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Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument

 
 
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 14, 2024
1. Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Inscription.
South Side
(Top) - Erected 1883
(Base) - FIVE FORKS

South side names:
L. Madrid • Thomas Allen • Joseph Butts • A.W. Allen • Seth Squires • Fred. Koster • John Major • William Barnes • A. Dunaway • C.H. Perkins • M. Sprague • B.Sprague • H. Sherman • J.P. Case • N. Patchin • A. Wetmore • H.J. Wetmore • G. Wiseman • G. Hubbell • J. Sawyer • H.S. Pitcher • Alonzo Post • J. Scrafford • James Brown • George Brown • A.S. Scoville • William Cook • Edwin Morris • John Pierce • Luke Burns • J.H. Clark • F. H. Savoy • G. Harvey • H. Turgan • J. Lief • M.E. Thayer • H.M. Dailey • D.E. Laupher • J.E. Laupher • Levi Hough • John Harvey • Henry Martin • Thomas Dickinson • J.R. Lane • H.S. Thomas

East Side
(Base) - ANTIETAM

East side names (upper list):
Lieutenant A.W. Coe • Jeremiah J. Plopper • A.J. Carber • Luther Miller • William R. Rathburn • O.A. Hoyt • William McRae • George C. Leonard • Nath. Thompson • Walter Utley • George W. Patten • Milo Tuttle • William H. Hartley • Henry D. Rittis • G.J. Neibergall • Hiram J. Green • Jeff. D. Seymour • Howard W. Arthur • J.H. Comer • William McCullock Jr. • J.H. Putnam • Albert E. Ebble • Clark S. Searl • Morris H. Arthur • Jacob Morse • Chas. Garnsey • Jeff. Seckner • Albert William • Nelson Seckner • Clinton A. Blinn • L.L.
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Thompson • Lucas Burke • Samuel S. Plumb • Alfred Shaver • T.N. Taylor • Legrand B. Safford • A.B. Carley • E.V. Roberts • Sylvester Riley • Thomas G. Barker • Adelbert Crandall

East side names (lower list):
George Brownell • P. Gorma • R.I. Herrington • George Phelps • Reuben F. Walter • Jas. M. Crane • William B. Hubbard • Dwight Moyer • Joseph Verney • Edward Cook • R.D. Cratzenburg • Nelson Stone • J.G. Keig • C.J. Thomas • Chas. C. Bowman • Lewis Higby • L.W. Bates • James Bates • W.M. Wilson • Joseph Devendorf • John C. Bush • Danford Streeter • John Lynch Jr. • S.O. Cook • Chas. S. Martin • A.M. Woodard • Jonathan Peak • M.A. Wilkins • Jerome D. Brooks • James R. French • Chas. A. French • William Rotherell • William C. Pease • D.W. Peebles • David Crast • Lewis Weed • John Peak • E.A. Deakin • Hiram Tousley • George Stephens • John N. Back • N. Kirschner • Joseph Holach • Nich. Harmon • Francis Murphy

North Side
(Middle) - On Fames Eternal camping ground, their silent tents are spread, and Glory guards with solemn round the Bivouac of the Dead
(Base) - GETTYSBURG

North side (upper list):
Lieut. Ezra T. Hartley • Lieut. Carlos D. Stevens • Lieut. Oscar Bingham • Lieut. Geo. Peeler

North side names (lower list):
F. Rhodes • Edward R. Duff • Miles Peck • L.L. Ward • W.I. Cornwell • Fred
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
2. Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
Jones • O.D. Jones • N. Hatton Jr. • A. Hall • R.S. Cook • J.M. Thornton • David Jones • J.C.Ledger • T.P Mason • L. Mason • S. Towner • R. Mather • Zadoc Sheldon • S. Sheldon • S. Butts • B. Doxtater • J.H. Scrafford • Sebra Seeley • F. Ruprick • Patrick Loftis • Mad. Wyeth • D. Hulbert • F. Miller • T.W. Goodwin • S. Green • D. Hollis • H. Conklin • O. Moyer • T.D. Wilder • Nelson Cole • W.C. Weed • H.W. Barber • A.S. Green • O.V. Munger • Samuel Clark • W. Harrington • M. Galvin • M. McSyger • H. Seymour • H.O. Starkweather

West Side
(Base) - WILDERNESS

The Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailor's Monument is inscribed with the names of Lewis County residents who served in the American Civil War, and several of the battles in which they fought. Erected in 1883, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009.

