Civil War Memorial, Seward, Nebraska
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N 40° 54.456 W 097° 05.900
14T E 660160 N 4530240
A large memorial located on the grounds of a historic courthouse.
Waymark Code: WM1QGN
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 06/24/2007
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The Civil War Memorial in Seward Nebraska is a large granite statue of a union soldier atop a tall pedestal. The base of the pedestal has an inscription on each side and the name of a Civil War Battle. These reads as follows:
North side: Gettysburg - Dedicated to the memory of the Soldiers of 1861-1865
West Side: Antietam - The flag for which these heroes fought, for which they died, is the emblem of all we are, all we hope to be.
South Side: Shiloh - One flag and one country - to the memory of the unknown dead
East side: Chancellorsville - This monument was erected though the efforts of Ben Harrison Circle No. 42 Ladies of the G.A.R. assisted by Seward Post No. 3 Grand Army of the Republic.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 06/25/1924
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Ben Harrison Circle No. 42 Ladies of the G.A.R. assisted by Seward Post No. 3 Grand Army of the Republic
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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