In 1871, the Town of Ipswich erected a Civil War monument in memory of its brave and lamented sons who gave their lives to their country in the war for union and liberty from 1861 to 1865 and to honor others whose deeds were cherished and whose record upheld the Union. Those remembered as patriot dead were Pierce L. Butler, J. W. Brown, C. P. Batchelder, William Cash, Peter Crowley, Nathaniel Chambers, William A. Estes, William Gray, Parker McGregor, A. B. McGregor, Lorenzo T. Jewett, Pike N. Lavalette, Phillip C. Lavalette, Marcus Lindburg, James W. Noyes, George W. Otis, Daniel J. Potter, and William Patterson. Also honored were Luther B. Andrews, John A. Barker, Henry A. Brown, John O. Bridges, Gelois F. Bridges, James A. Clarke, Henry A. Cowles, Charles U. Dow, James Gordon, James Harris, Edward Harris, Nathaniel Hayes, John J. Jewett, John H. Jewett, William H. Jewett, Nathaniel A. Johnson, Caleb H. Lord, George Morris, George W. Morley, William P. Peatfield, Joseph S. Peatfield, Samuel R. Pickard, A. C. Richardson, Danniel B. Scanks, John G. Scanks, Asa Smith, Charles D. Smith, J. Albert Smith, Cornelius Schofield, W. W. Shattuck, T. J. Thurston, Joshua Turner, John M. Tozer, David L. Wade, Samuel S. Wells, and Daniel M. Whipple.