Mattoon in Coles County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

123rd Illinois Infantry

1862-1865

Photographed by Jason Voigt, December 15, 2021

1. 123rd Illinois Infantry Marker

Inscription.

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Middle Tennesse Campaign
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Atlanta Campaign
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Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 29.197′ N, 88° 21.111′ W. Memorial is in Mattoon, Illinois, in Coles County. It is on Shelby Avenue west of North First Division Street, on the left when traveling west. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 72 Shelby Ave, Mattoon IL 61938, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Central Illinois.

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 one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies: 143rd Illinois Infantry (a few steps from this marker); 135th Illinois Infantry

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(a few steps from this marker); Mattoon's Union Agricultural Fairgrounds and Civil War Camp Grant (a few steps from this marker); 79th Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant (within shouting distance of this marker); 21st Illinois Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Vietnam War Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Site of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mattoon.

Photographed by Jason Voigt, December 15, 2021

2. 123rd Illinois Infantry Marker

back of memorial

Photographed by Jason Voigt, December 15, 2021

3. 123rd Illinois Infantry Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on December 19, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 356 times since then and 13 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 19, 2021, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.