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Construction of the Marion Branch began in 1889. A brick works was located on an adjacent farm which supplied the bricks for the original structures. The official opening for the Marion National Home was on March 18, 1890. The cost of land, buildings and permanent improvements totaled $698,000. Enrollment at the Marion Branch in 1890 was 586.
Marion National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in the city of Marion in Grant County, Indiana. It encompasses 45.1 acres (18.3 ha), and as of the end of 2005, had 8,269 interments. It is included in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Marion Branch national historic district.
The Indiana Guard Reserve is organized pursuant to Indiana Code IC 10-16-8. [3] As of April 10, 2022 the Indiana Guard Reserve was reorganized into a brigade command structure by order of The Indiana Adjutant General. The Indiana National Guard 81st Troop Command will serve as the higher headquarters element for the Indiana Guard Reserve.
Grant County is a county in central Indiana in the United States Midwest. At the time of the 2020 census, the population was 66,674. [2] The county seat is Marion. [3] Important paleontological discoveries, dating from the Pliocene epoch, have been made at the Pipe Creek Sinkhole in Grant County. [citation needed]
Pages in category "People from Marion County, Indiana" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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Indiana committed over 200,000 soldiers throughout the war, with Indiana units serving in some of the most famous units of the Union Army, including the Iron Brigade, the Lightning Brigade, and Colonel Eli Lilly's 18th Indiana Battery of Light Artillery. Indiana units on average suffered approximately 35% casualties throughout the war.
[1] [4] The community was named for Francis Marion, an army officer during the American Revolutionary War, [4] A post office opened at Marion in 1823. [5] The post office was renamed Noah Post Office in September 1836, and was discontinued in 1902. [6] Marion once contained a high school which closed in about 1908. [7]