Mishawaka in St. Joseph County, Indiana — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
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 - Manassas Junction - Hoovers Gap - Mobile - Petersburg - Richmond - Ringold - Rich Mountain - Roanoke - Savannah - Spotsylvania - Seven Pines - Wilderness
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. Marker is in Mishawaka, Indiana, in St. Joseph County. Memorial is at the intersection of W. Mishawaka Ave and Charlotte Ave, on the left when traveling west on W. Mishawaka Ave. Marker is located in the east part of Battell Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 W Mishawaka Ave, Mishawaka IN 46545, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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); Ball-Band Factory (approx. ¼ mile away); Perkins Windmill (approx. ¼ mile away); Kamm & Schellinger Brewery (approx. 0.3 miles away); First Dam Across The St. Joseph River / Power Race (approx. half a mile away); Mishawaka Fish Ladder (approx. half a mile away); The Mishawaka Academic and Normal Institute (approx. half a mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Mishawaka.
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