River Grove in Cook County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

U.S. Grant G.A.R. Post No. 28 Memorial

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

1. U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial Marker

Inscription. In memory of our comrades

Belmont • Donelson • Shiloh • Vicksburg • Chattanooga • Chickamauga • Missionary Ridge • Corinth • Lookout Mountain • Gettysburg • Wilderness • Appomattox • Wilson's Creek • Antietam • Atlanta • Pea Ridge • Franklin • Fredericksburg • Cedar Creek • Stones River • Winchester • Petersburg • Murfreesboro • Monitor-Merrimac • Fort Wagner • Fort Fisher • Kearsarge-Alabama • Miliken's Bend • Roanoke • New Orleans • Mobile Bay • James River • Galveston • Red River • Cold Harbor • Five Forks • Kenesaw • Perryville • Sheridan's Raid • March-To-Sea • Nashville • Stoneman's Raid • Grierson's Raid • Kilpatrick's Raid • Averill's Raid • Rosseau's Raid

Erected 1903 by U.S. Grant GAR Post 28.

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Fraternal or Sororal Organizations • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #18 Ulysses S. Grant series list.

Location. 41° 55.904′ N, 87° 49.953′ W. Marker is in River Grove, Illinois, in Cook County. The memorial is in Section 4 of Elmwood Cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2905 North Thatcher Avenue, River Grove IL 60171, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within walking distance of this marker. Hellenic American Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Washington G.A.R. Post No. 573 Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Chicago Typographical Union Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Memorial to the Union Soldiers' Widows (about 400 feet away, measured in a direct line); Assyrian American Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away); The Great Assyrian and Babylonian Empires (approx. 0.3 miles away); Vietnam Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); River Grove World War II Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in River Grove.

More about this memorial. The memorial features a soldier at the top, holding a flag. Encircling the memorial shaft are statues of four soldiers, each representing four branches of the Civil War-era military: infantry, artillery, cavalry and navy. The four sides of the marker list 48 major battles of the Civil War; it's not exactly clear how those battles were chosen or why they have been placed in the order in which they're listed.

Regarding U.S. Grant G.A.R. Post No. 28 Memorial. The most prominent member of Chicago-based Grant G.A.R. Post 28 was John A. Logan, the politician and Union general from Illinois

U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, east-facing side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

2. U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, east-facing side

who is credited with formalizing Memorial Day (first called Decoration Day) as a national holiday in 1868. A multi-term U.S. Representative and Senator, Logan was James Blaine's vice-presidential nominee when Blaine lost to Grover Cleveland in the 1884 presidential election. Logan died in 1886 and is memorialized in Chicago in the eponymous Logan Square neighborhood, and with an equestrian statue located in Grant Park.

U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, south-facing side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

3. U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, south-facing side

U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, west-facing side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

4. U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, west-facing side

U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, north-facing side image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

5. U.S. Grant GAR Post No. 28 Memorial, north-facing side

Close-up of soldier statue image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Sean Flynn, April 30, 2024

6. Close-up of soldier statue

U.S. Grant Post 28 image. Click for full size.

Courtesy of State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, circa 1910

7. U.S. Grant Post 28

Caption from the State Archives of Florida: "G.A.R. members, of the U.S. Grant Post number 28 from Chicago, in Saint Cloud, Florida"

Credits. This page was last revised on May 1, 2024. It was originally submitted on April 30, 2024, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois. This page has been viewed 58 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on April 30, 2024, by Sean Flynn of Oak Park, Illinois.