Unknown Dead Marker

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Lawrence in Douglas County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Unknown Dead

By Thomas Onions, June 28, 2009

1. Unknown Dead Marker

Inscription. To the Unknown Dead
Union Soldiers
Of the Civil War

Re-dedicated by the Lawrence Sons of Union Veterans
Camp #4 November 2006

Erected 1906 by Lawrence Grand Army of the Republic Post #12.

Location. 38° 57.191′ N, 95° 15.703′ W. Marker is in Lawrence, Kansas, in Douglas County. Marker can be reached from Irving Hill Road 0.2 miles south of Ruppenthal Drive. Click for map. Pioneer Cemetery is over the bridge from the dorms on Irving Hill Road and south of the parking lot for the Leid Center. Cross Irving Hill Road and walk towards the trees. Marker is in this post office area: Lawrence KS 66045, United States of America.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 13 miles of this marker, as the crow flies. Pioneer Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Free State Hotel (approx. 1.8 miles away); Lawrence (approx. 1.9 miles away); Lawrence Veterans' Memorial (approx. 2.5 miles away); Citizens Memorial Monument (approx. 2.7 miles away); Stony Point Church and Cemetery (approx. 9.2 miles away); Trail Park (approx. 11.9 miles away); Baker University (approx. 12.8 miles away). Click for a list of all markers in Lawrence.

Also see . . . University of Kansas. This is the official website for the University of Kansas. (Submitted on July 3, 2009, by Thomas Onions of Olathe, Kansas.)