CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
HARVEY COUNTY, KANSAS
Halstead, Harvey CountyHalstead Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A granite monument is placed in a raised garden with a flagpole. Each side of the monument has an inscription reading: "Halstead Cemetery ~ Dedicated ~ In Memory Of Our ~ Comrades Who ~ Sleep In The ~ Unknown ~ Peacefully Awaiting ~ The Call To The ~ Parade Ground ~ Of Heaven." The base below this inscription is engraved "Country". "Erected By ~ People ~ Of This Vicinity ~ Under The Auspices Of ~ Buford Post ~ No 189 G.A.R. ~ Halstead, ~ Kansas". The base is engraved "Comrades". "Sleep Soldier, Though ~ Many Regret Thee Who ~ Stand By Thy Lone Grave ~ Today. Sleep, Sleep ~ Though The Kindest Forget ~ Thee And Thy Name ~ From The Earth Pass Away". The base is engraved "Honor". "Dedicated ~ To The ~ Soldiers Who ~ So Bravely ~ Offered Their ~ All To Preserve ~ The Union Of ~ States 1861 To 1865". The base is engraved "Our Flag". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: RM Thies, 1994 DE McGovern, March 4, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Newton, Harvey CountyGreenwood Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A granite monument is engraved: "In Memory ~ Of Those ~ Members ~ Of The ~ Armed Forces ~ Who ~ Are Buried ~ At Sea ~ Or ~ On Foreign Soil". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, October 28, 2006 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned. |
Newton, Harvey CountyMilitary Park
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Type: Granite Monument and Cannon Description: The military Park is located just south of the Newton Library. The Monument reads: "1861 - 1865" and "Erected To The ~ Memory Of ~ The Unknown Dead ~ By The W.R.C No 71 ~ 1911". The cannon is on a concrete mount, in the Military Park. The inscription on the monument reads "1898". A bronze tablet is mounted behind the cannon. It reads: "Coastal Defense Cannon ~ A Civil War Memorial ~ This Cannon Used In Coastal Defense ~ During The Civil War Was Secured ~ Through The Efforts Of Judson ~ Kilpatrick Post No L 36, G.A.R. And ~ Congressman Chester I. Long, Presented ~ To Mayor George W. Young For City Of ~ Newton By Hon. J.G. Wood, Topeka, ~ On Behalf Of Post No. 36, On October ~ 4, 1899. At This Ceremony "East Park" ~ Was Rededicated "Military Park" And ~ Is So Known Today. On October 5, 1899, ~ A City Wide Celebration And Parade ~ Were Held By The Citizens Of Newton ~ In Honor Of The Dedication Of This ~ Civil War Memorial. ~ Harvey County Historical Society ~ 1977". References: Stark, 1997, Thies, 1995, Thies, 2004 Photographs: RM Thies, 1994, 1995 DE McGovern, March 4, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Sedgwick, Harvey CountyHillside Cemetery
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Type: Cannon Description: A 24-pdr flank howitzer, M1844, is mounted on concrete base with bottom edged in brick. The marble tablet inset on south face of base reads: "Memorial ~ Unknown Dead ~ 1861-1865 ~ 1899". References: Stark, 1997, Thies, 2004 Photographs: RM Thies, January 11, 1996 DE McGovern, March 4, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Walton, Harvey CountyCemetery
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Type: Stone Monument Description: This concrete monument appears similar to other G.A.R. monuments. There are no inscriptions or other identifying information. References: reported by J Birket Photographs: J Birket, April 22, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
