Union Monument, (sculpture).

Union Monument, (sculpture).

Bissell, George Edwin, 1839-1920, sculptor.

Union Monument, (sculpture).

Installed Sept. 17, 1875.

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Sculpture: tan granite.

Sculpture: approx. 6 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/2 ft.; Base: approx. 9 ft. 10 in. x 5 ft. 4 in. x 5 ft. 4 in.

(Proper left of statue base, towards front, incised letters:) BISSELL/PO'KEEPSIE (On front, above shield:) NOT OURS BUT/THE NATION'S (Front face of the base, raised, polished letters:) COLCHESTER/HONORS ITS DEAD/WHO FELL IN THE WAR/FOR THE UNION,/1861 - 5. (West, incised letters:) ROLL OF HONOR (segmental)/22 names (South, raised letters:) ERECTED/SEPT. 17,/1875. (East incised letters:) ROLL OF HONOR (segmental)/22 names signed

A Union soldier stands holding his cap with both hands in front of him, his head lowered and his rifle leaning against his proper left shoulder. He has his proper left foot forward, rifle butt between his feet. The soldier has a beard and moustache, and wears an unbuttoned, open long overcoat, and an elbow-length cape. He has a bayonet at his proper left hip and a kit suspended from his belt. The figure is mounted on a tapered and tiered, rectangular base. On the upper front section of the base is a shield in relief.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Colchester

Administered by Town of Colchester, Department of Public Works, 127 Norwich Avenue, Colchester, Connecticut 06415

Located Town Green, Main Street, Colchester, Connecticut

The monument is dedicated to those from Colchester who died in the Civil War. 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. 17.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

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