| County: Penobscot | Source of Funding: Subscriptions (donations) from the citizens of Hampden |
| Location: Locust Grove Cemetary, Route 1A | Maker/Sculptor: Powers & Hall of Boston |
| Type: Shaft | Materials: Italian Marble, Granite |
| Date Erected: 1864 | Date Dedicated: July 4, 1864 |
| Principal Inscriptions: 1864/Erected By Subscription/in memory of/Soldiers and Seamen from this town/deceased and slain in the War of the/Great Rebellion. The Great Rebellion/terminated by the surrender of the Rebel Armies under Genl Lee April 9, 1865. Our Fallen/Heroes/Abraham Lincoln/16th President/of the United States/was mortally wounded by/an assassin on the 14 and/died on the 15 of Apr. 1865/A Martyr To Liberty. Consecrated/by Rev. J. K. Mason/July 4, 1864. The Great Rebellion/commenced by the attack on Fort Sumter,/April 12, 1861. This Monument placed here/by James A. Sweft | |
| References: Bangor Whig & Courier, July 4, 1864; July 6, 1864; July 9, 1864; Portland Transcript, October 7, 1865 | |
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