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Within Mountain Grove Cemetery is the "Pro Patria" Civil War Memorial, sculpted by Paul Winters Morris (1865 - 1916; buried in Mountain Grove). "Pro Patria" in Latin means "For One's Country", it is from the Roman poet Virgil's line, "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" which translates to, "It is sweet and proper to die for one's country." (The line "Dulce et Decorum est" was later the title of a poem by Wilfred Owen, detailing the traumatic experiences of soldiers in World War I. Owen refers to the quote as "the old lie." He was killed in action a week prior to the war's end.) Behind the Mountain Grove "Pro Patria" memorial are rows of Civil War graves bordered by mounds of cannonballs. One hundred and fifty (150) names are inscribed on the memorial: 144 soldiers and 6 sailors (listed, below).
Dedication of the Pro Patria monument in 1906. From the Bridgeport Historical Society.
Fort Sumter • Vicksburg • Mobile Bay • Antietam • Gettysburg • Appomattox
First Conn Cavalry
First Conn Cavalry
Richard R Crawford Lt D d Oct 30 1863 In Hospital Va
Eugene W Starkweather Corp L d Sept 30 1864 Andersonville Ga
George W Clark Pvt A d Aug 20 1864 Andersonville Ga
Joseph Heaton Pvt D d Dec 5 1864 Salisbury N C
George Wagner Pvt F d Dec 24 1864 Harper's Ferry Va
Henry Kreger Pvt K d Aug 24 1864 Washington D C
John Burke Pvt M d Feb 13 1864 Baltimore Md
George Falon Pvt M k May 12 1864 Strawberry Hill Va
Second Conn Light Battery
Second Conn Light Battery
Frederick Holmes Corp d Jan 4 1865 White River Ark
Lyman A Clark Musc d Aug 21 1864 Fort Gaines Ala
Edward B Chase Pvt d Apr 8 1863 Wolf Run Shoal Va
John Clapy Pvt d Oct 11 1864 New Orleans La
George H Hill Pvt d Feb 27 1865 New Orleans La
Henry B Meyers Pvt d June 26 1865 Mobile Ala
James O'Donnell Pvt d Jan 28 1865 New Orleans La
James B Ramsdell Pvt d Feb 4 1865 New York N Y
John S Mills Pvt k Apr 9 1865 Blakely Ala
Charles B Whittlesey Pvt Drowned Dec 22 1864 At Sea
First Conn Heavy Artillery
First Conn Heavy Artillery
Ira S Wakefield Pvt L d Apr 2 1865 Petersburg Va
William H Anderson Pvt M d Aug 4 1863 Frederick Md
James Barry Pvt M d Feb 29 1864 New Haven Conn
Simon Morgan Pvt M d Mar 21 1863 New Haven Conn
Second Conn Heavy Artillery
Second Conn Heavy Artillery
William Morton Corp L d Mar 7 1865 Whitehall Hospital
James Bradley Pvt A d June 14 1864 Alexandria Va
Henry Tanner Pvt B d June 10 1864 Cold Harbor Va
Lucius B Palmer Pvt C d June 2 1864 Cold Harbor Va
Peter Riley Pvt F d June 2 1864 Philadelphia Pa
David Backus Pvt I d Nov 3 1864 Winchester Va
Charles Bennett Pvt I d Oct 23 1864 Strasburg Va
Joseph Curnell Pvt I d Aug 19 1864 Annapolis Md
Seymour Lobdell Pvt I d Nov 16 1864 Strasburg Va
William Day Pvt L d Aug 1 1864 In Hospital
John Pollard Pvt L d May 30 1864 Hanover Va
Fred'k Slade Pvt L d Sept 24 1864 In Hospital
John Martin Pvt L k June 1 1864 Cold Harbor Va
Thomas Doyle Pvt M d Sept 22 1864 Winchester Va
John Thomas Pvt M d Feb 13 1864 Winchester Va
Fifth Conn Infantry
Fifth Conn Infantry
Matthew Farrally Pvt K a July 19 1864 Nashville Tenn
Sixth Conn Infantry
Sixth Conn Infantry
Stephen S Stevens Lt I k July 18 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
Charles H Grogan 1st Sergt I d July 28 1863 At Sea
Andreas Wunck Sergt H d 1863 Richmond Va
Samuel C Thomas Sergt I d Aug 19 1864 Strawberry Plains Va
Ambrose B Seymour Pvt A d Oct 28 1864 Salisbury N C
