Civil War Memorial - Charlestown, New Hampshire - American Civil War Monuments and Memorials on Waymarking.com

"In the center is a Statue of a Civil War Union Soldier at ease with musket, approximately five feet high, atop a rockfaced granite block 5-1/2 feet high, three feet wide and deep, above a shorter 12 foot beveled base which protrudes an additional nine inches on each side. Upon the front of the die is the GAR emblem and on the north and south sides bronze tablets bear the names of the 144 Civil War soldiers from Charlestown. Funds for the monument were raised by 200 contributors in 1909-1911, the monument bought and placed on a site furnished by the town. Unveiled October 6, 1911. A bronze tablet bearing the names of Charlestown citizens serving in World War I was added to the rear (west) face in 1929." ~ National Register Nomination Form

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