Fredonia in Wilson County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Civil War Memorial

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

1. Civil War Memorial

Looking NNW, with Golf Course Road in background

Inscription. Memorial to the
Union
Soldiers & Sailors
War of 1861-5

Erected 1899 by G.A.R. Post 98, W.R.C. Tent 53, and Citizens.

Topics. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • War, US Civil.

Location. 37° 30.91′ N, 95° 49.406′ W. Memorial is in Fredonia, Kansas, in Wilson County. It is on South Cement Road. Monument is in Fredonia Cemetery, north of the maintenance building, and about 300 feet ESE of the intersection of Cement and Golf Course Roads. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fredonia KS 66736, United States of America. Touch for directions.

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 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Stone House (approx. 1.3 miles

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away); Gold Dust Hotel (approx. 1.3 miles away); Courthouse Square Benches (approx. 1.3 miles away); Safety Follows Wisdom (approx. 1.3 miles away); Courthouse Clock Memorial Tower (approx. 1.4 miles away); Wilson County Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.4 miles away); World War Homefront and Neodesha Cemetery Association Founders Memorial Pavilion (approx. 9.1 miles away); a different marker also named Civil War Memorial (approx. 9.1 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fredonia.

Civil War Memorial Dedication image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

2. Civil War Memorial Dedication

Civil War Memorial Sponsors image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., July 7, 2012

3. Civil War Memorial Sponsors

Credits. This page was last revised on September 5, 2020. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 662 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on July 16, 2012, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.