Paterson in Passaic County, New Jersey — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

1. Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument (Rear)

Inscription.

Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument. . To commemorate the services and record the names of her soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the War for the Union., [ Left of Monument: ] Honor the Brave The War of 1861-1865 was waged successfully for the preservation of the Union as a nation, one and indivisible, now and for all time., [ Right of Monument: ] “With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan: to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.” Abraham Lincoln, [ Front of Monument: ] This monument, erected in 1922 under the supervision of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Passaic, is a replica of the original monument erected in 1870 on Monument Heights, Passaic Falls, by the Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association, organized Sept. 17, 1867., [ Veteran Plaques: ] And’r. H. ACKERMAN . Wm. ACKERMAN . Joseph ADAMS . Thos. ADAMS . Chas. ANYS . Rich’d. ASHWORTH . Jacob BAKER . Wm. BARIY . Michael BARLOW . Nath’l. L. BARNES . Wm. C. BEGGS . Wm. M. BELL . Geo. A. BERDAN . Wm. J. BERESFORD . Ralph BERTHOLT . Edwin BIRLEY . Alfred J. BLANCHARD . David A. BOGERT . John C. BOGERT . Peter BOONE . Curtis BOWNE . Wm. C. BOONE . And’r. J. BROEGHTON . W.H. BROOKS . Cor’s. BROWER . Elsworth BROWER . Walter W. BROWN . Jas. BROWN . John BRUAN . Martin BRUAN . Ralph BUCKLEY . Geo. BUGGINS . Syl’v. B. BURNHAM . Francise BUTLER . Thos. BURLEIGH . Andrew CAMPBELL . Cor’s. CAMPBELL . Wm. CASSIDY . Jas. CAVENAGH . Lee CHARDEVOYNE . S.B. CHARDEVOYNE . John CHRISTIE . Jas. CLARK . Wm. CLARK . Jas. CLEGG . John COCHRANE . David COCOROON . Geo. W. COLE . John G. COLLINS . Henry CONKLIN . Rhyneer CONKLIN . John CONKLINS . Jas. CONWAY . Jas. COONEY . John CORRIGAN . Wm. CUTHBERG . Chas. DANFORTH . John E. DAVENPORT . Geo. W. DAVIDSON . John DEBCHANT . Selar DECKER . Flinton DELANY . Michael DELANY . Mart. V.B. DEMAREST . Sam DEMAREST . Fred’k. DEMOUTH . Harrison DEMOUTH . John DEVORE . Harrison DEWORTH . Rob’t. DILLON . Jas. DOBSON . John H. DOREMUS . Peter J. DOREMUS . Matt J. DOUGHERTY . Geo. DOUGHERTY . Geo. W. DOUGLAS . Joseph J. DREW . Tho’s. EAVES . Fred’k. EHRNEST . Isaac ELLISON . John EMERSON . Wm. J. EVANS . N.P. FAIRBANKS . Richard FAIRCLOUGH . John FARROLL . Peter B. FENWICK . Thos. FINLEY . Thos. FLANNIGAN . John W. FLAVELL . Jas. FLETCHER . Joseph FOSBEND . John