Missouri State Guard Memorial – Carthage, Missouri - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

Gray granite monument with the following inscription:

THE MISSOURI STATE GUARD

THIS MONUMENT IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO THE MEN OF THE
MISSOURI STATE GUARD, THE LEGALLY ESTABLISHED MILITIA OF THE
STATE, WHO FIRST TOOK UP ARMS IN 1861, AND MARCHING AND
FIGHTING, UNDER THE BLUE BATTLE FLAG OF THEIR BELOVED MISSOURI.
DID THEIR WHOLE DUTY AS GOD GAVE THEM LIGHT TO SEE THAT DUTY
AND SACRIFICED EVERYTHING BUT HONOR, IN DEFENSE OF THEIR
STATE'S SOVEREIGNTY AND THE CAUSE OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS

DEO VINDICE

ERECTED BY THE MISSOURI DIVISION
SONS OF CONFEDERATE VETERANS
A. D. 1999

On the opposite side of the Memorial there is a brief history of the Battle of Carthage which occurred on July 5, 1861 and the role the State Guard had in that battle.

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