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The Soldiers' Monument in Lyndeborough

7/3/2022

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Located in the South Cemetery in Lyndeborough, New Hampshire, on Cemetery Road. Erected in 1879 by the Harvey Holt Post, No. 15, Grand Army of the Republic.
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LYNDEBOROUGH

THEY DIED
THAT OUR UNION MIGHT
LIVE.
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POST HARVEY HOLT,
No. 15, G.A.R.

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Harvey Holt, Co. I, 2nd Regt. N.H.V.
Killed at 1st Bull Run, VA, 21 July 1861
George R. Follansbee, Co. B, 8th Regt. N.H.V.
Died of disease at Ship Island, Miss., 1 May 1862
Corp. John A. Hartshorn, Co. G, 2nd Regt N.H.V.
Killed at Williamsburg, VA, 5 May 1862
Walter Chamberlain, Co. G, 16th N.H.V.
​Died of disease at New Orleans, LA., 7 May 1863
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Edward P. Ross, Co. B, 8th Regt. N.H.V.
Killed at Port Hudson, LA, 14 June 1863
Jotham P. Draper, Co. E, 8th Regt. N.H.V.
Died of disease at Baton Rouge, LA, 16 May 1863
John R. Butler, Co. G, 16th Regt. N.H.V.
Died of disease at New Orleans, LA, 28 June 1863
Corp. Eben J. Palmer, Co. G, 16th Regt N.H.V.
Died of disease at Baton Rouge, LA, 30 June 1863
Serg. William Langdell, Co. A, 14th U.S. Infantry
​Died at Andersonville Prison, GA, 25 Sept. 1864
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Frederick S. Manning, Co. I, 5th N.H.V.
Killed at Gettysburg, PA, 2 July 1863
Nathan S. Harris, Co. G, 16th N.H.V.
Drowned near mouth of White River, Ark., 6 Aug. 1863
John H. Karp, Co. G, 16th Regt N.H.V.
Died of disease at Vicksburg, Miss., 10 Aug. 1863
Corp. Austin Blood, Troop C, 1st N.H. Cavalry
Died of wounds at Winchester, VA, 10 Dec. 1864
Elnathan Hodgman, Co. E, 8th Regt. N.H.V.
Died of disease at Baton Rouge, LA, 9 Jan. 1865 

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The Farmers Cabinet, on Tues., 8 April 1879, reported that the monument would be made of Fitzwilliam Granite, and stand 15 feet, 6 inches high, and was supposed to be dedicated that July 4th. Owing to a disagreement as to where to erect the monument, it wasn't until Christmas Day 1879 when the dedication took place. A landowner beside the South Cemetery had donated land for the memorial.

Photos taken 7 June 2022 (S. Dow), on an overcast day.
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Civil War Soldiers' Monument, Derry, NH

5/9/2021

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IN HONOR
OF THE MEN OF
DERRY, N.H.
WHO FOUGHT FOR THE
UNION
​1861-1865
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This monument stands in East Derry, New Hampshire, on the grounds beside the First Parish Congregational Church. It stands 27 feet, 8 inches high, the pedestal made of blue Quincy granite, supporting the bronze statue of an infantryman on top. Bronze plates were embedded onto the four sides, inscribed with the names of 152 men who had served from Derry. Of these, 4 were listed as killed in action, 20 died while in service, and 128 were honorably discharged (an additional man was later added).

On Tuesday, October 1st, 1889, the schools of Derry were closed for the afternoon, allowing the scholars and teachers to attend the dedication of this new Soldiers' Monument at 2 o'clock. The N.H. G.A.R. was in charge of the ceremony, with numerous local Posts attending the event. They included Derry's Upton Post, No. 45; Wesley B. Knight Post, No. 41, of Derry Depot and Londonderry; Gilman E. Sleeper Post, No. 60, of Salem; Bell, No. 74, of Chester; H. C. Little, No. 33, Hampstead. The Relief Corps No. 19, of Derry and No. 54 of Derry Depot and Londonderry also attended, as well as the Charles Francis Adams Camp, Sons of Veterans, of Derry.
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- The Derry News, 20 Sept (pg 1) and 4 Oct 1889 (pgs 1, 5)
GPS: ​42.89404, -71.29468
Photos taken June 2019 (see Gilman Sleeper page for event info)
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Richmond, NH's Monument Dedication

