Carterville GAR Memorial Obelisk - Carterville Cemetery - Carterville, Mo.
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N 37° 10.004 W 094° 26.396
15S E 372157 N 4114339
This grey granite obelisk is located in the Carterville Cemetery - Old Business 66 and North Pine Street in Carterville, Mo.
Waymark Code: WMJAN8
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/20/2013
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This grey granite obelisk is located in the Carterville Cemetery. It is an 18 foot obelisk erected amongst several Union gravesites. The inscription is simple:
G.A.R.
In Memory of our Noble Dead
J.H. Crenshaw
Post 516 1892
A copy of the GAR Post charter can be seen here:
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Sons of Union Veterans Inventory report on the obelisk can be seen here:
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