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[caption id=\"attachment_714\" align=\"alignright\" width=\"232\"]\"\"<\/a> Gibson County Civil War Memorial Marker[\/caption]The Gibson County Civil War Memorial was erected in 1912 by the citizens of Gibson County in honor of the 2,200 soldiers and sailors who enlisted from Gibson County in the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. The monument is in Princeton, Indiana, at the intersection of Broadway and North Main streets.<\/p>\n

The upper section of the monument is engraved with (front) Resacca \u2022 Gettysburg \u2022 Chickamauga \u2022 March to the Sea, (left) Shiloh \u2022 Perryville \u2022 Vicksburg \u2022 Nashville, (right) Antietam \u2022 Franklin \u2022 Kennesaw Mt. \u2022 Fredricksburg, and (back) Bentonville \u2022 Atlanta \u2022 Mission Ridge \u2022 Stone River.<\/p>\n

The lower section of the monument features two panels. The front reads, “Erected 1912 by the citizens of Gibson County, Indiana in honor of the valor and patriotism of the 2200 soldiers and sailors who enlisted from Gibson County in the Civil War of 1861 to 1865. A tribute to the memory of the 500 who gave the full measure of devotion to their Country.” The left panel features this inscription:<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is rather for us, the living, that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain \u2014\u2013 That this Nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom \u2014\u2013 and that government of the people, by the people, and for the people, shall not perish from the Earth.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Gettysburg Address)
\nA. Lincoln.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The right panel reads:<\/p>\n

\u201cOn fame\u2019s eternal camping ground,
\nTheir silent tents are spread,
\nand glory guards with solemn round,
\nThe bivouac of the dead.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The back panel features those who helped lead the monument’s erection. The Board of County Commissioners included Joseph P. Yochum, Gerhard C. Frohbieter, and George A. Knowles. The Soldiers Monument Committee included David W. Smith (Chairman), Joseph K. McGary, Joseph Moore, William W. Blair, and James W. Lewis (Secretary). The base of the monument also features four soldiers and two cannons.<\/p>\n

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[caption id=\"attachment_723\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"203\"]\"\"<\/a> Top Statue[\/caption]<\/p>\n

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