Civil War Monument, courthouse lawn, Princeton, IN
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 38° 21.328 W 087° 34.069
16S E 450388 N 4245408
In Honor to the 2200 who enlisted and tribute to the 500 who gave their lives.
Waymark Code: WM3V39
Location: Indiana, United States
Date Posted: 05/19/2008
Published By:Groundspeak Regular Member BackBrakeBilly
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In honor of the valor
and Patriotism of the
2200 Soldiers and Sailors
who enlisted from
Gibson County in the Civil War of
1861 to 1865
A Tribute to the Memory of
the 500 who gave
the Full Measure of Devotion
to their Country.

"IT IS RATHER FOR US, THE LIVING, THAT WE HERE HIGHLY RESOLVE THAT THESE DEAD SHALL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN -- THAT THIS NATION, UNDER GOD, SHALL HAVE A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM -- AND THAT GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE, AND FOR THE PEOPLE, SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH."
(Gettysburgh Address)
A. Lincoln

"ON FAME'S ETERNAL CAMPING GROUND, THEIR SILENT TENTS ARE SPREAD, AND GLORY GUARDS WITH SOLEMN ROUND THE BIVOUAC OF THE DEAD."


Board of County Commissioners
Joseph F. Yoeher
Gerhard C. Frohbierer
Geroge A. Knowles
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Soldiers Monument Committee
David W. Smith, chairman
Hoseph K. McCary
Joseph Moore
William W. Blair
James W. Lewis, secretary
Date Installed or Dedicated: 11/12/1912

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The Citizens of Gibson County.

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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