Indian Mound Estates in Enon in Clark County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Mad River Township Civil War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

1. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial

Looking northeast.

Inscription. In memory of the Patriots of Mad River Township who died for the Union. 1865.

Topics. This historical marker and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical year for this entry is 1865.

Location. 39° 52.896′ N, 83° 55.525′ W. Marker is in Enon, Ohio, in Clark County. It is in Indian Mound Estates. It can be reached from the intersection of Dayton-Springfield Road and Winding Drive. Marker is in Enon Cemetery, near its far eastern boundary, about 1000 feet straight back from cemetery entrance. Enon Cemetery is at intersection of Dayton-Springfield Road and Winding Drive. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Enon OH 45323, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker and memorial is in Ohio’s Dayton Metro

and in the Miami Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Corn Belt.

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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Enon Civil War Memorial (a few steps from this marker); Adena Mound Enon Ohio (approx. 0.4 miles away); Enon Adena Mound (approx. 0.4 miles away); Clark's Report to Governor Thomas Jefferson (approx. 1.7 miles away); Excerpt from Captain Alexander Mckee's Report to Major Arendt S. Depeyster (approx. 1.8 miles away); Tribal Resistance (approx. 1.8 miles away); Afternoon Assault (approx. 1.8 miles away); Peckuwe Shawnee Memorial (approx. 2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Enon.

Regarding Mad River Township Civil War Memorial. Marker's

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date of 1865 is probably the year the memorial was placed on display. Marker includes township dead from throughout the war, not just 1865: for example, Private Daniel Shank, Company I 44th Ohio Infantry, died of wounds at Knoxville TN on 18 January 1864; and Corporal Samuel Shellabarger, Company A 94th Ohio Infantry, died of disease at Murfreesboro TN on 4 March 1863.

Mad River Township Civil War Memorial (west face) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

2. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial (west face)

Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Honored Dead image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

3. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Honored Dead

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

4. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Honored Dead

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

5. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Honored Dead

Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Union Banner image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

6. Mad River Township Civil War Memorial Union Banner

Enon Cemetery Entrance Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 28, 2008

7. Enon Cemetery Entrance Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on February 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on November 3, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,859 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on November 3, 2008, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.