Near Milford in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Camp Dennison
The Secrest Monument
Photographed by Steve Stoessel, May 2, 2019
1. Camp Dennison Marker
or out of the U.S. Service at this camp during the Civil War
1861 - 1865
First Three Months Service
April 1861
Infantry
4th-5th-6th-7th-8th-9th-10th
11th-12th
Infantry 3 Years
Dennison Guards
4th Independent Company Sharpshooters
8th Independent Company Sharpshooters
2nd O.V.I. · 3rd O.V.I. · 4th O.V.I.
5th O.V.I. · 6th O.V.I. · 8th O.V.I.
9th O.V.I. · 10th O.V.I. · 11th O.V.I.
12th O.V.I. · 13th O.V.I. · 17th O.V.I.
28th O.V.I. · 34th O.V.I. · 39th O.V.I.
47th O.V.I. · 50th O.V.I. · 52nd O.V.I.
54th O.V.I. · 57th O.V.I. · 70th O.V.I.
79th O.V.I. · 83rd O.V.I. · 89th O.V.I.
106th O.V.I. · 108th O.V.I.
Cavalry 3 Years
4th-5th-9th-11th
3rd Independent Company
6th Independent Company
Ohio Artillery 3 Years
2nd Reg. Heavy Artillery
1st Ohio Vol. Light Artillery
Independent Battery
3 Years
5th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
8th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
10th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
14th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
15th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
18th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
21st Ind. Battery Light Artillery
24th Ind. Battery Light Artillery
Brigade Bands
3 Years
3rd Brigade 3rd Division
4th Army Corps
Infantry
1 Year
175th - 181st - 183rd
Cavalry 6 Months
4th Independent Battalion
100 Days Service
Infantry 1864
138th-139th-146th-147th
149th-153rd-154th-155th
156th-165th-168th
this page online
Erected 1932 by the Grand Army of the Republic and Allied Patriotic Organizations of Hamilton County.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list. A significant day of the year for for this entry is May 31.
Location. 39° 11.36′ N, 84° 17.521′ W. Memorial is near Milford, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is at the intersection of Kugler Mill Road and East Galbraith Road, on the right when traveling east on Kugler Mill Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 7270 Glendale Milford Rd, Camp Dennison OH 45111, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cincinnati. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Ohio River Valley. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Dr. Alfred Buckingham (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Camp Dennison (here, next to this marker); a different marker also named Camp Dennison (a few steps from this marker); Camp Dennison Civil War Museum (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Richard Michael Weaver (approx. 0.3 miles away); Waldschmidt Cemetery (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Methodist Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); Promont (approx. one mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milford.
Regarding Camp Dennison. O.V.I. = Ohio Volunteer Infantry.
Also see . . . Wikipedia article on Camp Dennison. (Submitted on September 22, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 9, 2017
2. Camp Dennison Monument
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 9, 2017
3. Monument at the Camp Dennison Memorial Triangle.
Secrest Monument Park located near the Camp Dennison Civil War Museum on OH-126.
Photographed by Mark Hilton, September 9, 2017
4. Reverse side site donation plaque.
Mr. and Mrs.
Henry M. Pinkvos
and the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company
Credits. This page was last revised on January 26, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 22, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,519 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on May 7, 2019, by Steve Stoessel of Niskayuna, New York. 2, 3, 4. submitted on September 22, 2017, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.
