Newport Township in Washington County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Batelle Monument

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1. Batelle Monument, South side

Inscription.

Batelle Monument. . (South Facing Side) Rev. Gordon Battelle D.D. M.E. Church Chaplain 1st Va. Vol. Inf. Born in Newport Ohio 1814. Died in Washington D.C. 1862 A Teacher, Patriot, and Leader In the formation of West Va. Erected by Col. J. G. Battelle And Ross Newport Post, 489 A. D. 1913. 1776 Col. E. Battelle Capt. N. Little 1812 R. Edgell R. Sinn J. Reynolds 1846 T. D. Cook 1861 to 1865 Captains T. E. Greenwood J.M. McElhinney H. Middleswart Lieutenants W. Wood . A. Leonard . W.H. Edgerton. (West facing side) Ross Newport Post Charter Members A. Leonard . J. B. Greene . G. O’Neal . C. Greene . R. S. Rowland . L. S. Moore . J. Gang . N. Middleswart . P. G. Hays . Jno. Gitchell . F. Gillman . R. Rea . R. R. Thornley . J. Hadley . F. F. Dana . F. Koerner . A. B. Little . C. H. Gunter . D. Felter , Members S. Reynolds . W. Murphy . S. Noland . Jno. Wheeler . D. D. Davis . R. Coen . C. Reynolds . T. M. Reynolds . W. Bush . S. Hardin . H. McElfresh . W. Wilson . J. Gitchell . L. Wheeler . K. B. Davis . S. Echols . G. W. Smith . B. E. Edgell . A. Statts . J. Wheeler . Ira Newlen . E. Lang . S. Francis . W. Mendenhall . J. M. Cock . I. Felter . W. H. Bingham . P. Mason . J. Noland . C. Brinker . L. Travis . L. Priest . R. McKetrick . G. Pool . H. Martin . F. McIntire . S. Ward . J. Mowery . W. Seevers . H. King . Jos. Bush . H. Highland , O. V. C. (Ohio Volunteer Cavalry) Ross Newport . M. Cook . H. E. Davis . Gus Gill . T. O. Little . M. Mathers . G. Nine . L. Sexton . J. M. Stewart . S. Smith . A. Adkins . S. Gutshaw . C. W. Tidd . M. Dotson . E. Larkins . J. Matheny . J. Mathers . W. Turner . R. Noland . W. Reece . J. K. Smith . H. Smith . J. Stewart . B. Turner . S. Whiston . W. W. Wood . N. Pryor . S. S. Wood . S. K. Rea , (North facing side) O. V. I. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) M. Adams . A. Adams. R. S. Bobb . W. H. Ballentine . S. Baldwin . J. T. Ballentine . A. Bell . W. H. Bell . W. E. Ballentine . Silas Baldwin . J. Barker . C. D. Battelle . C. Burge . W. Blakley . A. S. Blakley . Jno. Bush . S. Bosworth . G. R. Britton . J. Bush . D. Carpenter . J. Carpenter . L. Elson . H. Bowie . G. Amlin . J. L. Conner . C. Chapeell . T. J. Conner . J. R. Cree . W. Crandall . J. Crocker . E. R. Dale . E. A. Crumbley . W. Cutchaw . R. D. Dale . M. Cunningham . S. Cutshaw . C. L. Dana . H. F. Davis . J. W. Davis . Jas. W. Davis . S. Davis . J. Dick . B. Edwards . G. Dowens . D. Edwards . J. Farley . W. Lang . E. Mathers . D. Matthews . E. Matthews . T. McDaniels . J. McPeak . C. McCallister . T. McVey . T. A. McCoy . G. W. Middleswart . S. Miller . A. Moore . A. A. Middleswart . H. Newlen . D. Newlen . P. Farley . A. J. Francis . A. Friedel . R. S. Garrison . J. Gares . S. Goddard . L Gregg . F. Greenwood . G. W. Haight . M. Guilinger . G C. Haight . Eli Hall . T. Guilinger . Oscar Hall . A. Haynes . J. Guilinger . T. N. Higgins . A. Hill , O. V. A. (Ohio Volunteer Artillery) S. Baldwin . I. Garver . S. Dotson . G. Ritchie . W. Ritchie . L. Blakley . B. Manley . J. Paxton . M. Vanway , (East Facing Side) O.V.I. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry) G. Hill . G. Hutchinson . H. Hill . D. Hughes . E. A. Johnson . J. Jobes . C. Jobes . A. Johnson . M. Newlen . Ira Newlen . S. Noland . L. Nine . A. Noland . J. Noland . J. Nine . J. Osborn . H. O’Bleness . A. G. O’Bleness . R. H. Rowland . E. J. O’ Shurn . I. Ritchie . W. Ross . M. Scott . P. G. Rea . W. H. Rea . M. Paxton . A. Pickens . H. Pickens . G. Pickens . H. Pegg . H. Petty . R. Seevers . W. J. Seevers . S. Smith . Jas. W. Shreves . J. Smith . J. G. Tuttle . E. Thompson . S. Thompson . J. Seacord . D. D. Seevers . G. Smith . A. Seevers . T. Shreves . J.K. Smith . Jno. Stewart . Jas. Shepard . G. W. Thomas . G. W. Tidd . J. Unger . J. Vanway . W. Vanway . L. Vanway . T. N. Vanway . S. A. West . M. Ward . Jos. Wetzell . J. Williamson . S. Williams . J. E. Wood . L. Wright . J. Woodward . B. G. Zanilley . J. Zanilley , S. A. W. (Spanish American War) Elgin Adkins . O. Rowland . O. Eddy . M. Greenwood . H. Little . F. Hanna . W. J. Bond . J. Bayless . C. Edgar . E. Hays . F. L. Lauck . Paul Dana U.S. Navy M. Dana . Carl Greene. S. Martin ,

