Town of Enfield Parks and Recreation Department 19 North Main Street Enfield Connecticut 06082
Date:
1881. Installed 1885
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Connecticut survey, 1993.
Image on file.
Bridge, Ruth, ed. "The Challenge of Change," Canaan, NH: Phoenix Publishing for Enfield Historical Society, 1977, pg. 231.
(Incised on base, right:) D. Richards Sc/1881 (Incised on base, left:) M. J. Power/Bronze Founder,/N.Y. (On plaque on base, front:) IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ENFIELD/WHO/ON LAND AND SEA/PERILED THEIR LIVES/FOR UNION/AND LIBERTY, 1861-1865/ERECTED BY THE/TOWN OF ENFIELD/A.D. 1885. (On base, east:) ROLL OF HONOR/KILLED IN BATTLE/(Two columns of five names each)/DIED FROM WOUNDS/(Two columns of seven names each)/DIED IN SERVICE/AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, Ga./(Two columns of seven names each and one centered name at the bottom) (On base, north:) IN MEMORY OF THOSE/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/IN THE GREAT WAR/FOR WORLD-WIDE LIBERTY/1917-1919/KILLED IN ACTION/(Eight names)/DIED IN SERVICE/(Six names, including on female Red Cross nurse)/ERECTED BY THE TOWN OF ENFIELD 1922 (On base, west:) ROLL OF HONOR/DIED IN SERVICE/(Two columns of fourteen names and centered name at the bottom) signed Founder's mark appears.
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a uniformed Union soldier stands atop a tall, tapered pedestal. The figure wears a long, caped coat, cap and moustache. His proper right hand is on his hip. He holds his rifle by the barrel in his proper left hand, with the butt by his proper left foot. American Eagle reliefs appear on three sides of the pedestal. The work stands on a low, round retaining wall planter.
