Kewaunee in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014
1. Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument
Soldiers and Marines of Kewaunee County
Who Fought for Freedom
in
1861 to 1865
Also to Those Who Fought for
the Liberty of Cuba
in 1898
1861 - 1865 - 1898
Erected 1899.
Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: War, Spanish-American • War, US Civil.
Location. 44° 27.394′ N, 87° 30.284′ W. Monument is in Kewaunee, Wisconsin, in Kewaunee County. It can be reached from the intersection of Dodge Street and Vliet Street, on the right when traveling south. The monument stands on the Kewaunee County Courthouse Square. Touch for map. Monument is at or near this postal address: 613 Dodge Street, Kewaunee WI 54216, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial monument is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Courthouse Square (within shouting distance of this marker); The Great Kewaunee Fire (about 800 feet away, measured in a direct line); Early History of Kewaunee (approx. Ό mile away); Car Ferry Service (approx. 0.3 miles away); Barge "Emerald" (approx. 0.6 miles away); Father Marquette
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More about this monument. Two 24-pounder naval cannons flank the monument. Both cannons were made in 1846 by C.A. & Co. (Cyrus Alger & Company) Boston and inspected by J.W.R., James Wolfe Ripley, an Army inspector from 1832-1863. The northern cannon has registry number 98 and weighs 1,475 pounds; the southern cannon has registry number 93 and weighs 1,476 pounds.
Regarding Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument. Dedicated 30 May 1899 (source: "Honor Dead Heroes," The Inter-Ocean, 31 May 1899, 9).
Also see . . . Kewaunee County History. "By the time the memorial was erected in front of the courthouse, the U.S. had fought a new war and the monument was also dedicated to those who had served in the Spanish-American War." (Submitted on October 14, 2014.)
Photographed by Keith L, September 18, 2014
2. Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014
3. Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument
GAR
The Grand Army of the Republic Badge
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014
4. Civil War and Cuban Veterans Monument
Photographed by K. Linzmeier, September 18, 2014
5. Monument and Courthouse
Credits. This page was last revised on May 6, 2025. It was originally submitted on October 14, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 1,054 times since then and 25 times this year. Last updated on May 4, 2025, by Ernest Everett Blevins of Charleston, West Virginia. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 14, 2014, by Keith L of Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.
