Ladd and Whitney Monument, (sculpture).

Ladd and Whitney Monument, (sculpture).

Woodstock and Meecham, designer.

Runels, Clough, and Company, fabricator.

Ladd and Whitney Monument, (sculpture).

Dedicated April 19, 1865.

Concord granite.

Approx. H. 27 ft. x W. 15 ft.

(On monument:) ADDISON O (...illegible) WHITNEY/BORN IN W(...illegible)OME, OCT (...illegible) 18?9/LUTHER C. LADD/BORN IN ALEXANDRIA VA DEC 22 184?/MARCHED FROM LOWELL IN THE (...illegible)/DEFENSE OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL/AND FELL MORTALLY WOUNDED IN THE ATTACK/ON THEIR REGIMENT WHILE PASSING THROUGH/BALTIMORE APRIL 19 1861/THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS AND THE CITY OF LOWELL.DEDICATED THIS MONUMENT TO THEIR MEMORY/APRIL 19, 1865 (On bronze plaque:) CHARLES A. TAYLOR/CO. D 6TH M.V.M./THE FIRST TO FALL IN DEFENSE OF THE UNION/BALTIMORE, APRIL 19, 1861/"NORTHING IS HERE FOR TEAR, NOTHING TO WAIL/OR KNOCK THE BREAST, NO WEAKNESS, NO CONTEMPT,/DISPRAISE, OR BLAME, NOTHING BUT WELL AND FAIR/AND WHAT MAY QUIET US IN A DEATH SO NOBLE." unsigned

This monument to Lowell's Civil War dead consists of a granite obelisk adorned with two bronze medallions --one depicting the seal for the State of Massachusetts and the other depicting the seal for the City of Lowell. Beneath the obelisk is a granite base with four projections and inscriptions commemorating Luther C. Ladd and Addison O. Whitney who died during battle in Baltimore on April 19, 1861. Another plaque commemorates Charles A. Taylor who was the first to die in the Baltimore battle on April 19, 1861.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Homage -- Ladd, Luther C.

Homage -- Whitney, Addison O.

Homage -- Taylor, Charles A.

Outdoor Sculpture -- Massachusetts -- Lowell

Administered by City of Lowell, Lowell Historic Preservation Commission, 50 Arcand Drive, John F. Kennedy Civic Center, Lowell, Massachusetts 01852

Located Monument Square, Merrimack, Archand & Dutton Streets, Lowell, Massachusetts

The monument was designed by Woodstock and Meecham and was fabricated by Runels, Clough, and Company at cost of about $4,500. The state treasury provided half the sum and the City of Lowell appropriated a similar amount. IAS files contain a copy of the Lowell Cultural Resources Inventory form dated May 1979.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Massachusetts survey, 1997.

The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.

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