Ohio's First Civil War Monument ( 21 - 78 )
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boatchick
N 41° 23.269 W 080° 52.138
17T E 510955 N 4581818
The 1863 memorial is the first of its kind in Ohio.
Waymark Code: WM4VXA
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 10/03/2008
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This two sided marker is located on the east side of Route 45 just north of Route 88 in Bristol Township Park.
Side A
With the outbreak of the Civil War in 1861, many young men of Bristol Township enlisted in the army when President Abraham Lincoln issued his call to defend the Union cause. The death toll of some of these men at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee in April 1862 touched the local community as did the loss of Bristol Township lives at the Battle of Perryville in Kentucky, the Battle of Cedar Mountain in Virginia, and other theaters of war later in the year. The local citizenry responded to a plan for a lasting public memorial at the Town Park through a fund raising campaign. In 1863 the town square was transformed with a marble monument placed on an elevated mound at its center. The monument was designed by local artist Frank J. Hammond and manufactured by Myers, Uhl & Company of Cleveland at a cost of $500. [continued on other side]
Side B
[continued from other side] The names of Bristol Township's fallen heroes and their service records are inscribed on the monument's main block with symbols of the various military branches decorating the base of the pedestal holding a draped funeral urn. The foundation stone proclaims "Defenders of the Union from Bristol, Ohio." The monument memorializes the sacrifices of fourteen of its citizens.
BATTLE OF SHILOH 14 OVLA
Jacob A Kagy
Truman E. Chafee
James B.Thorp
James D. Hottel
Lester F. Sprague
George F. Sprague
BATTLE OF CEDAR MOUNTAIN 7 OVI
Charles A. Brooks
Calvert C. Miller
WESTERN THEATER 2 OVC
Charles Munson
George H. Crozier
Almanza H. Chaffee
BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE 105 OVI
James Sage, Jr.
Henry M. Collar
Jacob Ryan