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Union Monument
Photographer: Mike Stroud
Taken: July 1985
Caption: Union Monument
Additional Description: Union Monument Perryville State Historic Site (Boyle County) Granite obelisk, 1928 Front (South) Inscription: To the valiant soldiers of the Army of the United States, who bravely and heroically fell in the Battle of Perryville October 8, 1862. This monument in grateful memory of their loyal service and noble sacrifice, has been erected by the reunited republic they died to save. Authorized by Act of Congress approved March 3, 1928. Rear (North) Inscription: For freedoms battle, once bequeathed by bleeding sire to son, though battled oft, is ever won.
Submitted: February 6, 2008, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.
Database Locator Identification Number: p15469
File Size: 0.137 Megabytes

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