
C. T. RANDALL
J. W. REED
C. C. RAWSON
J. H. ROBIE
SERGT. A. A. SHERMAN
S. SHERMAN
ASST. P.M. O. B. SEAGRAVE
CORP. L. A. SEAGRAVE
CAPT. C. S. SEAGRAVE
SERGT. A. M. SEAGRAVE
CAPT. W. H. SEAGRAVE
C. SEAGRAVE

Names on right dado:

F. B. SEAGRAVE
H. M. SEAGRAVE
A. R. SEAGRAVE
J. R. SEAGRAVE
G. L. SEAGRAVE
E. B. SLOCOMB
J. WW. SPINNEY
E. S. SYMINSTER
E. SCARBOROUGH
J. E. SCHOFIELD
E. SCHOFIELD
J. H. SPAULDING
J. SMITH
S. W. SMITH
J. SULLIVAN
W. W. SAWYER
H. SALMON
R. M. SABIN
L. H. SHATTUCK
J. P. SOUTHWICK
SERGT. G. W. SPRAGUE
G. W. H. STRUCK
N. T. SHEEHAN
LIEUT. JAMES TAFT
F. M. TAFT
I. D. TAFT
A. TAFT
W. A. TAFT
CORP. S. C. THOMPSON
E. D. THOMPSON
C. H. THOMPSON
F. TOOMEY
T. TRUCKEY
G. L. VIBBERT
A. R. WHITE
D. WILBER
J. H. WILBER
R. WALDO
G. WILMER
F. V. WILLIAMS
J. P. WILLIAMS
CORP. A. M. WILLIAMS
HIRAM WOOD
E. E. ERIGHT
F. WATTERS
R. F. WELSH
C. E. L. WHEELER
CAPT. P. M. WHITING
H. WHITMORE
N. WILCOX
J. M. YOUNG

Date Installed or Dedicated: 09/14/1898

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Town of Uxbridge

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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