The Massachusetts Monument was erected in 1908 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in memory of her Soldiers and Sailors who died in North Carolina during the Civil War. The sculpture was completed in 1908 by Melzar Hunt Mossman of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The monument is a bronze female figure holding a pen in her right hand and shield with her left. She has written on the face of the shield,"AFTER LOYAL SERVICE, UNION AND PEACE". The bronze stands on a granite base with three bronze plaques.
The Massachusetts Monument was erected in 1908 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in memory of her Soldiers and Sailors who died in North Carolina during the Civil War. The sculpture was completed in 1908 by Melzar Hunt Mossman of Chicopee, Massachusetts. The monument is a bronze female figure holding a pen in her right hand and shield with her left. She has written on the face of the shield,"AFTER LOYAL SERVICE, UNION AND PEACE". The bronze stands on a granite base with three bronze plaques.
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Inscription
Dedication Plaque:
THE COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS ERECTS THIS MONUMENT IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF HER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO DIED IN THE DEPARTMENT OF NORTH CAROLINA 1861-1865
First Unit Plaque:
2 D MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
3 D MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
5 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
8 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
17 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
21 ST MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
23 D MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
24 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
25 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
Second Unit Plaque:
27 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
33 D MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
43 D MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
44 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
45 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
46 TH MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
51 ST MASS. VOL. INFANTRY
2 D MASS. VOL. HEAVY ARTILLERY
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