Vallejo in Solano County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Civil War - Unknown Dead Monument
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, October 24, 2015
1. Civil War Memorial Marker
to the Memory of
the Unknown Dead
1861 - 1865
G.A.R.
Erected 1898 by Grand Army of the Republic and Farragut Relief Corps No. 39, Woman's Relief Corps.
Topics and series. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the The Grand Army of the Republic series list.
Location. 38° 7.078′ N, 122° 15.731′ W. Marker is in Vallejo, California, in Solano County. Memorial can be reached from the intersection of Sacramento Street and Valle Vista Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2201 Sacramento St, Vallejo CA 94590, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within one mile of this marker, measured as the crow flies. The Heritage House (approx. 0.4 miles away); USS Warren Cannon (approx. half a mile away); This Eight Inch Gun (approx. half a mile away); USS Independence Cannon (approx. 0.6 miles away); First U.S. Naval Station In The Pacific (approx. 0.6 miles away); Hunter Memorial Promenade (approx. 0.7 miles away); St. Vincent Ferrer Church (approx. 0.9 miles away); First Catholic Church (approx. 1.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Vallejo.
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More about this monument. This Civil War monument is located in the south central part of Sunrise Memorial Cemetery atop of hillside overlooking Vallejo and within a Naval veterans cemetery section. A Medal of Honor grave of William S. Bond lies nearby.
Sadly, this Civil War monument was found with the obelisk top knocked over by vandals, along with many other headstones in Sunrise Memorial Cemetery.
Regarding Civil War - Unknown Dead Monument. This veterans cemetery section contains a number of Civil War veterans graves.
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, October 24, 2015
2. Civil War Memorial Marker
Sadly, the Civil War monument was found toppled over by vandals, along with many other headstones in Sunrise Memorial Cemetery in 2015.
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, October 24, 2015
3. Civil War Memorial Marker
Photographed By Douglass Halvorsen, October 24, 2015
4. Civil War Memorial Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 24, 2018. It was originally submitted on January 22, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. This page has been viewed 274 times since then and 27 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on January 22, 2018, by Douglass Halvorsen of Klamath Falls, Oregon. • Bernard Fisher was the editor who published this page.