(South Facing Side)
Rev. Gordon Battelle D.D.
M.E. Church Chaplain 1st Va. Vol. Inf.
Born in Newport Ohio 1814.
Died in Washington D.C. 1862
A Teacher, Patriot, and Leader
In the formation of West Va.
Erected by Col. J. G. Battelle
And Ross Newport Post, 489
A. D. 1913.
1776
Col. E. Battelle Capt. N. Little
1812
R. Edgell R. Sinn J. Reynolds
1846 T. D. Cook
1861 to 1865
Captains
T. E. Greenwood J.M. McElhinney
H. Middleswart
Lieutenants
W. Wood • A. Leonard • W.H. Edgerton (West facing side)
Ross Newport Post Charter Members
A. Leonard • J. B. Greene • G. O’Neal • C. Greene • R. S. Rowland • L. S. Moore • J. Gang • N. Middleswart • P. G. Hays • Jno. Gitchell • F. Gillman • R. Rea • R. R. Thornley • J. Hadley • F. F. Dana • F. Koerner • A. B. Little • C. H. Gunter • D. Felter

Members
S. Reynolds • W. Murphy • S. Noland • Jno. Wheeler • D. D. Davis • R. Coen • C. Reynolds • T. M. Reynolds • W. Bush • S. Hardin • H. McElfresh • W. Wilson • J. Gitchell • L. Wheeler • K. B. Davis • S. Echols • G. W. Smith • B. E. Edgell • A. Statts • J. Wheeler • Ira Newlen • E. Lang • S. Francis • W. Mendenhall • J. M. Cock • I. Felter

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• W. H. Bingham • P. Mason • J. Noland • C. Brinker • L. Travis • L. Priest • R. McKetrick • G. Pool • H. Martin • F. McIntire • S. Ward • J. Mowery • W. Seevers • H. King • Jos. Bush • H. Highland

O. V. C. (Ohio Volunteer Cavalry)
Ross Newport • M. Cook • H. E. Davis • Gus Gill • T. O. Little • M. Mathers • G. Nine • L. Sexton • J. M. Stewart • S. Smith • A. Adkins • S. Gutshaw • C. W. Tidd • M. Dotson • E. Larkins • J. Matheny • J. Mathers • W. Turner • R. Noland • W. Reece • J. K. Smith • H. Smith • J. Stewart • B. Turner • S. Whiston • W. W. Wood • N. Pryor • S. S. Wood • S. K. Rea

(North facing side)
O. V. I. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry)
M. Adams • A. Adams• R. S. Bobb • W. H. Ballentine • S. Baldwin • J. T. Ballentine • A. Bell • W. H. Bell • W. E. Ballentine • Silas Baldwin • J. Barker • C. D. Battelle • C. Burge • W. Blakley • A. S. Blakley • Jno. Bush • S. Bosworth • G. R. Britton • J. Bush • D. Carpenter • J. Carpenter • L. Elson • H. Bowie • G. Amlin • J. L. Conner • C. Chapeell • T. J. Conner • J. R. Cree • W. Crandall • J. Crocker • E. R. Dale • E. A. Crumbley • W. Cutchaw • R. D. Dale • M. Cunningham • S. Cutshaw • C. L. Dana • H. F. Davis • J. W. Davis • Jas. W. Davis • S. Davis • J. Dick • B. Edwards • G. Dowens • D.

Batelle Monument, West side image. Click for full size.

