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

103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 18, 2013

1. 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Marker

Inscription. The 103rd O.V.I. was recruited for Civil War service from Cuyahoga, Lorain, and Medina counties. The Regiment was organized at Cleveland in August, 1862, and served until 1865 in campaigns at Cincinnati, Knoxville, Atlanta, Franklin, Nashville, and the Carolinas.103rd O.V.I. veterans and their descendants have held continuous, annual reunions since 1866. The organization is believed to be unique in the nation. Descendants live on these grounds today.

Erected 1974 by The 103rd O.V.I. Memorial Foundation and the Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 2-47.)

Topics and series. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1862.

Location. 41° 30.033′ N, 82° 4.15′ W. Memorial is in Sheffield Lake, Ohio, in Lorain County. It is on East Lake Road (U.S. 6) east of North Abbe Road (Route 301), on the left when traveling east. The marker is located several feet from the Highway. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sheffield Lake OH 44054, 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

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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: ALVA #B Tug Shipwreck (approx. half a mile away); Significant Dates in Avon Lake History

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(approx. half a mile away); Peter J. Miller House / Adam Miller & Family (approx. half a mile away); Beach Park Station (approx. one mile away); Jay Terrell and his "Terrible Fish" (approx. 1.1 miles away); In memory of the Brookside Graduates Who Gave All in the Vietnam War (approx. 1.1 miles away); Avon Lake World War II Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Comrades interned in Lake Shore Cemetery (approx. 2.7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sheffield Lake.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 18, 2013

2. 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Marker

The marker shown in front of a cannon

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 18, 2013

3. 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Marker

A sign on the property at the road edge.

Hendrickson Drive image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 18, 2013

4. Hendrickson Drive

Dedicated to the memory of
James S. Hendrickson
Co B, 103rd, O.V.I.-Tribute
From Ella Hendrickson Sinclair.

(This plaque is just a few feet from the main marker.)

Photographed by Don Morfe, July 18, 2013

5. 103rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry Marker

This stone-marker is a few feet from the main marker.

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on August 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. This page has been viewed 1,013 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on August 9, 2013, by Don Morfe of Baltimore, Maryland. • Al Wolf was the editor who published this page.