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Joseph R. Scott

Col. 19th Regt. Ill. Volunteer Infantry

— February 2 1838 - July 8 1863 —

 
 
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Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2016
1. Joseph R. Scott Monument
Inscription.

From wounds received at
Battle of Stone[s] River

"Who will save the Left"
"The Nineteenth Illinois"


 
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial SitesPatriots & PatriotismWar, US Civil.
 
Location. 41° 57.327′ N, 87° 39.642′ W. Memorial is in Chicago, Illinois, in Cook County. It is in Uptown. It is on Main Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Monument is in Graceland Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 4001 North Clark Street, Chicago IL 60613, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial 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: Graves Family Monument (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Colonel Marcus M. Spiegel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Allan Pinkerton (approx. 0.2 miles away); Birds of the Prairie (approx. 0.2 miles away); John A. "Jack" Johnson (approx. 0.2 miles away); Calaboose (approx. 0.2 miles away); Pollinators of the Prairie (approx. 0.2 miles away); Prairie Plant Root Depths (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Chicago.
 
Also see . . .
1. 19th Illinois Infantry Regiment History. Illinois Genealogy website entry (Submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)
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2. Joseph R. Scott in History of Chicago: From 1857 until the fire of 1871, by Andreas (1885). Google Books website entry (Submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 

3. Stones River National Battlefield. National Park Service website entry (Submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.) 
 
Joseph R. Scott Monument image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 9, 2016
2. Joseph R. Scott Monument
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 569 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 1, 2016, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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Jun. 9, 2026