CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
LINN COUNTY, KANSAS
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Mine Creek, Linn County
Battlefield (south of Pleasanton)
![Mine Creek](Photographs/LinnCo/MineCreek-250.jpg)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
A granite monument is inscribed: "Battle of Mine Creek ~ Upon
this rolling prairie and across Mine Creek occurred the largest
Civil ~ War battle in Kansas. It also was one ~ of the largest
cavalry battles of the Civil ~ War. Nearly 8,000 Confederate
soldiers ~ clashed with 2,500 Union troops. The ~ battle lasted
less than one hour. Many ~ Confederates were captured and more
than ~ 600 were killed or wounded. Union ~ casualties numbered
approximately 120. ~ This decisive Union victory contributed ~
to the defeat of the 1864 Confederate ~ invasion of Missouri
and Kansas."
"This hallowed ground has been preserved ~ so that present and
future generations of ~ Americans may remember the sacrifices ~
of the soldiers of the Blue and Gray."
"This monument is placed in commemoration~ of the brave soldiers
who fought and died ~ in the Battle of Mine Creek on October
25, 1864."
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 13, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Mound City, Linn County
Cemetery (National Cemetery Plot No. 1)
![Mound City](Photographs/LinnCo/MoundCity-250.jpg)
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue
Description:
There is an 18' monument, including a figure of a private soldier
standing with "arms at rest", in the GAR section of the cemetery.
The front of the supporting column is engraved: "Erected By The ~
United States ~ 1889. ~ In Memory Of The ~ Officers And Soldiers, ~
Buried Within This Cemetery, ~ Who Gave Their Lives In ~ Defence
Of The Union".
References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910, SOS! 1994
Photographs: RM Thies, 1994-5
DE McGovern, February 13, 2005
J Birket, February 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
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Pleasanton, Linn County
Cemetery (south of town center)
![Pleasanton](Photographs/LinnCo/PleasantonCemVFW-250.jpg)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
A granite monument is inscribed: "They Sought No Glory ~ But Their
Country's Good ~ In Memory Of Those ~ Who Made The Supreme
Sacrifice In Defense ~ Of Their Country ~ We Honor All" "Sponsored
By The ~ U.S. Army Mothers V.F.W. ~ And American Legion Of ~
Pleasanton ~ 1948".
The back side is engraved: "Dedicated To All ~ Men And Women ~
Who Served Their ~ Country In War ~ And Peace."
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 13, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Pleasanton, Linn County
Cemetery (south of town center)
![Pleasanton](Photographs/LinnCo/PleasantonCemVN-250.jpg)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
A granite monument is inscribed : "Greater Love Has No Man Than
This ~ That A Man Lay Down His Ife For ~ His Friends ~ Dedicated
With Love And Honor ~ To The Men Who Served In The ~ Armed Forces
And Paid The Supreme ~ Sacrifice In The Cause Of Humanity".
Below this inscription are the pictures of Cpl John L. Davis and
CN Patterson, both marked Vietnam 1967.
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, February 13, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Trading Post, Linn County
Cemetery (center of town)
![Pleasanton](Photographs/LinnCo/TradingPost-250.jpg)
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Type: Granite Monument
Description:
The monument to the Marais des Cygne Massacre is inscribed on
all four sides. The inscriptions follow:
"On The 19th Day Of May, 1858, The Men Whose ~ Names Appear On
This Monument Were Taken ~ From Their Daily Avocations By A
Band Of ~ Armed Border Ruffians And Marched To A ~ Deep Ravine
Four Miles East From This ~ Place And There Shot And Left For
Dead. ~ Their Only Offense Was ~ They Were Free State Men".
"Rev. B.L. Read ~ John F. Campbell ~ William Colpetzer ~ Michael
Robertson ~ Patrick Ross ~ William Hairgrove ~ Asa Hairgrove ~
Charles Snider ~ William A. Stilwell ~ Amos Hall ~ Austin Hall".
"From The Hearths Of Their Cabins, ~ The Fields Of Their Corn, ~
Unwarned And Unweaponed, ~ The Victims Were Torn, ~ By The Whirlwind
Of Murder ~ Swooped Up And Swept On ~ To The Low Reedy Fen-Lands, ~
The Marsh Of The Swan ~~ On The Lintels Of Kansas ~ That Blood
Shall Not Dry; ~ Henceforth The Bad Angel ~ Shall Harmless Go
By; ~ Henceforth To The Sunset, ~ Unchecked On Her Way, ~ Shall
Liberty Follow ~ The March Of The Day".
"(Ad Astra Per Astra ~ Erected 1888)".
References: reported by DE McGovern
Photographs: DE McGovern, May 4, 2002
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned
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Updated November 1, 2006 - DE McGovern
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