Ventilator Cowl From U.S. Battleship Maine
Mounted by Siboney Bay Camp No. 2
United Spanish War Veterans
Rock Island, Illinois, 1914

In Honor of Spanish American War Veterans
1898-1902

G. A. R. Side of Monument
1861 - 1865
In Memory of the Grand Army of the Republic
 of the County of Rock Island.
Donated by John Buford Woman's Relief Corps. 66

Old Soldiers Never Die
W. R. C. -1956

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In Memory of
It's Patriotic and Heroic Sons Who Served Their Country During the
Great Rebellion and Died That the Nation Might Live.
Rock Island County Dedicates this monument May 9, 1869

Rededicated June 30, 1946
To All From Rock Island County Who Served their Country in the Great Rebellion, 1861 - 1865

3 of the sides list the names of soldiers from Rock Island County.
However, the names are starting to ware off.
The names that I could read are listed below.
? means can't read
(?) after a name means looks like

Side of Monument that has started to crack.
Leroy Ballard
John Tobin
Joseph Daton
Francis Bowers
Thomas Maloy
??her A. Biglow
Patrick Conroy
Robert Day
John Hagan
Henry Otto

Address by President Lincoln at the
Dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery
Nov. 19, 1863