Rare Antique Civil War Newbern, Gettysburg Monument Derby, CT Stereoview Photo

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Rare Antique Civil War Newbern, Gettysburg Monument Derby, CT Stereoview Photo:
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UP FOR SALE:Rare Antique Civil War Newbern, Gettysburg Monument! Derby, CT Stereoview Photo!
Wonderful Antique Victorian American Stereoview Photograph!
\"CIVIL WAR MONUMENT, Derby, is significant historically because it is a symbol of the honor afforded by the citizens of Derby to their sons who served in the Union forces.
Its creation took many years, as was not unusual. The Elisha S. Kellogg Post, No. 26, of the Grand Army of the Republic appointed a monument committee in 1875 which was successful in raising $1,475. Its leather-bound subscription book, at the Harcourt Wood Memorial Library, lists names of donors and amounts of contributions, which generally were $10 or $25, but ranged upwards to $200 and $500. These funds made it possible to proceed with erection of the pedestal in 1878 by person unknown at a cost of $1,500. The base of the contemplated monument was dedicated July 4, 1877, with suitable ceremonies which included a procession headed by the Bristol Brass Band.
Several years later, when an additional $3,200 was pledged, Maurice J. Power of New York City was given a contract to remodel the substructure and erect a bronze statue. The dedication July 4, 1883, on the Derby Green was attended by 8,000 people. Trains brought crowds from New Haven and Bridgeport. Firemen from Derby and surrounding towns marched in the parade. The principal oration was delivered by Captain Wilbur F. Osborne, lst Connecticut Volunteer Heavy Artillery, who declared that the \"patriotism which conquered the great rebellion...lies in the heart of every soldier, sailor, and patriotic citizen of this village.\"
The \"Bivouac of the Dead\" reference in the stone is a quotation from Theodore O\'Hara, Irish-Kentuckian soldier and scholar. Kentucky soldiers who died at Buena Vista were brought home and re-interred at Frankfort in 1867, with suitable ceremony. O\'Hara included the poem in his remarks on that occasion. The lines are also incised in CIVIL WAR MONUMENT, West Hartford.\"
Rare Early Photography of the Monument before it\'s 2nd Addition!
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