New Britain in Hartford County, Connecticut — The American Northeast (New England)
New Britain Soldiers' Monument
Photographed By Michael Herrick, March 29, 2011
1. New Britain Soldiers' Monument
Inscription.
New Britain Soldiers' Monument. . [ south side ]
With Malice Toward None With Charity For All With Firm Ness In The Right Lincoln Oh Rare And Royal Was The Sacrifice. [ east side ]
Let Us Have Peace Grant, For You And Me They Put Their Armor On, This Monument Is Built In Grateful Remembrance Of The Soldiers And Sailors Who In The War To Maintain The Union Offered Their Lives In The Cause Of Mankind That Coming Generations Taught By Their Example May Cherish The Fruits Of Their Valor And Devotion And Make Their Memory Immortal. [ north side ]
Liberty And Union Now And Forever One Inseparable Webster, For You And Me They Stood In Grim Array. [ west side ]
To Heroes Living And Dear Martyrs Dead Lowell, They Joined The Mortal Struggle And Went Down, MDCCCLXI – MDCCCLXV Erected By The Citizens Of New Britain MDCCCXCIX. [ battle names on the four columns surrounding the monument ] Bull Run . Roanoke Island . New Bern . Fort Jackson . Fort Pulaski . Falmouth . Hilton Head . Yorktown . Chapin's Bluff . Cedar Creek . Fort Fisher . Kinston . Bentonville . Hatcher's Rum . Richmond . Appomattox . Pocotaligo . Secessionville . Chickahominy . Malvern Hill . Baton Rouge . Gainssville . Chantilly . South Mountain . Antietam . Georgia Landing . Fredericksburg . Irish Bend . Suffolk . Chancellorsville . Lawrence Fourche Crossing . Brashear City . Gettysburg . Morris Island . Bolivar Heights . Fort Wagner . Winchester . Mine Run . Olustee . Plymouth . Old River . Wilderness . Spotsylvania . Chester Station . Resaca . Mansura . Drewry's Bluff . Cold Harbor . Kennesaw Mountain . Bermuda Hundred . Port Hudson . Snickers Ford . Peachtree Creek . Martinsburg . Petersburg Mine . Ream's Station . Deep Bottom . Atlanta . Fisher's Hill . Newmarket . Petersburg . Chapin's Farm . Fort Sedgwick
[ south side ]
With Malice Toward
None With Charity
For All With Firm
Ness In The Right
Lincoln
Oh Rare And Royal
Was The Sacrifice
[ east side ]
Let Us Have Peace
Grant
For You And Me They
Put Their Armor On
This Monument Is Built In
Grateful Remembrance Of
The Soldiers And Sailors
Who In The War To Maintain
The Union Offered Their
Lives In The Cause Of Mankind
That Coming Generations
Taught By Their Example May
Cherish The Fruits Of Their
Valor And Devotion And Make
Their Memory Immortal
[ north side ]
Liberty And Union
Now And Forever
One Inseparable
Webster
For You And Me They
Stood In Grim Array
[ west side ]
To Heroes Living
And Dear Martyrs
Dead
Lowell
They Joined The Mortal
Struggle And Went Down
MDCCCLXI – MDCCCLXV
Erected By The
Citizens Of New Britain
MDCCCXCIX
[ battle names on the four columns surrounding the monument ]
Bull Run Roanoke Island New Bern Fort Jackson Fort Pulaski Falmouth Hilton Head Yorktown Chapin's Bluff Cedar Creek Fort Fisher Kinston
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Bentonville Hatcher's Rum Richmond Appomattox Pocotaligo Secessionville Chickahominy Malvern Hill Baton Rouge Gainssville Chantilly South Mountain Antietam Georgia Landing Fredericksburg Irish Bend Suffolk Chancellorsville Lawrence Fourche Crossing Brashear City Gettysburg Morris Island Bolivar Heights Fort Wagner Winchester Mine Run Olustee Plymouth Old River Wilderness Spotsylvania Chester Station Resaca Mansura Drewry's Bluff Cold Harbor Kennesaw Mountain Bermuda Hundred Port Hudson Snickers Ford Peachtree Creek Martinsburg Petersburg Mine Ream's Station Deep Bottom Atlanta Fisher's Hill Newmarket Petersburg Chapin's Farm Fort Sedgwick
Erected 1900.
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 41° 40.047′ N, 72° 46.931′ W. Marker is in New Britain, Connecticut, in Hartford County. Marker is at the intersection of West Main Street and Main Street, on the right when traveling east on West Main Street. Located in Central Park. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: New Britain CT 06051, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. New Britain (a few steps from this marker); New Britain Veterans Memorial (within shouting
8. Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Central Park, New Britain, Conn.
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on April 5, 2011, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 1,286 times since then and 26 times this year. Photos:1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 5, 2011, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. 8. submitted on October 24, 2015.
