Eternal Light Peace Memorial

The Eternal Peace Light sits upon Oak Hill, dedicated 75 years after the battle.

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At 1 p.m. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes’s Confederates attacked from this hill, threatening Union forces on McPherson and Oak ridges. Seventy-five years later, over 1,800 Civil War veterans helped dedicate this memorial to “Peace Eternal in a Nation United.”
 

Watch the Virtual Tour

Learn about the actions here during the battle in video through this Virtual Tour.

Duration:

4 minutes, 26 seconds

At 1 p.m. Maj. Gen. Robert E. Rodes’s Confederates attacked from this hill, threatening Union forces on McPherson and Oak ridges. Seventy- five years later, over 1,800 Civil War veterans helped dedicate this memorial to “Peace Eternal in a Nation United.”