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2. Batelle Monument, West side

Edwards • J. Farley • W. Lang • E. Mathers • D. Matthews • E. Matthews • T. McDaniels • J. McPeak • C. McCallister • T. McVey • T. A. McCoy • G. W. Middleswart • S. Miller • A. Moore • A. A. Middleswart • H. Newlen • D. Newlen • P. Farley • A. J. Francis • A. Friedel • R. S. Garrison • J. Gares • S. Goddard • L Gregg • F. Greenwood • G. W. Haight • M. Guilinger • G C. Haight • Eli Hall • T. Guilinger • Oscar Hall • A. Haynes • J. Guilinger • T. N. Higgins • A. Hill

O. V. A. (Ohio Volunteer Artillery)
S. Baldwin • I. Garver • S. Dotson • G. Ritchie • W. Ritchie • L. Blakley • B. Manley • J. Paxton • M. Vanway

(East Facing Side)
O.V.I. (Ohio Volunteer Infantry)
G. Hill • G. Hutchinson • H. Hill • D. Hughes • E. A. Johnson • J. Jobes • C. Jobes • A. Johnson • M. Newlen • Ira Newlen • S. Noland • L. Nine • A. Noland • J. Noland • J. Nine • J. Osborn • H. O’Bleness • A. G. O’Bleness • R. H. Rowland • E. J. O’ Shurn • I. Ritchie • W. Ross • M. Scott • P. G. Rea • W. H. Rea • M. Paxton • A. Pickens • H. Pickens • G. Pickens • H. Pegg • H. Petty • R. Seevers • W. J. Seevers • S. Smith • Jas. W. Shreves • J. Smith • J. G. Tuttle • E. Thompson • S. Thompson • J. Seacord • D. D. Seevers • G. Smith • A. Seevers • T. Shreves • J.K. Smith • Jno.

Batelle Monument, North side image. Click for full size.

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3. Batelle Monument, North side

Stewart • Jas. Shepard • G. W. Thomas • G. W. Tidd • J. Unger • J. Vanway • W. Vanway • L. Vanway • T. N. Vanway • S. A. West • M. Ward • Jos. Wetzell • J. Williamson • S. Williams • J. E. Wood • L. Wright • J. Woodward • B. G. Zanilley • J. Zanilley

S. A. W. (Spanish American War)
Elgin Adkins • O. Rowland • O. Eddy • M. Greenwood • H. Little • F. Hanna • W. J. Bond • J. Bayless • C. Edgar • E. Hays • F. L. Lauck • Paul Dana

U.S. Navy
M. Dana • Carl Greene• S. Martin

Erected 1913 by Ross Newport Post Number 489 Grand Army of the Republic.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 23.643′ N, 81° 13.644′ W. Monument is in Newport, Ohio, in Washington County. It is in Newport Township. It is at the intersection of Charles Street and Harrison Street, on the left when traveling north on Charles Street. Location is at the highest point of Newport Cemetery. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 125 Charles St, Newport OH 45768, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in the American Midwest,

in the Ohio River Valley,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Captain Gordon C. Greene / Captain Mary Becker Greene (approx.

Batelle Monument, East side image. Click for full size.

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4. Batelle Monument, East side

0.4 miles away); Vaucluse (approx. 0.7 miles away in West Virginia); Short Route Bridge (Hi Carpenter Bridge) (approx. one mile away in West Virginia); George Washington (approx. one mile away in West Virginia); Hi Carpenter Bridge (approx. one mile away in West Virginia); Pleasants County / State of Ohio (approx. one mile away in West Virginia); a different marker also named Hi Carpenter Bridge (approx. 1.1 miles away in West Virginia); Alexander H. Creel (approx. 1.2 miles away in West Virginia).

Also see . . .
1. Battelle Monument, (sculpture). Information about the monument from the Smithsonian Institute

Full-length figure of Rev. Gordon Battelle stands atop a tall pedestal. He wears civilian clothes of the Civil War period and holds a book to his chest in his proper right hand. The figure faces south. On three sides of the pedestal are incised 265 names of Newport Township citizens who served in the Civil War and previous American wars.

(Submitted on February 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

2. Gordon Battelle (minister). Wikipedia entry

After the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 approved secession
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5. Full view of the Batelle Monument
despite the opposition of many delegates from the Commonwealth's northwest corner, the Wheeling Convention established the Restored Government of Virginia, and Rev. Battelle's old schoolmate Francis Pierpont became its Governor. Battelle continued to write and publish about the difficulties in establishing a new state.

In October 1861, Gov. Pierpont appointed Rev. Battelle as an official visitor to Federal military camps to investigate reports of poor conditions, particularly concerning medical supplies and a shortage of doctors and nurses. His reports on conditions at Philippi, Elkwater, and Cheat Mountain helped alleviate those conditions...

During a trip to investigate sanitary conditions in the military camps around Washington, D.C., Rev. Battelle died of typhoid fever on July 5, 1862.

(Submitted on February 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina.)

Credits. This page was last revised on February 5, 2025. It was originally submitted on February 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. This page has been viewed 280 times since then and 38 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 2, 2025, by Mark Parker of Hickory, North Carolina. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.