New Milford received this monument from Edward Marsh, a native of the town and a Civil War Army captain, as a tribute to Abraham Lincoln and to all Civil War soldiers and sailors. Dedicated on Memorial Day in 1912 with Marsh in attendance, it stands at the north end of the Town Green on the front lawn of The New Milford Historical Society & Museum. More precisely a herm, it follows the classical form of a pedestal and bust. Paul Winters Morris sculpted it on a 12 foot high, 18 ton pedestal of Vermont granite, while the bust and side panels were made of cast bronze weighing 800 pounds. The chosen site carried historic memory because more than 200 years earlier it had been the location of a community meetinghouse used for worship, education, and town meetings. Oval plaques appear on each side of the pedestal, including The Gettysburg Address on the south front and a northern inscription expressing gratitude to the donor, Civil War heroes, union soldiers and sailors, and President Lincoln. Bas-relief life-sized figures of a sailor on the west side and a bugler on the east side complete the monument. Marsh, who had seen Lincoln many times during the war, revered him deeply and wished to give his hometown a lasting symbol of gratitude that would honor Lincoln and Civil War service members while inspiring future generations.