From the March 2024 Northwest Quarterly magazine.
DEKALB COUNTY CIVIL WAR MONUMENT
133 West State St.,
Sycamore, Illinois
An estimated 2,391 DeKalb County residents enlisted in 14 military units during the Civil War. Their sacrifices were formally recognized three decades after the war ended when a monument was dedicated to honor all of the county's residents. (Sad that this is the reason those Confederate monuments in front of courthouses were dedicated.)
The 50-foot monument, dedicated in1897, now stands in front of the DeKalb County Courthouse. At the top of the stone obelisk stands a Union soldier with a long coat and cap. He holds a sword in one hand and bears a flag in the other.
--Old Secesh
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