Patrick Fox Pvt D d Nov 6 1864 Andersonville Ga
Gustave Schmidt Pvt H d Aug 12 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
August Loescher Pvt H d missing Aug 16 1864 Deep Bottom Va
Alonzo Phillips Pvt I d July 18 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
Albert W Stacey Pvt I d July 18 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
John P Barney Pvt I d Mar 15 1865 Washington D C
Samuel Bradley Pvt I d May 12 1865 In Hospital
Patrick Deary Pvt I d Nov 13 1863 Richmond Va
Harry Delpt Pvt I k Oct 22 1862 Pocotalico S C
William S Lacey Pvt I d July 19 1862 Beaufort S C
Thomas Taylor Pvt I d Oct 23 1862 Pocotalico S C
Michael Flynn Pvt I k July 18 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
William Reed Pvt K k July 18 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
Philo C Morse Pvt K d Jan 24 1865 In Hospital
Seventh Conn Infantry
Seventh Conn Infantry
Charles Johnson Pvt B k Sept 3 1864 Petersburg Va
John Reed Pvt B d Sept 7 1864 Andersonville Ga
John Smith Pvt D d Dec 13 1864 Andersonville Ga
Charles Bubois Pvt F d May 14 1864 Chester Station Va
Alexander Potocki Pvt G d July 6 1864 Andersonville Ga
John Zabroski Pvt H d Sept 24 1864 Fort Monroe Va
James Moore Pvt I k July 11 1863 Fort Wagoner S C
Eighth Conn Infantry
Eighth Conn Infantry
Charles H Lewis Corp K d Sept 17 1864 In Hospital
Charles Jones Pvt C k May 16 1864 Fort Darling Va
Ninth Conn Infantry
Ninth Conn Infantry
Patrick T Claffee 1st Lt c d Oct 5 1862 New Orleans La
Fred'k M Fairchild 1st Lt k d July 21 1862 Vicksburg Miss
James Henderson Corp D d Dec 28 1862 New Orleans La
John Ennes Corp D d Oct 14 1862 Camp Parapet La
Michael McGrath Corp D d Aug 3 1862 Baton Rouge La
Chas B Burton Corp D d Sept 12 1862 Carrolton La
Peter Smith Pvt D d Aug 26 1862 Carrolton La
Thomas O'Brien Pvt D d Nov 16 1862 Carrolton La
Michael Moore Pvt D d Aug 19 1862 Carrolton La
Peter O'Connor Pvt D d Aug 26 1863 Carrolton La
Peter Keenan Pvt D d July 21 1863 Carrolton La
Michael Fagan Pvt D d Jan 30 1862 Ship Island La
John Baggs Pvt D d Aug 9 1862 Baton Rouge La
Nicholas Doyle Pvt D d Feb 23 1863 New Orleans La
William Fibbs Pvt D d July 11 1863 New Orleans La
Albert Alaby Pvt I d Aug 16 1862 New Orleans La
Thomas O'Brien Pvt I d Dec 5 1862 New Orleans La
John Coyne Pvt I d Aug 13 1862 New Orleans La
Seth Robertson Pvt I d July 3 1862 Vicksburg Miss
Jeremiah Wells Pvt K d Aug 11 1862 Baton Rouge La
Tenth Conn Infantry
Tenth Conn Infantry
George L W Williams Sergt G d Oct 2 1864 Richmond Va
Henry Perkins Corp H d Oct 24 1863 In Hospital
James McCann Pvt C k Apr 2 1865 Fort Gregg Va
Jules Lassalle Pvt D k Apr 2 1865 Fort Gregg Va
Lawrence Lawless Pvt H k Sept 1864 Petersburg Va
Marcus Thomas Pvt H k May 16 1864 Drewry's Bluff Va
Fred'k Manchester Pvt H d Feb 6 1862 Hatteras Inlet N C
Eleventh Conn Infantry
Eleventh Conn Infantry
Jeremiah Brady Pvt A d July 31 1864
Twelfth Conn Infantry
Twelfth Conn Infantry
Ambrose Thompson Sergt A d July 23 1863 New Orleans La
James H Hurlbut Sergt I k Oct 19 1864 Cedar Creek Va
Herman Birch Corp I d Sept 28 1862 Camp Parapet La
John Mulloy Pvt B d Jan 13 1865 Salisbury N C
William Jr. Newell Pvt I d June 19 1863 Port Hudson Miss
Chaples H Wells Pvt I d Oct 21 1864 Cedar Creek Va
Joseph Bevans Pvt I k Oct 19 1864 Cedar Creek Va
William Linn Pvt I d Aug 10 1865 In Hospital
Michael Dillon Pvt I d Aug 10 1865 In Hospital
Thirteenth Conn Infantry
Thirteenth Conn Infantry
