Augusta in Kennebec County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)

Garden of Remembrance

Photographed by Don Morfe

1. Garden of Remembrance Marker

Inscription.
They deserve our everlasting gratitude.

This garden of remembrance is to honor our fallen heroes whose bodies were never found.

Stones have been placed to keep memories of their heroism alive.

Memorials here are for those who fought for their country in all wars.

“May they rest in peace”

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, US Civil • War, Vietnam • War, World I.

Location. 44° 21.174′ N, 69° 47.244′ W. Memorial is in Augusta, Maine, in Kennebec County. It can be reached from Blue Star Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 143 Blue Star Ave, Augusta ME 04330, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Maine’s Kennebec Valley. It is also in the American Northeast

and in New England.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Augusta, Maine – The Civil War (approx.

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2½ miles away); Cony U.S. Hospital / Hôpital Militaire Cony (approx. 2½ miles away); 103rd Infantry Regiment (approx. 2½ miles away); Adolphe J. Gingras (approx. 2½ miles away); Maine's Voice Against Slavery / Le Maine Proteste Contre l'Esclavage (approx. 2½ miles away); Comfort Magazine / Le Magazine Comfort (approx. 2.6 miles away); D.W. Adams Department Store / Le grand magasin de D.W. Adams (approx. 2.6 miles away); Old Fort Western on the Kennebec (approx. 2.6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Augusta.

Photographed by Don Morfe

2. Garden of Remembrance Marker

Adam McCullock marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe

3. Adam McCullock marker

Civil War Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. His Medal of Honor information and citation is: McCULLOCK, ADAM • Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy • Accredited to: Maine • G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864 Citation: On board the U.S.S. Lackawanna during successful attacks against Fort Morgan, rebel gunboats and the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, on 5 August 1864. Wounded when an enemy shell struck, and ordered to go below, McCullock refused to leave his station and continued to perform his duties throughout the prolonged action which resulted in the capture of the prize ram Tennessee and in the damaging and destruction of Fort Morgan.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 11, 2023. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2018, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 288 times since then and 10 times this year. Last updated on December 3, 2018, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 2, 2018, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.