Mustered Out, (sculpture).

Mustered Out, (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

Mustered Out, (sculpture).

Soldiers' Lot, (sculpture).

Dedicated 1894.

Sculpture: approx. H. 2 ft. 3 in. x Diam. 22 in.; Base: approx. 2 ft. 4 in. x 3 ft. 6 1/2 in. x 3 ft. 6 1/2 in.

(In raised letter, base front:) MUSTERED OUT unsigned

"A granite drum of the type used in military bands mounted at an angle on a granite base. The base carries the raised capital letters MUSTERED OUT."

History -- United States -- Civil War

Object -- Musical Instrument -- Drum

Outdoor Sculpture -- Connecticut -- Litchfield

Administered by Town of Litchfield, West Cemetery Association, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759

Located West Cemetery, Whites Woods Road & South Lake Street, Litchfield, Connecticut 06759

The Town of Litchfield set aside Soldier's Lot in West Cemetery, and raised the monument in 1894 for the burial of soldiers not having lots of their own. IAS files contain a photocopy of the 1905 Payne text which illustrates the sculpture.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.

White, Alain C., "The History of the Town of Litchfield, Connecticut, 1720-1920," Litchfield, CT: Enquirer Print, 1920, pg. 269.

Payne, Charles Thomas, "Litchfield and Morris Inscriptions," Litchfield, CT: Dwight C. Kilbourn, 1905, pg. 256.

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