Downtown Kansas City in Jackson County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Burial Place of Fifteen Confederate Soldiers
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011
1. Burial Place of Fifteen Confederate Soldiers Marker
United States
to mark the burial place of
fifteen Confederate Soldiers
who died at Kansas City, Missouri,
while prisoners of war and
whose remains were buried in the
City Cemetery and subsequently
removed to this cemetery,
where the individual graves
cannot now be identified
Jacob W. Blankenship
Co. A, Love's Mo. Reg.
Abram W. Blythe
Co. A, Smith's Ark. Reg.
Alexander Cates
Co. L, Love's Mo. Reg.
Jos. G. Hopkins
Co. G, Nichol's Mo. Reg.
Wm. K. McConnell
Co. H, McGehee's Ark. Reg.
Andrew S. Medley
Co. I, Green's Mo. Reg.
Francis Mitchell
Co. -, Mo. Reg.
Daniel F. Pitts
Co. -, Ark. Reg.
Alexander Rodgers
Co. -, Nichol's Mo. Reg.
Jefferson Self
Co. -, Coleman's Mo. Reg.
Josiah Smith
Co. E, Nichol's Mo. Reg.
Walter Smotherman
Co. H, McGehee's Ark. Reg.
Seward Taylor
Co. C, McGehee's Ark. Reg.
John A. Turner
Co. E, Wood's Battn. Mo. Cav.
Charles Yarbrough
Co. C, Nichol's Mo. Reg.
Erected by Government of the United States of America.
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Location. 39° 4.558′ N, 94° 34.841′ W. Memorial is in Kansas City, Missouri, in Jackson County. It is in Downtown Kansas City. It can be reached from East 28 Terrace. Marker is in Union Cemetery. Touch for map. Memorial is at or near this postal address: 227 East 28th Terrace, Kansas City MO 64108, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this memorial is in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, 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 territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: George Caleb Bingham (a few steps from this marker); Mary A. Barnett Hale (within shouting distance of this marker); Col. William Miles Chick (within shouting distance of this marker); John C. McCoy (within shouting distance of this marker); Alexander Majors (within shouting distance of this marker); Catherine Purdom and Nancy Purdom Waskey (within shouting distance of this marker); Thomas Jefferson (Squire) Goforth (within shouting distance of this marker); Veterans Memorial Flag (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Kansas City.
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011
2. Fifteen Confederate Soldiers Honor Roll Marker
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011
3. Confederate Soldiers Monument
Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., October 15, 2011
4. Confederate Soldiers Monument
Credits. This page was last revised on February 10, 2023. It was originally submitted on February 7, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,152 times since then and 29 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on February 7, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
