photo by S. Dow (3/23/2019)
The Civil War Monument in Atkinson, New Hampshire is located at the town common in the center of town, on Rt 121 (Main Street). William Cleaves Todd, a native townsman and former teacher at the Atkinson Academy, gifted the granite memorial to the town in 1890. There used to be small granite pillars with iron railings surrounding it, but those have since been removed, probably when the common was redone (the pillars now mark the outside corners of the property).
On the four sides are inscribed the names of 40 Civil War soldiers who served from this town. With the town record books not having kept an accurate list of those who served, a list of names in the appendix of an 1875 historical speech about the town and Congregational Church (see link below) was used for reference.
Below are the names of the inscribed [additions/corrections in brackets]:
On the four sides are inscribed the names of 40 Civil War soldiers who served from this town. With the town record books not having kept an accurate list of those who served, a list of names in the appendix of an 1875 historical speech about the town and Congregational Church (see link below) was used for reference.
Below are the names of the inscribed [additions/corrections in brackets]:
| John E. Austin Miles M. [or Martin M] Bowles Ebenezer Buck David O. Clarke Joseph Carlton [or Carleton] Warren Clough Warren Cowdry Charles Dow H. [Hezekiah] Dow John Dow |  |
 | George P. Dow John Follansbee [or Folinsbee] Loren [or Lorin] Heath George W. Heath Jacob Hall Ira Hurd William [H.H.] Hurd [Franklin] Frank P. Ireson John S.C. Kelly Henry A. Kelly |
| John H. Knight S. [Samuel] Burley Mason Edmund McNiel [McNeil] Alonzo McNiel [McNeil] Arthur L. Merrick Marcus Merrick Jacob L. Morse F. [sic; Thomas] Addison Noyes Gilman Noyes Byron Noyes |  |
 | Cyrus F. Noyes Edward F. Noyes Albe Noyes Fred [or Frederick] W. Noyes [Jonathan] Perkins Nichols John Ryan Charles D Richards Frank W. Richards Orrin [or Orran] S. Richards John H. Smith |
More About (with links):
Morse, Charles Fitch. Historical Discourse: Delivered at Atkinson, N.H., on the Centennial Anniversary of the Congregational Church. Lawrence, MA: Geo. S. Merrill & Crocker, c1875 [Appendix D, pg 36 - google books]
The Derry News, 31 Jan 31 1890 (monument gift, pg 5)
The Derry News, 31 May 1901 (article about monument, pg 2)
"Civil War Soldiers of Atkinson, NH" (Virtual Cemetery on Find a Grave)
Atkinson Cemetery (Flickr photo album w/ Civil War graves)
Morse, Charles Fitch. Historical Discourse: Delivered at Atkinson, N.H., on the Centennial Anniversary of the Congregational Church. Lawrence, MA: Geo. S. Merrill & Crocker, c1875 [Appendix D, pg 36 - google books]
The Derry News, 31 Jan 31 1890 (monument gift, pg 5)
The Derry News, 31 May 1901 (article about monument, pg 2)
"Civil War Soldiers of Atkinson, NH" (Virtual Cemetery on Find a Grave)
Atkinson Cemetery (Flickr photo album w/ Civil War graves)
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