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Near Naplate in LaSalle County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Camp Cushman Volunteers

 
 
Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard Whittington, June 21, 2022
1. Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker
Inscription. Camp Cushman Volunteers 1861-1865
Erected 1941
 
Erected 1941.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 20.27′ N, 88° 52.099′ W. Memorial is near Naplate, Illinois, in LaSalle County. It is on Ottawa Avenue east of 15th Avenue, in the median. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 1840 Ottawa Avenue, Ottawa IL 61350, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois and specifically in the Illinois River 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: War of 1812 Soldiers at Ottawa Avenue Cemetery (approx. 0.2 miles away); William D. Boyce (approx. 0.2 miles away); Centennial Memorial Ottawa Illinois (approx.
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0.2 miles away); Remembering the Tornado (approx. Ό mile away); 1333 Ottawa Ave. (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fisher-Nash Cottage (approx. 0.6 miles away); Fisher-Nash Mansion (approx. 0.6 miles away); The Home of John Hossack (approx. 1.4 miles away).
 
Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard Whittington, June 21, 2022
2. Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker
Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Richard Whittington, June 21, 2022
3. Camp Cushman Volunteers Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 21, 2022. It was originally submitted on June 21, 2022, by Richard Whittington of Oglesby, Illinois. This page has been viewed 423 times since then and 21 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on June 21, 2022, by Richard Whittington of Oglesby, Illinois. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
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