"The Union Saved" – Warburton Avenue, Yonkers, New York

The Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument … was erected under the auspices of the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument Association and was dedicated on September 17, 1891, with elaborate ceremonies in the presence of 20,000 spectators. It was given by the Monument Association to the city of Yonkers and is included in the deed to the State of Now York with the other Manor House property.

The monument consists of a base, die plinth, (lie, cap, pedi-ment cap, shaft plinth, shaft and capital of dark blue Barre granite, thirty-five feet high, surmounted by a granite statue of a Color Bearer eleven feet high, making the total height forty-six feet. Around the base of the shaft are four bronze statues, each seven feet high, representing the Infantry, Artillery, Cavalry and Naval services. The monument is inclosed with a low granite coping about seventeen feet square.

Under the Infantryman is the inscription:
"Patriotism —To honor the men of Yonkers who fought to save the Union.
1861-1865.— Slavery Abolished."

Under the Artilleryman:
"Endurance — The Union is the Palladium of our Safety and Prosperity. (Washington.) —Credit Maintained."

Under the Cavalryman:
"Valor — My paramount Object is to save the Union. (Lincoln.) — Let us Have Peace. (Grant.)"

Under the Navyman:
"Courage —The Union Must and Shall be Preserved. (Jackson.) —The Union Saved."

The monument was planned by Mr. George H. Mitchell, of Chicago. The four bronze statues were modeled by Mr. Lorado Taft, after the designs for the first three by Mr. J. E. Kelly, of New York, and after a design for the fourth by Lieutenant Wash-ington Irving Chambers, U. S. N.

The monument cost $10,500; the granite inclosure, $1,000; and the dedicatory exercises, contingent expenses, and the publication of a memorial volume, $3,500, making a total of $15,000 raised by the association. This sum was contributed by about 550 individuals and by fifty organizations and entertainments. The individual subscriptions ranged from three cents to $1,050. The names of those who contributed their means and services to the erection of this memorial, together with the names of those in whose memory it was erected and an account of the dedicatory exercises, are to be found in a volume entitled " Yonkers in the Rebellion," by Hon. Thomas Astley Atkins and Mr. John Wise Oliver.

- Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York, Volume 24, pages 233-234