1869 Civil War Monument - Shrewsbury, MA
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N 42° 17.805 W 071° 42.838
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The 1869 Civil War Monument is located on the Town Green on Main Street in downtown Shrewsbury, MA.
Waymark Code: WMFQ1R
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 11/16/2012
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The 1869 Civil War Monument is made of marble and has a shaft that tapers as it rises to 20' high from a 4' square by 5' decorated and inscribed bottom. The monument sits on a stepped base.
The lower part of the monument is inscribed, counter-clockwise, with the phrase:
ERECTED 1869. - IN HONOR OF OUR SOLDIERS - THEY FELL IN THE WAR OF 1861-65 - WE CHERISH THEIR MEMORY
Above the inscription on each side of the monument are the names of 28 citizens of Shrewsbury, seven to a side, in alphabetical order, inscribed in raised letters, who died in the Civil War.
Front:
EDWARD A. ANDREWS
ALBERT W. CAREY
HORATIO A. CUTTING
SILAS N. CATER
HIRAM W. DOANE
THOS. B. EATON
LEANDER FAY
Left side:
NATHAN B. GARFIELD
CHAS. F. GLEASON
FRANK L. HAPGOOD
HOLLIS HOLDEN
AMASA S. HYDE
JOHN F. HOWE
MICHAEL O'LAUGHLIN
Back:
ALONZO B. LOUKS
CALVIN C. PRATT
FRANKLIN J. PERRY
ALFRED F. PORTER
CHAS. F. RICE
EDWARD P. RICHARDSON
GEO. W.B. SAWYER
Right side:
ELIJAH SMITH
GEO. E. SPRAGUE
HENRY A. SAWTELL
JONAS M. WHEELOCK
WM. H. WILLSON
CHAS. C. WARD ADJT.
J.J. WITHERBEE M.D.