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Dowagiac in Cass County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Dowagiac Civil War Monument

 
 
Dowagiac Civil War Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, April 22, 2013
1. Dowagiac Civil War Monument Marker
(South Side)
Inscription.

(South Side)
Erected by
H.C. Gilbert Post No. 47 G.A.R.
Comrs.
Fred E. Lee, Prest.
J. Edwards, 1st Vice Prest.
H. Goddings, 2nd Vice Prest.
H.S. McMaster, Sec.
Willis M. Farr, Tres.

1861-1865

(North Side)
Cass Countie's Tribute
to the soldiers and sailors
of the Civil War

Erected 1907-8

 
Erected 1908 by H.C. Gilbert Post No. 47 G.A.R.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 59.118′ N, 86° 7.043′ W. Monument is in Dowagiac, Michigan, in Cass County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (State Highway M-62) and North Lowe Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Marker is located in James E. Burke Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Dowagiac MI 49047, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater South Bend and in Southwest Michigan. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it
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finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Criffield-Whiteley House / Harry and Sara Ethel Whiteley (within shouting distance of this marker); Willis M. Farr (approx. 0.2 miles away); Dowagiac World War II - Korean Conflict - Vietnam War Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); 19th Michigan Infantry Memorial (approx. Ό mile away); St. Paul's Church / Episcopal Church (approx. Ό mile away); Dowagiac World War I Memorial (approx. half a mile away); Dowagiac National Bank (approx. half a mile away); Beckwith Park (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Dowagiac.
 
Dowagiac Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lou Donkle, July 2, 2022
2. Dowagiac Civil War Monument
Cass County's Tribute to the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Lou Donkle, July 2, 2022
3. Cass County's Tribute to the Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War
Dowagiac Civil War Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, April 22, 2013
4. Dowagiac Civil War Monument Marker
(North Side)
The Memorial's Four Panels image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall
5. The Memorial's Four Panels
South-East-North-West
South Side of Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, April 22, 2013
6. South Side of Monument
East Side of Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, April 22, 2013
7. East Side of Monument
North and West Sides of Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Duane Hall, April 22, 2013
8. North and West Sides of Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on April 24, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,451 times since then and 44 times this year. Last updated on July 26, 2022, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana. Photos:   1. submitted on April 24, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas.   2, 3. submitted on July 26, 2022, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana.   4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on April 24, 2013, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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