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Milbank in Grant County, South Dakota — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
 

Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post

No. 42 G.A.R. Dept. S.D.

 
 
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker image. Click for full size.
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1. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker
Inscription.
Erected May 30, 1904,
in memory of the Union soldiers
of the Civil War of 1861 to '65.

 
Erected 1904. (Marker Number 578.)
 
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the South Dakota State Historical Society Markers series list.
 
Location. 45° 13.065′ N, 96° 38.139′ W. Memorial is in Milbank, South Dakota, in Grant County. It is at the intersection of East 5th Avenue and South Main Street, on the right when traveling east on East 5th Avenue. Located on the grounds of the Grant County Courthouse in Milbank. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 210 E 5th Ave, Milbank SD 57252, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in East River. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Northern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once Rupert’s Land and also the Louisiana
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Grant County Court House Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); American Legion Junior Baseball Monument (approx. half a mile away); Grant County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.6 miles away); Roberts County / Grant County (approx. 7½ miles away); Brown Earth Church (approx. 9.4 miles away); First German Baptist Church (approx. 9.7 miles away); Brown Earth Indian Church (approx. 9.9 miles away); Big Stone County Courthouse (approx. 11.1 miles away in Minnesota). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Milbank.
 
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, north side image. Click for full size.
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2. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, north side
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, east side image. Click for full size.
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3. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, east side
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, south side image. Click for full size.
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4. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, south side
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, west side image. Click for full size.
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5. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Marker, west side
Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Memorial and the Grant County Courthouse image. Click for full size.
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6. Gen. A. A. Humphrey Post Memorial and the Grant County Courthouse
 
 
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