Gibson County Civil War Memorial

Gibson County Civil War Memorial. . , (( Upper Section )), (Front) - - Resacca . Gettysburg . Chickamauga . , March to the Sea, (Left) - - Shiloh . Perryville . Vicksburg . Nashville , (Right) - - Antietam . Franklin . Kennesaw Mt. . Fredricksburg , (Back) - - Bentonville . Atlanta . Mission Ridge . , Stone River , (( Lower Section )), ( Front Panel ), Erected 1912. , by the citizens of , Gibson County, Indiana , in honor of the valor , and patriotism of the , 2200 soldiers and sailors , who enlisted from , Gibson County in the Civil War of , 1861 to 1865 , a tribute to the memory of , the 500 who gave , the full measure of devotion , to their Country., ( Left Panel ), “It is rather for us, the living, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain , – That this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom , – and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.”, (Gettysburg Address) , A. Lincoln., ( Right Panel ), “On fame’s eternal camping ground, , Their silent tents are spread, , and glory guards with solemn round, , The bivouac of the dead.”, ( Back Panel ), Board of County Commissioners , Joseph P. Yochum , Gerhard C. Frohbieter , George A. Knowles , - - - - - - - - - - - , Soldiers Monument Committee , David W. Smith, Chairman , Joseph K. McGary , Joseph Moore , William W. Blair , James W. Lewis, Secretary.