The Soldiers' Monument

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Excerpt from The Soldiers' Monument: City of New Haven, Conn Rear-admiral andrew hull foote, of New Haven achieved great things for his country, and leaving a name which will ever re¿ect glory on his native place. He was born at New Haven, in 1806. His achievements at Forts Henry and Donelson have been universally recognized. Shortly after he was successful in the brilliant strategic movements around Island Number Ten. He received a dangerous wound while on the Mississippi, to the effects of which he finally succumbed, dying at the Astor House. New York, June 26, 1863. Admiral Foote's character was one of the noblest of all the heroic types which the War developed and displayed. The largesf Grand Army Post in the State, located at New Haven, bears his name. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.