Mount Carmel in Wabash County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Wabash County Soldiers Monument

Wabash County Soldier Monument<br>(<i>west/front detail</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

1. Wabash County Soldier Monument
(west/front detail)

Inscription. To the lasting memory of all her sons who fought for the Stars and Stripes in all wars; those who fought and lived; those who fought and died; those who gave much; and those who gave all;
Citizens of
Wabash County,
erect this monument.

August, 1906.

Erected 1906 by Grand Army of the Republic.

Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: Patriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.

Location. 38° 24.579′ N, 87° 45.65′ W. Monument is in Mount Carmel, Illinois, in Wabash County. It is at the intersection of North Market Street and East 4th Street, on the right when traveling north on North Market Street. Memorial is located beside the sidewalk at the southwest corner of the Wabash County Courthouse grounds. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 401 North Market Street, Mount Carmel IL 62863, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Southern Illinois — Little Egypt,

in the Tri-State Region,

and in the Wabash 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Capt. Bellenden S. Hutcheson, M.D. (a few steps from this marker); Gettysburg Address (within shouting distance of this marker); USS Wabash (within shouting distance of this marker);

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Site of Palmyra (within shouting distance of this marker); Lyles Station, Indiana (approx. 6.1 miles away in Indiana); Aaron Richard Fisher (approx. 6.2 miles away in Indiana); a different marker also named Lyles Station (approx. 6.2 miles away in Indiana); War Memorial (approx. 8.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mount Carmel.

Wabash County Soldiers Monument<br>(<i>2007 re-dedication</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

2. Wabash County Soldiers Monument
(2007 re-dedication)

(mounted on front base of monument)

Soldiers Monument
Dedicated August 1906
Grand Army of the Republic
Restored & Rededicated
November 2007
Mt. Carmel Lions Club
&
Wabash County Historical Society

Wabash County Soldiers Monument detail image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

3. Wabash County Soldiers Monument detail

Wabash County Soldiers Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

4. Wabash County Soldiers Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

5. Wabash County Soldiers Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, August 23, 2021

6. Wabash County Soldiers Monument

(Wabash County Courthouse in background)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on November 22, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 451 times since then and 45 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 22, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.