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Soldiers & Sailors Monument

Rosehill Cemetery

 
 
Our Heroes Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
1. Our Heroes Monument
Inscription.
Our Heroes

 
Erected 1869.
 
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesWar, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Chicago's Surviving Pre-Fire Structures series list.
 
Location. 41° 59.2′ N, 87° 40.591′ W. Monument is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Lincoln Square. It can be reached from the intersection of North Ravenswood Avenue and West Rosehill Drive, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 5800 North Ravenswood Avenue, Chicago IL 60660, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial monument is 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 Viceroyalty of New France, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Co. B. 1st Reg. Ill. L't Artillery. (a few steps from this marker); Battery A Chicago Light Artillery (a few steps from this marker); George B. Armstrong (within shouting distance of this marker); Chicago Board of Trade Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); Union Civil War Soldiers (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Edwin Greenfield Ransom (within shouting distance of this marker); Frances E. Willard
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(within shouting distance of this marker); Firefighters Memorial (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
 
More about this monument. Sculptor Leonard Wells Volk
 
Cavalry image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
2. Cavalry
Infantry image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
3. Infantry
Navy image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
4. Navy
Artillery image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
5. Artillery
Our Heroes Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
6. Our Heroes Monument
Union Section image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Bernard Fisher, March 9, 2015
7. Union Section
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 14, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,452 times since then and 43 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on March 14, 2015, by Bernard Fisher of Richmond, Virginia.
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Jun. 27, 2026