Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Pollard, Arthur G., b. 1843, designer.

T. F. McGann & Sons Company, founder.

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated Sept. 12, 1908.

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Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.

Sculpture: approx. 8 1/2 x 3 x 2 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 14 1/2 x 6 1/2 x 6 1/2 ft.

(On front of bronze self base:) Cast By/T.F. McGANN & SONS CO./BOSTON (On bronze plaque on front of base:) IN MEMORY/OF THE SONS/OF/PLAISTOW/WHO DIED TO/PRESERVE THE UNION (On bronze plaque on rear of base:) PRESENTED/TO THE TOWN OF/PLAISTOW/BY ARTHUR G. POLLARD/A.D. 1908 (On bronze plaque on proper right side of base:) CITIZENS OF PLAISTOW/WHO SERVED IN/THE CIVIL WAR (followed by three columns of names) (On bronze plaque on proper left of base:) CITIZENS OF PLAISTOW/WHO SERVED IN/THE CIVIL WAR (followed by several columns of names) unsigned Founder's mark appears.

Full-length figure of a Civil War soldier in bronze. The soldier is dressed in uniform and wears a cap and overcoat with cape draped over the proper right shoulder. In his proper left hand he holds a rifle; the butt of the gun rests on the ground. His proper right arm is akimbo, the hand placed just below the small pouch on his belted coat. The sculpture stands atop a tall stepped pedestal of granite.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Figure male -- Full length

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Plaistow

Administered by Town of Plaistow, 145 Main Street, Plaistow, New Hampshire 03865

Located Pollard Park, Bounded by Main Street, Elm Street and Pollard Avenue, Plaistow, New Hampshire

The sculpture was designed and given to the town by Arthur G. Pollard, a native of Plaistow and businessman from Lowell, MA. The design was derived from three designs secured on numerous visits Pollard made to the battlefields of the Civil War. The head is from one design, the body and posture from a second and the overall appearance from a third. The sculpture was cast by T.F. McGann & Sons Company of Boston. IAS files contain full transcriptions of the names appearing on the plaques. IAS files contain copy of related material from "200th Anniversary Celebration, Town of Plaistow N.H. 1749-1949 Souvenir Program"; and articles from Haverhill (MA) Evening Gazette, Sept. 12, 1908 and Nashua (NH) Telegraph, Sept. 12, 1908. IAS files contain copy of transcript from David Ruell's "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire", Concord: New Hampshire Historical Society, pg. 65-66.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1995.

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