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Title
The Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument (Edgewater, Illinois)
Description
Tucked away amidst the gravestones in the Rosehill Cemetery, you will find the Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument. This simple block of stone honors the sacrifice of soldiers recruited from the Chicago Board of Trade, the oldest commodity exchange organization in the United States. The battery is noted for its quick assembly, and it is estimated that the group had organized within forty-eight hours. To honor the battery's fallen soldiers, the Board raised $10,000 by subscription and began plans as early as 1869. Despite this, the monument did not materialize until 1901. The moment's inscription details the battery's active service from 1862-1865 in which they marched a total of 5268 miles.
Source
american
Contributor
cmm43@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
2053
Date Created
1869-05-31
Date Issued
1901-05-01
Extent
0m x 2.5654000000000003m x 1.9558000000000002m
Spatial Coverage
current,41.986333,-87.676783;
Europeana
Country
United States of America
Europeana Data Provider
The Chicago Board of Trade Battery Monument
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/The_Chicago_Board_of_Trade_Battery_Monument
Monument Type
Shaft
Erected by
Chicago Board of Trade Battery Memorial Association
Funded by
Chicago Board of Trade Battery Memorial Association
Material
Maine Granite
Organisation
Rosehill Cemetery
Cost
$8,000 to $10,000 of 1901 money
State
Illinois
County
Cook County
Affiliation
Union
City
Edgewater