CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
SEDGWICK COUNTY, KANSAS
Kechi, Sedgwick CountyKechi Township Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A small granite marker is associated with the cemetery map. It appears that the original location is being rebuilt as there are the remains of a plaza and flagpole near the present location. The marker is inscribed: "To Those Who Served ~ Our Country ~ "They Gave Their Today ~ For Our Tomorrow ~ Erected May 1, 1968 By Ark Valley V.F.W. ~ Ladies Auxiliary Post 3371". References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, November 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Mount Hope, Sedgwick CountyCemetery
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Description: Photographs from 1997 show a bronze soldier at parade rest on a square granite column. The inscription on the column reads: "In Honor ~ Of Our ~ Heroes ~ 1861-1865" and "Loyalty". The reverse side of the column is inscribed: "Erected ~ By ~ S.A. Gilbert ~ Corps ~ 1922" and "Lest We ~ Forget".
Photographs from 2006 show the Monument moved inside the wooden shelter and the soldier missing. The soldier has been moved to the Mount Hope Museum.
References:
reported by RM Thies, DE McGovern
Photographs:
RM Thies, February 13, 1997
DE McGovern, June 3, 2006
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyOld County Courthouse
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Type: Bronze Soldier Statues Description: A pavilion is constructed of granite with four figures, representing the four branches of the services mounted on each of the four sides. A central column in the shape of an architectural dome constitutes the roof of the pavilion. A figure of Victory, holding a flag and an olive wreath surmounts the dome. Inscriptions on the pavilion read: "Grand Army of the Republic ~ Fraternity Charity Loyalty". "Erected A.D. 1912 by the People of Sedgwick County, Kansas ~ In Memory of the Union Soldiers and Sailors of the Civil War". "If Any Man Attempts To Haul Down The American Flag, Shoot Him On The Spot - John A. Dix". "The Union Is Perpetual - Abraham Lincoln ~ Let Us Have Peace - General Grant". "The Sedgwick County Soldiers And Sailors Civil War Monument~ Built 1912 - 1913 ~ Has Been Placed On The National Register Of Historic Places By The National Park Service, United Statues Department Of The Interior, November 1998". References: Baruch and Beckman, Blake, 2007 Photographs: DE McGovern, December 13, 2004 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyHighland Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument and Cannon Description: A 32-pdr Navy gun of 57 cwt is mounted on and between two sets of stacked limestone blocks. The upper surface of south stack of blocks is inscribed: "G.A.R.". The north stack is inscribed: "No. ~ 244". Cannon balls sit on four corner concrete pillars. The monument behind the cannon is inscribed on both sides. The inscriptions read: "Memorial ~ By The Ladies Of The ~ Grand Army Of The Republic ~ Caroline Harrison Circle ~ No. 56 ~ Organized ~ July 21, 1893 ~ Dedicated ~ May 5, 1921" and "Memorial ~ Eggleston Post ~ G.A.R.". References: Blake, 2007, Stark, 1997, Thies, 2004 Photographs: RM Thies, June 3, 1994 J Birket, June 23, 2005 G Wiles, June 27, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyMaple Grove Cemetery
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Type: Pavilion Description: A memorial pavilion is surrounded by civil war veterans grave markers in a prominent location in Maple Grove Cemetery. The front mantel is inscribed: "To the Memory of Our Unknown Dead ~ Asleep Unclaimed Til God Claims His Own". The rear mantel is inscribed: "WRC ~ Memorium ~ To Our Fallen Heroes" References: Blake, 2007 Photographs: RM Thies, September 28, 1995 DE McGovern, May 23, 2002 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyMaple Grove Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A monument in the vicinity of the GAR Pavilion has the following inscriptions at various locations on the base and column: "Ladies of ~ G.A.R. C.H. ~ Circle 56". "Members of Circle 56 ~ Josephine Allen ~ Belinda Giddings ~ H.J. Hambrick". "Veterans ~ David Preston ~ Jonas M Triplet ~ David Hockett". "Son of a Vet ~ Alphonzo T Marion ~ Dau of a Vet ~ Amanda Hart ~ Dau of a Vet ~ Winnie Pratt". References: Blake, 2007 Photographs: DE McGovern, July 8, 2006 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyRiverside Park |
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Type: Columbiad Cannon Description: "At Wichita, the soldiers have a 7000 pound 11-inch Columbia gun, properly mounted". This was really an 8 inch Rodman Columbiad, given to the local GAR post before 1898. It was collected and melted during a WW II scrap drive. References: Blake, 2007, Martin, 1910 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Gone But Not Forgotten |
Wichita, Sedgwick CountyVeterans Memorial Park
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Description: This structure is the centerpiece of a large park with numerous monuments dedicated to Veterans. The flagpoles in this plaza are labeled with specific historic flags. These include the Thirty Four Star Flag (used at the initiation of the Civil War). The identification plate at the entry to this plaza reads: "John S. Stevens ~ Veterans Memorial Park", "Dedicated November 11, 1977".
There is a granite monument to the Military Order of the Purple Heart at another location in the park. The inscriptions on this monument read: "Dedicated To All Men And Women ~ Wounded In All Our Wars", "My Stone Is Red For ~ The Blood They Shed.~ The Medal I Bear ~ Is My Country's Way ~ To Show They Care. If I Could Be Seen ~ By All Mankind ~ Maybe Peace Will ~ Come In My Lifetime." "Erected By Richard E Cowan Chapter #558 ~ Military Order Of The Purple Heart".
References:
Blake, 2007
Photographs:
DE McGovern, February 21, 2007
SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial
no SUVCW documentation planned