Topeka in Shawnee County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Battle of the Blue
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011
1. Battle of the Blue Monument
to the memory of
his comrades who fell at
The Battle of the Blue.
Oct. 22, 1864.
By the blood of these heroes, and
their compatriots, this great
Republic was made to live
2nd Regiment K. S. M.
from Shawnee Co.
Commanded by Col. G. W. Veale
Attached to the
Army of the Frontier.
Capt. Ross Burns
Topeka Battery.
Geo. Ginnold Daniel Handle C. H. Budd D. M. Race McClure Martin Nicholas Brown Lear Selkin Ben. Hughes H C. Colville Harvey G. Young J. B. Alverson Albert Chipman Elias Roberts Rob't McKnown Dennis Ray Moses Banks David Rake James Eagle Rob't Campbell W. P. Roberts Samuel Allen William Wann Rob't Boles David Fults
Erected 1895 by G. G. Gage.
Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.
Location. 39° 2.506′ N, 95° 39.161′ W. Memorial is in Topeka, Kansas, in Shawnee County. It can be reached from Southeast 10th Avenue. Monument is in Section 21 of Topeka Cemetery. Touch for map.
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Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, and on the Southern Plains. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Louisiana Purchase.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Crawford - Capper Burial Site (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Franklin Loomis Crane (about 400 feet away); Henry Murphy Walsh and Every A.E.F. "Runner" (about 600 feet away); Charles Curtis (approx. 0.2 miles away); Topeka Tornado Victims (approx. 0.3 miles away); Mariachi Divina! (approx. 1.2 miles away); A Turning Point for Equality (approx. 1.3 miles away); A "Separate But Equal" School? (approx. 1.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Topeka.
Also see . . . Battle of Byram's Ford. Wikipedia entry (Submitted on February 6, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011
2. Battle of the Blue Monument
Looking northeast
via Kansas Memory, 1896
3. Battle of the Blue Marker
Kansas Memory website entry:
This painting depicts the Battle of Byram's Ford (a.k.a. Battle of the Big Blue), which took place on October 22, 1864, in Jackson County, Missouri. During the battle, the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia, which was aided by the Topeka Battery of Artillery, fought the Confederate forces of Sterling Price. Captain Ross Burns commanded that artillery battery. Ross may have commissioned artist Benjamin Mileham to execute this painting. Mrs. Ross Burns later donated it the Shawnee County Commissioners and the Grand Army of Republic in memory of her then deceased husband.
Creator: Mileham, Benjamin D.
Date: 1896
This painting depicts the Battle of Byram's Ford (a.k.a. Battle of the Big Blue), which took place on October 22, 1864, in Jackson County, Missouri. During the battle, the 2nd Regiment of the Kansas State Militia, which was aided by the Topeka Battery of Artillery, fought the Confederate forces of Sterling Price. Captain Ross Burns commanded that artillery battery. Ross may have commissioned artist Benjamin Mileham to execute this painting. Mrs. Ross Burns later donated it the Shawnee County Commissioners and the Grand Army of Republic in memory of her then deceased husband.
Creator: Mileham, Benjamin D.
Date: 1896
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011
4. Battle of the Blue Monument
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011
5. Battle of the Blue Monument Honor Roll
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6. Battle of the Blue Monument Honor Roll
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7. Battle of the Blue Monument Detail
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8. Battle of the Blue Monument Detail
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9. Battle of the Blue Monument Detail
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10. Soldiers Near Battle of the Blue Monument
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11. Harvey G. Young Grave Marker
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12. Battle of the Blue Monument Statue
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., April 29, 2011
13. 2005 Flag Pole Marker to Honor Civil War Soldiers
Credits. This page was last revised on February 24, 2026. It was originally submitted on September 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,148 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 3. submitted on February 6, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13. submitted on September 19, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