K. FRANK . Eben E. FREELAND . Henry FREELAND . John H. FREELAND . Wm. FREELAND . Rob’t. GAMMELL . Geo. W. GARRIBRANT . Jas. I. GARRIBRANT . Rob’t. A. GARRISON . Chas. GAUKLE . Fred’k. GILMORE . Ab’m. GODWIN . Sydney GOULDING . Jas. GRAHAM . David HALLIWELL . Tho’s. HALLIWELL . Wm. E. HALSTEAD . John HAMMER . Jessie HAND . Henry M.D. HART . Ab’m. HARVEY . Robert HARVEY . Tho’s. HENDERSON . Henry J. HENDRICKS . Henry HENEY . Tho’s. HELIUS . Gotleibe HESKE . Talman HICKERSON . Johnathan HILTON . Morris HINCHY . Wm. HOLT . Everett HORSEN . Jas. HUGHES . Joseph HULL . Hugh C. IRISH . Sam’l. JACKSON . Philip J.W. JEBB . John M. JUNERNEY . Fred’k. KANE . Thos. KEMEDY . Andrew KEIFE . Michael KELLER . Fred’k. C. KING . Henry KISSOCK . Emile LABIAUN . James LAWSON . John LEE . Owen LOGUE . John MACK . Rich’d. MAGERSON . John MARKHAM . Abram MARGROFF . Chas. MATANIA . Wm. MC CLOUD . Alex’r. MC GILL . John MC GOVERN . Ew’d. MC KIERMAN . John MC LAUGHLIN . John MC MULLEN . Cor. MESSERAU . John MENISH . Ed’w. MEWHINNEY . Geo. MEYERS . Louis MILLER . Wm. MITCHELL . Peter MONKS . Sydney K. MONKS . Wm. MONKS . John MORAN . Jessie B. MORRIS . Rich’d. MOSLEY . Rich’d. R. MOSLEY . Jacob NEES . Joh’thn OLIVER, Jr. . Jacob O’NEIL . John O’NEIL . Dan’l. OSTRANDER . Dav. H. OSTRANDER . Jacob OTT . James PARLIAMENT . Ebenezer PARKER . Rich’d. PERRINE . Abram PITTENGER . Jas. D. PITTENGER . Rich’d. POHLMAN . Anthony POST . Jacob POST . Wm. POTTS . Lew’n. J. PROBERT . Neh’mh. J. PULIS . Pat RAFFERTY . Rob’t. REDMAN . John D. REDNER . Joseph REIGAN . Dan’l. ROCHE . David RUSSELL . Chas. A. RYERSON . Peter M. RYERSON . Michael RYAN . Edwin RYAN . Thos. SANDS . H. SAXON . John SCALLAN . John C. SCOTT . Squire SHARPE . Chas. SHAUGER . Wm. SHERWIN . Benj. SHERWOOD . Robt. SHERWOOD . Wm. H. SHIPPEE . Isaac SILCOX . Geo. SISCOE . Wm. SKINNER . John SLATER . James SMITH, Jr. . James SNYDER . John N. STERLING . Wm. STEVENSON . Christian STOCK . John SWIFT . Joseph THACKRAY . David TUERS . Lucas TUERS . Martin VAN BUREN . Garret H. VAN DIEN . Isaac VAN GIESON . John VAN HOUTEN . Jos. H. VAN HOUTEN . Chas. VAN ORDEN . Rich’d. VAN ORDEN . And’w. G. VAN RIPER . H.P.J. VAN VLADACKEN . Thos. VASEY . David VEADER . Geo. E. VESCEILUS . John VOORHIS . John VREELAND . Alex WATT . James WATSON . John WEBB . F.S. WELLER . John B. WHITE . John WHITFORD . Jas. S. WILLIAMS . John WILLIAMS . Thos. WILLIAMS . Adam WILLIAMSON . Chas. WILLIAMSON . Wm. WILLIAMSON . Anssey WILLIS . Joseph WINTERS . Thos. WOODS . Wm. WOODS . Jacob WOODWARD . John E. WOODWARD . John ZABRISKIE.

