In the War of 1861, volunteers of Rochester gave their lives for the maintenance of the Union, and the town erected this memorial in AD 1885 in honor of their valor and patriotism. Those named are Lieut. Elihu H. Legro, Lieut. Samuel Robinson, Lieut. John C. Sampson, Sergt. Thomas Mack, Corp. John H. Roberts, Corp. Joseph Trickey, Corp. Alonzo Hartford, Corp. John H. Jackson, Corp. Joseph H. Plummer, Corp. Moses F. Gray, Corp. James F. Tucker, Corp. Charles B. Hussey, John E. Garland, Surg. Benjamin Hobbs, Henry Horney, Ira T. Howard, Charles York, Charles H. Ham, Joseph W. Dame, George E. Shorey, Albert C. Hall, Joseph D. Horne, Abram W. Pearl, George E. Clough, James B. Osgood, James F. Smith, George F. Young, Winfield S. Bickford, David S. Bean, George J. Bean, Albert Gale, Abram Pearl, Nahala D. Leighton, George E. Hartford, Solomon M. Newland, Wentworth Willey, Charles W. Canney, Woodbury Smith, Benjamin F. Blaisdell, Francis M. Hartford, Simon C. McDuffy, James Ramsbottom, Jeremiah B. Kimball, Jonathan H. Jenness, George W. Johnson, George W. Garland, John W. Garland, Charles W. Davis, John Yelden, Andrew J. Cater, Joseph D. Hall, James Goodwin, Michael Batty, and Edward M. Canney.