Colchester in Southeastern Region, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)

Colchester Soldiers Monument

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 13, 2016

1. Colchester Soldiers Monument

Inscription. Colchester
Honors Its Dead
Who Fell
In The War
For The Union
1861-5. (north side ) Erected
Sept. 17.
1875. ( west side )
Roll of Honor Capt. C.W. Cook · Lt. M.A. Taintor · A.M. Fox · John Morgan · Ja’s Elderman · Sidney Valentine · Frank Wright · Wm. Alger · Ja’s Crawford · G.H. Gott · Giles James · C.J. Williams · C.A. Beckwith · S.H. Gillette · John Fitzgerald · Thom. Marrow · J.R. Shaylor · T.C. Lombard · Geo. Evans · Frank Beckwith · Henry Scholl · S.E. Stewart

( east side )
Roll of Honor Capt. Chas. Doyle · W.H. Douglass · H.C. Rogers · John Hemar · C.E. James · Sherman Valentine · C.S. Arnold · Timothy O’Connell · Ralph Allyn · Cha’s Bangston · Horatio Crandall · Thom. Kinney · C.F. Sheriden · D.L. Adams · F.M. Carver · J.H. Miner · C.R. Buell · A.B. Neal · Geo. Riley · O.A. Gillette · C.H. Potter · R.F. Harvey

Erected 1875.

Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 41° 34.525′ N, 72° 19.918′ W. Marker is in Colchester in Southeastern Region, Connecticut. It is on Main Street near Norwich

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Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Located on the Colchester Town Green. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Colchester CT 06415, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and monument is on the Connecticut Shoreline,

in Greater New London and in the Thames River Valley.

It is also in the American Northeast,

in New England,

and on the Eastern Seaboard. 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 London County

and also 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: Veterans Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colchester World War I Monument (about 300 feet away); Colchester World War II - Korean Conflict Monument (about 400 feet away); Colchester Vietnam Veterans Monument (about 400 feet away); Colchester (about 500 feet away); Hebron World War I (approx. 6 miles away); World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Conflicts

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 13, 2016

2. Colchester Soldiers Monument

( north side )

Monument (approx. 6 miles away); Hebron Civil War Monument (approx. 6 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Colchester.

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 13, 2016

3. Colchester Soldiers Monument

( west side )

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 13, 2016

4. Colchester Soldiers Monument

( east side )

Photographed by Michael Herrick, October 13, 2016

5. Colchester Soldiers Monument

Credits. This page was last revised on May 19, 2026. It was originally submitted on October 20, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 704 times since then and 111 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 20, 2016, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.