Coles County - - Civil War Memorial
(Upper Portion):Tribute of
Coles County
in Honor of her
Sons who fought
for
The Union
1775 - - 1781
1812 - - 1815
1846 - - 1848
1861 - - 1865
1898 - - 1898
(Lower Portion):A house divided against its self cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half slave and half free.
Marker is at the intersection of 6th Street and Monroe Avenue, on the left when traveling south on 6th Street.
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