Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument
Posted by: Groundspeak Charter Member BruceS
N 41° 59.182 W 087° 40.584
16T E 443970 N 4648483
Monument commemorating the Battery raised by the Chicago Board of Trade.
Waymark Code: WMJ18
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 07/23/2006
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member showbizkid
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The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was one of several independent artillery batteries raised for the Civil War. The Chicago Board of Trade Battery was organized within a 48 hour period after a call to patriotism was made. Find out more on this unit see click here.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1880

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Chicago Board of Trade

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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