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 Veterans Memorial, Patterson, MO Posted by:  YoSam.
N 37° 11.298 W 090° 33.189
15S E 717190 N 4118565
City cemetery which was also the site of major Civil War battles.
Waymark Code: WM4F8H
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 08/16/2008
Views: 32
County of Memorial: Wayne County.
Location of Memorial: 1 blk. off MO-34, city cemetery, Patterson.
Monument Text:
VETERANS MEMORIAL
PATTERSON CEMETERY
Aaron E. Adams
David Francis Coleman
Louis Julian Denton
Bill Guy Gregory
Frank W. Miller
William Samuel Street
James Q. Ward
Elmer Smith
James E. Bennett
(Augustus Schmitt
CIVIL WAR)
Elton S. Schlater
| Russell R. Adams
James D. Crowley
Julius W. Denton
Chester L. Henson
William W. Sloan
Oscar L. Thornburg
Harold W. Ward
Joel Westmoreland
Fenton C. White
Robert G. Leach
Floyd L. League
Gale Hughes
| Mitchell P. Bugg
John Jenu Croy
George Monroe Gill
Marion Dunlap Hines
Thomas H. Summers
Winfred Westmoreland
Lee R. White
Renee M. Elayer
Louis A. Allen
| Paul Ernest Coleman
Mark Gerald Cooper
Robert J. Grover
Andrew J. Hicks
Newton E. Schlater
Cyrus Westmoreland
Joe Westmoreland
Jacob L. Bangert | | | |
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In memory of those who fought for our right to live in a land of
freedom and to worship according to our individual convictions.
Let We Forget. | | | |
Type of Memorial: Non-Specific Memorial
In Honor Of: Thos who fought for our right to live in a land of Freedom and worship according to our convistions.
Marker Text:
see above.
Who Put it Here?: American Legion Post # 281, Patterson Cemetery Association, Wayne Co. Historical Society.
Description of Memorial:
Brick wall platform upon which rest a marble flat stone. This side is the veterans memorial, the other side is a Civil War Memorial.
Just over to right of the memorial (see photo) and between it and the mobile home in the background hundred of both Union and Confederate soldiers are buried, who's names are known only unto God.
As you face the memorial, about 100 yards to the right use to stand Fort benton, and Major Civil War post. Because it was here on a major road through the area, two fierce battles were fought where this monument stands.
Wars mentioned (Multi-war only): Not listed
Date of dedication: Not listed
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