Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

Fox-Becker Granite Company, contractor.

Soldier's Monument, (sculpture).

East End Park Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Completed Oct. 6, 1904. Dedicated May 30, 1905.

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Quincy granite.

Sculpture: approx. 23 ft. x 4 ft 1 in. x 4 ft.; Base: approx. 4 ft. x 8 ft. 9 in. x 8 ft. 10 in.

(On upper front of shaft, in band, raised:) COLD HARBOR/(On front middle of shaft, raised:) 1904 (On lower front of shaft, raised:) FOR THE DEAD/A TRIBUTE-/FOR THE LIVING/A MEMORY -/FOR POSTERITY/AN EMBLEM/OF LOYALTY TO THE FLAG/OF THEIR COUNTRY (On one side upper section of shaft, in band, raised:) ANTIETAM (On upper back of shaft, in band:) PORT HUDSON (On back middle of shaft:) THE/GIFT/OF/CHARLES H. PINE (On lower back of shaft, raised:) IN HONOR OF THE PATRIOTISM/AND TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY/OF THE 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 (On the other side, upper section of shaft, in band:) PETERSBURG

A Civil War soldier standing holding a rifle in both hands and resting its butt on the ground by his proper right foot. The figure wears a cap, a knee-length coat, a cape and is belted with kit and bayonet. The shaft figure stands atop is decorated with robust raised trophies, the flags and eagle emblem of the United States, three stacked rifles, Seal of Connecticut and crossed cannon.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Object -- Weapon -- Cannon

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Winsted

Administered by Town of Winchester/City of Winsted, Public Works Department, 338 Main Street, Winsted, Connecticut 06098

Located East End Park, 13 North Main Street, Winsted, Connecticut

The monument is donated by Charles H. Pine (1845-1912?) of Ansonia. IAS files contain an excerpt from "Winchester, Connecticut, Bicentennial, 1771-1971," pg. 43. For related information see: Mildred C. Baruch and Ellen J. Beckman's "Civil War Union Monuments," Washington, D.C.: Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War, 1978, pg. 15; Frank H. DeMars and Elliott P. Bronson's "Winsted and the Town of Winchester," Winsted, 1972, pg. 143.; and Winsted Evening Citizen (Winsted, CT), May 31, 1905, pg. 1.

National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, CT5026, 1989.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Monumental News, Feb. 1905, pg. 146.

Monumental News, Feb. 1905, pg. 146.

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