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Tuesday - Saturday:
10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday:
1 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Monday: CLOSED
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Some great historical info on our
beautiful building will be coming very soon. If you have
more interesting historical knowledge of what our antique
mall once was, please share it with us.
Above are a couple of images
from the G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Dinner that
was held in our building back in 1889. Those prizes were
some big ticket items for the day! This organization was
started after the end of the Civil War & any person
honorably discharged could join.
Just in case you
didn't know about Caleb Marker for whom the G.A.R. Post
above is named after, here is some quick info. He was a
Union Field Officer in the 156th Ohio Infantry Regiment
with the rank of Colonel & he died in 1869. He is buried
in Preble County at the Old St. John Cemetery.
Some
facts about the One Hundred and
Fifty-sixth Infantry. — Col., Caleb Marker; Lieut.- Col.,
William Sayler; Maj., Alben L. Whiteman. This regiment was
organized May 15 to 17, 1864, at Camp Dennison, to serve
for 100 days. It was composed of the 34th battalion, Ohio
National Guard, from Preble county; the 80th battalion,
from Mercer county; and the 81st battalion, from Auglaize
county. On May 20 Cos. A, B, C, D, E, F and H proceeded to
Cincinnati, where they performed guard duty. Cos. G, I and
K remained at Camp Dennison on guard and patrol duty until
Morgan appeared in the vicinity of Cynthiana, Ky., when
they were sent to Falmouth, Ky. The seven companies
remained on duty at Cincinnati until July 18, when the
entire regiment was brought together at Covington and
moved to Paris, Ky. It was soon ordered to Cumberland,
Md., arriving on July 31, and went into camp near that
city. On Aug. 1 it had an engagement with the enemy near
Falck's mills, with slight loss. It was mustered out on
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