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)

The Milton, New Hampshire SOLDIERS' MONUMENT was dedicated on Saturday, the 7th of November, 1908. The granite memorial stands 22 feet high from its base, erected "on the small park on South Main Street" (now Dawson Street). 

On its front (eastern) side, facing the main road, is inscribed the "Eli Wentworth Post, No. 89, G.A.R.", while its associated W.R.C., Eli Wentworth, No. 47, is honored with their name on the north face. The John H. Varney Camp, No. 3, S. of V., the town's Sons of Union Veterans group, has their name on the south side. On the back of the memorial is written "twenty seven unknown graves", in memory of those townsmen who did not return from the war.

[NOTE: With better weather soon arriving, I will visit this monument and take photos to include here. The surrounding area is much different than it was when the postcard image was taken - S.Dow] 

The Farmington News, on Friday,13 Nov 1908, ran an article about the monument dedication on pg 2, which included the following:

It was designed by George I. Jordan, a local member of the G.A.R., who had raised the needed funds for its construction ($2000.) during the three years prior to the dedication day.

The dedication ceremony was attended by some 2000 people, with the Eli Wentworth Post, No. 89, being in charge of the service. The A.O.U.W. Hall was used for the headquarters during the day, and for a luncheon banquet provided by the Woman's Relief Corps. A parade marched through the town on Main Street, ending at the park, where a quick ceremony was held. On account of the cold weather, most of the exercises were held in the neighboring church.

At 4 o'clock, with the services ended, the procession of people made a return march to the Hall, for the remaining day's entertainment.  

In Pittsfield, New Hampshire's Floral Park Cemetery, there is a memorial stone, engraved with the names of the soldiers from this town who never returned home from the Civil War. It was erected by the Capt Asa W. Bartlett Camp, No. 39, Sons of Veterans.

Using Ayling's Revised Register and the History of Pittsfield, I've added the soldier's unit and cause of death to their memorial.

IN HONORED MEMORY OF

George W. Berry - Co. K, 13th NH; wd 6/15/64, Petersburg, VA; died of wnds 6/16/64
John Brooks - Co. H, 3rd NH; wd 6/16/64 Ware Bottom Church, VA; d. 6/17/64, Bermuda Hundred
Henry Plummer Brooks - Co. H, 3rd NH; died of dis, 4/14/65 Wilmington, NC 
William Campbell - Co. G, 7th NH; KIA 7/18/1863, Fort Wagner, SC
John Cate - Co. G, 15th NH; wd 5/27/63, Port Hudson, LA; d. wnds 6/8/63, Baton Rouge
Joseph M. Chesley - Co. E, 2nd NH; KIA Gettysburg, 7/2 or 7/3
Willard K. Cobb - Co. E, 4th NH; KIA 9/29/64, New Market Heights, VA
George W. Davis - Co. E, 4th NH; a POW, d. after being paroled in Annapolis, MD
Joseph C. Dennett - Co E., 4th NH; d. of sickness, Hilton Head, Jan '64
Justice C. Drake - Co. B, 1st NH Cavl d. 8/14/64, Andersonville Prison
John J. Drake - Co. D, 11th NH; d. of dis. 11/10/64
Israel Drew - Co. G, 8th NH; died Camp Parapet, LA, 8/23/62
John S. Eaton - Co. E, 8th NH; disch for illness, died on voyage home, 11/2/62 and bur at sea
Lewis E. Edgerly - Co. G, 7th NH; missing at Fort Wagner, 7/18/63
Samuel R. Green - Co. A, 5th NH; wd at Gettysburg, 7/2/63, died 7/29/63

