The Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Watertown, New York was erected in 1891 to commemorate local citizens who fought in the Civil War.

[3] An allegorical figure of Victory (seven and a half feet tall [3]) sits atop a decorative column, plinth and base.

[3] The cornerstone was laid in the afternoon on Memorial Day late May 1890; the ceremony featured a speech by Colonel Albert D. Shaw given to "brother soldiers", local notables and the public who attended.

[3] Plaques on the monument read: "In grateful memory of the Soldiers and Sailors of Jefferson County who fought or fell in defense of the Union and the freedom of man.

It was cleaned, stabilized and repaired, which included adding the sailor's missing cutlass blade.