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Ripley in Brown County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Soldiers and Sailors Monument

1861 to 1065

— Our Fallen Heroes —

 
 
Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
1. Soldiers and Sailors Monument Marker
Inscription.
Alfred Bartley • Chauncey Brafford • Oliver Carr • John Derstide • Thomas Evans • John Butts • John Dawson • Oliver Evros • Daniel Fox

Harvey McNish • Hiram Palmer • Robert Reith • Henry Sacker • John McNish • Harry Patterson • A. M. Ridgeway • Isadore Schoeider

Billam Wangler • Marrion Helmrick • Fred Lewiring • W. Wirt Liggett • Nelson Mayfield • Samuel Horion • A. Sidney Liggett • John Lynch • Salem Mayfield

William Shedd • Samuel Thompson • Abe Williams • Duforth Young • Samuel Stallcup • William Tomlinson • Nick Wright • Henry Zeller
 
Erected 1885.
 
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 38° 44.091′ N, 83° 50.262′ W. Monument is in Ripley, Ohio, in Brown County. It is at the intersection of South 2nd Street and Governor Street, on the right when traveling north on South 2nd Street. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 703S S 2nd St, Ripley OH 45167, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is in Greater Cincinnati and in Southern Ohio Hill Country. It is also 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 Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Witness Tree (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); White Burley Tobacco (about 400 feet away); Camp Ripley / Camp Ammen (approx. 0.2 miles away); This Church
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(approx. Ύ mile away); The Squirrel Hunters (approx. 0.8 miles away); Battery F Ripley / Ripley Cannon (approx. 0.8 miles away); In Honor of Fallen Soldier (approx. 0.8 miles away); Eli Collins House (approx. 0.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ripley.
 
Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
3. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
4. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Craig Doda, May 10, 2025
5. Soldiers and Sailors Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 22, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 22, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 111 times since then and 9 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 22, 2025, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
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