Jerome Township Civil War Memorial
(Columned Section mid-level on monument)
(East Face - front of monument)Our Jerome Township Heroes
“In honor of the men who served in the Army of the Union; those who fought and lived and those who fought and died. May this shaft ever call to memory the story of the glory of the men who wore the blue.”
(North Face): Profile of Abraham Lincoln
“Bright upon the historic page,
Enrolled their names shall ever shine.
With peerless luster, age on age,
Through bright'ning realm of coming time.”
(West Face lists wars from the Revolution to Spanish-American, with exception of the Civil War)
(South Face concludes list of Jerome Township soldiers who served in the Civil War)
(Battles listed around base of monument):
Gettysburg (east face)
Chickamauga (north face)
Vicksburg (west face)
Appomattox (south face)
Marker is at the intersection of U.S. 42 and Industrial Parkway (Old U.S. 33), on the right when traveling south on U.S. 42.
Courtesy hmdb.org
