County of monument: Gibson County
Location of monument: Broadway St side, Courthouse lawn, Princeton
Artist: Unknown
Contractor: C. Rule & Coleman
Monument text:
(On east side of shaft:) COMPANY A/(followed by three names)
COMPANY B (followed by four names)
COMPANY H/(followed by three names)
CHICKAMAUGA - COMPANY G/(followed by 22 names
ERECTED BY THE SURVIVORS OF-THE 58TH REG., IND. VOL
TO THE MEMORY OF THEIR DECEASED COMRADES
IN ARMS-1864-HONOR THE FLAG
(On north side of shaft:) COMPANY H/(followed by nine names)
MISSION RIDGE/(followed by eight names)
COMPANY A/(followed by fifteen names)
COMPANY B/(followed by 25 names)
(On west side of shaft:) COMPANY C/(followed by five names)
COMPANY D/(followed by 4 names)
COMPANY I/(followed by five names)
LAVERGNA/COMPANY I/(followed by 27 names)
COMPANY C/(followed by 20 names)
COMPANY D/(followed by 20 names)
(On south side of shaft:) COMPANY E/(followed by two names)
COMPANY F/(followed by four names)
COMPANY G/(followed by three names)
COMPANY K/(followed by six names)
STONE RIVER/COMPANY K/(followed by 22 names
Plaque at Base of Monument:
This monument was erected by the 58th Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry. In honor of it's dead whose names are inscribed thereon; comrades who were killed in battle, or who died from disease or other cause during the service of the Regiment in the Civil War. The funds for its erection were secured by voluntary donations and subscriptions from members of the Regiment while in the service. No part of the funds were solicited or received from any source outside of the Regiment.
The contract for monument was made in 1863. It was completed, erected and dedicated, July 4, 1865. The Regiment being still in the service at that time. This was the first Regimental Monument erected in Indiana in memory of soldiers of the Civil War. It is the only monument in Indiana, or in the United States, that was erected and dedicated by any Regiment in honor of its dead, while that Regiment was still in the service in the manner of its conception, in the manner and condition under which it was erected and dedicated. This Monument is in a class by itself.
This tablet was erected and dedicated in 1914 by the survivors of the 58th Regiment as a memorial to their deceased comrades, and to preserve the history of this Monument.
Proper Description: "A marble eagle surmounts a tall marble shaft. The eagle's wings are partially spread and it holds the national ensign in its beak and talons. On the east side of the shaft is a small shield resting upon oak and myrtle. Below that is a large wreath. On the north side are crossed swords and a wreath. On the south side is a knapsack supporting crossed muskets and flags and a soldier's cap. On the west side is the coat-of-arms for the state of Indiana. The shaft ends in a three-stepped limestone base. Short, square, limestone columns adorn each corner of the lowest step. The base rests on a concrete pad." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
Remarks: "The monument was restored in 1940. The restoration was funded through an appropriation made by the county commissioners. Restoration work included sanding the monument, constructing a new base, and sandblasting names of the war dead into the marble. IAS files contain transcriptions of names listed on monument." ~ Smithsonian American Art Museum
"The 58th Regiment Indiana Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.
"The 58th Indiana Infantry was organized at Princeton and Indianapolis, Indiana beginning November 12 and mustered in for a three year enlistment on December 22, 1861.
The regiment was attached to 21st Brigade, Army of the Ohio, January 1862. 21st Brigade, 6th Division, Army of the Ohio, to September 1862. 15th Brigade, 6th Division, II Corps, Army of the Ohio, to November 1862. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Left Wing, XIV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to January 1863. 1st Brigade, 21st Division, XXI Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to October 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, IV Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to April 1864. Unattached Pontooneers, Army of the Cumberland and Army of Georgia, until July 1865.
"Ordered to Kentucky December 29, and duty at Bardstown and Lebanon, Ky., until February 1862. March through central Kentucky to Nashville, Tenn., February 10-March 1, 1862. March to Savannah, Tenn., March 18-April 6. Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7 (not engaged). Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 12. Buell's Campaign in northern Alabama and middle Tennessee along line of the Memphis & Charleston Railroad June to August. Little Pond, near McMinnville, August 30. March to Louisville, Ky., in pursuit of Bragg August 30-September 26. Pursuit of Bragg to London, Ky., October 1–22. Battle of Perryville, October 8 (reserve). March to Nashville, Tenn., October 22-November 7, and duty there until December 26. Advance on Murfreesboro December 26–30. Lavergne December 26–27. Battle of Stones River December 30–31, 1862 and January 1–3, 1863. Duty at Murfreesboro until June. Tullahoma Campaign June 23-July 7. Occupation of middle Tennessee until August 16. Passage of the Cumberland Mountains and Tennessee River and Chickamauga Campaign August 16-September 22. Expedition from Tracy City to the Tennessee River August 22–24 (detachment). Occupation of Chattanooga, September 9. Near Lee and Gordon's Mills September 17–18. Battle of Chickamauga, September 19–20. Siege of Chattanooga September 24-November 23. Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27. Orchard Knob November 23–24. Missionary Ridge November 25. Pursuit to Graysville November 26–27. March to relief of Knoxville, November 28-December 8. Operations in eastern Tennessee until April 1864. Reenlisted January 24, 1864. Assigned to duty in charge of the pontoon trains of General Sherman's Army April 1864, and performed all the bridging from Chattanooga to Atlanta, from Atlanta to the sea, and in the campaign through the Carolinas. Atlanta Campaign May 1 to September 8, 1864. Demonstrations on Rocky Faced Ridge May 8–11. Battle of Resaca May 14–15. About Dallas May 25-June 5. About Marietta and Kennesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Nickajack Creek July 2–5. Chattahoochie River July 5–17. Peachtree Creek July 19–20. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25–30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Pursuit of Hood into Alabama October. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Siege of Savannah December 10–21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April 1865. Non-veterans mustered out December 31, 1864. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20., Grand Review of the Armies May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., June
"The 58th Indiana Infantry mustered out of service at Louisville, Kentucky on July 25, 1865." ~ Wikipedia
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