| Comments: The
picture is of the Civil War monument in New
Philadelphia Ohio and was taken by a local
photographer Phillip Strickmaker; died 1st
September 1916. It was built with a bequest
from Major Henry Kaldenbaugh, who served in
the 51st Infantry division in the war to
honour the GAR (Union) soldiers. It was
built in the courtyard of the Tuscarawas
County Courthouse and unveiled on the 19th
May 1887. The foxing of the photo is not so
dark as these pictures show and the top left
margin has a cannon device printed on it. To view other images of this item,
please click here:
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