Our Union Soldiers - Sleepy Hollow, NY
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A monument dedicated to the Union soldiers from Greenburgh and Mt. Pleasant Townships who served their country in the Civil War is located in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, NY.
Waymark Code: WMTMAQ
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 12/10/2016
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A life-size bronze sculpture of a Union soldier in full Civil War uniform is standing on a bronze plinth and holding a bayonet rifle vertically in his right hand. He is looking towards his left shoulder and his left hand is held behind his back. The sculpture was created by Johnson Marchant Mundy in 1890 and cast in 1899 by the Henry-Bonnard Bronze Company, foundry. The sculpture rests on a 10' high granite base. The sides and back of the granite base have bronze plaques with double column alphabetical lists of the names of the soldiers from Greenburgh and Mt. Pleasant Townships who served in the Civil War.
The front of the base is inscribed:
PATRIA CARIOR QUAM VITA.
(Country Dearer Than Life.)
OUR
UNION SOLDIERS
-•-
While Freedom’s name
is understood,
They shall delight the
wise and good;
They dared to set their
country free,
And gave her laws
equality.
1861 - 1865
The right side of the granite base is inscribed:
Jas. Coutant. Sergt. Co. D. 25 Regt. N.Y.S.V. Cav.
The plaque on the right side of the monument is inscribed:
1861 – ROLL OF HONOR – 1865
THOSE OF
GREENBURGH AND MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
ACKER, GEORGE ACKERMAN, JAMES H. ARMSTRONG, BISHOP ARMSTRONG, JOHN M. ARTHUR, THOMAS BADEAU, ADAM BAKER, EDWARD D. BAKER, JOHN J. BAKER, JOSEPH BANNON, PATRICK H. BASSETT, MARTIN V. B. BASSETT, WILLIAM W. BEAVER, ALFRED E. BEEKMAN, WILLIAM A. BIRD, ALONZO BIRD, EUGENE BIRD, JOHN J. BIRDSALL, GEORGE BIRDSALL, THOMAS BOWLES, JAMES BOYCE, ABRAM BRECKLES, FRANK BREWER, JOHN S. BREWER, W. H. BRIGGS, GEORGE S. BRIGGS, JOHN H. BROWN, ALEXANDER BROWN, CLARENCE BROWN, OSCAR BRYANT, ELIAS BURD, GEORGE W. BURD, JOHN R. BUSHEL, ARTHUR CARLE, GEORGE W. CARPENTER, C. THEODORE CHALMERS, WILLIAM CLARK, ROBERT M. COLES, WILLIAM J. COLLINS, WILLIAM R.
CONKLIN, JOHN CONNOLLY, MICHAEL COUCH, THOMAS COUTANT, JAMES COUTANT, RICHARD B. COVERT, WILLIAM CRAMER, WILLIAM C. CRANE, JAMES CYPHER, GEORGE D. DAILY, DANIEL DALEY, LAWRENCE DALEY, MATTHEW DALEY, THOMAS DAVIS, B. FRANK DAVIS, SEYMOUR DEREVERE, EDWARD DEREVERE, GEORGE W. DEVOE, GEORGE DILLONT, J. FRANK DONAHUE, MICHAEL DONAHUE, THOMAS DORR, ISAAC B. DOTY, GEORGE W. DOWD, JOHN DOYLE, PETER DWYER, JOHN ENGELKE, BARNETT H. EVANS, ANDREW EVANS, WILLIAM R.. FELTER, JOHN E. FELTER, JOHN M. FIELDS, GEORGE FITZPATRICK, JOHN J. FLANNERY, JERRY FRANCIS, JOHN FREE, JOHN H. GEARHART, THOMAS GESNER, SYLVESTER GILLEO, JOHN
The back of the granite base is inscribed:
Chas. H. Barker, 2 Lient. Co. B. 83 Regt. N.Y.S.V.
