On my trip to North Carolina, I stopped in Vincennes to spend the night August 28th. The next day, I took a ride around town and looked at all the historical sites, including the George Rogers Clark Memorial, Vincennes University (Indiana's oldest college), the Indiana Territorial Capital State Memorial, Grouseland (William Henry Harrison's home while governor and the French House.
By the county courthouse, I found one of the more impressive Civil War Memorials I've seen.
It lists the battles of Shiloh, Wilderness, Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Atlanta, Perryville, Mobile Bay and Antietam (obviously battles troops from in and around Vincennes participated in. Along the top are statues of infantry, cavalry, artillery and a sailor. Then, there is a spire towering over it with what appears to be a statue of an officer.
The 14th Indiana was at Gettysburg where they have a memorial.
It is called the Knox County Veterans Memorial and was built in 1914 and restored in 2008.
More to Come. --Old B-Runner
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