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DORENCE ATWATER MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE

DORENCE ATWATER MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE
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Location: PARK STREET AND MAIN STREET

City: TERRYVILLE

State: Connecticut

Zip Code: 6786

Type of Memorial: Cannon War Memorials with Plaques

Year Dedicated: 1907

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: MICHAEL HERRICK

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATES AND SENT TO THE PRISONER-OF-WAR CAMP AT ANDERSONVILLE, GA, ATWATER KEPT A SECRET LIST OF THE 13,000 UNION SOLDIERS WHO DIED THERE. AFTER THE WAR, HE AND CLARA BARTON RETURNED TO PROPERLY MARK THE GRAVES OF THE DEAD. CLARA BARTON CAME TO TERRYVILLE IN 1907 FOR THE DEDICATION OF THIS MEMORIAL.
SEE ALSO-DORENCE ATWATER MEMORIAL CANNON


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