Michigan City in LaPorte County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
1. Michigan City Civil War Memorial
One Flag
Sponsored by the Woman's Relief Corps
Geo. V. Rawson Post
46 Dept. Ind. G.A.R.
(List of Names)
Erected 1926.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
Location. 41° 42.286′ N, 86° 52.947′ W. Memorial is in Michigan City, Indiana, in LaPorte County. It can be reached from the intersection of Tilden Avenue and Decatur Street. Marker is located in the northeast corner of Greenwood Cemetery; the above directions are to the cemetery entrance. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Michigan City IN 46360, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in Northwest Indiana, specifically on the Indiana Dunes and Lake Michigan Shore, and in Greater South Bend. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, 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: Michigan City World War II Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Saint Stanislaus Cemetery World War II Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); P.F.C. Kenneth L. Scott Memorial (approx. 0.4 miles away); Camp Anderson (approx. 0.7 miles away); Elston Grove Historic District (approx. one mile away); Battle of Trail Creek (approx. 1.1 miles away); Haskell & Barker Historic District (approx. 1.1 miles away); St. Mary The Immaculate Conception (approx. 1.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in
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More about this memorial. The monument was dedicated on Memorial Day, May 31, 1926 for the scores of Civil War veterans who were buried in Greenwood Cemetery. The cost of the $5,000 monument was funded by Civil War veterans, the Women's Relief Corps, the Service Star Legion (War Mothers), and other local citizens. The monument is 26 feet tall and is made of Vermont marble. The tablets with the names of the veterans are Red Ozark Mountain marble. (Source: Welcome to Washington Park - Tour the Many Historical Sites & Monuments by Patricia Gruse Harris, May 2013)
Additional commentary.
1. Metal Tablet Stanzas
There are two metal tablets in front of the monument inscribed with the following:
On fame's eternal camping-ground,
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead.
and
The muffled drum's sad roll has beat
The soldier's last tattoo,
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few.
— Submitted September 25, 2014.
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
2. Greenwood Cemetery
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
3. Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
4. Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Grave sites of Civil War veterans are found near the memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
5. South Face of Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
6. East Face of Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
7. North Face of Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Photographed by Duane Hall, August 16, 2014
8. West Face of Michigan City Civil War Memorial
Credits. This page was last revised on March 8, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 25, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 797 times since then and 19 times this year. Last updated on March 7, 2025, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. submitted on September 25, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Transcription of the names on the memorial. • Can you help?
