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Gorham in Cumberland County, Maine — The American Northeast (New England)
 

Soldiers' Monument

 
 
Soldiers' Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, September 29, 2024
1. Soldiers' Monument
Inscription.
(Front/southeast face)
Capt. Almon L. Fogg, 17th Me. Regt. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 3d, 1863, died July 4th, aged 24.
Capt. Oliver H. Lowell, 16th Me. Regt. Mortally wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. July 1, 1863, died July 2, aged 33.
Capt. Daniel M. Phillips, 12th Me. Regt. Killed at Winchester, Va. Sept. 19th, 1864, aged 28.
Capt. Chester B. Shaw, 9th Me. Regt. Killed at Fort Wagner, S.C. July 18th, 1863, aged 25.
Lieut. Geo. W. Edwards, 16th Me. Regt. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13th, 1862, aged 22.
Sergt. Joseph Files, Jr. 32d Me. Regt. Killed at Spottsylvania, VA. May 12th, 1864, aged 30.
Sergt. John McPhee, 16th Me. Regt. Killed at Petersburg, Va. Apr. 2, 1865, aged 35.
Sergt. Charles H. Patrick, 5th Me. Regt. Died at Washington, D.C. July 3d, 1864, aged 28.
Sergt. Horatio F. Smith, 31st Me. Regt. Died at Gorham, Aug. 28, 1864, aged 19.
Corpl. WM. Cannell Jr. 16th Me. Regt. Killed at Gettysburg, PA. July 1, 1863, aged 30.
Corpl. Shirley Hermon, Jr. 2d Me. Cavalry, Died at Gorham, Oct. 28, 1864, aged 18.
Corpl. Benj. F. Metcalf, 16th Me. Regt. Died at Gorham, June 24, 1863, aged 20.
Corpl.
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Henry H. Newell, 5th Me. Regt. Died at Alexandria, Va. Nov. 28, 1861, aged 21.
Corpl. Mahlon H. Parker, 12th Me. Regt. Killed at Port Hudson, La. May 31, 1863, aged 22.

Erected by
Hon. Toppan Robie,
To the memory of the sons of Gorham who sacrificed their lives for their country in the great rebellion of 1861.
1866.

(Northeast face)
Sergt. Cyrus M. Hall, 17th Me. Regt. Killed at Gettysburg, PA. July 3, 1863, aged 22.
Sergt. W.M. H. Johnson, 9th Me. Regt. Died at Gorham, Feb. 15, 1866, aged 44.
Corpl. Morris F. Bumpus, 5th Me. Regt. Wounded at Spottsylvania, Va. May 10th, died May 12, 1864, aged 29.
Corpl. John F. Harding, 16th Me. Regt. Wounded at Hatcher's Run, Va. Feb. 5th, died Feb. 21, 1865, aged 22.
Corpl. Daniel L. Roberts, 12th Me. Regt. Died at Shop Island, Miss. May 15, 1862, aged 25.
Corpl. Geo. S. Reed, 5th Me. Regt. Died at Westbrook, ME. Apr. 27, 1864, aged 48.
Corpl. Charles M. Ward, 5th Me. Regt. Killed at Spottsylvania, VA. May 12, 1864, aged 23.
Abram S. Andrews, 16th Me. Regt. Died in Libby Prison, Richmond, Va. Nov. 2d 1863, aged 21.
James B. Brown, 17th Me. Regt. Died at Frederick, Md. Aug. 1,
Front / southeast face image. Click for full size.
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2. Front / southeast face
1863, aged 21.
Freeman Brown, 17th Me. Regt. Died at Baltimore, Md. Apr. 21, 1865, aged 34.
Franklin H. Blake, 11th U.S. Infantry, Wounded at Spottsylvania, Va. May 8, died May 9th, 1864, aged 20.
Geo. W. Coonley, Baker's D.C. Cavalry, Died at Augusta, ME. Mar. 1, 1864, aged 18.
William F. Dunn, 20th Me. Regt. Died at Cape Elizabeth, ME. Apr. 14, 1865, aged 19.
Peter Duffey, 5th Me. Regt. Killed at Petersburg, VA. June 20, 1864, aged 22.
Ormond L. Douglass, 1st California Cavalry, Killed at Fort Laramie, Kansas, Oct. 1864, aged 23.

