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 Soldiers' Monument - West Winfield, NY Posted by:  neoc1
N 42° 53.083 W 075° 11.809
18T E 483927 N 4748031
A monument honoring the men from Winfield, NY who died during the Civil War is located in West Winfield Cemetery on the south side of Main Street, U.S. Route 20.
Waymark Code: WMW66J
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/15/2017
Views: 1
The Winfield, NY Civil War Monument is 20' high marble shaft with a gilded eagle at the top. The the front of the base contains the dedication and the remaining three sides base are inscribed with the names of those from the Winfield area who died during the Civil War.
The north side of the monument contains the dedication:
| IN MEMORIAM. |
ERECTED BY THE VOLUNTARY OFFERINGS OF THE PATRIOTIC
CITIZENS OF THE TOWN OF WINFIELD IN HONOR OF OUR BRAVE SOLDIERS
WHO DURING THE GREAT REBELLION OF 1861-5 LAID THEMSELVES
LIVING SACRIFICES UPON THE ALTAR OF LIBERTY AND DIED
THAT THEIR COUNTRY MIGHT LIVE.
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| DEDICATED JULY 4TH 1867. |
The west side of the monument is inscribed:
CAPT. NELSON O. WENDELL, 44th N.Y.V. KILLED AT
Fredericksburg, May 3, 1863, AE 31 yrs
JEREMIAH WRIGHT
Died July 7, 1864, AE 30 yrs
FAYETTE D. WING, 121st N.Y.V.
Died June 20, 1864, AE 31 yrs
SAMUEL G. BUTTON, 121st N.Y.V. KILLED AT
Spotsylvania Court House, May 10, 1864, AE 22 yrs
HENRY M. WILCOX, 126 ILL. V. KILLED AT
Parkers Cross Roads, Dec. 31, 1862, AE 31 yrs
JAMES P. ROSE, 24 IOWA V.
Died at Helena, Ark., Feb. 3, 1862, AE 23 yrs
ALONZO WRIGHT, 152 N.Y.V.
Died Feb. 21, 1863, AE 18 yrs
WILLIAM PORTER, 152 N.Y.V.
Died at Yorktown July 1, 1863, AE 46 yrs
STEPHEN D. POTTER, 34 N.Y.V.
Rear of the monument is inscriptions:
T. MORRIS ROUNDS, 34 N.Y.V.
Reenlisted in the 34th NYV Wounded at
Ft. Stedman Dec. 12 and died Dec. 14, 1864, AE 21 yrs
LIEUT. BENJAMIN N. THOMAS, 44 N.Y.V. WOUNDED
At Gettysburg July 2 And died July 8, 1863, AE 20 yrs
CAPT. CALVIN H. THOMAS, 51 ILL. V. Reenlisted
and was killed at Franklin Nov. 30, 1864, AE 30 yrs
HENRY SESSIONS, 152 N.Y.V.
Died June 21, 1865, AE 22 yrs
ASAHEL DAVIS, 121 N.Y.V.
killed at Fredericksburg Dec. 18, 1862, AE 28 yrs
AMOS LAMB, 121st N.Y.V.
Died July 7, 1864, AE 22 yrs
JOHN HING 152 N.Y.V.
Died Dec. 20, 1863. AE 30 yrs
FREDERICK BOSTWICK, N.Y.M.R. KILLED NEAR
Petersburg Dec. 15, 1864, AE 18 yrs
HENRY COLE, 121 N.Y.V. DIED Jan. 23, 1875,
AE 47 yrs
The east side of the monument is inscribed:
GEORGE W. MEADE, 34 N.Y.V.
Died Dec. 31, 1864, AE 22 yrs
JOSEPH S. MEADE, 34 N.Y.V.
Died Nov. 1864, AE 25 yrs
ROBERT COOK, 26th N.Y.V.
Wounded at Fredericksburg Dec. 14, Died Dec. 25, 1862,
AE 38 yrs
LEVI S. JONES, 121 N.Y.V.
Died Aug. 13, 1863, AE 22 yrs
JOHN T. JONES, 121st N.Y.V.
Died Jan. 14th, 1863, AE 16 yrs
BENJAMIN JONES, 13 Mich. V.
Died Nov. 28, 1864, AE 24 yrs
ADDISON M. ELDRED, 152 N.Y.V. KILLED NEAR
Petersburg June 22, 1864, AE 26 yrs
MOSES S. ELDRED, 44 N.Y.V.
Killed Mar. 31, 1865, AE 30 yrs
JOHN ASHPOLE, 121s N.Y.V. KILLED AT
Spotsylvania Court House May 10, 1864, AE 34 yrs
Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/04/1867
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Town of Winfield
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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