Mishawaka in St. Joseph County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Mishawaka Civil War Soldiers Monument
Photographed by Duane Hall, December 12, 2012
1. Mishawaka Civil War Soldiers Monument
(Monument Base)
Erected September 1884
Shiloh - Mobile - Chickamauga - Vicksburg
(Facing East)
Erected by the citizens of Penn Township, St. Joseph County, Indiana, to commemorate the bravery and patriotism of her soldiers and sailors in the war for the preservation of national unity 1861-1865.
Sleep on ye noble patriot braves,
Wherever lie your honored graves,
A nation free and proud and great,
Your memories perpetuate.
(Facing North)
Atlanta - Belmont - Arkansas Post - Balls Bluff - Baton Rouge - Champion Hills - Corinth - Chattanooga - Chicasaw Bayou - Dalton - Duval Bluff - Fort Donelson - Huka - Kenesaw - Lookout Mountain - Malvern Hill - Murfreesboro - Missionary Ridge - Nashville - Paducah - Perryville - Pea Ridge - Phillippi - Port Hudson - Pilot Knobb - Pine Bluff
(Facing West)
"The war for the Union was right, everlastingly right; and the war against the Union was wrong forever wrong."
"The Union must, and shall shall be preserved."
(Facing South)
Antietam - Appomattox - Allatoona - Big Bethel - Bull Run - Chancellorsville - Cold Harbor - Chantilly - Cedar Mountain - Fair Oaks - Five Forks - Fort Harrison - Franklin - Front Royal - Fredericksburg - Gettysburg - Hampton Roads -
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Erected 1884.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
Location. 41° 39.952′ N, 86° 11.162′ W. Monument is in Mishawaka, Indiana, in St. Joseph County. It is at the intersection of West Mishawaka Avenue and Charlotte Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West Mishawaka Avenue. The memorial stands in the east part of Battell Park. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 301 W Mishawaka Ave, Mishawaka IN 46545, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is in Northern Indiana and in Greater South Bend. 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: Battell Park (about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Mishawaka Wars of the Nation Memorial (approx. 0.2 miles away); Freddie Fitzsimmons (approx. 0.2 miles away); Ball-Band Factory (approx. Ό mile away); Perkins Windmill (approx. Ό mile away); Kamm & Schellinger Brewery (approx. 0.3 miles away); Princess Mishawaka (approx. 0.4 miles away); First Dam Across The St. Joseph River / Power Race (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mishawaka.
Other markers no longer nearby. First Bridge (was approx. Ό mile away but has
Photographed by Duane Hall, December 12, 2012
2. Battell Park
Photographed by Duane Hall, December 12, 2012
3. Mishawaka Civil War Soldiers Monument Inscriptions
Photographed by Lou Donkle, May 21, 2024
4. Renovation of Mishawaka Civil War Soldiers Monument area
Credits. This page was last revised on August 19, 2024. It was originally submitted on December 15, 2012, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. This page has been viewed 1,796 times since then and 48 times this year. Last updated on August 19, 2024, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana. Photos: 1. submitted on December 15, 2012, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 2. submitted on April 26, 2014, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 3. submitted on December 15, 2012, by Duane Hall of Abilene, Texas. 4. submitted on August 19, 2024, by Lou Donkle of Valparaiso, Indiana. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
Editor’s want-list for this marker. Photos of the markers on the grounds of the park. (These almost certainly qualify for their own profiles.) • Can you help?
