Hillsdale in Columbia County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Hillsdale Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, November 1, 2010

1. Hillsdale Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker

Inscription.

Hillsdale Soldiers and Sailors Monument. . Erected by John K. Cullin in memory of the Soldiers and Sailors who defended our country and flag 1861 - 1865, [ Lower Plaque ] Hillsdale Comrades, 14th N.Y. Regiment John K. Cullin . A. Frank B. Chace . Sylvanus Snyder, 44th N.Y. Regiment William H. Allen . Seneca D. Brown . James Damms . Ambrose J. Fellows . Henry Fellows . Peter B. Melius . Frank B. Schutt . Abram I. Vanderpoel . George Whiteman . William H. Woodbridge, U.S. Navy Phillip Becker, Jr. . Benjamine House . Charles Manor, 128th N.Y. Regiment Allen Sheldon, 1st Lieut. . Charles M. Bell, Sergt. . David H. Pultz . Horace Prior, Jr. . Charles H. Moore . Samuel H. WhitBeck . William H. Whitbeck . Stephen H. Whitbeck . Henry A. Austin . William E. Crawford . John Flinn . Charles Kells . Theodore Kells . Thomas L. Johnson . Martin Schutt . James Callihoe . Charles Kent . Charles H. Ketz . Freeman Kellerhouse . Charles Lacy . William B. Sherman . Stephen L. Schutt . Charles H. Sperry, 12th N.Y. Cavalry James A. Conklin . Hoffman S. Dorchester . Calvin Gunn . Rensselaer Lester . Henry Traver . Samuel Maxfield . George Maxfield, 4th N.Y. Cavalry Thomas V. Bruce, Capt. . Henry Duncan, 159th N.Y. Regiment Frederick Guion, Corp. . John Smith . Robert McCracken . Orson A. Miller . John T. Sherwood . Egbert Webster . Charles Prior . Edward Decker . John Field . Casper Hatt . John Thorpe . John T. Winchill, 10th N.Y. Regiment William H. Woodin, 1st Lieut. . Benjamin Turner . William F. Traner . Moses L. Brace . Michael Coleman . James H. Doolittle . Charles Dennison . Hugh Flanigan . Charles N. Ford . John D. Forest . Caleb Humphrey . Eli Lasher . Mark Mager . Conrad Silvernail, 175th N.Y. Regiment Robert Baird . Robert Brown . Daniel Bishop . John Carney . John Corcoran . Francis Connor . Henry Ebers . Reinhold Henise . Thomas Howard . Patrick Haden . Johannes Michaelson . James Matthius . Patrick Murphy . Wilhelm Newburg . Johennes Peterson . August Schrenson . Robert Sandeman . William Sedar . James B. Wilson, 81st N.Y. Regiment John B. Collin, Capt. Pro. Maj. . James H. Allen . Jerome Boll . Lord Breeze . Joel Bradley . Reuben Coons, Corp. . Henry Champion . Chandler C. Dresser . John Finkle . Henry Fields . John W. Frederick . Patrick Gibbons . John Hall . Henry L. Houst . L.P. Hagedorn . Wesley Holsapple . John Jackson . Isaac Jaconson . Jacob Lape . Henry Melius . Henry P. Merrill . James Moore . David A. Moore . John Moon . Franklin Miller . John McGovern . Abner P. Morton . Albert Oakley . John H. Proper . Frederick H. Proper . George H. Palmateer . Peter Snyder . Samuel J. Speed . Isaac Sherman . Nelson Stalker . Edgar Welch . Alonzo Peroon . John R. Shepard . George A. Palmer, 49th Mass. Regiment Albert H. Branard, 34th Mass. Regiment William Dennis, 1st Conn. Battery George P. Remington, 24 Sharpshooters George A. Smith, U.S. Regulars George A. Putman, 18th N.Y. Regiment Thomas Treblood, 156th N.Y. Regiment John Butler . William Leeds . Frederick Werner, 167th N.Y. Regiment Chester Goodsell . Walter Phelps, 17th U.S. Infantry Watson D. Marston, 1st N.Y. Calvary Gilbert L. Hunt, 25th N.Y. Regiment A. Caldwell Williams, 15th Conn. Regiment Noce Bristol.

