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| Maine Civil War Monuments | |
Union |
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| Town/County: Union/Knox | |
| Location: Town Common | |
| Type: Soldier | Materials: Black granite from George Green's quarry, South Thomaston; white granite |
| Date Erected: | Date Dedicated: July 4, 1888 |
| Maker/Sculptor: Statue by E. J. Miller of South Thomaston, base by James Dornan of Union | Source of Funding: $1,500: $490 from the Town of Union, private contributions raised by the Cooper Post, G.A.R. and the Cooper Women's Relief Corps |
| Principal inscriptions: The Citizens Of Union Honor/Their Dead Who Fell In The/War 1861-1865/J. Dornan/Union 1888 | |
| References: Rockland Opinion, July 6, 1888; Union Past and Present, Union, 1898, p. 44. | |
| Click on these photos for larger images | |
Current view
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Photograph by William A. Bessey, c.1890 |
Post card, c.1910
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