Lincoln Statue History

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On September 7, 1904, The Lincoln Monument was donated by Captain Charles Clinton of Company B 1st Missouri Cavalry volunteers. A crowd of over 5000 was estimated to have attended the dedication ceremony. A procession was formed at 9 a.m. and marched over principal streets. The line of march was over half a mile in length. Many of the residences along the parade route were decorated. Professor S. L. Stiver, Superintendent of the Bunker Hill Military Academy, was Master of ceremonies. Miss Mary True, daughter of Moses True, unveiled the monument. Among those present at the dedication ceremony were the survivors of Company B. They were:

Captain Clinton Avondale, Ohio	John Dennison Carlinville, Illinois	Jas. G. Rumbolz Bunker Hill, Illinois	Fred Dabel Bunker Hill, Illinios	Herman Heuer Dorsey, Illinois
Jas. Lawrence Carlinville, Illinois	Jas. Pocklington Carlinville, Illinois	John Brandenburger Bunker Hill, Illinois	E. S. Williams Bunker Hill, Illinois	August Kardel Upper Alton, Illinois

Resting upon the first base is the bronze statue of a woman in the act of inscribing upon the stone, "with malice toward none." The stylus in her hand is resting upon the finished letter "e" of the word "None." Upon the side of the monument are two bronzed plates inscribed with these words:

Abraham Lincoln
Sixteenth President
Born, February 12, 1809
Died, April 15, 1865

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1904
In Everlasting memory of
the conflict by which the union
was preserved and in which they
took part, this statue of
Abraham Lincoln
was presented to the
citizents of Bunker Hill
By the soldiers of Company "B"
of the first Missouri Cavalry
Charles Clinton, Captain

Lincoln Statue