Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Cummings, Charles E., sculptor.

Keyzer, J. Harvey, contractor.

Preston, Augustus E., contractor.

Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Soldiers & Sailors Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1890. Dedicated Sept. 1, 1891.

Figure: Concord granite; Base: Concord and Quincy granite.

Figure: approx. 8 x 2 1/2 x 2 ft.; Base: approx. 24 ft. x 7 ft. 11 in. x 7 ft. 11 in.

(On front of die, incised:) THIS MONUMENT/IS DEDICATED TO THE/MEMORY OF THE MEN OF SUTTON/WHO SERVED IN THE WAR OF/THE REBELLION FOR THE/PRESERVATION OF THE UNION./1861-1865./ERECTED A.D. 1890. (On front of plinth, raised:) A GIFT TO THE TOWN/OF SUTTON FROM/GEORGE ALFRED PILLSBURY,/WHO WAS BORN NEAR THIS SPOT./A.D. 1816. (On bronze plaque on back of die:) ERECTED BY THE/TOWN OF SUTTON/IN MEMORY OF THE COMRADES/OF THE/1861 CIVIL WAR 1865/(list of names in two columns follows)/1898 SPANISH WAR VETERANS 1899/DAVIS WINFRED D. SIMONS FRED L./* FIRST KILLED IN BATTLE unsigned

A mustached Union Civil War soldier stands at parade rest wearing a soldier's uniform that includes boots, pants, overcoat, cape, and a cap. He holds the barrel of a rifle with both hands, proper left over proper right. The butt of the rifle rests in front of his proper right boot. Hanging from the proper right rear of his belt is a pouch, a bayonet hangs from the proper left side. The figure stands atop an elaborate base, that is decorated at the projecting cap with sunk cannon balls. On the front of the subplinth there is a raised military cap and crossed sabers. The shaft is decorated with two bands of laurel leaf carvings and the ornamental cap, with stars.

History -- United States -- Civil War

History -- United States -- Spanish American War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Occupation -- Military -- Sailor

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Dress -- Accessory -- Hat

Object -- Weapon -- Gun

Object -- Weapon -- Bayonet

Outdoor Sculpture -- New Hampshire -- Sutton

Administered by Town of Sutton, P. O. Box 85, North Sutton, New Hampshire 03260

Located Junction of Route 114 and Meeting House Hill Road, small green in front of South Sutton Meetinghouse, Sutton, New Hampshire

The Soldiers' Monument was a gift to the Town of Sutton by George A. Pillsbury, who was born there in 1816. After moving to Minneapolis, MN where he served as mayor and entered into business with his eldest son in the Charles A. Pillsbury & Co. flour company, he returned to New Hampshire to bestow upon three communities three separate gifts. In addition to the Soldiers' Monument in Sutton, he gave a hospital to Concord, NH, and a library to Warner, NH. George Pillsbury commissioned Charles E. Cummings to design the monument. Although completed in 1890, the monument was not dedicated until the fall of 1891.

IAS files contain list of names on base. IAS files contain related excerpts from: "A Record of the Proceedings at the Dedication of the Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument...," Bradford, NH: A. P. Howe & Son, 1892, pg. 9-11; "Three Dedications. Soldiers' Monument at South Sutton...," Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, pg. 12-14, 63-65; and David Ruell's typescript, "The Public Sculpture of New Hampshire," Concord, NH: New Hampshire Historical Society, 1980, pg. 31-32.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Hampshire survey, 1994.

"Three Dedications : Soldiers' Monument at South Sutton, Pillsbury Free Library at Warner, Margaret Pillsbury General Hospital at Concord, 1891," Concord, NH: Republican Press Association, 1891, pg. 12.

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