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Derry Civil War Monument
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Derry Civil War Monument

Birth
Death
unknown
Monument
East Derry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.8942056, Longitude: -71.2945861
Plot
In front of First Parish Church, East Derry to which the cemetery is connected
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Erected in 1888 this monument is located in front of the First Parish Church, the oldest building in Derry. The Forest Hill Cemetery is connected to the church. The monument cost $3,000.00 of which $1,000.00 was a bequest of Miss Emma Taylor who for many years served as principal of Adams Female Academy. The monument, designed by C.H. Dinsmore, is twenty-seven feet high with a base eight feet square.

Inscription:

In Honor of the men of Derry, N.H.
who fought for the Union
1861 - 1865

There are four plaques, one listing those Killed in Action / Died in Service and the other three listing the names of those who were Honorably Discharged.

Killed in Action:
George Emerson, William Nowell, Jacob Hall, George E. Upton

Died in Service:
David H. Adams, James Adams , Jacob S. Bartell, Nathaniel E. Brickett, John S. Bean, Thomas S. Dustin, William H. Day, George E. Floyd, Dwight E. Hale, Dr Henry Hayes, William Marshall, Joseph W. Nowell, John H. Parker, Joseph C. Sawyer, William H. Stevens, James Stevens, Edgar H. Shepard, Frank A. Taylor , Willis I. Taylor , George L. Warner.

Honorably Discharged:
Joseph Arnold, Horace F. Abbott, Charles B. Adams, George H. Adams, Morrison Alexander, Frank G. Adams, Charles Aldrich, Charles R. Adams, George H. Butterfield, George F. Boyd, Capt. Nathaniel H. Brown, Alba A. Bachelder, John Bowley, George R. Barker, John Christy, William W. Coon, Rodney Campbell, George W. Carr, David S. Clark, Warren E. Clark, J. Charles Currier, James H. Crombie, Harlan P. Clark, Henry E. Cunningham, William B. Cogswell, Isaiah A. Dustin, John T.G. Dinsmore, Jr., Henry G. Dillenback, Theodore Dinsmore, Alvin A. Davis, George M, Davis, Albert A. Davis, Frederic Davis, Albert D.W. Emerson, James Evans, George O. Everett, James H. Eaton, Nathan F. Flanders, Henry Forcer, George E. Fitch.

Lewis Foster, Nelson Foster, Jeremiah Garvin, Fred D. Gregg, Daniel G. George, Emmonds Hill, Benjamin W. Holmes, Warren P. Horne, John L. Holston, Charles Hatch, George I. Herrick, William M. Howe, William K. Hayes, Samuel Harvey, George A. Hill, Philip Jones, Simeon F. Kendall, Louis Londean, Frank A. Lincoln, John H. Lowe, John S. Loverin, Charels F. Mahaffey, George W. McKenney, Stephen Mills, William Major, Decatur McCartey, William A. McMurphy, Tenney Major, George E. Merrill, Nathan Morse, James E. Morrill, George Major, Robert W. McMurphy, Henry J. McMurphy, John Moulton, Herman Nichols, Perkins Nichols, Clarence E. Nesmith, Charles A. Nowell, Louis Nesmith, Daniel Owens, Francis Owens, Loami G. Pillsbury.

Benjamin F. Pettengill, William H. Palmer, Luke Poor, John Parker, Benjamin F. Rowe, Charles B. Radcliffe, Charles S. Reynolds, Nehemiah L. Richardson, George W. Randall, Matthew Senter, Benjamin H. Smith, Charles P. Stevens, Edwin Stevens, George W. Smith, Enoch Stevens, David C. Stevens, George F. Stevens, Henry A. G. Storer, Daniel Shattuck, Luther C. Stevens, Marcellus C. Shattuck, Thomas H. Simmington, George S. True, Henry Taylor, George Thom, George B. Tuttle, Horace Tilton, Allan C. Taylor, William H. Thompson, Job F. Thomas, William H. Thomas, Thomas Tyrie, Norris C. Wiggin, John J. White, Timothy H. Wiggin, Charles F. Wheeler, Caleb F. Whidden, John E. Webster, William H. Wilson, Augustus A. Woodward, Kimball Wilson.
Erected in 1888 this monument is located in front of the First Parish Church, the oldest building in Derry. The Forest Hill Cemetery is connected to the church. The monument cost $3,000.00 of which $1,000.00 was a bequest of Miss Emma Taylor who for many years served as principal of Adams Female Academy. The monument, designed by C.H. Dinsmore, is twenty-seven feet high with a base eight feet square.

