South End in Bridgeport in Fairfield County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
1. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
[ south plaque ]
Dedicated To The Memory Of The Heroic Men Of Bridgeport, Who Fell In The Late War For The Preservation Of The Union. July, 1876
"It is for us the living to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us, that from these honored dead we take increased devotion in that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion; that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain; that this nation under God shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people and for the people shall not perish from the earth."
[ east plaque ]
1st Conn Cavalry
David Sherwood Andersonville July 18, 1864
Eugene Starkweather Sept 30 '64
George Wagner Dec 21 '65
Joseph Heaton Salisbury Dec 4 '64
John Burke Feb 13 '64
George Fallon Meadow Bridge May 12 '64
John W. Clark Mar 15 '65
Theodore Sterling Nov 30 '63
2nd Conn Battery
Frederick Holmes White River Jan 4 '65
Lyman A Clark Fort Gaines Aug 21 '64
John Cary New Orleans Oct 11 '64
Henry B Meyers Mobile Jun 26 '65
John S Mills Blakely Apr 9 '65
James O'Donnell New Orleans Oct 17 '64
James B Ramsdell Feb 4 '65
Francis Simpson New Orleans Oct 17 '64
Charles B Whittiesey Dec
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Tylee W Hartshorne Aug 1 '63
James G Wood Wolf Run Shoals Apr 19 '63
George H Hill New Orleans Feb 27 '65
Edmund F Moody New Orleans Jul 20 '64
1st Heavy Artillery
Ira S Wakefield Petersburg Apr 2 '65
Edward J Carl Broadway Landing Aug 31 '65
James Barry Feb 29 '65
Thomas McMullen Broadway Landing Aug 31 '64
Charles Taylor Fort Monroe Aug 22 '62
William H Anderson Frederick Aug 4 '63
Edgar Athington Feb 3 '64
2nd Heavy Artillery
James Bradley Alexandria Jun 14 '64
Lucius B Palmer Jun 9 '64
Peter Reilly '64
Joseph Cornell Annapolis Aug 19 '64
Cornelius Goebe Mar 5 '65
Seymour Lovdell Strasburg Nov 16 '64
Charles Bennet Strausburg Oct 19 '64
David Backus Winchester Nov 3 '64
Thomas Doyle Winchester Sep 22 '64
William Morton Mar 7 '65
John Martin Cold Harbor Jun 1 '64
Henry Tanner Cold Harbor Jun 1 '64
John Pollard Hanover May 30 '64
Frederick Slade Sept 24 '64
John Thomas Feb 13 '64
1st Conn Infantry
Theodore Morris Beaufort July 12 '62
6th Conn Infantry
Charles H Grogan July 28 '63
Patrick Deary Belle Island Nov 13 '63
Harry Deipi Pocotaligo Oct 22 '62
Michael Flynn Fort Wagner July 18 '64
William M Kelly Nov 18 '62
William S
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
2. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Alonzo Phillips Belle Island July 18 '63
Albert W Stacey July 18 '63
Edward B Taylor July 25 '63
Thomas Taylor Pocotaligo Oct 23 '62
Samuel C Thomas Aug 19 '64
Robert B Gage Oct 12 '62
John R Barney Washington Mar 15 '65
Ambrose B Seymour Salisbury Oct 28 '64
Patrick Fox Andersonville Nov 6 '64
Gustave Schmidt Fort Wagner Aug 12 '64
William Reed Morris Island July 18 '63
Stephen S Stevens Morris Island July 18 '63
Andrew Wnuk Belle Island July 18 '63
[ north plaque ]
7th Conn Infantry
John Reed Andersonville Sept 17 '64
Charles Dubois Chester Station May 14 '64
Alexander Potocki Andersonville July 6 '64
John Zabrowski Fort Monroe Sept 24 '64
Daniel Morgan Jan 6 '65
8th Conn Infantry
Charles Jones Fort Darling May 16 '64
Melancthon S Lyon Hampton Mar 4 '64
Charles H Lewis Sept 17 '64
Albion D Brooks Jun 3 '64
9th Conn Infantry
Patrick T Claffee New Orleans Oct 2 '62
