Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument - Phillipsburg, NJ
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is located in Shappell Park at 353 S Main Street in Phillipsburg, NJ.
Waymark Code: WM19AEB
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 01/09/2024
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The Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument is a 45' tall granite monument honoring the citizens from the Phillipsburg area who served during the Civil War. The monument was fabricated by D.J. Howell’s and Sons, of Easton, PA and dedicated on May 10, 1906.
The monument has a central column topped by a figure of a sailor looking through a pair of binoculars held in his right hand. His left hand is on his left hip. The column has three sets of inscriptions with the names of Civil War battles:
SHILOH
PETERSBURG
GETTYSBURG
BULL RUN
ANTIETAM
SPOTTSYLVANIA
WINCHESTER
CHANCELLORSVILLE
COLD HARBOR
CEDAR CREEK
FREDRICKSBURG
VICKSBURG
Below is a projecting triangular base with figures of Civil War soldiers standing on platforms at each corner. On the base below each soldier are the inscription:
ERECTED
TO THE MEMORY OF THE
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
OF PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.
AND VICINITY
WHO SERVED IN THE
CIVIL WAR
1861-1865
TRIBUTE
FROM THE CITIZENS
OF PHILLIPSBURG, N.J.
DESICATED
MAY 10, 1906
"LIBERTY AND UNION
PNE AND INSEPARABLE
NOW AND FOREVER"
Between the figures of the Civil War soldiers are the names of Union Civil War leaders:
GRANT
FARRAGUT
McCLELLAN
TORBERT
HECKMAN
McALLISTER
MOTT
KEARNEY
KILLPATRICK