Major Thomas McManus, US Army - Hartford, CT
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N 41° 44.552 W 072° 40.967
18T E 692684 N 4623785
A monument honoring Major Thomas McManus is located in Campfield Green, a former Union camping ground, in a traffic triangle formed by Maple Avenue and Campfield Avenue and Baker Street in Hartford, CT.
Waymark Code: WM16P2B
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2022
Views: 1
A monument honoring Major Thomas McManus consists of a bronze tablet attached to a large granite boulder. The bronze plaque contains a ¾ right profile image of Major Thomas McManus and the following inscription:
{Image of Major Thomas McManus}
1834 THOMAS MCMANUS 1914
BORN IN HARTFORD HE LIVED
HIS LIFE HERE AND DIED RICH IN
THE ESTEEM OF HIS FELLOWS
MAJOR OF THE 25TH INFANTRY
CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS 1862 – 1863
HE WAS A BRAVE SOLDIER BELOVED
BY HIS MEN
UPON THIS FIELD WHICH WAS ONCE
THEIR CAMPING GROUND HIS SURVIVING
COMRADES IN AFFECTIONATE MEMORY
HAVE PLACED THIS TABLET AS A
TRIBUTE TO HIS MERIT AND
PATRIOTISM AS CITIZEN AND SOLDIER
1923
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Type of memorial: Monument
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