On November 28, 1865, Pultneyville citizens gathered for a service to dedicate the new 15-foot marble monument to Union soldiers. S.C. Cuyler had been the prime mover in raising the money. Local abolitionists James Gregg (who served as a chaplain in the Civil War) and Lewis H. Clark, former Underground Railroad activist and later superintendent of the Sodus Academy, spoke. The obelisk is located in the Lakeview Cemetery, Lake Road, Pultneyville and bears the inscription of fourteen names of soldiers from Williamson who lost their lives in the Civil War. It is important to note that it was the first such monument to be erected in New York State and is believed to be the first in the United States.
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