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Monument erected to honor the soldiers who fought in the Civil War. Its is located on the Northeast corner of the Vigo County Courthouse.
This set of records were found while sorting through some old boxes that had been stored at the Vigo County Court House. They are sheets of signatures that were glued together along with the document below. They were folded and tied together with a string and have probably been in that condition since they were filed. They have been scanned in sections and stitched together electronically to make each document. They are signed by individuals in the townships, some of the signatures are difficult to read. Eventually there will be indexed once the signatures are deciphered.
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On the Northeast corner of the courthouse plaza stands the Soldiers and Sailors monument. This monument was erected "In memory of the patriotism and valor of the Soldiers & Sailors of Vigo County in the War of 1861-1865". The monument took almost 40 years to become a reality and was almost placed across from Woodlawn cemetery but it was decided that once the memorial became a reality it should be placed on the exact spot were Vigo County men marched up, to the beating of a drum, to enlist in the Union Army during the Civil War. The monument has a life size copper statuary of Indiana Governor Oliver P. Morton who served during the war, and on each of the corners stands a copper statue of a cavalryman, infantryman sailor, and gunner. Bronze plaques on the north and south side read "Soldiers rest thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows no breaking, Dream of battle fields no more, Days of danger- nights of waking" and "On fame's eternal camping ground, Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards with solemn round the bivouac of the dead." |
Petitions from Vigo County Townships signed by members of the communities to approve the building of the monument.
