Standard Bearer - Glastonbury, CT
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N 41° 42.061 W 072° 36.341
18T E 699223 N 4619351
Standard Bearer, the Glastonbury Civil War Monument, is located between the Town Green and the Glastonbury Cemetery near Green Cemetery Road.
Waymark Code: WMGK1H
Location: Connecticut, United States
Date Posted: 03/14/2013
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A 9' high by 1.5' by 1.5' light gray granite statue of a Union standard bearer stands on 9.25' high 9.33' square, light gray, three-tiered granite base. The sculptor of the monument, which was installed in 1913, is unknown.
A Union Army standard bearer, with the rank of sergeant, stands with his foot forward. He is wearing a moustache, cap, a overcoat which comes down to his knees, and a cape over his shoulders. His right hand is on the hilt of the sword hanging from his left hip. His left arm is wrapped around a large flag while he is holding the flagpole with his right hand.
Incised, in capital letters, on the lowest step of the plinth is:
1861 CIVIL WAR 1865
The front dado is inscribed, in rounded raised capital letters:
ERECTED IN MEMORY OF
CAPT. FREDERICK M. BARBER
AND THE SOLDIERS OF GLASTONBURY
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY,
BY MERCY TURNER BARBER.
1913
The dado on the west side is inscribed in capital letters:
MORE ENDURING THAN THIS
MONUMENT WILL BE THE MEMORY OF THEIR
LOYAL, PATRIOTIC DEVOTION TO THEIR COUNTRY.
THIS GRANITE SHAFT IN TIME WILL CRUMBLE
TO DUST, BUT THE MEMORY OF THEIR HEROIC
DEEDS, THE NOBLE SACRIFICE OF THEIR LIVES
WILL LIVE IN MEMORY'S REALM 'TILL TIME
SHALL BE NO MORE.
Frederick M. Barber was a captain Glastonbury's Company H, 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry. Barber was wounded on September 17, 1862 at Antietam, MD and died three days later. He is buried in the Glastonbury Cemetery not far from this monument.