Adrian Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan)

Adrian Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan)

Previously one of the columns on the Bank of Pennsylvania building in Philadelphia, built in 1799. A former mayor and former citizen of Adrian jointly acquired and donated the column to the city's monument association.

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Adrian Civil War Memorial (Adrian, Michigan)

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Victory column

Local, monument association

"By such as these was our Union saved in the great struggle of 1861–1865. (Plaque 1) In memory of 4th. Mich. Cav. Henry E. McLouth • Orin D. McLouth • William Bidelnan • Henry A. Barnard • Augustus Rabold • William Housman • Joseph E. Seaman • Charles Hawley 5th. Mich. Cav. Julian L. Morey 6th. Mich. Cav. Charles Blossom 4th U.S. Cav. Robert K. Payne (Plaque 2) In memory of 1st. Georgia Inf. Capt. A. M. Rogers 4th. Mich. Inf. Robert Tinney • George W. Holmes 11th. Mich. Cav. Rome Weitnet 9th. Mich. Cay. B. M. V. Whitney 11th. Mich. Inf. Michael Dann 1st. Mich. Inf. George Parker 8th. Penn. Cav. Lieu. Henry J. Ladd (Plaque 3) In memory of 20th. Mich. Inf. Col. W. H. Smith 26th. Mich. Inf. James Sherman 9th. Mich. Cav. Frederick ladd • James R. Perkins 6th. U.S. Cav. Charles H. Miller 11th. U.S. Inf. John Mitchell Berdans Sharpshootees Albert W. Miller 15th. Mich. Inf. Charles Hoyt (Plaque 4) In memory of 61st. N.Y. Inf. Jacob Hoffman • Homer H. Bixby • Frank B. Aldrich • Melvin White 54th. Mass. Inf. George Dorsey 25th. Ohio Inf. Lewis F. Shannon 47th. Ohio Inf. Col. L. S. Elliott • Charles Derby • William H. H. Faxon 4th. Mich. Cav. William Heinzelman (Plaque 5) In memory of 16th. Mich. Inf. Levi Greenfield Co. C • Charles E. Norton Co. C • Alfred M. Smith Co. C • Jerome D. Raker Co. C • Charles M. Ramsdell Co. C • Thomas W. Kline Co. C • Erasmus D. Thompson Co. C • Michael Daly Co. C • Charles R. Wheeler Co. C • Charles W. Weeeler Co. B • Lafayette Brown Co. B • Charles Thayer Co. B 3rd. Mo. Inf. Albert E. Ulrich (Plaque 6) In memory of 17th. Mich. Inf. Lieu. Col. L. L. Comstock • John S. Vreeland • James T. Avery • Franklin Knight • Moses Shiphan • Myron H. Perkins • Addison Bradish • James P. Cope • Cassius A. Clark • William R. McMinn • William Elliott 1st. Mich. Eng. William Wooten • Giles H. Chappel (Plaque 7) In memory of 4th. Mich. Inf. Col. D. A. Woodbury • Samuel B. Bonney MUSN • Walter C. White Co. A • Duane C. Kinball Co. B • Harlow Mulliken Co. D • Paul Wilson Co. D • Frank C.W. Brown Co. D • Richard J. Glegg Co. D • Otis Turner Co. D • Charles W. Peters Co. F • Robert Moody Co. F 12th. Tenn. Cav. Lieu. C. Cunningham 4th. Mich. Inf. Bolke Doelson (Plaque 8) In memory of lst. Mich. Inf. Darius Bradish • John Riley • James Fowler • Edward P. Brown 2nd. Mich. Inf. Horace Blanceard • Stephen E. Fuller 8th. Mich. Inf. John Kenedy 9th. Mich. Inf. Franklin G. Drake 12th. Mich. Inf. William Ward • Emery Nelson 1870 Erected by citizens of Adrian In Memory of our fallen soldiers"

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