Fort Leavenworth in Leavenworth County, Kansas — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries

In Memoriam

— Amor Patriae A Tout Prix —

32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2013

1. 32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries Marker

Inscription. This monument was dedicated September 16, 1938 by survivors of the 32nd United States Volunteer Infantry in commemoration of those gallant comrades who made the supreme sacrifice during the Philippine Insurrection 1898-1901

[Roll of Honored Dead]
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[44th USVI] Mobilized at Camp Miley, August 26, 1899
Discharged at Presidio, Cal., June 30, 1901
Dedicated to our comrades who made the supreme sacrifice during the Philippine Insurrection.

[Roll of Honored Dead]

Dedicated August 25, 1947

Erected 1938 by Survivors of the 32nd USVI and the 44th USVI Association [1947].

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, Spanish-American.

Location. 39° 20.668′ N, 94° 55.314′ W. Memorial is in Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, in Leavenworth County. It can be reached from Cody Road. Marker is near the Fort Leavenworth Golf Course driving range, off Cody Road west of Grant Avenue. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Fort Leavenworth KS 66027, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

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this memorial is in Eastern Kansas and specifically in Greater Kansas City.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Lewis & Clark Corridor,

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 walking distance of this marker: The Buffalo Soldier Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); BG Benjamin H. Grierson (approx. 0.2 miles away); 2nd Lt. Henry Ossian Flipper (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Colin L. Powell (approx. 0.2 miles away); Grove of the Regiments (approx. 0.2 miles away); General Roscoe Robinson Jr. (approx. 0.2 miles away); The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (approx. 0.2 miles away); 555th Parachute Infantry Company (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Fort Leavenworth.

Also see . . .
1. Spanish-American War (1898) / Philippine Insurrection (1899-1901). Kansas Historical Society website entry (Submitted on July 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.)

2. The War in 1900-1901: African Americans in the Fil-Am War.

Soldiers of Company B, 44th US Volunteer Infantry at Tubigon-Bohol, Philippine Islands image. Click for full size.

via Kansas Memory, unknown

2. Soldiers of Company B, 44th US Volunteer Infantry at Tubigon-Bohol, Philippine Islands

Kansas Memory website entry:
They are (left to right): Sgt. Thompson, Cordell, Sidlow, Crow, Howland, unidentified, Hunt, Irvin, Bean, and Jesse Garver, Larned, Kansas. The men were mustered in September 1899 at Fort Leavenworth. The regiment participated in 144 skirmishes and battles between 1899 and 1901.

Philippine-American War, 1899-1902 website entry (Submitted on January 12, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2013

3. 32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries Monument

32nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2013

4. 32nd U.S. Volunteer Infantry Marker

44th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2013

5. 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantry Marker

Photographed by William Fischer, Jr., May 27, 2013

6. 32nd and 44th U.S. Volunteer Infantries Marker

Golf Course Clubhouse in background

Credits. This page was last revised on January 12, 2022. It was originally submitted on July 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 1,314 times since then and 62 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on July 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. 2. submitted on January 12, 2022, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York. 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on July 16, 2013, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.