INTERESTING PHOTOS OF THE MONTH
I have been to hundreds of Cemeteries in Kansas and have thousands
of photographs of tombstones of gentlemen who fought in a war that truly shaped
our country. Here are a few interesting photos from them.
CAPTAIN EUGENE F. WARE BORN: MAY 29, 1841 DIED: JULY 1, 1911 BURIED: FORT SCOTT NATIONAL CEMETERY. SERVICE: CAPTAIN IN 7TH OHIO CAVALRY |
GRANNY COWDEN BURIED: IOLA CEMETERY, IOLA, KS. SERVICE: UNKNOWN I HAVE NOT FOUND HER STORY YET BUT WOULDN'T BE GREAT TO KNOW. THE LOCAL GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC RESPECTED HER WITH A G. A. R. STAR NEXT TO HER GRAVE.
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CAPTAIN EDWARD N. REQUA BURIED: SUNNYSIDE CEMETERY, CANEY, KS. SERVICE: COL. HUNTER'S REG. RAINES BRIG. PRICE'S ARMY BATTLES: WILSON CREEK, DRY WOOD, LEXINGTON, LONE JACK, AND OTHERS. ON PRICE'S LAST RAID IN MISSOURI, HE WAS CAPTURED AT SPRINGFIELD, HELD PRISONER THERE TILL THE CLOSE OF THE WAR.
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JOSEPH M. MARPLE AND LIEUTENANT SILAS H. MARPLE BURIED: ON TWO DIFFERENT BATTLEFIELDS, BUT MEMORIAL STONE IN BURLINGAME CEMETERY, BURLINGAME, KS. STONE READS AS FOLLOWS: IN MEMORY OF JOSEPH M. MARPLE DIED AT CANE HILL, ARK. DEC. 18, 1862 AGED 44 YEARS ______ LIEUT. SILAS H. MARPLE DIED AT PORT HUDSON, MISS. AUG. 27, 1864 IN THE THIRTY THIRD YEAR OF HIS AGE.
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