6/10/2019

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photo taken during monument dedication, 9 June 2019
On Sunday, the 9th of June, 2019, the town of Richmond, New Hampshire held a dedication for its newly installed monument to honor their Civil War soldiers. The names of 79 men, and the regiments they belonged to, are inscribed on the plaque, with twenty-seven of them marked as having died during their service.
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During the afternoon ceremony, the names of every man on the memorial was read, with the ringing of a bell following each one. The 6th NH Infantry, acting as honor guard for the event, closed the ceremony by firing several volleys.
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The following are all of the names on the monument. Though the plaque has three columns for the inscriptions, spacing on this blog page wouldn't allow the same set-up. Here are the Richmond, NH soldiers of the War of the Rebellion:

Richmond Civil War Service
​1861-1865
Arlon S. Atherton, 3rd NH
Andrew S. Arnold, 16th NH
*Moses Allen, 14th NH
Charles A. Ball, 14th NH
Charles W.W. Ball, 14th NH
Alden F. Ballou, 16th NH
Andrew S. Ballou, 1st NH Art
Henry E. Ballou, 27th Mass
Abner S. Barden, 14th NH
*Otis A. Barnes, 14th NH
Albert E. Barrow, 18th NH
Albert E. Barrus, 18th NH
*Benjamin F. Barrus, 3rd NH
*George A. Barrus, 18th NH
Ira Marshall Barrus, 2nd Mass
John W. Barrus, 2nd Mass
*Otis A. Barrus, 14th Mass
Albert Bolles, 1st NH Cav
*Henry R. Bolles, 3rd NH
*John Bolles, 27th Mass
Alfred R. Bowen, 2nd NH
Edwin N. Bowen, 3rd NH
Frederick R. Bowen, 2nd NH
Henry R. Bowen, 16th NH
William Brown, 6th NH
*Amos Buffum, 36th Mass
​*Cyrus G. Buffum, 36th Mass 
​*David Buffum, 16th NH
*E. Napoleon Buffum, 6th NH
James H. Buffum, 1st NH
Anson L. Cass, 5th NH
*Jarvis Cass, 16th NH
*Artemas B. Colburn, 14th NH
Reuben H. Combs, 14th NH
Roland M. Combs, 14th NH
Harvey G. Cheney, 2nd Mass
Henry O. Curtis, 1st NH Art
John Dingman, 16th NH
Rufus Freeman, 16th NH
*Caleb Harris, 36th Mass
*Elisha Harkness, 16th NH
​Lorenzo Harris, Jr., 14th NH
John H. Hitchcock, 3rd NH
Almon L. Jillson, 14th NH
*Anson R. Jillson, 2nd Mass
Nathan M. Jillson, 27th Mass
*Silas F. Jillson, 25th Mass
Herman L. Lincoln, 6th NH
George Martin, 16th NH
*Stephen W. Martin, 25th Mass
*Ansel Macomber, 6th NH
John A. Morse, 16th NH
*Benjamin Newell, Jr., 14th NH
​John E. Norwood, 14th NH 
*John A. Paine, 16th NH
*Dexter Palmer, 16th NH
*Edgar Parkhurst
Daniel H. Pelkey, 3rd NH
Amasa W. Perry. 11th NH
John Pickering, 18th NH
Warren Pickering, 18th NH
Volney Piper, 4th NH
*Nahum Putney, 16th NH
Denzil Rice, 3rd NH
Charles W. Scott, NH Vol
*Walter Scott, 14th NH
*John Starkey, 6th NH
Jonas L. Thompson, 4th NH
Samuel Thompson, 6th NH
Alfred A. Tolman, 16th NH
Henry E. Tolman, 16th NH
Alfred P. Whipple, 2nd Mass
Julius M. Whipple, 2nd Mass
*Russell Whipple
Vibbert Whipple, 2nd NH
William Whipple, 16th NH
Stephen W. Williams, 16th NH
S. Wright Wood, 6th NH
L. Warren Wright, 14th NH
*Deceased
2018 - Richmond Heritage Commission - Richmond Historical Society
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6th NH Vols
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Griffin Camp #10, NH SUVCW

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    and Dep't Sec, NH SUVCW;
    ​CC, Canney Camp #5

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