Civil War Cannons and Soldiers' Monument Ogle County Courthouse.
Followed Il-2 into Oregon, Illinois, where we saw two Civil War era cannons in front of the Ogle County courthouse (built in 1891) along with a Soldiers' Monument. The two cannons were placed some time between 1898 and 1900. Both were considered surplus guns at the time.
The cannon on the north is a six and a half inch 1864 Parrott Naval Rifle weighing 9,722 pounds. The one to the north is an 1846 Columbiad made in Boston.
The Soldiers' memorial was built in 1911 by Lorado Taft and honors war dead from Ogle County from the War of 1812, Mexican War, Civil War and World War I.
No Battles, But Plenty of Memorials in Illinois. --Old B-Runner
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