Concord in Middlesex County, Massachusetts — The American Northeast (New England)

Concord Massachusetts Civil War Memorial

Photographed by Tom Rose, March 29, 2025

1. Concord Massachusetts Civil War Memorial

New brass plaque, re-dedicated on November 9.2024, Veterans Day Weekend.

Inscription.
West Face
The Town of Concord builds this monument in honor of the brave men whose names it bears, and records with grateful pride that they found here a birthplace, home or grave. 1866.

East face
They died for their country in the war of the rebellion,” and lists the names of 32 townsmen who perished.

South face
Faithful unto death

North face 1861 to 1865

First Column:
U.S. ARMY
MAJ. AMIEL W. WIMPLE MAJ. GEN. U.S. VOLS.
CAPT. DANIEL FORSTER U.S. VOLS.
CHAPLAIN JAMES MEAND
CHAPLAIN WILLIAM C. WHITCOMB

2D MASS. VOLS.
THOMAS CARE

9TH MASS. VOLS.
CAPT. JAMES E. MCCAFFERTY, JR.
MARTIN LYNCH

12TH MASS. VOLS.
PAUC C. KITTREDGE

16TH MASS. VOLS.
HERMAN FLINT

20TH MASS. VOLS.
CHARLES BRIGHAM
EDWARD C. GARRITY
JOHN McDONOUGH

24TH MASS. VOLS.
CHARLES A. LAWRENCE

26TH MASS. VOLS.
JAMES M. BILLINGS
CHARLES H. BROWN
THOMAS McGUIRE

Second Column:
29TH MASS. VOLS.
LIEUT. EZRA RIPLEY

32D MASS. VOLS.
COL. GEORGE L. PRESCOTT
SERG'T CHARLES APPLETON
CORP'L WILLIAM J. DAMON
FRANCIS BUTTRICK
BARNEY CLARK
GEORGE B. ERSKINE
JONAS E. MELVIN
JAMES THOMPSON

38TH

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MASS. VOLS.
BERTRAND BURGESS
EDWIN C. PROCTOR

40TH MASS. VOLS.
GEORGE J. CARR
CHARLES B. HANNAFORD
ALONZO FRANCIS MUNROE

47TH MASS. VOLS.
SERG'T FRANKLIN M. GREGORY
CORP'L ERASTUS H. KINGSBURY
OLIVER M. RICHARD

53D MASS. VOLS.
CHARLES W. STUART

Third Column:
56TH MASS. VOLS.
MICHAEL MURRAY

59TH MASS. VOLS.
SERG'T HENRY CARLEY SMITH
RICHARD R. CLARK
GEORGE POLAND

1ST MASS. ARTILLERY
PAUL A. DUDLEY
ASA H. MELVIN
SAMUEL MELVIN
CHARLES NEALEY

1ST MASS. CAVALRY
THOMAS DOYLE
4TH MASS. CAVALRY
FREDRICK J. TARBELL

7TH MAINE VOLS.
SERG'T JAMES S. FERNALD

1ST MICHIGAN VOLS.
ALDEN BUTTRIO

11TH OHIO VOLS.
CORP'L CHARLES HOSMER WRIGHT

Erected 1867 by The town of Concord Mass.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 42° 27.66′ N, 71° 20.956′ W. Memorial is in Concord, Massachusetts, in Middlesex County. It is on Monument Square: Lexington Road, in the median. Memorial is located in the town green in what is known locally as Monument Square. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Concord MA 01742, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Boston.

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.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

Photographed by Tom Rose, March 29, 2025

2. Concord Massachusetts Civil War Memorial

New brass plaque, facing the west, re-dedicated on November 9.2024, Veterans Day Weekend. The newest name added was George Washington Dugan. On February 20, Dugan, 43, enlisted in the 54th Massachusetts, the first Black regiment to serve. He and 50 others were lost on July 18, 1863, in the battle of Fort Wagner, South Carolina. The town originally dedicated its Civil War monument on April 19, 1867, with 32 names. Updates came in 1883 and 1915, but Dugan was still not included. The latest initiative to update the monument was started in 2014 and was completed ahead of the 250th Anniversary of the Battle of the North Bridge, the beginning of the American Revolution on April 19, 2025.

are within walking distance of this marker: First Town House (a few steps from this marker); Concord Massachusetts Spanish American War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts World War I Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts World War II Honor Roll (within shouting distance of this marker); Concord Massachusetts War Memorials (within shouting distance of this marker); Jethro’s Tree (within shouting distance of this marker); Henry David Thoreau (within shouting distance of this marker); British Soldier (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Concord.

Photographed by Tom Rose, March 29, 2025

3. Concord Massachusetts Civil War Memorial

This stone was taken from the footing of the original Old North Bridge and placed at the SouthWest foot of this monument to connect this Civil War Monument to the first Concord Battle of the American Revolution. The difficult to read hand carving has the words "1775 The North Bridge" (1775 North/The Bridge).