Grants Pass in Josephine County, Oregon — The American West (Northwest)
Union Veterans of the Civil War
Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 29, 2014
1. Union Veterans of the Civil War Marker
Union Veterans
of the
1861 Civil War 1865
Erected 1936 by Sons Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War / Daughters Of Union Veterans Of The Civil War.
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 42° 25.742′ N, 123° 19.755′ W. Memorial is in Grants Pass, Oregon, in Josephine County. It is on Southeast 7th Street (U.S. 99). War memorial is located in Riverside Park. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Grants Pass OR 97527, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Southern Oregon. It is also on the American Pacific Coast, in the Pacific Northwest, and in the Lewis & Clark Corridor. Globally, it is in North America, on the Ring of Fire, in the Pacific Rim, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Memorial to Our Fathers (a few steps from this marker); Josephine County Peace Memorial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Riverside Park War Memorial (about 800 feet away); Riverside Park Memorial Flagpole (about 800 feet away); The Perkinsville Ferry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Mormon Sugar Beet Factory Site (approx. 0.6 miles away); The First Brick Building in Grants Pass (approx. 0.7 miles away); The Oregon Cavemen (approx. 2.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grants Pass.
More about this memorial. War memorial is missing its flagpole, originally made of wood. Only the rock base and plaque remain. A Civil War memorial drinking fountain is located nearby.
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Photographed by Douglass Halvorsen, November 29, 2014
2. Union Veterans of the Civil War Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 11, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 520 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 11, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