(Northwest face)
Alonzo S. Elder, 5th Me. Regt. Wounded at Rappahannock, Va. Nov. 8th, Died Nov. 10, 1863, aged 23.
Albert S. Estes, 13th Mass. Regt. Killed at Manassas, Va. Aug. 29, 1862, aged 25.
Ephraim Hicks, 17th Me. Regt. Killed at Gettysburg, Pa. July 2, 1863, aged 21.
James E. Haskell, 17th Me. Regt. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862, aged 20.
Joseph D. Harmon, 5th Me. Regt. Killed at Gaines' Mills, Va. June 27, 1862, aged 22.
Lewis Libby, 20th Me. Regt. Died at Philadelphia, PA. July 7, 1865, aged 20.
Solomon Mains, 10th Me Regt. Wounded at Antietam, Md. Sept. 17, died Sept.
Northeast face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, September 29, 2024
3. Northeast face
18th, 1862, aged 37.
George H. Merrett, 5th Me. Regt. Killed at St. Charles, Ark. June 13, 1862, aged 22.
William Powers, 17th Me. Regt. Died at Washington, D.C. Jan. 11, 1863, aged 20.
Charles F. Riggs, 6th Me. Battery, Killed at Petersburg, Va. Dec. 5, 1864, aged 24.
John H. Roberts, 17th Me. Regt. Wounded at Spottsylvania, Va. May 12th, died Aug. 15, 1864, aged 45.
Emery Rolfe, 5th Me. Regt. Died at Governor's Island, N.Y. Nov. 2, 1862, aged 20.
Freedom D. Rand, 11th Me. Regt. Wounded at the Wilderness, VA. May 6th. died May 7, 1864, aged 23.
Joseph Small, 1st Me. Cavalry, Wounded and prisoner, Aug. 1864, died in Rebel prison, aged 20.
Francis H. Small, 2d Me. Cavalry, Died at Barancas, Fla. Sept. 5, 1865, aged 21.

(Southwest face)
WM M. Spaulding. 1st Me. Battery, Died at New Orleans, La. July 5, 1864, aged 45.
James A. Smith, 12th Me. Regt. Died at New Orleans, La. May 27, 1862, aged 19.
WM. H. Smith, 32d Me. Regt. Died at New Haven, Conn. Spet. 19, 1864, aged 32.
John M. Stevens, 2d Me. Battery, Died at Baltimore, Md. Jan. 4, 1865, aged 21.
Silas M. Smith, 17th Me. Regt. Died at Washington, D.C. May 24, 1865, aged
Back / northwest face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, September 29, 2024
4. Back / northwest face
29.
Moses B. Tripp, 9th Me. Regt. Died at Fernandina, Fa. Aug. 6, 1862, aged 33.
WM. W. Ward, 16th Me. Regt. Died at Annapolis, Md. Oct. 20, 1863, aged 19.
Charles F. Waterman, 7th Conn. Reft. Died at Fort Pulaski, Geo. June 5, 1862, aged 18.
Alonzo M. Whitney, 16th Me. Regt. Killed at Fredericksburg, Va. Dec. 13, 1862, aged 18.
G. Sumner Whitney, 12th Me. Regt. Died at Savannah, Geo. May 11, 1865, aged 20.
Charles Williams, 11th Me. Regt. Died at Meridian Hill, D.C. Apr. 10, 1862, aged 41.
Charles H. Paine, 1st Me. Regt. Died at Gorham, May 25, 1866, aged 24.
Rev. John R. Adams, D.D. Died Apr. 25, 1866, aged 64, of disease resulting from devoted service during the Rebellion, as Champlain of the 5th Me. and 121st N.Y. Regts.

(Gate of enclosure)
Presented by Col. F. Robie
1872

 
Erected 1866 by Hon. Toppan Robie.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 43° 40.781′ N, 70° 26.835′ W. Monument is in Gorham, Maine, in Cumberland County. It is at the intersection of College Avenue and Academy Street, on the left when traveling
Southwest face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, September 29, 2024
5. Southwest face
east on College Avenue. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 39 College Ave, Gorham ME 04038, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater Portland. It is also in the American Northeast, in New England, and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Art Gallery (a few steps from this marker); Phinney Park (approx. Ό mile away); World War I Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); Baxter House (approx. 0.3 miles away); These Millstones (approx. 0.3 miles away); Red Stone Monument (approx. 0.3 miles away); Rev. Soloman Lombard (approx. 1.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gorham.
 
More about this monument. The monument was dedicated October 18th, 1866.
 
Also see . . .
1. Dedication Ceremony Programme.
The monument stands directly in front of the Town House. It is made
The gate image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Conrad Ward, September 29, 2024
6. The gate
of Italian marble, with die and shaft, the latter in obelisk form, and rests upon a substantial base of granite.
(Submitted on March 4, 2025.) 

2. Maine Civil War Monuments - Gorham. (Submitted on March 4, 2025.)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on March 17, 2025. It was originally submitted on March 4, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 151 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on March 4, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut.   2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on March 5, 2025, by Conrad Ward of Guilford, Connecticut. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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