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Post below includes photos and the names listed of a Civil War Memorial located at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Sidney, Illinois.
Civil War Soldiers honored on monument at Mt. Hope Cemetery in Sidney, Illinois. Names of those honored follow.
Erected by Sidney G.A.R. Post No. 317 and Sidney Township in 1898
Apollis Hess Co. A. 137 ILL Inft
E.M. Helm Co. A 154 ILL Inft
D.R. Cottral Co. H 20 IND Inft
B.B. Cole Co. F 71 IL Inft
Geo. M. Wells Co. C 121 Ohio Inft
T.H. Wilson Co. E 51 ILL Inft
Isaac Yazle Co. C 71 ILL Inft
Samuel McElroy Co. H 18 Ohio Inft
Geo. W. Bloxsom Co. F 71 ILL Inft
James McDavis Co. G 76 ILL Inft
N. P. Swift Co. I 52 IND Inft
W. F. Lynch Co. F 125 ILL Inft
John F. Black 2nd Lieut. Oo. I. 10 ILL Cav
H. H. Porterfield Co. I 10 ILL Cav
William Porterfield Co. I 10 ILL Cav
Chambers Porterfield Co. I 10 ILL Cav
Sol. Carter Co. I 10 ILL Cav
Dan. Berlien Co. I 10 ILL Cav
Sylvester Thompson Co. I 10 ILL Cav
J.H.W. Morgan Co. B 10 Ohio Cav
Gresum Wright Co. E 16 ILL Cav
Cyrus Bowen Co. E 57 Regt. ILL VOL. Inft
David Magill Co. E 57 Regt. ILL VOL. Inft
Wm. F. Jerauld Lieut. Oo. C 97 IND Inf
Walter H. Jerauld
Allen T. Crump Co. I 10 ILL Cav
Samuel A. Clark Co. C 25 ILL Inf
John M.(?) Hiestand Co. A 135 ILL Inf
Geo. W. Fenimore Bat. A 4 IND L ART
Daniel T. Thompson Co. I 2 ILL VOL Cav
Lewis Skillings Co. I 25 ILL Inf
William A. Robinson Co. D 12 Ohio VOL Inf
Capt. Jas. S. Freeman Co. I 10 ILL VOL Cav
W.H.H. Youngblood Co. K 130 ILL Inf
H.A. Swartswalter Co. B 2 Reg W. VA. Cav
Richard P. Tracy Co. D 35 Reg ILL Inf
Samuel Pridemore Co. A ILL 7th Cav
It’s a lovely statue and nice that they were recognized but for what and what is the writing on the memorial about? Why is it in this cemetery? Apollis Hess is my 5th Great Grandfather and I would like to know what he is being honored for? Respectfully, D.Spencer
Thank you for the comment. This memorial is in honor of Sidney area residents that served in the civil war. Your relative Apollis Hess lived for many years in Western Illinois but settled in Sidney sometime between 1870 and 1880. This memorial was erected in 1889 and while he did not live in Sidney during the time of the civil war, his name was still recognized as having served because he was a resident or had been a resident of Sidney recently enough when the monument was commissioned.