Daviess County Civil War Monument (Washington, Indiana)

Daviess County Civil War Monument (Washington, Indiana)

A monument consisting of a large granite pedestal with a standing figure of a union soldier at the top and 2 soldiers on the lower pedestals. The top figure holds a sword pointed down in his proper right hand and a large flag in his proper left hand. The bottom figure on the proper right is an artilleryman with a ramrod in his proper left hand, waving a cap in his upraised proper right hand. The bottom figure on the proper left is a sentry, holding a rifle across the front of his body. The Indiana State seal is centered on the front of the central pedestal.

Wey & Barcus, Cross Brothers

1913-01-01

Jonah Boeckh

Site

2789

1913-01-01

m x m x m

https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=23352, https://www.si.edu/object/soldiers-monument-sculpture:siris_ari_314216

current,38.658850,-87.172817;

John Walsh

U.S.

Daviess County Civil War Monument (Washington, Indiana)

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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Daviess_County_Civil_War_Monument_(Washington,_Indiana)

Statue - standing soldier

Granite

This memorial is the tribute of the people of Daviess County to the memory of her Brave Soldiers who endured the hardships and fought the battles of 1861 to 1865 that the Union might be preserved ( Front Right Panel ) Daviess County furnished 2,312 men for the Union Army from 1861 to 1865 ( Obverse - Center Panel ) This panel is Dedicated To the memory of the pioneers who blazed the way and cleared the fields: To the brave hearted soldiers of the Indian Wars who fought the battles of Civilization upon Indiana’s soil: and To all who answered the call of patriotism upon the Nations battlefields.

Daviess County Commissioners Daviess County Courthouse Washington Indiana 47501

Indiana

Daviess

Union

Washington