Princeton in Bureau County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

52nd & 57th Illinois Infantry

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, September 6, 2026

1. 52nd & 57th Illinois Infantry Marker

Inscription.
52nd Illinois Infantry

Colonel Edwin A Bowen

Co B
Captains
David D Bailey • DeWitt C Smith

1st Lieut Charles H Fish
1st Lieut Moses Canon
2nd Lieut George W Graves
2nd Lieut Chas D Tewksbury

Sergeants
Clinton Igou • James Grimes • William Kiney

Corporals
Peter Creamer • Henry G Smith • Leonidas S Gatch • Jacob Reichert

Privates
Leonard Andrew • Jacob Anstead • Morinus Bullard • H C Baumgartner • Edwin A Collins • Lewis P Cleveland • Joseph A Carr • Arthur Cook • William Chapman • Isaac J Curtis • Jasper Castler • Geo C Chapman • Joseph Dillon • Frank Drew • Henry Davis • George Frederick • Lucien J Fish • Christ Goodwin • Charles H Gross • James H Graham • Thomas Goodwin • Steph F Holbrook • John Heydon • William Hempell • Lorin A Holdbrook • Theodore P Hogre • Samuel Hagear • William Hill • George Held • James K Hopkins • John Igou • John H Kurtz • William N Kinney • William H Knight • Augustus Kopp • Henry A Kirchner • Dexter H Legate • James H Lloyd • Elias S Lloyd • George O Lloyd • Edwin R Laws • William H Moore • Frederick Molln • George W Morey • WM A McKenzie • Jesse McDaniel • Elias McDaniel • Hugh McManus

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• James Nash • Nicholas Nagle • Thomas Ough • Jonathan Olds • Norman L Phelps • Warren B Peck • Charles Perkins • William M Potter • Greeley H Pickering • Thomas Quinn • Henry Richards • Adam Rapp • Peter Richert • Edwin C Rogers • William F Shute • William S Smith • Cicero A Stoughton • Adam Schnell • Frederick Sible • Phillip Schwab • George Schnell • William Schnell • Fred Schroeder • George W Shirk • Henry Sloan • Winfield Scott • Thomas Trailor • Arry M Turner • Hugh Webb

57th Illinois Infantry

Lt Col Frederick A Battey

Major Norman B Page • Major Charles Rattray • Q Master John Harford • Q Master Nathan N Linton • Surgeon Jas R Zearing • Surgeon George W Crossley • Chaplain Nathan G Collins • Sergt Maj Edward K Cobb • Hosp Stwd Jos M Stetson

Co B
Captains
Alfred H Manser • Linas Van Steeenburg • George N Barr

1st Lieut George B Shurts
2nd Lieut John T Larkin

Sergeants
James N Hoskins • Thomas Hayes • William Connor • James Hannon

Corporals
Phillip Hartzel • John Cole • William Stevenson • George Stevenson • Erin G Stevenson • William Morgan • Daniel Wolfe • Harrison Woods • Eber Shifflett

Privates
William G Abbott

Soldiers and Sailors Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Matthew Stevens, September 6, 2026

2. Soldiers and Sailors Monument

Marker is on the left side

• Elijah Batchell • Henry B Burbanks • Elijah Chase • William Cline • George Chaney • James S Chaney • Jesse Cole • Theodore Covell • John W Clark • Thomas Clark • Abraham Corl • John Corl • Prestley Cline • John Carey • Henry H Dunton • Richard Eldridge • Patrick Fitzgerald • James Farley • Andrew Gardner • George Galer • John Garvin • Andrew Greener • Harrison Glazener • Edward F Hovey • Wesley Hoskins • William N Haight • John Hagno • Abraham Hildebrant • Daniel Haverstick • William Heller • John W Henderson • John James • John A Jennison • John Kelliher • Mont M Kenfield • Jesse Kilmer • Harrison Lamb • Thomas Lee • John Lynch • Hiram Lewis • Nelson Lamb • Thomas M Louther • Leander Maverty • David Marple • Levi Myers • Peter A Martin • John W McGinnis • John Murphy • Henry Nellis • WM B Olverson • Granville Ogan • John W Ogan • Leroy Osborn • David Pelton • Daniel Pillsbury • A B Ross • Robert Reynolds • Michael Ross • John Rodwell • William Randolph • Zebulen Shifflett • William Shifflett • James Smith • William G Smith • Theo P Streeter • George B Stoner • David P Stoner • Orlando P Seger • WM Sturdivant • John B Vanlaw • Ambrose

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Vanhorn • Joseph Vanhorn • Solomon Weaver • John W Weeks • Patrick Winnehan • Michael White • Simon E Wertz William H Wilson • Thomas Whittle • David Whittle • David Willey • Edson A Woods

Co F
1st Lieut Joseph W Harris
2nd Lieut Joseph T Cook
2nd Lieut Andrew Anderson

Sergeants
Chaun C Phillips • Albert Haymen • George L Searls • James G Haskell • Andrew J Beare