Michael McGratin Baton Rouge Aug 8 '62
James Henderson New Orleans Dec 20 '62
John Baggs Baton Rouge Aug 9 '62
Jerimiah Wells Baton Rouge Aug 11 '62
Charles B Burton Carrodon Sept 16 '62
John Ennis Camp Parapet Oct 16 '62
Nicholas Doyle Feb 23 '63
Michael Fagan
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3. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Michael McGrath Baton Rouge Aug 3 '62
William Fibbs New Orleans July 11 '63
Michael Moore New Orleans Aug 19 '62
Thomas O'Brien New Orleans Nov 16 '62
Peter O'Connor New Orleans Aug 26 '62
Dennis Otts New Orleans Nov 22 '63
Peter Smith New Orleans Aug 26 '62
Charles B Burton Carrollton Sept 16 '62
James C Dimon New Orleans Sep 30 '62
Henry Dessendorffer New Orleans June 29 '63
William Funt New Orleans Oct 6 '62
Luke C Lackey New Orleans Aug 27 '62
Philip Pearson New Orleans Sept 3 '63
John Coyne New Orleans July 13 '62
Peter Keenan New Orleans July 20 '63
Albert Alaby New Orleans Aug 16 '62
Seth Robertson Vicksburg July 8 '62
Frederick M Fairchild Vicksburg July 29 '62
10th Conn Infantry
Julse LaSalle Petersburg Apr 2 '65
George L.W. Williams Richmond Oct 2 '64
Marcus Thomas Newberne May 10 '64
Frederick Manchester Hatteras Inlet '64
Henry Perkins Oct 24 '63
Lawrence Lawless Petersburg Sept 7 '64
11th Conn Infantry
Jeremiah Brady July 31 '64
Frederick Faltix July 18 '64
12th Conn Infantry
Ambrose Thompson July 22 '63
John Mulloy Salisbury Jan 13 '65
Herman Birch Camp Parapet Sept 28 "62
Joseph Bevans Cedar Creek Oct 19 '62
James
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4. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
John C Wellman Apr 2 '65
Charles H Wells Oct 21 '65
William J Newell Port Hudson Jan 19 '63
[ west plaque ]
13th Conn Infantry
Henry Robinson Aug 11 '64
14th Conn Infantry
William H Hawley Aug 24 '64
Alfred G Mollan Nov 24 '62
Thaddeus W Lewis Antietam Sept 17 '62
Michael Maddigan Antietam Sept 17 '62
Franklin Bartlett Hatches Run Feb 5 '65
George Carlock Fredericksburg Dec 13 '62
William Jacobs Wilderness May 20 '64
Henry Phillips Oct 20 '64
Jesse H Ramsdell Richmond
Lucean W Hubbard Richmond
Alfred G Molan Nov 25 '62
16th Conn Infantry
Samuel Johnson Roanoke Island May 27 '64
17th Conn Infantry
Charles Walter Chancellorville May 2 '63
William A Rogers Chancellorville May 2 '63
Charles B Lewis Baltimore Aug 6 '63
George R Hayes Baltimore Feb 5 '64
Cassius M Crabbe Gettysburg July 1 '63
John A Black Gettysburg July 1 '63
Stephen Wagner Point Lookout Aug 9 '64
James Dennis Picolata Mar 15 '65
John F Lewis Beaufort Mar 11 '64
Henry W Chatfield Feb 5 '65
Alvah E Wilcox July 6 '63
William H Hawkhurst Washington Apr 26 '63
18th Conn Infantry
Thomas F Jones Winchester June 15 '63
23rd Conn Infantry
Charles
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
5. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
Watson Mead New Orleans July 1 '63
Adolph Keller Brashear City June 23 '63
Frederick L Curtis Brashear City July 6 '63
Henry L Dexter La Fourche June 7 '63
24th Conn Infantry
Edward Keena New Orleans Aug 11 '63
Henry Walters Ship Island Dec 7 '63
29th Conn Infantry
George W Burr Richmond Oct 13 '64
James Spriggs Oct 27 '64
Martin Storms Aud 2 '65
James Hawley Feb 20 '64
George A Deming July 17 '64
30th Conn Infantry
Andrew Marshall Apr 22 '64
Misc
Wilson Hubbell 62 N.Y. Inf. Cold Harbor June 3 '64
Richard R Crawford 7 U.S. Inf. Gettysburg July 2 '63
Charles F Lendever 1 N.Y.M. Rifles Suffolk June 24 '63
William H Lord 2 N.Y.H. Art May 6 '65
Jonathan Mills 40 N.Y. Inf.
