On Memorial Day in 1913, Jerome Township dedicated a zinc monument to honor its Union soldiers of the Civil War. Many citizens, schoolchildren, and Civil War veterans attended the ceremony, where Col. W.L. Curry, who had fought at Chickamauga, addressed the crowd. The monument bears the names of 400 soldiers from the township and stands just over 21 feet high. A time capsule placed inside held historical documents, including 60 photographs of Civil War veterans. The monument was funded by donations from the community and by a bequest from R.L. Woodburn, a Civil War veteran and Ohio legislator. In his dedication address, Curry said that men from the township had fought on almost every great battlefield of the war, including Gettysburg, Chickamauga, Shiloh, Stone River, Cheat Mountain, Port Republic, Antietam, Vicksburg, and many battlefields in Virginia; some served in the One Hundred Days from Chattanooga to Atlanta, some marched with Sherman to the sea, and others were at Appomattox for Lee's surrender.