21st Illinois Volunteers - Naples, IL
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member YoSam.
N 39° 45.761 W 090° 36.387
15S E 705029 N 4404157
Grant's Command in the west.
Waymark Code: WMK655
Location: Illinois, United States
Date Posted: 02/19/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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County of site: Scott County
Location of site:
Marker erected by: The Literature & Civics Department of the Winchester Woman's Club
Date marker erected: 1923

Marker text:

GEN. ULYSSSES S. GRANT
Camped here with the
21st Illinois Volunteers
July 6, 1861
On Burr stones from the Collins Mill this tablet is placed by the Literature & Civis Department of the Winchester Woman's Club, 1923

Earlier camp site in Jacksonville in Morgan County

Dates in Naples off a day, but this site gives the entire route and footnotes along the way.

Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1923

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Literature & Civics Department of the Winchester Woman's Club

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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