Martin G Vans 48 N.Y. Inf. Peterburg July 30 '64
William A. Porter 66th N.Y. Inf. Harpers Ferry Nov 14 '62
James Lennon 69 N.Y Inf. Malvern Hill July '62
Andrew B Taylor 5 N.H. Inf. Andersonville July 16 '64
Henry P Bostwick U.S.A. New Orleans Dec 31 '62
U. S. Navy
William Brooks U.S.S. Gunboat Kennenberg May '63
Wheeler Sherman U.S. Gunboat Chenango Apr 16 '64
James Burns U.S. Gunboat Narcissus
Frederick H Thompson U.S.S. New London Sept 5 '63
George
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6. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
The Bronze Figure of the American Republic is 10 feet tall
Joseph Grogam U.S.S. Weehawken Charleston Harbor Dec 6 '63
James McGregor U.S. Flagship Pensacola new Orleans Sept 24 '63
Peter Pitts
Erected 1876.
Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is May 1860.
Location. 41° 9.691′ N, 73° 11.174′ W. Marker is in Bridgeport, Connecticut, in Fairfield County. It is in South End. Marker can be reached from Waldemere Avenue near Park Avenue, on the left when traveling west. Located in Seaside Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Bridgeport CT 06604, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. U.S.S. Maine Memorial (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); Perry Memorial Arch (approx. 0.2 miles away); Roberto Clemente (approx. 0.6 miles away); James Henry O’Rourke (approx. ¾ mile away); Abraham Lincoln’s Visit (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bridgeport (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bryant Electric Company World War I Monument (approx. 1.1 miles away); Bridgeport Korean War Memorial (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Bridgeport.
More about this memorial. The monument stands on the 1862 camp and training grounds of the
Photographed By Dave Pelland, September 20, 2010
7. Lady Liberty, Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
In September 2010, a fiberglass replica replaced the original, and sadly vandalized beyond repair, Lady Liberty. The replica was recreated based upon historic photographs, post cards and newspaper clippings.
The central arched open space, now empty, once housed a white marble female representation of Liberty. It was removed because of deterioration of the stone.
The plaques are replacements for the originals, which were removed when the Connecticut Historical Society examined the monument as part of its survey of the state’s Civil War Monuments. The plaques are cast aluminum. Many of the decorative elements on the lower sections of the monuments base are fiberglass replacements.
Additional commentary.
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The original Lady Liberty was not removed as stated - it was vandalized and broken - a fiberglass replica will be installed on Sept 18, 2010 - recreated based upon historic photographs, post cards and newspaper clippings
Several of the bas reliefs were stolen in the 1990's for thier bronze scrap metal value - originals that were not stolen are retained by the Barnum Museum.
Please update your photos once the replacement statue is installed - the monument will then be as close to original as possible
Restoration was accomplished by the Friends of Seaside Park.
Editor's Note: Thank you for updating us on the status of Lady Liberty. We hope that a volunteer will provide us a picture when the monument
Photographed By Dave Pelland, September 20, 2010
8. Bridgeport Soldiers and Sailors Memorial
— Submitted September 10, 2010, by Tom Errichetti of Bridgeport, Connecticut.
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
9. The Soldier on the East Side
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
10. The Sailor on the West Side
Photographed By Michael Herrick, February 1, 2010
11. Sculpture Detail
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12. Sculpture Detail
Postcard by SL & Co., circa 1909
13. Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Bridgeport, Conn.
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 3, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 3,213 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on February 3, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 7, 8. submitted on February 12, 2011, by Dave Pelland of Milford, Connecticut. 9, 10, 11, 12. submitted on February 3, 2010, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 13. submitted on October 23, 2015. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
