Franklin County Civil War Memorial - Benton, Illinois
Posted by: BruceS
N 37° 59.817 W 088° 55.332
16S E 331221 N 4207219
Civil War memorial in Benton, Illinois.
Waymark Code: WM6HCX
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 06/06/2009
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This Civil War memorial was dedicated July 19, 1998 and is located on the grounds of the Franklin County Historic Jail Museum in Benton. The memorial lists the names of soldiers from Franklin County who lost their lives in the Civil War. The memorial is inscribed as follows:
Franklin County
Civil War Memorial
"Assure..The Memory Of
Our Heroic Dead. Who Made Their
Breasts A Barricade Between Our
County And Its Foes" - John A. Logan
"The Men Of The West Will
Hew Their Way Down To The
Gulf With Their Swords."
John A. Logan
Dedicated July 19, 1998
By Congressman Glenn Poshard
Co-Chair Person John Gulley & Roberst S. Rea