[ south side ]

1904

For The Dead

A Tribute –

For The Living

A Memory –

For Posterity

An Emblem

Of Loyalty To The Flag

Of Their Country.

[ north side ]

The

Gift Of

Charles B. Pine

In honor of the patriotism

and to perpetuate the memory

of these 368 brave men who went

forth from this town from

1861 to 1865 and periled their

all that the nation might live

this monument has been

erected that all who come

after them may be mindful of

their deeds and fail not in the

day of trial to emulate

their example

[ battles inscribed on the column ]

Petersburg • Antietam • Port Hudson • Cold Harbor

Marker is at the intersection of Main Street (Connecticut Route 183) and Park Place, on the right when traveling west on Main Street.

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