A 7.35' by 1.5' by 1.5' granite sculpture of a Union soldier stands at parade rest on top of a 16' by 7' square base. The soldier is wearing a moustache, cap, calf-length overcoat, and a cape. He is holding a rifle vertically in front of him by the barrel, left hand over right. The butt of the rifle rests on the ground between his legs.
The monument was fabricated by Temple Brothers, contractors. It was installed in the New Hartford Village Cemetery in 1892 and dedicated on July 4, 1893.
Each side of the base has a raised and polished image. The G.A.R. emblem is on the front, crossed cannons representing artillery, crossed sabers representing cavalry, and an anchor representing the Navy. Below each image are bronze plaques. The front plaque contains the dedication:
ERECTED
1892
TO THE MEMORY OF
NEW HARTFORD
SOLDIERS AND SAILORS,
WHO SERVED IN THE WAR
OF THE REBELLION.
1861. 1865.
The remaining three bronze plaques contain the names and units of 224 men who served during the Civil War.
East Side:
17TH CONN. INFANTRY
FRANCIS E. COE
12TH CONN. INFANTRY
CORP. JAMES FORBES - WILLIAM D. GRAY - WILLIAM F. GREEN - GEORGE HACKNEY - HUGH SULLIVAN
13TH CONN. INFANTRY
2D LT. CHARLES H. BEATON - SERGT. JAMES T. SMITH. 1ST. LT. 1ST. LA. VOLS. - SERGT. LESTER E. OWEN - SERGT. WILLIAM H. STRONG - CORP. EDWARD MCMANUS - CORP. WALTER MCGRATH - CORP. MARTIN TYLER - CORP. GEORGE F. WILCOX - MARVIN BAILEY - ELAM BARBER - HENRY M. BARBOUR - NORMAN W. BEATON - PATRICK BEGLEY - WILLIAM B. BRAGG. 1ST. LT. 1ST. LA. CAV. - ROWLAND C. BROWN - JOHN FITZGERALD - EPHRAIM L. FRENCH - WILLIAM GILMORE - JAMES GREER - MICHAEL HART - WILLIAM R. HAYES - ROSWELL E. HOPKINS - SETH M. KIBBEE - MERRITT LYMAN - JOHN MAHONE - FRANK MARTIN - LUKE MCCABE - MARK MCMAHON - HENRY MCWILLIAMS - JOHN MOONEY - DANIEL MOORE - ANDREW PAWLIK - MATTHEW QUINN - WATSON R. ROOT - HENRY J. TUCKER - PATRICK WELSH - EDWIN J. WELDON
16TH CONN. INFANTRY
CAPT. CHARLES W. MORSE - SERGT. THEODORE GLASSON - SERGT. FRANK GOODWIN - CORP. JOHN BEATTY - CORP. JOSEPH L. PERRY - FRANKLIN BAILEY - ORVILLE J. CASE - JOHN CLARK - WILLIAM COWEN - GROVE FANNING - JOHN B. HOOK - MARTIN HULL - JOHN J. WHITE
17TH CONN. INFANTRY
GUSTAVUS CLARK
28TH CONN. INFANTRY
CASSIUS WATSON
29TH CONN. INFANTRY
SERGT. ALEXANDER ROGERS - JAMES B. ADAMS - HENRY E. ADAMS - GEORGE BELDOE - HENRY C. COLTON - WILLIAM PERCY - WILLIAM H. ROGERS - GEORGE SMITH
RESIDENTS OF NEW HARTFORD WHO ENLISTED FROM OTHER STATES:
SERGT. HIRAM C. COOK. 2D IOWA INF. - DANIEL SULLIVAN. 1ST R.I. INF. - JEREMIAH TUTTLE. 37TH N.Y. INF. - HUBERT A. STEELE. 1ST ILL. CAV. - ISAAC N. STEELE. 1ST ILL. CAV. - ANDREW M. DRIGGS. 106 N.Y. INF.
