Henry Merritt Camp Memorial (Salem, Massachusetts)

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Title

Henry Merritt Camp Memorial (Salem, Massachusetts)

Description

Located in Salem's Greenlawn Cemetery, the Henry Merritt Camp Memorial was dedicated in 1886 in honour of town native Lieutenant Colonel Henry Merritt, who was killed during the Battle of New Bern in April 1862. The Memorial is made from the zinc, or "white bronze', of the Monumental Bronze Company, and features the company's popular color bearer figure which can be seen in Civil War monuments throughout the United States.

Creator

Monumental Bronze Company (manufacturer - Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Source

american

Contributor

Josh Haslett

Language

English

Type

Site

Identifier

33

Date Issued

1886-11-05

Extent

cm x cm x cm

Spatial Coverage

current,42.53197,-70.90478;

Europeana

Country

UK

Europeana Data Provider

Henry Merritt Camp Memorial

Europeana Type

TEXT

Site Item Type Metadata

Wiki

https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Henry_Merritt_Camp_Memorial

Monument Type

Statue - standing soldier

Erected by

Sons of Union Veterans

Funded by

Sons of Union Veterans

Material

Statue - zinc ('white bronze').

State

Massachusetts

Affiliation

Union

City

Salem