Cherry Valley Sailors and Soldiers Monument - Cherry Valley, NY
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N 42° 47.811 W 074° 45.250
18T E 520103 N 4738285
The Cherry Valley Sailors and Soldiers Monument is located at the south corner of Main and Montgomery Streets in the center of Cherry Valley, NY
Waymark Code: WMN9V7
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2015
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A 15' high by 4' square marble obelisk honors the citizens of Cherry Valley who died during the Civil War. On top of the obelisk is a 2.5' high by 3' wide bronze eagle. The shaft and base are inscribed on all four sides.
The front of the obelisk has a carved trophy with crossed flags and swords on the shaft and a pyramid of three muskets on the base. Inscribed on the shaft in raised lettering on upper band SEC. BULL RUN on the lower band PETERSBURG. Inscribed in incised letters:
THESE ARE THE
NAMES OF THE MEN
OF CHERRY VALLEY
WHO DIED
THAT THEIR COUNTRY
MIGHT LIVE
6th N.Y. CAVALRY
SERGT. PHILO D. CHADDENDEN
SERGT. JAMES H. MOORE
JACOB HARDENDORF
SAMUEL BATES
JOHN BEAUMONT
On the right side, inscribed on the shaft in raised lettering on upper band GETTYSBURG on the lower band WILDERNESS. Inscribed in incised letters on the shaft:
121 N.Y. INFANTRY
SERGT. JOHN DANIELS
SERGT. EDWARD WALES
JAMES SHERMAN
GEO. N.L. DRAKE
GEO. G. HERDMAN
WILLIAM HARRIS
CHARLES E. HODGE
JABEZ D. WILLSON
JOSEPH B. HOWE
JOHN W. BALLARD
U.S. NAVY
GEO. P. ENGELL
Inscribed on the base:
Col. & Brev. Brig. Gen.
Cleveland J. Campbell
1st Regt. U.S. Sharp Shooters
Capt. Charles D. McLean
Sergt. William O. McLean
Dwight Reed
Charles Gould
Henry T. Ferguson
On the back side, inscribed on the shaft in raised lettering on upper band FREDERICKSBURG on the lower band WINCHESTER. Inscribed in incised letters on the shaft:
U. S. NAVY
CHARLES P. NICHOLLS
101. N.Y. INFANTRY
JOHN BANKER
2. N.Y. H. ARTIL'Y.
JOHN H. BUSH
On the base:
ERECTED
By the Citizens of Cherry Valley
In Memory of
Their Patriot Dead.
1868
On the left side, inscribed on the shaft in raised lettering on upper band ANTIETAM on the lower band COLD HARBOR. Inscribed in incised letters on the shaft:
1ST. N.Y. CAVALRY
JOHN F. BOTSFORD
6TH N.Y. H. ARTIL'Y.
SALMON DRAKE
152. N.Y. INFANTRY
GEORGE NELSON
CORNELIUS HARDENDORF
GEO. VAN DE BOGART
41. N.Y. INFANTRY.
cORP. JAMES H. KRAKE
JOHN WALLACE
On the base:
76. N.Y. Infantry
Capt. Robert Story
1st Lieut. Barnard Phenis
Thomas A. Leaning
William Sterns
Bradford J.S. Fox
Perry Oaks
S.N.Y. Cavalry
1st Lieut. William C. Crafts