CIVIL WAR MEMORIALS AND MONUMENTS
LEAVENWORTH COUNTY, KANSAS
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyGrant Avenue |
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Type: Bronze Soldier Monument Description: Commemorating the 10th Cavalry Buffalo Soldiers. Inscription? References: SOS! 1994 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyChapel
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Description: The Fort Leavenworth Chapel was built in 1878 and Rededicated in 1978. The interior has 3 polished mountain howitzer tubes mounted in the walls on each side. There are a large number of plaques and dedications to officers and men who served in the Civil War, the Indian Wars, and World Wars I and II.
References:
Martin, 1910, Stark, 1997
Photographs:
DE McGovern, July 10, 2005
SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial
SUVCW documentation needed
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyDragoon Glen Overlook
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Type: Cannons Description: Three bonze 12 pdr Napoleons are placed on concrete mounts at the overlook to Dragoon Glen (across the street from Grant Hall). The northern most tube has "No 207" on the muzzle, "1862 ~ M Greenwood ~ Cincinnati" on one trunnion and "1238 lbs ~ 1865" on the other. The middle tube has "1862 ~ M Greenwood ~ Cincinnati" on the trunnions. The southern most tube has "272" on one trunnion and "no 245 ~ 1220 lbs ~ 1865" on the breech. There are no other inscriptions. References: Stark, 1997 Photographs: DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyFrontier Military Museum
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Type: Cannons Description: Three cannons are mounted on concrete stands in front of the Frontier Military Museum on the Fort Leavenworth grounds. The Parrott (western most tube) has "No 108" on the muzzle and "RPP ~ WPF ~ 1862" on the trunnions. The middle cannon (24 pdr) has "LB 8" on the muzzle and "WPF ~ 1826" on the trunnions. The eastern most tube (also a 24 pdr) has "WM ~ No 176" on the muzzle and "McC W & Co ~ PFP ~ 1838" on the trunnions. There are no other inscriptions. References: Stark, 1997, Thies, 2004 Photographs: RM Thies, May 2, 1998 DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyGrant Avenue Overlook |
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Type: Cannon Description: A Spanish cannon is placed on a concrete mount at the end of Grant Avenue. References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyGrant Hall |
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Type: Cannon Description: A French cannon is placed on a concrete mount in front of Grant Hall. References: reported by DE McGovern Photographs: DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyKearny and Grant |
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Type: Bronze Soldier Statue (US Grant) Description: The inscription on the statue, west side, is as follows: "This statue was erected by ~ officers and enlisted men and ~ employees of the Quartermaster's ~ Department of the U. S. Army; ~ citizens of the states of Kansas ~ and Missouri, including ~ the Leavenworth Athletic Association; ~ Woman's Relief Corps No. 40, Wichita, Kan.; ~ Post 132, G. A. R., Junction City, Kan.; ~ the Traveling Men's Grant Monument fund; ~ the subscription list of the Kansas City Times; ~ J. A. Garfield post No.2, Chamberlain, Dakota; ~ citizens of Philadelphia, and others." On the north side of the pedestal or base is a bronze tablet showing Grant mounted at the head of his staff. An inscription on the base reads: "Hodges & McCarthy ~ St Louis, MO". A tablet on the south side and underneath the feet of the statue contains a list of the battles of the Mexican and Civil wars in which General Grant participated: "Palo Alto, Resaca De La Palma, Monterey, Cerro Gordo, Contreras San Antonio, Cherubusco, Vera Cruz, Molino Del Rey, Chapultepec, City of Mexico, ** , Belmont, Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh, Iuka, Corinth, Grand Gulf, Port Gibson, Raymond, Jackson, Champions Hill, Big Black, Siege of Vicksburg, Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, Chattanooga, Relief of Knoxville, Wilderness, Spottsylvania, North Anna, Tolopotomy, Cold Harbor, Siege of Petersburg, Siege of Richmond, Weldon Railroad, White Oak Road, Dinwiddie Court House, Five Forks, Deep Bottom, Fort Harrison, Amelia Springs, Sailors Creek, Appomattox." As reported in Martin, 1910: "Fort Leavenworth has a beautiful memorial to Gen. Ulysses Simpson Grant, in the form of a bronze statue of the great soldier and president of the United States. It was the first of the kind to be erected in the West to an officer of the United States army. It is the result of a suggestion by Henry Shindler in the Kansas City Times, made within a week after the General's death, which occurred July 23, 1885. The governors of several Western states soon thereafter held a meeting in the office of Gen. Nelson A. Miles to urge the matter. The bronze statue is the work of Lorado Taft. It was unveiled September 14, 1889, in the presence of an audience of 10,000 people, including public men, Federal and Confederate, from all parts of the country. It cost $4791.61, not counting rock foundation and labor required." References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910, SOS! 1994 Photographs: RM Thies, 1995 DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyOld Bridge Site |
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Type: Cannon Description: Two Spanish cannons are placed on concrete mounts at the site of the old bridge across the Missouri river. Information is provided on the history of the site on an accompanying plaque. References: reported in slides accompanying Thies, 2004 Photographs: RM Thies, May 2, 1998 DE McGovern, July 10, 2005 SUV Registry Status: Secondary Memorial no SUVCW documentation planned |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyNational Military Home |
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Type: Bronze Soldier Monument Description: "Post 350, National Military Home, has a $150 monument erected by the Ladies of the GAR and the children of Leavenworth, in memory of Thomas Brennan ". Martin, 1910 References: Baruch and Beckman, 1978, Martin, 1910 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyMount Muncie Cemetery
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Type: Granite Monument Description: The granite monument is engraved: "Custer Post No. 6 ~ G.A.R. ~ Custer Corps No. 200 ~ W.R.C." References: reported by RM Thies Photographs: RM Thies, February 3, 1998 SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
Fort Leavenworth, Leavenworth CountyMount Muncie Cemetery
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Type: Marble Soldier Monument Description: Soldier at attention in dress military clothing. Inscription? References: SOS! 1994 Photographs: SUV Registry Status: Primary Memorial SUVCW documentation needed |
