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Photographer: Tom Bosse
Caption: Lieut. John Townsend Young Grave
Additional Description: In Gratitude
The Great Union Armies of the American Civil War (1861- 1865) reached an aggregate of 2,759,049 enlistments. Not less than 4.103 men went from this county. After the war the veterans formed the Grand Army of the Republic and seven units of that organization played important parts in the civil affairs of this city. Here lies the last Allen County survivor....
Lieut. John Townsend Young
152nd Indiana Vol. Inf.
Born June 28, 1846 - Died Jan. 9, 1941
Age: 94 YR. 6 MO 11 DA This marker erected by Fort Wayne Post 47 - American Legion Dedicated May 30, 1941
Submitted: July 13, 2018, by Tom Bosse of Jefferson City, Tennessee.
Database Locator Identification Number: p434825
File Size: 0.890 Megabytes

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