West side names (upper list):
Colonel Guilford D. Bailey • Captain C.T. Mullin • Assistant Surgeon James S. Bradish

West side names (middle list):
Andrew A. Talcott • L.H. Sage • O.S. Post • Oliver Pitcher • John A. Bray • Chas. E. Lathrop • L. Wright • M. Lassell • J.M. Lawrence • Chas. F. Richter • Dan. Roberts • A.H. Richter • George W. Bennett • Michael Carlin • H. Weller • John Hanley • Henry F. Beals • Edwin Higby • C.S. Morton • Theo. Shultz • E.E. Durfey • L.G. Graves • Luther Lasher
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
3. Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument Marker
• J.J. Phinney • Jas. L. Nichols • Fred. Oberley • Peter S. Loness • J.J. Hamblin • Lewis H. Rudge • Fred. White • Theodore Owens • W. McVickar • Henry Turgor • Richard Dexter • D.E. Lampman • W.S. Austin • J.E. Lampman • Alexander Mullin • Chas. L. Lovejoy • Martin O’Briter • Marion Bigelow

West side names (lower list):
Charles Wilder • Albert H. Ellis • Nelson Burr • Conrad Sauer • Robert M. Lyle • F.I. Florida • William R. Townsend • M. Mullally • Irwin Sabin • P. McGoldrick • Augustus Geier • L. Hopseeker • W.S. Strickland • Asahel Gloyd • Chas. Hoffman • Matthew Larkins • Elijah Roberts • Sylvanus Hall • Reuben S. Puffer • Andrew J. Hills • Jesse Post • Edward Tye • Levi Rockwell • Cornelius Babcock • Michael Howard • John Smith • Hazelam Edgehill • John Purcey • Monroe A. Hall • Charles Clobridge • Thorn Allen • Edward L. Higby • John Loftis • Daniel Durney • John Dunbar • Sebastian Gonya • Orsemius Porte • M. Marway • Nicholas Habriger • Abraham Dike • Noah Dike • Bartley Cauley • Chas. F. Mager • Henry Crofoot • Mordecai Gallup
 
Erected 1883.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 43° 47.454′ N, 75° 29.734′ W. Monument is in Lowville, New York, in Lewis County. It is at
South side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
4. South side names
the intersection of North State St (State Highway 26) and County Road 14, on the left when traveling north on North State St. Monument is located in a small park at the intersection in front of the historic Lowville Presbyterian Church. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Lowville NY 13367, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Upstate New York and in the Adirondacks & North Country. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Great North Woods, 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 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Stone Church (within shouting distance of this marker); Lewis County Fairgrounds (approx. 0.3 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Village of Lowville Lions Park (approx. 0.4 miles away); One Room School (approx. 2½ miles away); Greystone Manor (approx. 3.9 miles away); Site of First Lewis County Clerk’s Building (approx. 4 miles away); Hough’s Cave (approx. 5.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Lowville.
 
Also see . . .  2013 Monument Removal, Restoration and Replacement. The Lewis County Historical Society documented the restoration of this monument in this 14 minute video of still photographs. (Submitted on November 7, 2013.) 
 
Additional commentary.
1. Marker restored and returned.
About 2 weeks after the Lowville's monument photos were taken,the monument was dismantled and taken to Ohio's McKay Lodge for restoration. Thursday Nov. 29th
South side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
5. South side names
2013 the monument was returned and erected by 1 pm. The restored monument is now in excellent condition.
    — Submitted December 4, 2012, by Charlotte M. Beagle of Lowville, New York.
 
South side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
6. South side names
South side upper plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
7. South side upper plaque
East side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
8. East side names
East side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
9. East side names
East side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
10. East side names
East side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
11. East side names
East and North side bases image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
12. East and North side bases
North side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
13. North side names
North side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
14. North side names
North side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
15. North side names
Bivouac of the Dead image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
16. Bivouac of the Dead
North side upper plaque image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
17. North side upper plaque
West side base image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
18. West side base
West side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
19. West side names
West side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
20. West side names
West side names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
21. West side names
West side middle plaque names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
22. West side middle plaque names
Monument North Side image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
23. Monument North Side
West side upper plaque names image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
24. West side upper plaque names
Mortar and shell in front of the monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lee Hattabaugh, October 18, 2011
25. Mortar and shell in front of the monument
Muzzle markings include: "T.J.R. 1863" (inspector and year) and what looks like "C.A. & C. 1975" (foundry and weight).
Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument restoration image. Click for full size.
26. Lewis County Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument restoration
News article published in the Watertown Daily Times (Carthage/Lowville Times section), 18 October 2011, describing the restoration project. Click on image to read the article.
<i>Park and Soldiers' Monument, Lowville, N.Y.</i> image. Click for full size.
Postcard by Wm. Jubb, circa 1910
27. Park and Soldiers' Monument, Lowville, N.Y.
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on November 5, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2011, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 2,116 times since then and 53 times this year. Photos:   1. submitted on October 16, 2024, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.   2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26. submitted on December 15, 2011, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama.   27. submitted on January 16, 2015. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
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