Union Memorial - Springfield, Missouri
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BruceS
N 37° 10.444 W 093° 15.827
15S E 476583 N 4114215
Civil War memorial located in the Springfield National Cemetery in Springfield, Missouri.
Waymark Code: WMCZPB
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 10/30/2011
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The memorial features a figure of Union soldier holding his rifle in front of him with its butt resting between his feet. The figure stands on a marble shaft. The shaft rests on a base with the following inscriptions:
In Honor To
And in memory of
The Citizen And Volunteer
Soldiers
Who Were Killed And Died Of
wounds received in defense
Of Springfield Mo.
Against the Rebels
January 8, 1863
They Sacrificed Their
Lives
To Defend Our Homes.
They are our dead.
With grateful hearts
we will
Remember Them.
"The Union
The Constitution, and the
enforcement of the Laws."
A Favorite Quotation Of
Dr. T.J. Bailey
Erected under direction
J.W.D.L. Mack Executor.