Inscription:

In Honor of the men of Derry, N.H.
who fought for the Union
1861 - 1865

There are four plaques, one listing those Killed in Action / Died in Service and the other three listing the names of those who were Honorably Discharged.

Killed in Action:
George Emerson, William Nowell, Jacob Hall, George E. Upton

Died in Service:
David H. Adams, James Adams , Jacob S. Bartell, Nathaniel E. Brickett, John S. Bean, Thomas S. Dustin, William H. Day, George E. Floyd, Dwight E. Hale, Dr Henry Hayes, William Marshall, Joseph W. Nowell, John H. Parker, Joseph C. Sawyer, William H. Stevens, James Stevens, Edgar H. Shepard, Frank A. Taylor , Willis I. Taylor , George L. Warner.

Honorably Discharged:
Joseph Arnold, Horace F. Abbott, Charles B. Adams, George H. Adams, Morrison Alexander, Frank G. Adams, Charles Aldrich, Charles R. Adams, George H. Butterfield, George F. Boyd, Capt. Nathaniel H. Brown, Alba A. Bachelder, John Bowley, George R. Barker, John Christy, William W. Coon, Rodney Campbell, George W. Carr, David S. Clark, Warren E. Clark, J. Charles Currier, James H. Crombie, Harlan P. Clark, Henry E. Cunningham, William B. Cogswell, Isaiah A. Dustin, John T.G. Dinsmore, Jr., Henry G. Dillenback, Theodore Dinsmore, Alvin A. Davis, George M, Davis, Albert A. Davis, Frederic Davis, Albert D.W. Emerson, James Evans, George O. Everett, James H. Eaton, Nathan F. Flanders, Henry Forcer, George E. Fitch.

Lewis Foster, Nelson Foster, Jeremiah Garvin, Fred D. Gregg, Daniel G. George, Emmonds Hill, Benjamin W. Holmes, Warren P. Horne, John L. Holston, Charles Hatch, George I. Herrick, William M. Howe, William K. Hayes, Samuel Harvey, George A. Hill, Philip Jones, Simeon F. Kendall, Louis Londean, Frank A. Lincoln, John H. Lowe, John S. Loverin, Charels F. Mahaffey, George W. McKenney, Stephen Mills, William Major, Decatur McCartey, William A. McMurphy, Tenney Major, George E. Merrill, Nathan Morse, James E. Morrill, George Major, Robert W. McMurphy, Henry J. McMurphy, John Moulton, Herman Nichols, Perkins Nichols, Clarence E. Nesmith, Charles A. Nowell, Louis Nesmith, Daniel Owens, Francis Owens, Loami G. Pillsbury.

Benjamin F. Pettengill, William H. Palmer, Luke Poor, John Parker, Benjamin F. Rowe, Charles B. Radcliffe, Charles S. Reynolds, Nehemiah L. Richardson, George W. Randall, Matthew Senter, Benjamin H. Smith, Charles P. Stevens, Edwin Stevens, George W. Smith, Enoch Stevens, David C. Stevens, George F. Stevens, Henry A. G. Storer, Daniel Shattuck, Luther C. Stevens, Marcellus C. Shattuck, Thomas H. Simmington, George S. True, Henry Taylor, George Thom, George B. Tuttle, Horace Tilton, Allan C. Taylor, William H. Thompson, Job F. Thomas, William H. Thomas, Thomas Tyrie, Norris C. Wiggin, John J. White, Timothy H. Wiggin, Charles F. Wheeler, Caleb F. Whidden, John E. Webster, William H. Wilson, Augustus A. Woodward, Kimball Wilson.

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