Erected by
John K. Cullin
in memory of the
Soldiers and Sailors
who defended our
country and flag
1861 - 1865

[ Lower Plaque ]
Hillsdale Comrades

14th N.Y. Regiment
John K. Cullin • A. Frank B. Chace • Sylvanus Snyder

44th N.Y. Regiment
William H. Allen • Seneca D. Brown • James Damms • Ambrose J. Fellows • Henry Fellows • Peter B. Melius • Frank B. Schutt • Abram I. Vanderpoel • George Whiteman • William H. Woodbridge

U.S. Navy
Phillip Becker, Jr. • Benjamine House • Charles Manor

128th N.Y. Regiment
Allen Sheldon, 1st Lieut. • Charles M. Bell, Sergt. • David H. Pultz • Horace Prior, Jr. • Charles H. Moore • Samuel H. WhitBeck • William H. Whitbeck • Stephen H. Whitbeck • Henry A. Austin • William E. Crawford • John Flinn • Charles Kells • Theodore Kells • Thomas L. Johnson • Martin Schutt • James Callihoe • Charles Kent • Charles H. Ketz • Freeman Kellerhouse • Charles Lacy • William B. Sherman • Stephen L. Schutt • Charles H. Sperry

12th N.Y. Cavalry
James A. Conklin • Hoffman S. Dorchester • Calvin Gunn • Rensselaer Lester • Henry Traver • Samuel Maxfield • George Maxfield

4th N.Y. Cavalry
Thomas V. Bruce, Capt. • Henry Duncan

159th N.Y. Regiment
Frederick Guion, Corp.

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• John Smith • Robert McCracken • Orson A. Miller • John T. Sherwood • Egbert Webster • Charles Prior • Edward Decker • John Field • Casper Hatt • John Thorpe • John T. Winchill

10th N.Y. Regiment
William H. Woodin, 1st Lieut. • Benjamin Turner • William F. Traner • Moses L. Brace • Michael Coleman • James H. Doolittle • Charles Dennison • Hugh Flanigan • Charles N. Ford • John D. Forest • Caleb Humphrey • Eli Lasher • Mark Mager • Conrad Silvernail

175th N.Y. Regiment
Robert Baird • Robert Brown • Daniel Bishop • John Carney • John Corcoran • Francis Connor • Henry Ebers • Reinhold Henise • Thomas Howard • Patrick Haden • Johannes Michaelson • James Matthius • Patrick Murphy • Wilhelm Newburg • Johennes Peterson • August Schrenson • Robert Sandeman • William Sedar • James B. Wilson

81st N.Y. Regiment
John B. Collin, Capt. Pro. Maj. • James H. Allen • Jerome Boll • Lord Breeze • Joel Bradley • Reuben Coons, Corp. • Henry Champion • Chandler C. Dresser • John Finkle • Henry Fields • John W. Frederick • Patrick Gibbons • John Hall • Henry L. Houst • L.P. Hagedorn • Wesley Holsapple • John Jackson • Isaac Jaconson • Jacob Lape • Henry Melius • Henry P. Merrill • James Moore • David A. Moore • John Moon • Franklin Miller • John McGovern • Abner P. Morton • Albert Oakley • John H. Proper • Frederick H. Proper • George H. Palmateer •

Lower Plaque image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, November 1, 2010

2. Lower Plaque

Peter Snyder • Samuel J. Speed • Isaac Sherman • Nelson Stalker • Edgar Welch • Alonzo Peroon • John R. Shepard • George A. Palmer

49th Mass. Regiment
Albert H. Branard

34th Mass. Regiment
William Dennis

1st Conn. Battery
George P. Remington

24 Sharpshooters
George A. Smith

U.S. Regulars
George A. Putman

18th N.Y. Regiment
Thomas Treblood

156th N.Y. Regiment
John Butler • William Leeds • Frederick Werner

167th N.Y. Regiment
Chester Goodsell • Walter Phelps

17th U.S. Infantry
Watson D. Marston

1st N.Y. Calvary
Gilbert L. Hunt

25th N.Y. Regiment
A. Caldwell Williams

15th Conn. Regiment
Noce Bristol

Erected 1916 by John K. Cullin.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism. A significant historical year for this entry is 1861.

Location. 42° 10.742′ N, 73° 31.532′ W. Marker is in Hillsdale, New York, in Columbia County. Marker is at the intersection of New York State Route 23 and Anthony Street, on the right when traveling east on State Route 23. Monument is located in Monument Cullin Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Hillsdale NY 12529, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, November 1, 2010

3. Hillsdale Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker

The bronze Soldiers and Sailors statue was commissioned by John K. Cullin and sculpted by Edwin E. Codman of the Gorham Manufacturing Co. of Rhode Island.

within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Veterans Memorial Garden of Hillsdale (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); American Revolution Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Copake-Hillsdale Line (approx. 0.4 miles away); East Gate Tollhouse (approx. 1.8 miles away); Welcome to Taconic State Park (approx. 4 miles away); Harlem Valley Rail Trail (approx. 4.1 miles away); Site of Railroad Depot (approx. 4.1 miles away); Copake Falls War Memorial (approx. 4.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hillsdale.

More about this monument. Monument consists of a 13 foot high bronze statue of two Civil War soldiers with a flag atop a granite pedestal.

Monument in Hillsdale, NY image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, November 1, 2010

4. Monument in Hillsdale, NY

Closeup of Civil War Soldiers image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Bill Coughlin, November 1, 2010

5. Closeup of Civil War Soldiers

This 13 ft. high, 3500 lb. bronze statue, The Flag Bearer, was restored in 2000.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 1,367 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 1, 2011, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.