History
The monument reads:
First side:
The men who wrought for liberty were the forerunners of the abolition movement culminating in the civil war.
They were the intermediaries between the anti-slavery men of the American Revolution and the anti-slavery men of the Civil War period.
Of Scotch-Presbyterian ancestry, these leaders left their homes and friends in Virginia, the Carolinas, and other slave states, coming in the years indicated, to this the Virginia Military District of Ohio.
Senator Alexander Campbell
The First Abolitionist in Ohio - 1803
Col. James Poage
The founder of Ripley - 1804
Rev. James Gilliland
An apostle of freedom - 1805
Rev. John T. Rankin
A founder of Abolitionism - 1827
Here they freed their slaves and gave themselves over to the cause of liberty.
The next side:
The men who fought for liberty were descendants of the men who founght for liberty, serving both on land and sea.
Before Ft. Sumter fell a meeting of the people was held in the Third Street Methodist Church, and while still in session a courier came hastily into the church announcing the fall of Sumter, whereupon a company was organized at once.
Every great battle found them upholding the flag of freedom long unfurled by their courageous ancestors.
The next side of the monument reads:
The men who fought for liberty
The Army
General Ulysses S. Grant
Brigadier General Jacob Ammen
Brigadier General Augustus V. Kautz
Brigadier General Granville Moody
The Navy
Rear Admiral Albert Kautz
Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill
Rear Admiral Edward K. Moore
Ripley also sent out two companies of infantry, two batteries of artillery, and one troop of cavalry, and many river men who enlisted in the navy.
The fourth side of monument reads:
The men who wrought for liberty
Rev. John T. Rankin
Rev. James Gilliland
U.S. Senator Alexander Campbell
Col. James Poage
Thomas McCague
Thomas Collins
Dr. Alfred Beasley
Theodore Collins
Samuel Kirkpatrick
John Parker (colored)
Dr. Greenleafe G. Norton - Decatur
Rev. Jesse Lockhart - Russelville
Rev. John B. Mahan - Sardinia
These were the leaders of a large host of men who co-operated in the abolition movement.
History
The monument reads:
First side:
The men who wrought for liberty were the forerunners of the abolition movement culminating in the civil war.
They were the intermediaries between the anti-slavery men of the American Revolution and the anti-slavery men of the Civil War period.
Of Scotch-Presbyterian ancestry, these leaders left their homes and friends in Virginia, the Carolinas, and other slave states, coming in the years indicated, to this the Virginia Military District of Ohio.
Senator Alexander Campbell
The First Abolitionist in Ohio - 1803
Col. James Poage
The founder of Ripley - 1804
Rev. James Gilliland
An apostle of freedom - 1805
Rev. John T. Rankin
A founder of Abolitionism - 1827
Here they freed their slaves and gave themselves over to the cause of liberty.
The next side:
The men who fought for liberty were descendants of the men who founght for liberty, serving both on land and sea.
Before Ft. Sumter fell a meeting of the people was held in the Third Street Methodist Church, and while still in session a courier came hastily into the church announcing the fall of Sumter, whereupon a company was organized at once.
Every great battle found them upholding the flag of freedom long unfurled by their courageous ancestors.
The next side of the monument reads:
The men who fought for liberty
The Army
General Ulysses S. Grant
Brigadier General Jacob Ammen
Brigadier General Augustus V. Kautz
Brigadier General Granville Moody
The Navy
Rear Admiral Albert Kautz
Rear Admiral Joseph Fyffe
Rear Admiral Joseph N. Hemphill
Rear Admiral Edward K. Moore
Ripley also sent out two companies of infantry, two batteries of artillery, and one troop of cavalry, and many river men who enlisted in the navy.
The fourth side of monument reads:
The men who wrought for liberty
Rev. John T. Rankin
Rev. James Gilliland
U.S. Senator Alexander Campbell
Col. James Poage
Thomas McCague
Thomas Collins
Dr. Alfred Beasley
Theodore Collins
Samuel Kirkpatrick
John Parker (colored)
Dr. Greenleafe G. Norton - Decatur
Rev. Jesse Lockhart - Russelville
Rev. John B. Mahan - Sardinia
These were the leaders of a large host of men who co-operated in the abolition movement.