Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Wright, Robert W., sculptor.

Civil War Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated July 1866. Rededicated July 4, 1916.

Connecticut gray granite.

Approx. 20 x 6 x 6 ft.

(On bronze plaque on front [southeast] face of obelisk, raised letters:) ERECTED TO THE/MEMORY OF THOSE WHO/ENLISTED FROM THE/TOWN OF CHESHIRE/IN THE CIVIL WAR 1861 - 1865/(List of twenty-two names) (On bronze plaque on northeast face: list of thirty-three names) (On northeast face of pedestal base, raised letters:) FOOTE (On bronze plaque on northwest side of obelisk: list of thirty-three names) (On bronze plaque on southwest face of obelisk: list of thirty-three names) (On southwest face of pedestal base, raised letters:) LINCOLN (On bronze plaque on midsection of other side of base: thirty-three names) unsigned

A tall obelisk, with a bronze plaque on each face.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Cheshire

First Congregational Church of Chesire, 111 Church Drive, Cheshire, Connecticut 06410

The sculpture was erected in memory of those men who enlisted from the Town of Cheshire during the Civil War. The sculpture's chief benefactor was George A. Jarvis of Brooklyn, New York, and a native of Cheshire, who gave $1,000 on the condition that it be matched by local donations. The sculpture was possibly the first Civil War monument in the state. The sculpture originally listed names of fourteen men. Later, strong feelings arose in the town that the names of veterans as well as those who died in the war be added to the sculpture. In 1916, four bronze plaques listing Veteran names were added. IAS files contain a circa 1890 photocopied image of the sculpture without the plaques and surrounded by a low wrought-iron fence. For related information see: the Meriden Record, May 25, 1963; and "Landmarks of Cheshire," Cheshire: The Cheshire Bicentennial Committee, 1976, pg. 9-11.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1994.

"Landmarks of Old Cheshire," Cheshire: The Cheshire Bicentennial Committee, 1976, pg. 10.

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