Woonsocket Civil War Monument | |
Location: | Woonsocket, Rhode Island |
Coordinates: | 42.0053°N -71.5131°W |
Built: | 1868 |
Architect: | James G. Batterson |
Added: | November 24, 1982 |
Mpsub: | Woonsocket MRA |
Refnum: | 82000013 |
The Woonsocket Civil War Monument is a historic site at Monument Square in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. It was built to memorialize thirty-nine fallen soldiers from Woonsocket who took part in the Civil War.[1]
Built in 1868 by James G. Batterson, this Civil War memorial was the first Civil War monument constructed in Rhode Island. The monument is made out of granite and is topped with a statue of a Civil War soldier. The names of the battles in which Woonsocket soldiers fought are inscribed on the monument.[2] The monument was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.