CIVIL WAR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS MONUMENT

This outstanding forty-foot tall bronze and granite Civil War memorial was "Erected by the Town of Webster A.D. 1907 to commemorate the service of her sons who did their part to preserve the Union 1861-1865."

The names of all 367 Webster veterans who served in the Civil War are listed on four large bronze tablets mounted around the base of the memorial. At the top of the memorial stands a life size soldier carrying the Union flag. While around the memorial are four life size bronze statues representing the four branches of service, Navy, Infantry, Cavalry and artillery. The sailor wears a navy uniform and holds a sword in his right hand. The infantryman wears a caped overcoat and grasps the end of a rifle with both hands; the butt of the gun rests on the ground. The artillery soldier holds a rammer in his right hand, his left hand raised to the bill of his cap. The cavalryman stands with his hands clasped before him, a sword hanging from his left waist.

A 1900 town meeting vote to establish a memorial committee with the assistance of Nathaniel Lion Post 61 GAR began the task of erecting the memorial. Dedicated July 4, 1907 with Clara Barton in attendance at the ceremony. Located on the green between the town hall and the Chester C. Corbin Public Library, Main Street.

Finn Halken Frolich, sculptor
Original Cost: $16,000
An iron fence was placed around the monument, August 1920.
Mount Pleasant Memorials of Gloucester, MA refurbished the memorial in 1999 for a cost of $30,000.