West Bloomfield in Ontario County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Soldiers Monument

1865.

Photographed by Susan A. Dalaba, August 7, 2025

1. Soldiers Monument Marker

Inscription.
Capt. George W. Sheldon
Co. H 6 Reg. U.S.C.T.
Killed Chapins Farm, VA Sept. 29, 1864
Aged 27
• • • • William F. Sheldon
Battery L 1 Reg. N.Y.L.A.
Died Baltimore, MD Feb. 5, 1864
Aged 21
• • • • Hiram Davis
Killed Bull Run, VA July 21, 1861
Aged 33 years
• • • • Oscar F. Headley
Died Alexandria, VA April 15, 1862
Aged 21 years
• • • • Henry M. Gould
Killed Gaines Mill, VA June 27, 1862
Aged 23 years
• • • • Alexander Miles
Killed Gaines Mill, VA June 27, 1862
Aged 20 years
• • • • John W. Valentine
Co. C 108 Reg. N.Y.V.
Died Aquia Creek, VA April 30, 1863
Aged 19 years
• • • • William Fairchilds
Co. D 108 Reg. N.Y.V.
Killed Gettysburg, PA July 3, 1863
Aged 22 years
• • • • Excelsior (Side) Norman N. Davenport
Co. F 126 Reg. N.Y.V.
Died Union Mills, VA Jan. 9, 1863
Aged 27 years
• • • •
George W. Fuller
Co. D 126 Reg. N.Y.V.
Killed Reams Station, VA Aug. 23, 1864
Aged 27 years
• • • • John Garinger
Co. K 126 Reg. N.Y.V.
Died Andersonville, GA Oct. 17, 1864
Aged 34 years
• • • • David Lindley
Co. E 147 Reg. N.Y.V.
Died Andersonville, GA Oct. 7,

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Aged 24 years
• • • • 148 Reg. N.Y.V. Co. Jesse H. Baker
Killed before Petersburg, VA June 18, 1864
Aged 20 years
• • • • John Northup
Died Washington, DC Jan. 26, 1864
Aged 19 years
• • • • Edward Ritter
Died Annapolis, MD March 23, 1865
Aged 31 years
• • • • George Stubbs
Died Annapolis, MD March 30, 1861
Aged 26 years
• • • • Erected By Citizens of
West Bloomfield (Side) Lewis R. Gates
Co. C 7 Reg. Ohio V.
Killed Port Republic, VA June 9, 1862
Aged 22 years
• • • • James E. Wheatley
Co. H 3 Reg. N.Y. Cav.
Died at home Aug. 28, 1863
Aged 18 years
• • • • 4 Reg. N.Y. H.A. Co. C John Harvey
Died Washington, DC Nov. 13. 1864
Aged 25 years
• • • • Robert M. Foskett
Wounded before Petersburg
Died Washington, DC Jan. 31, 1865
Aged 19 years
• • • • James O’Neal
Died at home May 24, 1865
Aged 23 years
• • • • Daniel S. Goddin
Co. M
Died Salisbury, NC Nov. 22, 1864
Aged 20 years
• • • • Robert B. Parmele
Co. B 13 Reg. N.Y.V.
Killed Fredericksburg, VA Dec. 13, 1862
Aged 24 years
• • • • John Willet
Co. A 22 Reg. N.Y. Cav.
Died Philadelphia, PA June 5, 1864
Aged

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2. Soldiers Monument

36 years
• • • • Serct. Geo. W. Gardner
McClellan Dragoons
Wounded at Rapidan, VA Oct. 11, 1863
Died Dec. 5, 1863
Aged 30 years
• • • • E Pluribus Unum (Side) Corp. Sheridan N. Crandall
Wounded Fair Oaks, VA May 31, 1862
Died Richmond, VA June 4, 1862
Aged 19 years
• • • • Henry Gripple
Died at sea. Aug. 11, 1862
Aged 30 years
• • • • Marcellus W. Wells
Died Philadelphia, PA Sept. 21, 1862
Aged 24 years
• • • • Seymour Smith
Killed Plymouth, NC April 20, 1864
Aged 20 years
• • • • Abram Vood
Died Andersonville, GA Aug. 4, 1864
Aged 28 years
• • • • Alexander Hussey
Died Florence, GA Nov. 5, 1864
Aged 21 years
• • • • Reuben H. Crosby
Died Annapolis, MD Jan. 6, 1865
Aged 20 years

Erected by Citizens of West Bloomfield.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 42° 54.499′ N, 77° 32.003′ W. Monument is in West Bloomfield, New York, in Ontario County. It can be reached from New York State Route 5 0.3 miles east of Route 65, on

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3. Soldiers Monument

the left when traveling east. The monument is in The Rural Cemetery of West Bloomfield. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 8992 NY-5, Bloomfield NY 14469, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Upstate New York,

specifically in Western New York,

in the Finger Lakes,

and in the Rochester Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

New Netherland,

and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pioneer Fish Ponds (approx. 0.4 miles away); Francis M. Dalton (approx. 3.9 miles away); History and Architecture (approx. 3.9 miles away); Lima Bank Robbed (approx. 3.9 miles away); Repulse Fire Co. (approx. 4 miles away); Gandichiragou (approx. 4 miles away); Union Lodge No. 45 (approx. 4 miles away); A 17th-Century Iroquois Village

Cemetery Entrance To The Soldiers Monument image. Click for full size.

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4. Cemetery Entrance To The Soldiers Monument

(approx. 4 miles away).

Church Next To Cemetery Entrance image. Click for full size.

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5. Church Next To Cemetery Entrance

Long Driveway To The Soldiers Monument image. Click for full size.

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6. Long Driveway To The Soldiers Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on August 14, 2025. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. This page has been viewed 89 times since then and 24 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on August 11, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on August 12, 2025, by Susan A. Dalaba of Cortland, New York. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.