Corporals
Homer R Parison • Freman Griswold • George W Noble • Silas B Titcomb • Michael Harris • Zimri Rich • Joseph Boardman • Augustus Adrian

Privates
Benj F Andrews • Joshua Ammons • Corn B Bradley • George W Brace • James Brown • Niles Borop • John Barnard • Daniel N Bort • James Berney • Baker Butler • Calvin R Bullock • Marshall Battey • John T Cook • Rufus Charles • William Durley • George B Earle • John Edminister • Eli Franks • Henry M Ferrell • John B Gorton • Henry Griswold • William Harvey • Alex F Jamison • Geo A Kirkpatrick • George H Lee • William P Lea • William H Phillips • Robt A Patterson • Alonzo Patterson • William H Pearl • Thos Richardson • Michael Rich • John Rich • Lorenzo D Rose • Fred J Stevens • Austin E Skiff • Geo W Schougton • Thomas J Steel • Edwin Sharp • Andrew J Stringer • Ephram Stoner • Chas T Simpson • George W Tyner • William Trimble • Virgil Vennum • Aurice W Vennum • David Wright • William Whitworth • George Whitworth • Lucian A Well • Gardner Winslow

Co H
Captains
Josiah Robbins Jr • William Gale

1st Lieut John H Weirick

Sergeant
Delos W Nevins

Corporals
Amos Velsor • Noah Mostoller • John F Powers

Privates
Henry H Boyd • John F Boyd • John Burns • Henry G Barker • George W Baker • Joseph E Chapler • Ensign Cleveland • William Carver • Daniel Ernest • Alonzo P Edick • J T Frankenberger • John Humphrey • Alvin H Goodspeed • Geo W Humphrey • Joseph E Jordan • Robert W Harkins • John Kerns • Albert Jacobs • James E McBride • Thomas A Maul • John Murray • Robert Murray • Daniel O'Neal • John W Pettee • Ira F Pratt • Calvin Phillips • Thomas Robinson • Albert E Rhodes • John Robinson • Chas E Simmons • William Skinner • John T Shears • Alfred P Thompson • Albert Turner • John W Veitch • H E Whitmarsh • Nelson Warrington • Chalkey Wilson • George Wood

Co K
Captains
Augustus C Barry • Harlan Page

1st Lieut William C Allen
2nd Lieut William Brewer
2nd Lieut Jacob S Carper

Sergeants
Carmi C Royce • Andrew M Allen • George Martin

Corporals
William Landers • William L Thomas • Josiah Pelton • John Latty • John H Hughes • Ebon T Emery • Hazel Wilkinson

Privates
David A Allen • John Bailey • Richard Brewer • John Burroughs • Stephen Brewer • Joseph Burk • Thomas Brook • Adam Bloomer • Frederick Carper • William Chaffee • Michael Cronin • Edward Church • Charles W Evans • John Foley • Timothy Ford • George Franz • Franklin Gallagher • WM Gallagher • WM L Giffing • Edw Gallagher • John Hanson • Orrin Heath • Hiram H Hogeboom • Samuel Hazelden • John Hannam • George C Hornby • James Hancock • WM M Johnson • John Kamball • H H Linaweaver • John V Lonnon • George P Lincoln • George W Lane • Chas Linaweaver • William Lane • Thomas McCoy • Edwin L Martin • Patrick McGartlin • Charles T Morris • Cornelius Murphy • Winfield S Moody • Michael O'Brien • William Oakes • Lafayette Oakes • Chester M Plummer • John Phelen • Isaac D Page • Charles P Pelton • Charles M Pelton • Leroy Page • John Renner • John Reicherts • James C Rider • Benj S Russell • Samuel Sigman • Daniel Shehan • John Simpson • Levi F Sweet • Patrick Sheridan • Isaac C Seek • Julius C Taylor • John Townsend • Major Welton • Courtney Warren • Wesley Zink • William A Zink

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Landmarks • Military.

Location. 41° 22.083′ N, 89° 27.87′ W. Memorial is in Princeton, Illinois, in Bureau County. It is on South Main Street west of Park Avenue, on the right when traveling north. This marker is on the west face of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Princeton. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 14 Park Ave E, Princeton IL 61356, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Northern Illinois

and specifically in the Illinois River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest

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 walking distance of this marker: Flags of Freedom (within shouting distance of this marker); 609 S. Main St. (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); 605 S. Main St. (about 500 feet away); 601 S. Main St. (about 500 feet away); Richard L. “Dick” Nelson (about 500 feet away); Owen Lovejoy (about 500 feet away); 518 S. Main St. (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Flags of Freedom (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Princeton.

Credits. This page was last revised on September 21, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. This page has been viewed 17 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 19, 2026, by Matthew Stevens of Washington, Illinois. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.