Henry Robinson Pvt G d Apr 11 1864 Alexandria La
Fourteenth Conn Infantry
Fourteenth Conn Infantry
Alfred G Molan Hosp Steward d Nov 25 1862 Harper's Ferry Va
William Jacobs Corp A d May 25 1864 Wilderness Va
Lucien W Hubbard Musc A d Apr 16 1864 Richmond Va
Jesse H Ramsdell Pvt A d Feb 4 1864 Richmond Va
Henry Walter Pvt A d July 9 1864 Andersonville Ga
George Carlock Pvt A k Dec 13 1862 Fredericksburg Va
Thaddeus W Lewis Pvt A k Sept 17 1862 Antietam Md
Michael Madigan Pvt A k Sept 17 1862 Antietam Md
John Mannix Pvt A missing Aug 25 1864 Reams Station Va
Henry Burncastle Pvt D d Aug 30 1864 Andersonville Ga
Sixteenth Conn Infantry
Sixteenth Conn Infantry
Samuel Johnson Pvt I d May 27 1864 Roanoke Island N C
Seventeenth Conn Infantry
Seventeenth Conn Infantry
Charles Walter Lt Col k May 2 1863 Chancellorsville Va
Charles B Lewis Corp D d Aug 6 1863 Baltimore Md
Alva E Wilcox Corp D d July 6 1863 Gettysburg Pa
William A Rogers Pvt D k May 2 1863 Chancellorsville Va
George R Hayes Pvt D d Feb 5 1864 Baltimore Md
John A Black Pvt G k July 1 1863 Gettysburg Pa
Cassius M Crabbe Pvt G k July 1 1863 Gettysburg Pa
William H Hauks Pvt G d Apr 26 1863 Washington D C
James Dennis Pvt K d Apr 15 1865 Picolata Fla
Stephen Wagner Pvt K d Aug 19 1864 Point Lookout Md
James Lavey Pvt K missing July 1 1863 Gettysburg Pa
Eighteenth Conn Infantry
Eighteenth Conn Infantry
Thomas T Jones Pvt A k June 15 1863 Winchester Va
Twenty-Third Conn Infantry
Twenty-Third Conn Infantry
Adolph Keller Pvt D k June 23 1863 Brashear City La
Watson N Mead Pvt D d July 1 1863 New Orleans La
Twenty-Fourth Conn Infantry
Twenty-Fourth Conn Infantry
Edward D Kenna Pvt K d Aug 11 1863 New Orleans La
Thomas Larkin Pvt K d May 16 1863 In Hospital
James Sullivan Pvt K d Dec 11 1863 In Hospital
Henry Walters Pvt K d Sept 7 1863 Ship Island Miss
Thirty-First Conn Infantry
Thirty-First Conn Infantry
Frederick Horton Pvt B d Dec 5 1864 In Hospital
Ellery B Leonard Pvt D missing July 30 1864 Petersburg Va
Seventh U S Infantry
Seventh U S Infantry
Pixlee Sherwood Pvt G k July 25 1861 Mesilla New Mexico
Fourteenth U S Infantry
Fourteenth U S Infantry
Michael D McCann Pvt F d Sept 28 1862
Fourteenth R I C H Artillery
Fourteenth R I C H Artillery
Henry Bush Pvt B d Aug 31 1864
William C Jackson Pvt C d Sept 25 1864
Hannibal Randall Pvt D Aug 25 1864
Francis Cummings Pvt H Apr 21 1864
Fortieth N Y Infantry
Fortieth N Y Infantry
Jonathan Mills Pvt C missing Aug 29 1862 Bull Run Va
Forty-Eighth N Y Infantry
Forty-Eighth N Y Infantry
Martin C Vans Pvt G k July 30 1864 Petersburg Va
Sixty-Ninth N Y Infantry
Sixty-Ninth N Y Infantry
James Lennon Pvt D k July 1 1862 Malvern Hill Va
U S Navy
U S Navy
William Brooks Acting Master d May 16 1863 At Sea Gunboat Magnolia
George H Lounsbury Mate k July 15 1862 Vicksburg Miss Ship Hartford
Frederick H Thompson Acting Asst Paymaster d Sept 5 1863 At Sea Ship New London
Wheeler Sherman k Apr 15 1864 At Sea Gunboat Chenengo
Joseph Grogan d Dec 6 1863 At Sea Monitor Weehawken
Peter Pitts d Aug 29 1864 At Sea Ship Potomac
Erected by State of Connecticut Post Elias Howe Jr. No 3 G A R
In Loving Remembrance Of Those Who Did Not Return
PRO PATRIA
"George H. Lounsbery was killed at Vicksburg, July 15, 1862, Ae. 27 yrs. He was an Officer on board the U.S. Flag Ship Hartford commanded by Admiral Farragut and fell with his face to the Enemy in defence of his Country."
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