To commemorate the services and record the names of her soldiers and sailors who gave their lives in the War for the Union.

[ Left of Monument: ]
Honor the Brave
The War of 1861-1865 was waged successfully for the preservation of the Union as a nation, one and indivisible, now and for all time.

[ Right of Monument: ]
“With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in: to bind up the nation’s wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan: to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations.”
Abraham Lincoln

[ Front of Monument: ]
This monument, erected in 1922 under the supervision of the Board of Chosen Freeholders of the County of Passaic, is a replica of the original monument erected in 1870 on Monument Heights, Passaic Falls, by the Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Association, organized Sept. 17, 1867.

[ Veteran Plaques: ]
And’r. H. ACKERMAN • Wm. ACKERMAN • Joseph ADAMS • Thos. ADAMS • Chas. ANYS • Rich’d. ASHWORTH • Jacob BAKER • Wm. BARIY • Michael BARLOW • Nath’l. L. BARNES • Wm. C. BEGGS • Wm. M. BELL • Geo. A. BERDAN • Wm. J. BERESFORD

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• Ralph BERTHOLT • Edwin BIRLEY • Alfred J. BLANCHARD • David A. BOGERT • John C. BOGERT • Peter BOONE • Curtis BOWNE • Wm. C. BOONE • And’r. J. BROEGHTON • W.H. BROOKS • Cor’s. BROWER • Elsworth BROWER • Walter W. BROWN • Jas. BROWN • John BRUAN • Martin BRUAN • Ralph BUCKLEY • Geo. BUGGINS • Syl’v. B. BURNHAM • Francise BUTLER • Thos. BURLEIGH • Andrew CAMPBELL • Cor’s. CAMPBELL • Wm. CASSIDY • Jas. CAVENAGH • Lee CHARDEVOYNE • S.B. CHARDEVOYNE • John CHRISTIE • Jas. CLARK • Wm. CLARK • Jas. CLEGG • John COCHRANE • David COCOROON • Geo. W. COLE • John G. COLLINS • Henry CONKLIN • Rhyneer CONKLIN • John CONKLINS • Jas. CONWAY • Jas. COONEY • John CORRIGAN • Wm. CUTHBERG • Chas. DANFORTH • John E. DAVENPORT • Geo. W. DAVIDSON • John DEBCHANT • Selar DECKER • Flinton DELANY • Michael DELANY • Mart. V.B. DEMAREST • Sam DEMAREST • Fred’k. DEMOUTH • Harrison DEMOUTH • John DEVORE • Harrison DEWORTH • Rob’t. DILLON • Jas. DOBSON • John H. DOREMUS • Peter J. DOREMUS • Matt J. DOUGHERTY • Geo. DOUGHERTY • Geo. W. DOUGLAS • Joseph J. DREW • Tho’s. EAVES • Fred’k. EHRNEST • Isaac ELLISON • John EMERSON • Wm. J. EVANS • N.P. FAIRBANKS • Richard FAIRCLOUGH • John FARROLL • Peter B. FENWICK • Thos. FINLEY • Thos. FLANNIGAN • John W. FLAVELL • Jas. FLETCHER • Joseph FOSBEND • John K. FRANK • Eben E. FREELAND • Henry FREELAND • John H. FREELAND • Wm. FREELAND • Rob’t. GAMMELL • Geo. W. GARRIBRANT

Left of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

2. Left of Monument

• Jas. I. GARRIBRANT • Rob’t. A. GARRISON • Chas. GAUKLE • Fred’k. GILMORE • Ab’m. GODWIN • Sydney GOULDING • Jas. GRAHAM • David HALLIWELL • Tho’s. HALLIWELL • Wm. E. HALSTEAD • John HAMMER • Jessie HAND • Henry M.D. HART • Ab’m. HARVEY • Robert HARVEY • Tho’s. HENDERSON • Henry J. HENDRICKS • Henry HENEY • Tho’s. HELIUS • Gotleibe HESKE • Talman HICKERSON • Johnathan HILTON • Morris HINCHY • Wm. HOLT • Everett HORSEN • Jas. HUGHES • Joseph HULL • Hugh C. IRISH • Sam’l. JACKSON • Philip J.W. JEBB • John M. JUNERNEY • Fred’k. KANE • Thos. KEMEDY • Andrew KEIFE • Michael KELLER • Fred’k. C. KING • Henry KISSOCK • Emile LABIAUN • James LAWSON • John LEE • Owen LOGUE • John MACK • Rich’d. MAGERSON • John MARKHAM • Abram MARGROFF • Chas. MATANIA • Wm. MC CLOUD • Alex’r. MC GILL • John MC GOVERN • Ew’d. MC KIERMAN • John MC LAUGHLIN • John MC MULLEN • Cor. MESSERAU • John MENISH • Ed’w. MEWHINNEY • Geo. MEYERS • Louis MILLER • Wm. MITCHELL • Peter MONKS • Sydney K. MONKS • Wm. MONKS • John MORAN • Jessie B. MORRIS • Rich’d. MOSLEY • Rich’d. R. MOSLEY • Jacob NEES • Joh’thn OLIVER, Jr. • Jacob O’NEIL • John O’NEIL • Dan’l. OSTRANDER • Dav. H. OSTRANDER • Jacob OTT • James PARLIAMENT • Ebenezer PARKER • Rich’d. PERRINE • Abram PITTENGER • Jas. D. PITTENGER • Rich’d. POHLMAN • Anthony POST • Jacob POST • Wm. POTTS • Lew’n. J. PROBERT • Neh’mh. J. PULIS • Pat RAFFERTY • Rob’t. REDMAN •

Right of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

3. Right of Monument

The right of the Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument contains a plaque featuring a quote from Abraham Lincoln’s Second Inaugural address.

