Central in Cleveland in Cuyahoga County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, September 1, 2024
1. 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument Marker Side A
The Twenty-third Ohio Volunteer Infantry was the first Ohio regiment mustered for three years service in the Civil War, and also the first Ohio regiment in which the field officers were appointed by the governor of Ohio. Known as the Regiment of Presidents, the 23rd OVI had among its ranks several future politicians, including two future presidents: Commissary Sergeant William McKinley and Lieutenant Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes. The 23rd OVI suffered its greatest losses in the 1862 Antietam Campaign in the battles of South Mountain on September 14 and Antietam on September 17. While a large number of its wounded members, including Lieutenant Colonel Hayes, were lying in hospitals near the battlefields, the convalescing soldiers resolved to erect a regimental monument to the dead, and a subscription was started.
The city donated a plot at Woodland Cemetery, and Myers, Uhl & Co. was contracted to build the monument for five hundred dollars. At the close of the war, the regiment had raised all the funds necessary for the monument within its own membership. The monument was dedicated in a ceremony on July 29, 1865, when the regiment arrived at Cleveland after being mustered out at Cumberland, Maryland. The monument is a twenty-two-foot obelisk made of Italian marble with the national flag sculpted around its apex, and
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Erected 2017 by Woodland Cemetery Foundation of Cleveland, Ohio, 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Re-enactment Group and the Ohio History Connection. (Marker Number 132-18.)
Topics. This historical marker and monument is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. A significant historical date for this entry is July 29, 1865.
Location. 41° 29.322′ N, 81° 38.51′ W. Marker has been damaged. Marker is in Cleveland, Ohio, in Cuyahoga County. It is in Central. It can be reached from the intersection of Woodland Avenue (Ohio Route 87) and East 69th Street, on the right when traveling east. The marker is next to the monument that it represents, about 100 feet from the south entrance to the cemetery. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6901 Woodland Avenue, Cleveland OH 44104, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker and monument is on Ohio’s Lake Erie Shore and in the Western Reserve. 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 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 location: A different marker also named 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument (here, next to this marker); Woodland Cemetery Civil War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Freedom Seekers and their Supporters (within shouting distance of this marker); Woodland Cemetery (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, September 1, 2024
2. 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument Side B
The marker panel is on the ground because it was torn off the post by a tornado.
Photographed by Grant & Mary Ann Fish, September 1, 2024
3. The marker in its location as of September 2024
Credits. This page was last revised on March 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 1, 2024, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. This page has been viewed 250 times since then and 20 times this year. Last updated on March 8, 2026, by Woodland Cemetery Foundation (Michelle A Day) of Cleveland, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on September 1, 2024, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
