Dublin Core
Title
Oliver Perry Morton: The Great War Governor (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Source
american,allstatuetypes,unionmonument
Contributor
amira24
Language
English
Type
Site
Identifier
2830
Date Created
1907-06-01
Date Issued
1907-01-01
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB
Spatial Coverage
current,39.768600,-86.161950;
Europeana
Country
USA
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Oliver Perry Morton: The Great War Governor (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Europeana Type
TEXT
Site Item Type Metadata
Wiki
https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Oliver_Perry_Morton:_The_Great_War_Governor_(Indianapolis,_Indiana)
Monument Type
Statue - high ranking official
Inscription
"Oliver Perry Morton
—The Great War Governor — Born in Wayne Co. Indiana August 4, 1823.
Died in Indianapolis November 1, 1877.
Aged 54 years, 2month and 25 days.
Admitted to the Bar in 1847.
Served as Governor of Indiana from January
16, 1861 to March 4, 1867.
Served as U. S. Senator from Indiana from
March 4, 1867, until his death, November 1, 1877.
In all ways and at all times, the friend of
the Union Soldier. The friend of the Country.
The upholder of Abraham Lincoln.
The defender of the flag and the Union
of the States. Patriot, Statesman,
lover of Liberty, Heroic in Hear,
inflexible in purpose, and ever to be known
in history as
The Great War Governor At the annual meeting held in June, 1904. The Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the Army and Navy to preserve the integrity of the Republic of the United States of America, in the Great Civil War from A. D. 1861 to 1865, memorialized the Legislature of the State of Indiana to appropriate sufficient money to erect this monument to perpetuate the memory of
Oliver Perry Morton,
the Great War Governor of Indiana during that period."
State
Indiana
City
Indianapolis
Location Type
City