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05/19/2015 03:30 PMWhile Tracy Tomaselli was researching information for her booklet, “Civil War Soldiers, Guilford, Connecticut,” the Guilford author and historian discovered six soldiers and two boys whose service wasn’t reflected on the 130-year-old Soldiers’ Monument on the Guilford Green.
The Guilford 375th Anniversary Committee gifted the needed funds to the town, and Ed Vroman of Shelley Brothers Monuments of Guilford has engraved the names on the monument, which will be unveiled with a presentation on Memorial Day after the parade.
“As part of the 375th Anniversary Committee, this is one of the fitting things we could leave to the town,” said Roberta Flannery, a member of the committee. “The names known at the time the monument was erected were added, but when Tracy [Tomaselli] was researching information, she discovered that there were men and two boys whose names were inadvertently omitted from the monument.”
Tomaselli’s booklet provides biographical information on the soldiers whose names are engraved on the Soldiers’ Monument. In addition, it also includes the following biographical information on the six men and two boys who are omitted.
Additions to the Soldiers’ Monument
(from “Civil War Soldiers, Guilford, Connecticut” by Tracy Tomaselli)
• George Blake, born Sept. 25, 1837, in North Guilford, son of Roswell Blake and Clarissa Leete. A collier or coal carter, he was captured at the Battle of Ream’s Station, Virginia, and died while in prison from disease.
• Joziah Cozzens (aka Josiah Cozen), listed as a mulatto, born around 1832 in Brownstown, Indiana. A barber, credited to Guilford, thus reducing Guilford’s quota, died from disease.
• Alexander Cunningham, an African American, born about 1842 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, was credited to Guilford. A teamster, Cunningham shot himself accidentally and died.
• Johannes Lambrecht, born in Spain around 1842, served as a substitute for George W. Dudley of Guilford. Lambrecht, a laborer, died of pneumonia.
• Samuel Mason, born about 1842 in New York, served as a substitute for Rufus B. Leete of Guilford and was paid $200 for that service. A performer, he was killed in action at the Battle of Hatcher’s Run, Virginia.
• Patrick Murphy, born in Ireland around 1842, was a substitute for one Guilford resident called in the draft of August 1863. Murphy was a boatman who was killed accidentally after falling from a railroad car while on guard duty.
• Ellis Dexter Bradley, 14, born Dec. 27, 1848, oldest son of John C. Bradley and Jane A. Griffing, lived in North Guilford. He was a drummer and died of typhoid fever.
• Emerson S. Fowler, 14, born Jan. 6, 1848, son of Samuel Fowler and Eliza Ann Hill, lived on Boston Street, Guilford. A waiter for one of the officers, Emerson died of typhoid fever.