John D. REDNER • Joseph REIGAN • Dan’l. ROCHE • David RUSSELL • Chas. A. RYERSON • Peter M. RYERSON • Michael RYAN • Edwin RYAN • Thos. SANDS • H. SAXON • John SCALLAN • John C. SCOTT • Squire SHARPE • Chas. SHAUGER • Wm. SHERWIN • Benj. SHERWOOD • Robt. SHERWOOD • Wm. H. SHIPPEE • Isaac SILCOX • Geo. SISCOE • Wm. SKINNER • John SLATER • James SMITH, Jr. • James SNYDER • John N. STERLING • Wm. STEVENSON • Christian STOCK • John SWIFT • Joseph THACKRAY • David TUERS • Lucas TUERS • Martin VAN BUREN • Garret H. VAN DIEN • Isaac VAN GIESON • John VAN HOUTEN • Jos. H. VAN HOUTEN • Chas. VAN ORDEN • Rich’d. VAN ORDEN • And’w. G. VAN RIPER • H.P.J. VAN VLADACKEN • Thos. VASEY • David VEADER • Geo. E. VESCEILUS • John VOORHIS • John VREELAND • Alex WATT • James WATSON • John WEBB • F.S. WELLER • John B. WHITE • John WHITFORD • Jas. S. WILLIAMS • John WILLIAMS • Thos. WILLIAMS • Adam WILLIAMSON • Chas. WILLIAMSON • Wm. WILLIAMSON • Anssey WILLIS • Joseph WINTERS • Thos. WOODS • Wm. WOODS • Jacob WOODWARD • John E. WOODWARD • John ZABRISKIE

Erected 1922 by Passaic County.

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

Location. 40° 54.962′ N, 74° 8.244′ W. Monument is in Paterson,

Front of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

4. Front of Monument

New Jersey, in Passaic County. It is at the intersection of East Side Park Road and E Park Drive, on the left when traveling north on East Side Park Road. Marker is located in East Side Park in Paterson, NJ. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Paterson NJ 07504, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in New Jersey’s North Jersey,

in Greater Newark,

and in the New York City Metropolitan Area.

It is also in the American Northeast

and in the Mid-Atlantic.

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 New Netherland

and also one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Pulaski (within shouting distance of this marker); Abraham Godwin (within shouting distance of this marker); Curie (within shouting distance of this marker); Simeon Van Winkles (approx. 0.3 miles away); Morlot Ave - 33rd St. Bridge Over the Passaic River (approx. 0.6 miles away); The York Road (approx. 0.7 miles away); In Memory of Fair Lawn Police Officer Mary Ann Collura (approx. 0.8 miles away); Fair Lawn Memorial Park (approx. 0.9 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Paterson.

More about this monument. Monument consists of a granite shaft topped by a Civil War soldier. Bronze plaques containing the names of 371 Passaic County veterans appear on the sides, along with the names of battles they participated in, including Antietam, Wilderness, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Petersburg, Spottsylvania, Fair Oaks, South Mountain, Williamsburg, Roanoke, Gettysburg and Mission Ridge.

Additional commentary.
1. Historic County Seal in front

Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Michael La Place, June 2015

5. Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker

Historic County Seal.

relief panel.
The historic Passaic County Seal is shown to the lower left of the allegorical figure in the front relief panel by Federici.

— Submitted June 2, 2015, by Michael La Place of Westfield, New Jersey.

Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

6. Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument

The monument is made of "Rock of Ages" granite. It is 48 feet tall and weighs over 100 tons.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

7. Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker

Originally placed near the Great Falls on November 26, 1868, this monument was moved to this site in 1922 and rededicated on Memorial Day.

Veteran Plaque on Right of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

8. Veteran Plaque on Right of Monument

Veteran Plaque on Rear of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

9. Veteran Plaque on Rear of Monument

Veteran Plaque on Left of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

10. Veteran Plaque on Left of Monument

Relief on Front of Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

11. Relief on Front of Monument

The relief plaque see here features a female figure representing America holding a shield on which is depicted an image of Lincoln. Below her are the words "Patriotism" and "Devotion". The coat of arms of the State Of New Jersey is located on the monument above the bronze tablet.

Closeup of Civil War Soldier image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

12. Closeup of Civil War Soldier

The statue represents Captain Hugh C. Irish, Company K, Thirteenth Regiment NJ Vols. who died on September 17, 1862 during the Battle of Antietam.

Cannon at the Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Bill Coughlin, July 16, 2010

13. Cannon at the Passaic County Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Five cannons are located around the Soldiers and Sailors Monument.

Credits. This page was last revised on October 27, 2024. It was originally submitted on July 22, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. This page has been viewed 3,770 times since then and 40 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on July 22, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey. 5. submitted on June 9, 2015, by Michael La Place of Westfield, New Jersey. 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on July 22, 2010, by Bill Coughlin of Woodland Park, New Jersey.