North Side:
1ST SQUADRON CONN. CAVALRY
VET. SURG. J. NELSON BROWN - CORP. LEROY W. JONES - HOWARD HEMMENWAY - GEORGE W. WHITE
1ST CONN. CAVALRY
COM. SERGT. WILBER F. GILBER - ALEXANDER CAMPBELL - OSCAR MILEM - WILLIAM A. MOSES
1ST CONN. HEAVY ARTILLERY
CAPT. ROBERT C. WILLIAMS - SERGT. PATRICK H. LYNCH. 2D LT. U.S.C.I. - SERGT. PATRICK O'BRIEN - SERGT. EARL TUTTLE - LEROY ANDREWS - GEORGE BARRETT - LUCIUS M. FANNING - JAMES W. GOODWIN - JOHN GORMAN - LEONARD HART - BENAJAH E. HOLCOMB - THOMAS H. HOLTON - JUDAH S. MARTIN - BURTON S. OSBORN - NATHAN P. THAYER - JOHN TYLER
2D CONN. HEAVY ARTILLERY
MAJ. EDWARD W. JONES. BVT. LT. COL. - 1ST LT. WARREN ALFORD - 1ST LT. PHILLIP E. CHAPMAN - 1ST LT. JOHN E. WHEELER - Q.M. SERGT. ROSWELL G. BENHAM - Q.M. SERGT. HENRY C. BUTLER - SERGT. IRA D. JONES - SERGT. GEORGE F. MCNARY - SGT. CARLETON SEYMOUR. 1ST LT. U.S.C.I. - SERGT. JESSE TURNER - CORP. ALFRED M. DOWD - CORP. BYRON O. HAWLEY - CORP. WILLIAM G. HENDERSON - CORP. HENRY C. MERRILL - CORP. HARVEY TUCKER - C. ABERNATHY BAKER - ELISHA L. BANCROFT - AUGUSTUS BARRETT - ALBERT BECKWITH - STANTON S. BELDEN - HOPKINS J. BENHAM - WILLIAM BURKE - CHARLES CARTER - DWIGHT CASE - WILLIAM H. COLT - JOHN CRUESS - ADDISON COOK - HORATIO G. EGGLESTON - PHILANDER EGGLESTON - GEORGE L. FAIRCHILD - ALGERNON G. HENDERSON - BERNARD C. KEEGAN - JOHN KELLEY - TIMOTHY F. KELLEY - MICHAEL MCMAHON - THOMAS MCMAHON - JOHN MCDONOUGH - JOSEPH M. MARSH - JOHN L. MERRILL - OSCAR M. MITCHELL - MORRIS E. MUNGER - ROBERT H. RUST - PATRICK RYAN - EPHRAIM TUCKER - GEORGE W. WARREN - JOHN C. WEEKS - MARTIN WILCOX
U.S. VOLS.
CAPT. HUBERT S. BROWN, A.A. GEN. BVT. LT. COL
U.S. NAVY
ENSIGN CHARLES M. JONES
3D U.S. ARTILLERY
MORTIMER E. DUTTON
West Side:
2D CONN. INFANTRY
PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN BENJAMIN G. LOOMIS - SERGT. OLIVER J. TUTTLE - SERGT. ELISHA DALTON - ROBERT BIRNEY - FREDERICK GLASSON - GUY C. GERALD - THOMAS H. GRAHAM - JOSEPH F. MORRISON - WILLIAM SMITH - MICHAEL YOUNG
3D CONN. INFANTRY
CONRAD CRAGEN
5TH CONN. INFANTRY
THOMAS GRAHAM - EDWARD WOODALL
6TH CONN. INFANTRY
CORP. MARSHALL W. DOWD - THOMAS BEGLEY
7TH CONN. INFANTRY
CHARLES NICHOLS - WILLARD OSTRUM - ALBERT H. STODDARD
8TH CONN. INFANTRY
CAPT. CHARLES W. NASH - CAPT. SAMUEL GLASSON - 1ST LT. CHARLES T. ANDREWS - 1ST LT. ALBERT A. SEYMOUR - 2D LT. ROBERT H. BURNSIDE - 2D LT. WILLIAM H. CONE - 2D LT. HENRY R. JONES. CAPT. U.S. V.R.C. - PRINCIPAL MUSICIAN EDWIN F. STRONG - SERGT. GEORGE W. CLAPP - SERGT. HARVEY E. ELMORE - SERGT. ORLOW J. ROOT - SERGT. CYPRIAN H. RUST - SERGT. HENRY E. STRICKLAND - CORP. WILLIAM J. FITZMAURICE - CORP. SAMUEL B. HART - CORP. CHARLES A. SKINNER - GEORGE BANCROFT - WILLIAM BIRNEY - JAMES BIRNEY - JOHN BULKLEY - PATRICK BURNS - THOMAS C. CLARK - HENRY CLARK - SAMUEL M. COOLEY - ZADOCK F. COOLEY - ASHAEL CROW - JOHN DOUGHERTY - JOHN FOSTER - EBENEZER HACKNEY - JOSEPH HACKNEY - CHAUNCY HODGE - HUBERT F. HOLCOMB - JULIUS C. JONES - WILLIAM H. KNIGHT - PATRICK KINNEY - JOHN KNIGHTING - FREDERICK PYRSON - HENRY RANDALL - NAPOLEAN B. REMINGTON - GEORGE W. ROBINSON - ROBERT RICE - WILLIAM H. SMITH - JAMES SPELLMAN - JONAS TAYLOR - JONAS WENTWORTH
9TH CONN. INFANTRY
EDWARD DUFFY - JOHN F. ROBERTS - JOHN SMITH
10TH CONN. INFANTRY
SERGT. WAYNE TUTTLE - JAMES J. CLEVELAND - EATON A. EDWARDS - WILLIAM GERALD - JOHN H. HEACOX - THOMAS JONES - HENRY SMITH - JAMES STEPHENSON