Memorials
CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS
NASSAU COUNTY, NEW YORK (PARTIAL LIST)
Town of Hempstead. Soldiers and Sailors Monument. Bronze statue erected in Greenfield Cemetery in 1888. Sculpted by Karl Gerhardt, who cast similar monuments for Utica and Deposit, NY; Hoboken, NJ; and Brooklyn, CT. The monument is of a uniformed soldier standing with his gun atop a tall granite pedestal. In 1887, Moses A. Baldwin Post #544 and D. B. P. Mott Post #527, GAR petitioned the Hempstead Town Board to put a proposition forward at the next election to authorize $2,500 for a monument. The Board agreed and voters approved the proposition 1,156 to 312.
Village of Freeport:
The Mott Monument, a memorial to Joseph and Dandridge B.P. Mott, brothers who died in the conflict. The monument is a marble stele first erected in the Freeport Presbyterian Church cemetery. When that graveyard closed in 1927 the monument was moved to a place near Village Hall, on North Ocean Avenue, until it was hit by a car and broken. After its restoration in 1996, it has rested safely on the grounds of the Freeport Historical Society & Museum, at 350 South Main Street.
Cannon from the U.S.S. Hartford. This is Parrot Rifle #240, a 30 pounder. It was donated to the Village by the U. S. Navy in 1902. The Hartford was Admiral David Farragut’s flagship during the Battle of Mobile Bay in August, 1864. It stands at the corner of Sunrise Highway (State Route 27) and Madison St.
The Freeport Memorial Library is dedicated to the memory of those who died in service during the Civil War, the Spanish American War and World War I. There is a plaque containing the names of those who made the supreme sacrifice.
Village of Greenvale, Roslyn Cemetery. In 1902 a life-size bronze statue of a Civil War soldier was erected in the GAR memorial plot in this cemetery which is owned by the Presbyterian Church of Roslyn. In the 1920’s vandals sawed off the head but it was later re-attached. In 1992 the entire statue was stolen. In 2005 a replacement was put atop the original 14 foot high granite pedestal. Since the original mold had been destroyed, the replacement was made from a similar one of an 1866 statue in Brooklyn’s Greenwood Cemetery.
Village of Farmingdale. In 2011 the Farmingdale - Bethpage Historical Society, sparked by the interest of soon to be Eagle Scout Patrick Looney, raised the funds for a carved granite “Tree of Life” in memory of Phillip Darby and 12 others from the Farmingdale area who served. Parts of the tree are missing to symbolize those who died. The monument is on Village Green along with monuments of other wars along Veterans Walk.
Village of Hempstead. In 2008 a monument was erected in the churchyard of St. George’s Episcopal Church off Front Street in memory of medal of honor recipient William Laing of Hempstead who served in the 158th New York Infantry.
Bethpage. In 2009 a monument was erected in Lyceum Cemetery in memory of Alfred Walthers of Farmingdale who served in the 145th and the 107th New York infantry and who died of disease at Nashville, Tennessee January 29, 1865.
If you are aware of a Civil War Monument in Nassau County which is not shown above, please e-mail information similar to that shown above and, if possible, a photograph to Michael Duffy, Signals Officer/Webmaster, Moses A. Baldwin Camp #544, SUVCW at mduffy9@gmail.com. Thank you.