Oliver Perry Morton
[ Plaque One ]
Born in Wayne Co. Indiana August 4, 1823.
Died in Indianapolis November 1, 1877.
Aged 54 years, 2month and 25 days.
Admitted to the Bar in 1847.
Served as Governor of Indiana from January
16, 1861 to March 4, 1867.
Served as U. S. Senator from Indiana from
March 4, 1867, until his death, November 1, 1877.
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In all ways and at all times, the friend of
the Union Soldier. The friend of the Country.
The upholder of Abraham Lincoln.
The defender of the flag and the Union
of the States. Patriot, Statesman,
lover of Liberty, Heroic in Hear,
inflexible in purpose, and ever to be known
in history as
The Great War Governor
[ Plaque Two ]
At the annual meeting held in June, 1904. The Department of Indiana Grand Army of the Republic, an organization of the honorably discharged soldiers and sailors who served in the Army and Navy to preserve the integrity of the Republic of the United States of America, in the Great Civil War from A. D. 1861 to 1865, memorialized the Legislature of the State of Indiana to appropriate sufficient money to erect this monument to perpetuate the memory of
Oliver Perry Morton,
the Great War Governor of Indiana during that period.
Marker is at the intersection of North Capitol Avenue and West Market Street, on the right when traveling south on North Capitol Avenue.
Courtesy hmdb.org