The plaque on the back of the monument is inscribed:
1861 – ROLL OF HONOR – 1865
THOSE OF
GREENBURGH AND MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
GREEN, JACOB GROSS, LOUIS GUILFOYLE, WILLIAM HAIGHT, HENRY HALEY, MICHAEL HALL, HERBERT H. HALSTEAD, WILLIAM H. HAMILTON, ALEXANDER HAMILTON, EDGAR, A.. HAMILTON, JOHN C. L. HAMMOND, ABRAHAM B. HAMMOND, GEORGE P. HAMMOND, THEODORE A. HARPER, EDWARD HARRIS, BENJAMIN F. HELWIG, LOUIS A. HENDERSON, ROBERT P. HOLLOWAY, JOHN HOPKINS, ROBERT E. HOWARD, WILLIAM HUGHES, JOHN F. HUMPHREYS, ARTHUR HUMPHREYS, HENRY E. HUMPHREYS, JOHN H. HURST, JAMES C. JOHNSON, CORNELIUS B. JONES, JAMES O. JONES, JOSEPH H. JONES, WILLIAM H. KARCHER, GOTTLIEB KEATING, JOHN KELLY, WILLIAM KELSEY, ALEXANDER KENNEY, EDWARD B. KING, GEORGE
W. KINGSLAND, CHARLES KINGSLAND, JOHN S. KNOWLDEN, EDWARD KNOWLDEN, WILLIAM
LAFURGE, JOHN LANGE, JOHN LAVENDER, THEODORE LAWRENCE, ALFRED LAWRENCE, HENRY E. LINSON, JOHN J. LOSEE, DANIEL W. LOVETT, JAMES MACK, JOHN MADDEN, JAMES MADDEN, WILLIAM MAHONEY, FLORENCE MAHONEY, JOHN J. MARTIN, JAMES MATTHEWS, GEORGE T. MCCORMACK, DANIEL MCCOY, OSCAR MEDER, JACOB MEEKER, ROBERT MELROSE, EDWARD T. MESEROLE, GEORGE B. MOLYNEAUX, EDWARD MONKS, LAWRENCE MOORE, WILSON C. H. MOSHIER, JAMES NEWMAN, BENJAMIN S. NEWMAN, HENRY J. NEWMAN, WILLIAM A. NODINE, HENRY J. ODELL, DYCKMAN O’NEIL, JOHN PALMER, HENRY PARNELL, HENRY J. PARNELL, WILLIAM PARSE, HOLLIS H. PATTERSON, EDWARD PHILLIPS, CHARLES W. PIERCE, HIRAM PORTEOUS, JAMES
The left side of the granite base is inscribed:
Geo. Acker, Musician Co. H 32 Regt. N.Y.S.V.
Henty E. Lawrence, Corp 1 Co. H. 32 Regt. N.Y.S.V.
The plaque on the right side of the monument is inscribed:
1861 – ROLL OF HONOR – 1865
THOSE OF
GREENBURGH AND MT. PLEASANT TOWNSHIP
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY IN THE CIVIL WAR.
PURDY, ISSAC PURDY, SILAS R. PURDY, WILBUR H. QUIGLEY, GEORGE QUINN, JAMES RAWCLIFF, THOMAS REED, JOHN REED, WILLIAM REMSEN, JOHN REYNOLDS, WILLIAM H. ROMAINE, OSCAR G. ROWEL, JOHN SACKETT, WALTER T. SCHINDLER, SAMUEL SEE, AMOS L. SEE, DURLIN P. SEE, EDWARD SEE, ISAAC S. SEE, JAMES M. SEE, PETER SEE, PETER F. SEE, SIMEON SEE, WILLIAM B. SEE, WILLIAM H. SHERWOOD, ABEL SHERWOOD, GEORGE J. SHERWOOD, JOHN SINNOTT, MICHAEL J. SLAGLE, ALFRED SLAGLE, JOSEPH S. M. SMITH, JAMES W. SMITH, JOHN B. SNIFFEN, JOHN F. SPRINGSTEEL, CORNELIUS STARR, AMOS L. STARR, CHARLES H. STILLSON, JOHN E. STORM, GALES W.
STORM, GEORGE E. STORMS, WILLIAM H. SUTTON, WILLIAM E. TAXTER, DANIEL D. TAXTER, FRANK TAXTER, THOMAS TIERGE, SOLOMON TOMPKINS, WALTER B. TRAGEY, FRED A.. USTED, OSCAR L. VAN TASSELL, CLARK VAN TASSELL, HIRAM VAN TASSELL, ISAAC VAN TASSELL, JACOB VAN TASSELL, JAMES H. VAN TASSELL, JOHN VAN TASSELL, SCHERBURNE G. VAN TASSELL, THEODORE VAN TASSELL, WILLIAM VAN WART, PETER VERPLANCK, JOHN WATSON, JOHN WEEKS, JAMES E. WHITE, HENRY WHITE, JAMES B. WILDEY, GEORGE E. H. WILEY, GEORGE L. WILEY, W. FRANK WILLIAMSON, CHARLES H. WILLSEA, GEORGE W. WOOD, CHARLES M. WOOD, DANIEL W. WOOD, JACOB W. YERKS, GEORGE Y. YERKS, THOMAS G. S. YOGOM, EDWARD S. YOGOM, JOHN ZINOK, CHARLES B.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 07/01/1899
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Greenburgh and Mt. Pleasant Townships
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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