Flushing Greens

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Flushing Park Memorial

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Dedicated:	1865
Location:	Northern Boulevard between Union & Linden Streets
Description:	Obelisk with incised letters
Materials:	Granite
Dimensions:	H: 40'
Donor:	G.A.R.

Inscription

Side 1:
ERECTED / IN MEMORY OF THE / PATRIOTIC VOLUNTEERS / FROM / FLUSHING / WHO / SACRIFICED THEIR LIVES / IN THE WAR / FOR THE PRESERVATION / OF OUR UNION / 1861-1865 /

Side 2:
CAPT. WM. DERMODY / LIEUT. EMIL SCHUBERT --- SGT. WM. H. TEPPY / SGT. ASA. FOWLER --- CORP. WASHT. W. FOWLER / HENRY APEL --- BENJ. COVERT / JOHN B. BAUER --- CHRIS. CROOKER / JOHN BRADY --- HARSN. CURTIS / L. BRUNNEMER --- PHILIP DERKES / JOHN BUCKLEY --- JOS. A. DOBIECK / JOHN W. BYRD --- JOHN DOHERTY / JAS. BYRNS --- JAS. E. ELDERD / THADDS. CAMPBELL --- CHAS. ERLING / JOS. CATHCART --- JAS. FEELY / VALENT. CLINCH --- WM. H. H. FIELD / WM. J. CONN --- GEO. H. FOWLER / THOS. CONNER --- WM. GOODWIN /

Side 3:
CAPT. LOUIS BRISKY / SGT. BENJ. HARPELL --- SGT. JAS. P. SMITH / CORP. GEO. HUNTSMAN --- CORP. WM. E. JOHNSTON / WM. GRIFFIN --- THOS. H. JENKINS / LOUIS GROESEL --- ROBERT KANE / SETH HARPELL --- JOHN KENALEY /JOHN HEFEPMEHL --- PHILIP KENNA / VALENT. HELFRICH --- JOHN KEPPLER / JOHN HEPPLER --- JOS. KIERSTEAD / JOHN HICKS --- PETER KIMMEEP / JOHN HUNTSMAN --- WASH. D. KNIGHT / JOHN HODGES --- PHILIP MAHER / PATRICK HURLEY --- JACOB MANNWEILER / C. JACKSON --- PATRICK MARTIN / THOS. JACKSON --- THOS. MCREADY /

Side 4:
CAPT. ELIJAH W. PECK / SGT. FREDK. WERNER --- SGT. ADAM WORTH / CORP. JOHN MARA --- COPR. LORENZO D. WOOD / MARTIN MOORE --- ELIAS H. SEAMAN / EDW. D. MURRAY --- CHAS. D. SMITH / HENRY NEIMER --- JAS. STARKINS / ANTHONY PARKS --- JURGEN STURNBERG / SAML. O. PORTLAND --- J. STEINBRUECKER / ANDW. REINHARDT --- JOHN STONEBANKS / GOTHARD RENIKER --- CHAS. W. TOWNSEND / FRANK RICHTER --- WILLIS H. TYRRELL / CHRISTN. SCHATZMAN --- GEO. VIX / GEO. W. SCHENCK --- CARL WIDDEMAN / DAVID SCHULTZ --- ROBT. WRIGHT JR. /

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