Castine

 
County: Hancock Source of Funding: $1,525 from the Town of Castine
Location: Town Common Maker/Sculptor: Hallowell Granite Company
Type: Soldier Materials: Granite
Date Erected: Unknown Date Dedicated: May 30, 1887
Principal Inscriptions: In Memory Of The/Soldiers And Sailors/From Castine/Who Offered Their Lives In/The War For The Preservation/Of The Union/1861-65/"With A Great Sum Obtained/We This Freedom"
References: Mt. Desert Herald, April 22, 1887; May 13, 1887; June 3, 1887; Ellsworth American, June 2, 1887; June 9, 1887; George A. Wheeler, History of Castine, New York, 1923, p. 350.

Current View

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Photograph, c. 1890

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Post Card c. 1920

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Photograph; May 30,1887

Taken by Will C. Tuttle at the dedication of the Castine Civil War Monument

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