Brattleboro Civil War Monument (Brattleboro, Vermont)

Brattleboro Civil War Monument (Brattleboro, Vermont)

Monument on the Brattleboro Common has two elements: the original monument (1887) and a separate corrective and interpretive plaque (2022). The separate plaque is corrective because it provides recognition for soldiers who were excluded from the original monument: soldiers of color and “substitute” soldiers who served in place of wealthier residents who were allowed to pay money to avoid military service. The plaque is interpretive because it provides history and context to help people understand how the original omissions happened and how the corrections came to be. At the bottom of the corrective and interpretive plaque, there is an invitation to seek additional information by visiting this webpage.

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Town of Brattleboro Vermont, 4 April 2025. https://brattleboro.gov/civil-war-soldiers-monument. HMDB, 16 June 2016. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=23114.

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Brattleboro Civil War Monument (Brattleboro, Vermont)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Brattleboro_Civil_War_Monument_(Brattleboro,_Vermont)_

Statue - standing soldier

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This Monument Commemorates The Loyalty and Patriotism Of the Men of Brattleboro, Who Fought for Liberty and the Union In the Great Rebellion of 1861 – 1865 Enlisted 385. Died in Service 31. Erected by a Grateful Town A.D. 1887. Never Forget What They Did Here: Big Bethel, Bull Run Lee’s Mill, Savage’s Station Antietam, Fredericksburg, Marye’s Heights, Gettysburg, Port Hudson, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Winchester, Cedar Creek, Mobile, Sailor’s Creek.

Vermont

Union

Brattleboro

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