Shrewsbury honored its soldiers by erecting this memorial in 1869 to remember those who fell in the war of 1861-65: Edward A. Andrews, Albert W. Carey, Horatio A. Cutting, Jas. H. Cutting, Silas N. Cater, Hiram W. Doane, Thos. B. Eaton, Leander Fay, Nathan B. Garfield, Chas. F. Cleason, Frank L. Hapgood, Hollis Holden, Amasa S. Hyde, John F. Howe, Michael O'Laughlin, Alonzo B. Louks, Calvin C. Pratt, Franklin J. Perry, Alfred F. Porter, Chas. F. Rice, Edward P. Richardson, Geo. W. B. Sawyer, Elijah Smith, Geo. E. Sprague, Henry A. Sawtell, Jonas M. Wheelock, WM. H. Willson, Chas. G. Ward, adjutant, and J. J. Witherbee, M. D., declaring, "We cherish their memory."