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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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Alfred F. Holt Camp, No. 16 (Group Photo)

11/27/2021

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I purchased this 5" X 8" photo back in 2019, the seller having advertised it as "Ca. 1870s GAR Veterans Group Civil War Manchester NH". The photographer (on reverse) was J.C. Cutler of Manchester, NH.
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Determining the identity of the 21 men in this image involved reversing the flag, in order to read the inscribed lettering. The words "Alfred" and "Camp 16" was easy enough to read, and this seemed to match that of the Col. Alfred F. Holt Camp, No. 16, of Lyndeborough, New Hampshire. The men's caps also had "16" and the letters S and V, showing they were Sons of Veterans.
This Camp had been organized on 18 May 1888 and, the following February, Col. Holt himself presented a silk flag to the Camp, with their name, number, and the Division inscribed upon it.
The location where this photograph was taken was clearly not in Lyndeborough. The neighboring towns were searched in old pictures and on Google Street View, to try and find the buildings in the background, if they even still existed (hint: they don't). The clue to solving this was the name on the building to the left: Willia-- --anders. The search was on for anyone in NH named Anders, Sanders, or Flanders who dealt in livery (also on the signage). The "Boa" on the store front, which I thought had stood for boat (and threw me way off for a year), was for boarding. 
I eventually came across a William O. Flanders of Nashua, NH, who ran a boarding and livery stable there. While he relocated several times within the city, for a time he was operating at Railroad Square. Using an 1885 Sanborn Insurance Map of Nashua, all was solved.
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Railroad Square it was, with the Brothers standing on the green where a bandstand would be built soon after (blue star). Flanders (without Whitney) was here through 1891 (City Dir), and was on Thayer's Court by 1893. The date of this photo, therefore, would be placed between 1889 and 1891. Considering the fact that Nashua held its dedication for the Civil War Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Tues., Oct. 15th, 1889, it seems possible this picture was taken on this day, as it was a huge event, and dozens of GAR Posts attended (SUV Camps weren't mentioned by name in the write-ups, except for the Nashua one). Other Sons of Veterans can be seen walking in the background, and many buildings adorn American flags, so there was some kind of celebration going on in town. 

None of the buildings exist today. Below is a circa 1910 postcard of Railroad Square that shows most of the  buildings still standing, except for the smaller livery/stable, replaced by the Stearns Building ca 1902.The buildings circled can be seen in the 1889 photo.
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    Steve Dow, Signals Officer
    and Dep't Sec, NH SUVCW;
    ​CC, Canney Camp #5

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