CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
ATCHISON COUNTY, KANSAS
Atchison, Atchison CountyCourthouse |
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Type: plaque Description: "Abraham Lincoln plaque at courthouse" References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Atchison, Atchison CountyCourthouse |
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Type: Slate Marker Description: "The monument to Ex-Gov. John A. Martin, at Atchison, is a broken column of Westerly (R. I.) marble. The design represents an unfinished life, and is a duplicate of the monument to J. G. Holland, the poet. It was erected by John A. Martin post No. 93, G. A. R., Atchison, at a cost of $1080, with funds raised by this post and from friends throughout the state. There is a life-size bronze medal1ion of the governor on the face of the monument, and below it a bronze tablet containing the following inscription: "In memory of a soldier and statesman, John A. Martin. Born at Brownsville, Pa., March 10, 1839. Died at Atchison, Kansas, October 2, 1889. Colonel of the 8th Kansas Volunteers, and Brevet Brigadier General of U. S. Volunteers. Editor and publisher of the Atchison Champion from 1858-1889. Governor of Kansas from 1885-1889. To commemorate his public and private virtues, his friends have erected this monument." Martin, 1910 References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Huron, Atchison CountyCemetery
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Type: Slate Marker Description: A small slate marker is mounted in the cemetery. It is inscribed: "In Service To Their Country ~ The William E. Connelley Survey ~ Of 1895-1896 Indicates A Large ~ Grave In The Area By ~ Tradition, Union Dead Were ~ Buried In This Part Of The ~ Huron Indian Cemetery ~ Following The Battle Of ~ Westport, October 21-23, ~ 1864." References: reported by RM Thies Photographs: RM Thies, September 14, 2000 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
