ERECTED 1916 BY SHELBY COUNTY IN MEMORY OF OUR NATION'S DEFENDERS

MEMORIAL HILL CONSIST OF A CIRCLE OF SIDEWALK. INSIDE THE CIRCLE IS A FLAGPOLE AND G.A.R. MEMORIAL BOULDER. OUTSIDE THE SIDEWALK IS A SEMI-CIRCLE OF TABLETS. SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL G.A.R. BOULDER SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL CIVIL WA ...

SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL PARK SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL CIVIL WAR TABLET SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL PARK SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL G.A.R. BOULDER SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL GETTYSBURG ADDRESS MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL PARK SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL G.A.R. BOULDER SEE ALSO-SCOTT COUNTY MEMORIAL HILL CIVIL WAR TABLET

SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL CIVIL WAR PANEL SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR PANEL

SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL CIVIL WAR PANEL

SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL SEE ALSO-DAVENPORT ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL WAR OF 1812 AND MEXICAN WAR PANEL

PVT. JOHN VALE WAS A MEMBER OF THE 2ND MINNESOTA INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROIC ACTION TO HOLD OFF A LARGE CONFEDERATE ATTACK TO SAVE A WAGON TRAIN AT NOLENSVILLE, TENNESSEE ON FEBRUARY 15, 1863.

SEE ALSO-W.T. SHERMAN G.A.R. HALL SEE ALSO-W.T. SHERMAN G.A.R. HALL STONE INSET A

SEE ALSO-W.T. SHERMAN G.A.R. HALL SEE ALSO-W.T. SHERMAN G.A.R. HALL STONE INSET B

THE G.A.R. POST HAD CHANGED THEIR NAME TO THE W.T. SHERMAN POST NO. 284 UPON THE DEATH OF GENERAL SHERMAN IN 1891.TODAY THE BUILDING STILL HAS THE NAME "GENERAL SHERMAN POST" ACROSS THE GABLE OF THE BUILDING. SEE ALSO-W.T. SHERMAN G.A.R. HALL STONE INSET ...

DEDICATED TO THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION 1861-1865, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS, MAY THE REMEMBRANCE OF THEIR VALOR AND PATRIOTISM BE PERPETUATED

DEDICATED TO THE DEFENDERS OF THE UNION 1861-1865

THE INSCRIPTION ON THE TOP OF THE MEMORIAL INDICATES IT WAS ERECTED BY G.A.R., THE "S OF V" AND THE LADIES OF G.A.R.

ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES WHO DIED ON LAND AND SEA TO SUSTAIN THE OLD FLAG 1861-1865 BY THE BROOKLYN VETERAN UNION

ERECTED MAY 30, 1904 TO THE MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO SERVED DURING THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865 MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNION VETERANS LEGION REQUIRED VOLUNTEERING PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1863 FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS AND BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED. SERVICE HAD TO BE AT LEAST ...

HE SUCCEEDED GRENVILLE DODGE AS COLONEL OF THE 4TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS SERIOUSLY WOUNDED LEADING HIS REGIMENT AT CHICKASAW BLUFFS ON DECEMBER 29, 1862. HE LATER BECAME A BRIGADE COMMANDER AND SAW ACTION AT LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN AND ...

GENERAL DODGE ORGANIZED AND WAS THE COLONEL OF THE 4TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE RECEIVED PROMOTIONS AND BECAME A NOTED MAJOR GENERAL AT THE DIVISION LEVEL.

IN 1953 THIS HIGHWAY WAS DESIGNATED AS THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC HIGHWAY IN IOWA.

SARAH "AUNT BECKY" YOUNG FOLLOWED HER HOME REGIMENT IN ITHACA, NY THE 109TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN 1862 AND WAS ASSIGNED AS A VOLUNTEER ARMY NURSE IN FIELD HOSPITALS. SHE SERVED CONTINUALLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR. IT WAS SAID THAT SHE WAS "BELOVED AND F ...

GENERAL CROCKER WS THE COLONEL OF THE 13TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AND LATER PROMOTED TO HEAD THE FAMOUS "CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE." HE ALSO HAD DIVISION COMMAND DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

PVT. WILLIAM CAMPBELL WAS IN THE 30TH OHIO INFANTRY REGIMENT AND WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROISM AT VICKSBURG DURING THE ATTACK ON CONFEDERATE POSITIONS ON MAY 22, 1863.

1861-1865 IN HONOR OF THE VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY OF THE CIVIL WAR FOR SERVICES RENDERED

THE POST WAS NAMED AFTER GENERAL MARCELLUS M. CROCKER.

SEE ALSO-POLK COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE