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THE MEN IN WHOSE HONOR THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED WERE LED BY THE FIRES OF LIBERTY. THEY FOUGHT FOR NO NORTH, NO SOUTH, NO EAST, NO WEST, BUT FOR ONE GLORIOUS AND UNITED COUNTRY.

PVT. LONGSHORE RECEIVED HIS MEDAL OF HONOR FOR BEING PART OF THE "FORLORN HOPE" IN THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG. A "FORLORN HOPE" IS A BAND OF SOLDIERS OR OTHER COMBATANTS CHOSEN TO TAKE THE LEADING PART IN A MILITARY OPERATION SUCH AS AN ASSAULT ON A DEFENDED ...

FORT SCOTT NATIONAL CEMETERY WAS ONE OF THE ORIGINAL NATIONAL CEMETERIES ESTABLISHED BY LINCOLN'S 1862 PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION.

IN MEMORY OF THE SOLDIERS OF THE 1ST REGIMENT KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEERS WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN BATTLE MAY 18, 1863 NEAR SHERWOOD, MISSOURI

BRIG. GEN.-U.S. VOLUNTEERS COMMANDER (MISSISSIPPI) MARINE BRIGADE CAPT. 59TH ILL INF AUG 20, 1861 LIEUT. COL. U.S. VOLUNTEERS APR 28 1862 BRIG. GEN. NOV 1, 1862 HE OPPOSED SLAVERY AND HAD THE KEENEST SENSE OF JUSTICE AND RIGHT. HE WAS A LOVER OF HIS ...

THE CHASE COUNTY ALL VETERANS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO HONORING ALL CHASE COUNTIANS WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THE MEMORIAL ASK VISITORS TO SPEND A QUIET MOMENT IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO MADE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE F ...

ERECTED BY THE UNITED STATES TO THE MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS KILLED IN THE BATTLE OF BAXTER SPRINGS OCTOBER 8, 1863 AND OTHER ENGAGEMENTS IN THIS VICINITY WHO ARE BURIED NEAR THIS MONUMENT, AND WHOSE NAMES ARE KNOWN, ARE INSCRIBED HERON.

IN A SKIRMISH WITH UNION SOLDIERS GUARDING A WAGON TRAIN OF CIVILIANS CONFEDERATE FORCES KILLED 13 CIVILIANS AND 3 UNION SOLDIERS.

IN MEMORY OF THE UNKNOWN DEAD THAT FELL IN THE WAR 1861-1865

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THIS MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED IN HONOR OF ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO SERVED THESE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DURING TIMES OF WAR AND PEACE