Cheshire Village in New Haven County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Cheshire Civil War Monument

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

1. Cheshire Civil War Monument

Inscription.

Cheshire Civil War Monument. . [South face] Lincoln . [North face] Foote [ Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ]. , [East plaque] Erected to The Memory of Those Who Enlisted From The Town of Cheshire in The Civil War 1861 – 1865 Capt. Timothy Guilford Lieut. William J Bassett Lieut. Elkanah Doolittle Lieut. Edward A Doolittle Lieut. William W Spencer Lewis Allen Jeremiah Henry Scully Edwin A Thrall Christopher Bernard Isiah Baker William M Preston Henry C Higgins Frederick E Hoadley Charles H Goodwin Franklin Moss John McLaughlin Henry A Bradley Hobart M Dolph Lambert H Benham Samuel Barnes Charles B. Goodsell John A Peters Patrick F Reynolds Alexander W Welton John Flanagan William D Wooding John E Morrow . , [North plaque] John Burke James Fenton George Hoey Charles Mulvey Frank W Gilbert Luther Barnes George A Barton Amasa Doolittle William Beadle Enos Payne James A Lanyon Joseph Sires Charles Brown Joseph R Doolittle John Stephens Valentine Meeker Edward Burke Daniel J Boyce James R Baker William Uhl Farrell Brennan John Murphy George K Edson Alonzo E Smith John A Peck Thomas Campbell Reuben Benham Jared Bradley Lucius T Preston Samuel L Moss Albert L Royce George R Ives Charles L Russell. , [South plaque] Isaac Judd John Giblin Frank Henson Simeon Brooks John Buckley Robert W Bristol Miles Jackson William H Doolittle Willis Bunnell Henry B Munson Alexander Mercier Leonard K Andrews Franklin A Hotchkiss John Dawson Michael Reynolds Charles C Hall John H Preston Horace B Hotchkiss William Burke Chauncey J Rice Robert Tribue Needham Grey Edward A Atwater Joseph Porter Allen Garver William C Doolittle Carlos Huntley James T Clark Edwin S Church George W Benham Martin Burke John Lynch William J Moore. , [West plaque] Titus Moss James M Allen Thomas Simons Chauncey M Hall George Bradley Oliver T Doolittle John Mulvey Augustus Talmadge Frank C Bristol Henry S Stevens William Moon Nathan Ives Merritt Hotchkiss Horace P Rice George Keeler George W Mitchell Edward B Jones Eben Hoadley Harry A Brooks William E Bradley Earl S Wood Edward Wiley John Purcell Jesse H Rice Horace A Doolittle Albert F Russell John L Preston Martin McLaughlin Anthony Burke Edward Benham Thomas W Judd Julius H Hotchkiss Edward A Baker.

[South face]
Lincoln
[North face]
Foote
[ Admiral Andrew Hull Foote ]

[East plaque]
Erected to The
Memory of Those Who
Enlisted From The
Town of Cheshire in
The Civil War 1861 – 1865
Capt. Timothy Guilford
Lieut. William J Bassett
Lieut. Elkanah Doolittle
Lieut. Edward A Doolittle
Lieut. William W Spencer
Lewis Allen
Jeremiah Henry Scully
Edwin A Thrall
Christopher Bernard
Isiah Baker
William M Preston
Henry C Higgins
Frederick E Hoadley
Charles H Goodwin
Franklin Moss
John McLaughlin
Henry A Bradley
Hobart M Dolph
Lambert H Benham
Samuel Barnes
Charles B. Goodsell
John

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A Peters
Patrick F Reynolds
Alexander W Welton
John Flanagan
William D Wooding
John E Morrow

[North plaque]
John Burke
James Fenton
George Hoey
Charles Mulvey
Frank W Gilbert
Luther Barnes
George A Barton
Amasa Doolittle
William Beadle
Enos Payne
James A Lanyon
Joseph Sires
Charles Brown
Joseph R Doolittle
John Stephens
Valentine Meeker
Edward Burke
Daniel J Boyce
James R Baker
William Uhl
Farrell Brennan
John Murphy
George K Edson
Alonzo E Smith
John A Peck
Thomas Campbell
Reuben Benham
Jared Bradley
Lucius T Preston
Samuel L Moss
Albert L Royce
George R Ives
Charles L Russell

[South plaque]
Isaac

Cheshire Civil War Monument [East face] image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

2. Cheshire Civil War Monument [East face]

Judd
John Giblin
Frank Henson
Simeon Brooks
John Buckley
Robert W Bristol
Miles Jackson
William H Doolittle
Willis Bunnell
Henry B Munson
Alexander Mercier
Leonard K Andrews
Franklin A Hotchkiss
John Dawson
Michael Reynolds
Charles C Hall
John H Preston
Horace B Hotchkiss
William Burke
Chauncey J Rice
Robert Tribue
Needham Grey
Edward A Atwater
Joseph Porter
Allen Garver
William C Doolittle
Carlos Huntley
James T Clark
Edwin S Church
George W Benham
Martin Burke
John Lynch William J Moore

[West plaque]
Titus Moss
James M Allen
Thomas Simons
Chauncey M Hall
George Bradley
Oliver T Doolittle
John Mulvey
Augustus Talmadge
Frank

Cheshire Civil War Monument [North face] image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

3. Cheshire Civil War Monument [North face]

C Bristol
Henry S Stevens
William Moon
Nathan Ives
Merritt Hotchkiss
Horace P Rice
George Keeler
George W Mitchell
Edward B Jones
Eben Hoadley
Harry A Brooks
William E Bradley
Earl S Wood
Edward Wiley
John Purcell
Jesse H Rice
Horace A Doolittle
Albert F Russell
John L Preston
Martin McLaughlin
Anthony Burke
Edward Benham
Thomas W Judd
Julius H Hotchkiss
Edward A Baker

Erected 1866.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 41° 29.88′ N, 72° 54.131′ W. Marker is in Cheshire, Connecticut, in New Haven County. It is in

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Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

4. Cheshire Civil War Monument [South face]

Cheshire Village. Marker is at the intersection of South Main Street (Connecticut Route 10) and Wallingford Road, on the left when traveling north on South Main Street. Located across South Main Street from Cheshire Town Hall. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Cheshire CT 06410, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. First Church Of Cheshire (a few steps from this marker); Town of Cheshire Memorial Plaza (within shouting distance of this marker); Cheshire World War I Monument (within shouting distance of this marker); Cheshire (within shouting distance of this marker); "Stepping Stone" (within shouting distance of this marker); Cheshire Revolutionary War Monument (within shouting

Cheshire Civil War Monument [West face] image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Michael Herrick, September 10, 2009

5. Cheshire Civil War Monument [West face]

distance of this marker); The Medal of Honor Plaza and “Living Classroom” (approx. 0.7 miles away); Lock 12 (approx. 1.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Cheshire.

More about this monument. Originally, the names of 14 men who lost their lives in the war were incised in the stone. In 1916 four bronze plaques listing the 126 who served were affixed to the obelisk.

Also see . . . Admiral Andrew Hull Foote. Admiral Andrew Hull Foote (1806-1863), born in New Haven, won recognition in 1849 for suppression of the North African slave

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trade. His forces captured Fort Henry on the Tennessee River in 1861. (Submitted on March 20, 2011, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 11, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 2,405 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on September 11, 2009, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.