Elyria in Lorain County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

1. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial Marker

Inscription. 12th O. Cav. Thomas Johnson • Sylvanus Phelon • Ethan Allen • Wm. Allen

42nd O. V. I. Orson C.Emmons • David Hall • George W. Lee • Ransom Hunt • John Underhill • Jas. J. Carpenter • W. M. Stephens • Truman C. Cooley • Byron C. Lampkin • Wm. Moses • Melvin I. Cobb • Harley Emmons

23rd O. V. I. Frank Burns • Wm. Cooley • Henry Montague • De Grass Chapman • Edwin Stewart • Martin Hopwood • Thomas Stephens • Hiram Durkee • John Gorman • Robert Warnock • Wm. Urias • Fred. Lyndes • Willis Terrill

8th O. V. I. Alfred Fauver • Wilmot Jackson • Ralph Robinson • C. H. Merrick • Demming Masters • Charles Warner

Antietam-Gettysburg

To all the brave defenders of the Union
in 1861 - 1865, from the Township of Eaton.

42nd O. V. I. P. M. Terry • Oel Durkee • Cyrus Mead • Joel Terry • Perry Main • John Brinker

128th O. V. I. Ralph Peck • Wm. Sayer • Lewis Langdon • George Wilson • John T. Davis • Orvill Barchard • Chancey Hurlbutt • Wm. Mathews • John Sayer • Horace Durkee • Tom. Fishburn • Joseph Beckett • Samuel Barchard • Mortimer E. Morgan

124th O. V. I. Wesley Emmons • Baldwin Hathaway • George Johnson

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• Henry P. Chapman • Charles Hathaway • David Robson • George Stone

135th O. V. I. Silas McCarty • Edgar Phillips • Oscar Durkee • Merritt Mead • John Lent • Wm. Westcott • Wm. Dawley • Elden Brush • Wm. Tite • Calvin Jackson

Wilderness.
Pittsburg Landing.

On fame's eternal camping ground.
Their silent tents are spread.
And glory guards with solemn round
the Bivouac of our Dead.

Wn. Horr, 2nd O. Cav. • Jas. Earl, 2nd O. Cav. • John Lyndes, 88th O. V. I. • Peter Meaden, 43rd O. V. I. • Fred. Shoeman, 5th Mich. Gav. • Charles Beaver, 5th Mich. Gav. • Lafayette Taylor, 67th O. V. L. • Ervin Vanwagnen, 45th O. V. L. • Ephraim Hollister, Sharp S. • Benjamin Watkins, Sharp S. • Frederick Barchard, 35th O. V. I. • Francis Taylor, 1st O. Cav. • John Martin, 105th O. V. I. • Michael Beckett, 105th O. V. I. • James Sayer, U. S. A. • Lysander J. Warner, U. S. A. • John Beaver, 5th U. S. C. • John Johnson, 5th U. S. C. • Isaac Lyons, U. S. N. • Henry Holbrook, 129th O. V. I. • Ralph Hopwood, 129th O. V. I. • Joshua Clark, Edgarton's Battery • Charles Clark, Edgarton's Battery

Nashville - Resaca.
Dedicated 1884.
Rededicated
May

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Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

2. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

30, 1959

103rd O.V. I. Richard Hinkley • Pat Fauver • Sanford Carpenter • George Phelon • Wm. T. Chapman • Elbert Fauver • Hiram Vanguilder • Thomas Fretter • Gephas Cassel • John Warnock • Harland P Chapman • Lyman Gains • Solomon Algott • David Phelon • Emory Chapman • Job Alexander • Chapin Barrister • Welton Vanwagnen • Elliot Goles • James Warnock • Robert Dixson • John Stang • Solomon Stephens

15th Battery John Langton • Joshua Porter • Seth Rollin • James Reed • John Lent Sen • Bradley Fauver • Thomas Andrews • Warren Rollin • Lafayette Lee • Thomas Howlett

178th O. V. I. Melvin Emmons • Warren Earl

Cedar Creek-Atlanta
No more the bugle calls the weary one:
rest noble spirit in the grave unknown.
We will find you. we will know you
among the good and true.
When the robe of white is given
for the faded coat of blue.

Erected 1884.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 41° 20.413′ N, 82° 2.986′ W. Memorial is in Elyria, Ohio, in Lorain County. It is at the intersection of Butternut Ridge Road and Durkee Road (Ohio Route

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

3. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

50), on the right when traveling west on Butternut Ridge Road. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 37390 Butternut Ridge Rd, North Ridgeville OH 44039, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Greater Cleveland,

on the Lake Erie Shore,

and in the Western Reserve.

It is also in the American Midwest.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Great Lakes,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in 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 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Eaton's Tribute to All American War Veterans (here, next to this marker); Eaton Township Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Welcome to Elyria (approx. one mile away); Birthplace of Easter Seal Society (approx. 3.1 miles away); The Founding of Elyria (approx. 3.2 miles away); Edgar F. “Daddy” Allen (approx. 3.2 miles away); Monteith Hall (approx. 3.3 miles away);

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

4. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

King Solomon Lodge No. 56 (approx. 3.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Elyria.

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

5. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

Photographed by Craig Doda, March 8, 2026

6. Eaton Township Civil War Memorial

Credits. This page was last revised on June 9, 2026. It was originally submitted on May 23, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. This page has been viewed 17 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on May 23, 2026, by Craig Doda of Napoleon, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.