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Louisburg Civil War Memorial

 
 
Louisburg Civil War Memorial [North Face] image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
1. Louisburg Civil War Memorial [North Face]
Inscription.
To the memory
of the
Union Soldiers
of 1861 - 1865

One God,
One Country
and One Flag

 
Erected 1912.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.
 
Location. 38° 37.332′ N, 94° 41.086′ W. Memorial is in Louisburg, Kansas, in Miami County. It can be reached from Villa Lane. Monument is in Louisburg Cemetery, off West Amity Street (Kansas Route 68) near Rogers Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Louisburg KS 66053, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in Eastern Kansas, specifically in Bleeding Kansas Border War Country, and in Greater Kansas City. It is also in the American Midwest, in the Corn Belt, on the prairies, on the Southern Plains, and on the Santa Fe Trail Corridor. 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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Louisburg Veterans Memorial (about 700 feet away, measured in a direct line); Quantrill's Raids and the Military Road (approx. 10.1 miles away); Miami County Veterans Memorial (approx. 10.2 miles away); City Hall Fire Bell (approx. 10.9 miles away); The Potawatomi Indians Trail of Death (approx. 11 miles away); Paola Veterans' Memorial (approx. 11 miles away); Baptiste & Mary Ann Peoria (approx. 11 miles away); Miami County History (approx. 11.1 miles away).
 
Regarding Louisburg Civil War Memorial. Cannon tube on display was produced by Henry N. Hooper & Company, Boston, Mass.
 
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Louisburg Civil War Memorial North Face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
2. Louisburg Civil War Memorial North Face
Louisburg Civil War Memorial South Face image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
3. Louisburg Civil War Memorial South Face
Louisburg Civil War Memorial [South Face] image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
4. Louisburg Civil War Memorial [South Face]
Louisburg Civil War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
5. Louisburg Civil War Memorial
Looking north
Louisburg Civil War Memorial Cannon image. Click for full size.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 12, 2011
6. Louisburg Civil War Memorial Cannon
H. N. H. & Co. 1231 lbs.
1862
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 7, 2020. It was originally submitted on December 2, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 896 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on December 2, 2011, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
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