Edwin A. Kelley - Co. F, 12th NH; KIA Chancellorsville, 5/3/63
William T. Knight - Co. E, 2nd NH and Co. B, 12th NH; KIA 7/2/63 at Gettysburg 
Henry B. Leavitt - Co. G, 7th NH; wd at Fort Wagner; died after amputation of leg, 7/22/63, Charleston, SC
Jeremiah Marston - Co. F, 12th NH; wd/killed 6/3/64, Cold Harbor, VA
John C. Mason - Co. G, 15th NH; died 8/3/63 Sandusky, OH, on way home due to sickness
John B. Merrill - Co. F, 12th NH; KIA Chancellorsville, 5/3/63
George F. Meserve - Co. F, 12th NH; captured at Petersburg 5/16/64; died in Andersonville Prison
James D. Meserve - Co. B, 7th NH; killed at Fort Wagner, 7/18/63
George H. Reynolds - Co. F, 12th NH; KIA Chancellorsville, 5/3/63
Isaiah Swain - Co. G, 15th NH; sick on return home, died at Mound City, IL, 8/5/63
Daniel P. Tilton - Co. G, 7th NH; captured at Olustee, FL; died at Andersonville, 7/26/64
William H.H. Watson - 14th NH; died of fever 5/30/64, New Orleans
Hazen W. Willey - Co. G, 7th NH; wnd at Fort Wagner 7/18/63 and captured; died in Charleston, SC, 7/20 or 7/21
George Winkley - Co. F, 12th NH; died at Falmouth, VA, 5/24/63, of disease
​Enoch M. Young - Co. G, 15th NH; died at New Orleans, 6/2/63, from exhaustion/sickness

WHO ENLISTED FROM PITTSFIELD TO SERVE
THE UNION IN THE CIVIL WAR, BUT DID NOT
RETURN; WHOSE SAD PORTION WAS A SOLDIER'S
DEATH AND AN OBSCURE SOUTHERN GRAVE.

ERECTED BY
CAPT. ASA W. BARTLETT Camp No. 39, S. of V.

See:
History of Pittsfield, N.H. in the Great Rebellion on [Internet Archive], for excellent biographies of all the men who served from Pittsfield, including those engraved on the above memorial.
Notes:
The Sons of (Union) Veterans Camp No. 39 was named for Asa W. Bartlett, who was captain of Co. C, 12th NH Infantry (prev 2nd Lieut of Co. G, and 1st Lt of Co. K). He was author of the History of the Twelfth NH Regiment. Camp information, such as charter date, is not known at this time. 

This photograph was found in the archives of Canney Camp #5, and was labeled "State Officers 1946 (approx), Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War". Half of the men were named, as follows:
Front row:
unk, unk, Homer Atkins Jr., Kenneth Wheeler, unk, Andrew Crown
Back row:
Warren Brown, Homer Atkins Sr., Jackson Carr, unk, unk, unk

The attached note also mentioned that Atkins Jr was Commander and Wheeler was Vice-Comm in the photo. On a list of Department Commanders, Homer Atkins Jr held that position in 1948. Kenneth Wheeler, in an article printed in the Hillsborough Messenger on 18 Nov, 1948 (pg 1), was SVC at this time. He would be elected Commander the following year.

Homer L. Atkins Sr. and his son, Homer L. Atkins, Jr. were both from Camp 4 in Troy. The father held the top Department seat in 1943 and in 1950, while his son led the New Hampshire Brothers only in 1948.

Kenneth T. Wheeler belonged to Camp 38 in Milford, and was DC in 1949 and 1976. His wife, Emma (Yeaton) Wheeler, was the Dep't President of the Auxiliary in '49.

Andrew Crown was perhaps the man from Troy, NH, a WWI veteran, though newspaper searches failed to find anything about him in relation to the SUVCW. Maybe the photo was mislabeled, and this is actually Andrew J Crooker of Hillsborough? He was a Son, and held many officer positions in the Thomas Carr Camp. He was elected DC in 1957, dying the following April.

Jackson Crooker Carr was a Hillsborough man, and belonged to Camp 15. He was Department Secretary-Treasurer in 1948. He served as DC in 1922.

Warren C. Brown of Troy was a long time member of the Sons. In 1902, when the Thomas M. Carr Camp, No. 15, was organized, he was serving as Department Secretary. In 1904, he was Commander.  

​Sadly, this still leaves six men in the above photo unnamed. Hopefully, a record of the 1948 proceedings of the annual encampment can be found, and the other officers can be identified.

The following is the program distributed for the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in Charlestown, New Hampshire, which took place on Friday, October 6th, 1911.

​A Monument Association had been formed years prior, to raise funds for the monument. It was made of Barre granite, and stood 14.5 feet high. A white granite statue of a soldier at parade rest stands atop it, with bronze tablets on two sides, listing the names of the 144 men accredited to the town during the Civil War. The GAR badge adorns the front tablet. 

Three pages in the booklet contain the names of those men who enlisted for, or were credited to, Charlestown. As they were not listed in alphabetical order, they have been reorganized here as follows:

The Charlestown, NH Soldiers' Monument is located on the corner of Depot Street and Rt 12A, on the ground of the Charlestown Historical Society.