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Fort Sill in Comanche County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
 

Sill

 
 
Sill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, September 9, 2021
1. Sill Marker
Inscription.
Dedicated to
the Memory of
Brigadier General
Joshur W. Sill,
1831-1862.
General
Philip H. Sheridan
Named This Fort
in Honor of
General Sill
2 July 1869.

 
Erected by Mount Sheridan Granite.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 34° 40.208′ N, 98° 23.253′ W. Marker is in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, in Comanche County. Memorial is at the intersection of Quanah Road and Geronimo Road, on the right when traveling west on Quanah Road. The marker is located along the street by the intersection. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Fort Sill OK 73503, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Old Post (here, next to this marker); Cavalry Company Quarters (a few steps from this marker); Infantry Barracks (within shouting distance of this marker); Post Headquarters (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Post Guardhouse (about 400 feet away); Band Quarters (about 500 feet away); Infantry Company Quarters (about 500 feet away); Commissary Storehouse (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Sill.
 
More about this marker. Marker is located in the Old Post Museum
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area of Fort Sill, an active U.S. military installation. The museum is open to the public, but appropriate identification is required for access for Fort Sill.
 
Also see . . .  Joshua W. Sill.
Following the bombardment of Fort Sumter, Sill resigned his teaching position and offered his services to the Governor of Ohio, who appointed him Assistant Adjutant General of the State in May 1861. Here he was occupied in the organization of the Ohio forces. In August 1861 he was commissioned colonel of the 33rd Ohio Infantry and accompanied Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson in the Eastern Kentucky expedition. Source: Wikipedia
(Submitted on January 24, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.) 
 
Sill Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, September 9, 2021
2. Sill Marker
The Sill Marker is the marker on the right of the two markers image. Click for full size.
Photographed By James Hulse, September 9, 2021
3. The Sill Marker is the marker on the right of the two markers
Union Army General Joshua W. Sill (1831-1862) image. Click for full size.
Public Domain, 1861
4. Union Army General Joshua W. Sill (1831-1862)
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 23, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas. This page has been viewed 84 times since then and 11 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 24, 2022, by James Hulse of Medina, Texas.

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