Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Hillside Cemetery Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Approx. 19 ft. x 5 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 6 in.

(On front of base raised:) SOLDIERS (12 names of Terryville citizens who died in the Civil War appear on different sides of the monument.) (On plaque on pedestal base:) BRONZE PANELS ERECTED/1983 TO REPLACE THE/ORIGINAL 1865 HAND CHISLED/LETTERING NOW ILLEGIBLE unsigned

A plain, tall four-sided obelisk standing on a base which bears the names of local men who were killed in the Civil War.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Terryville

Administered by Town of Plymouth, Hillside Cemetery, 19 East Main Street, Plymouth, Terryville, Connecticut 06786

Located Hillside Cemetery, Opposite 56 North Main Street, Terryville, Connecticut 06786

This may have been one of the three or four earliest Civil War monuments in Connecticut, although its origins are not exactly known.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

Ryan, Francis J., "Plymouth, Conn., 1776-1976," Privately printed, 1976.

Malley, Matthew, Plymouth Municipal Historian, and Baldwin, Terry T., Keeper of Cemeteries, interviews, November 5, 1993.

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