CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
COWLEY COUNTY, KANSAS
Arkansas City, Cowley CountyRiverview Cemetery
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue Description: Built and dedicated by GAR Post 158 at Arkansas City in 1911. All four sides of the monument bear the names of various battles and commanders. These include (by side): battles of Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Atlanta; commanders Grant, Sherman, Logan battles of Stone River, Pea Ridge, Chicamauga; commanders Sheridan, McPherson, Thomas battles of Kennesaw Mt, Mobile, Cold Harbor; commanders Lyon, Farragut, Foote battles of Antietam, Wilderness, Gettysburg; commanders Hooker, Canby, Meade. Around the monument are more than 60 graves of veterans. Next to the monument (to its right) is a plaque of the Gettysburg Address. References: SOS! Photographs: RM Thies, April 25, 1999 J Coyne, November 20, 2004 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Arkansas City, Cowley CountyHope Cemetery
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Type: Granite Soldier Statue Description: A soldier at parade rest is mounted on a square column. The square shaft has a GAR badge engraved on the front. The monument is inscribed: "To The Memory Of The Unknown Soldiers, Sailors And Marines, From '61 To '65." The base is inscribed: "61 - 65". This monument was erected by the Sunflower Club (a social and literary organization including the ladies of Arkansas City). The seventeen foot tall monument cost $1000. Dedication was October 24, 1907. Ex Gov. W.E. Stanley gave the main address of the day. References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910, SOS! 1994 Photographs: J Coyne, January 29, 2006 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Dexter, Cowley CountyCemetery |
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Type: Granite Monument Description: A small marker in the cemetery is inscribed: "In Honor Of ~ All Service Men ~ Of Our ~ Country ~ Erected 1949 By ~ Army & Navy Mothers ~ Dexter Post No. 25". References: reported by J Birket Photographs: J Birket, June 23, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |