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Title
Soldier's of Vermillion County in Spring Hill Cemetery (Danville, Illinois)
Description
This monument, located in Spring Hill Cemetery (also known as Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum), depicts a Union soldier at "Parade Rest" and is dedicated to the men from Vermillion County who fought for the Union during the war. Strikingly, the monument is accompanied by four artillery pieces (siege mortars) and is en-circled by buried civil war dead or a "soldier's circle". The cemetery section also includes veterans from other conflicts. The monument was erected by the Vermilion County Veterans Monument Association in 1900 and was designed by Captain Nehemia C. Hinsdale, a veteran of the war. It was dedicated on July 4th, 1901.
Creator
Captain Nehemia C. Hinsdale
Source
american
Date
1900-01-01
Contributor
ct212@st-andrews.ac.uk
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2082
Date Issued
1901-01-01
Extent
m x m x m
Spatial Coverage
current,40.145958,-87.626727;
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Country
United States
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Soldier's of Vermillion County in Spring Hill Cemetery
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Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Soldier's_of_Vermillion_County_in_Spring_Hill_Cemetery
Monument Type
Statue - standing soldier
Erected by
Vermilion County Veterans Monument
Funded by
NA
Run by
Vermilion County Veterans Monument
Material
Bronze statue, granite column, cast iron artillery
Inscription
To the memory/of the/Soldiers of Vermilion County/By the/Vermilion County Veterans/Monumental Association/1900
Organisation
Spring Hill Cemetery and Mausoleum
Cost
na
State
Illinois
County
Vermilion
Affiliation
Union
City
Danville