(Mound City Civil War Monument), (sculpture).

(Mound City Civil War Monument), (sculpture).

Unknown, sculptor.

(Mound City Civil War Monument), (sculpture).

Union Soldiers Monument, (sculpture).

Installed 1889.

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Sculpture: gray granite; Base: gray granite.

Sculpture: approx. H. 7 ft.; Base: approx. H. 12 ft. x W. 6 ft.

(On front of base:) ERECTED BY THE/UNITED STATES/1889,/IN MEMORY OF THE/OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS,/BURIED WITHIN THIS CEMETERY,/WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN/DEFENCE OF THE UNION. unsigned

A uniformed Civil War soldier stands at parade rest, holding the barrel of his rifle with both hands at chest level, the butt of which rests by his proper right foot. He has a moustache and wears a flat billed cap and a greatcoat buttoned at the neck. The cape of the coat is thrown back slightly on the proper left, exposing most of the soldier's proper left forearm. On the proper right, the cape hangs down to drape over all of the soldier's arm, except for the hand and wrist. At the soldier's waist is a belt from which hangs a bayonet in scabbard on the proper left back hip. Around the soldier's back, also attached to the belt, to the proper right of the center, resting on the soldier's right buttock, is a cartridge belt. No cap pouch is evident anywhere on the belt. The soldier also has a belt hanging from his proper left shoulder, encircling his body at an angle from proper left to proper right. At the point where the belt crosses his chest, a belt buckle is present. That buckle, and the cartridge belt, are marked in low bas-relief with "US." The soldier is mounted upon a stepped, multitiered base, bordered with stars at the top. The front of the base has a wreath on the upper section, with an inscription below it.

History -- United States -- Civil War

Figure male -- Full length

Occupation -- Military -- Soldier

Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform

Outdoor Sculpture -- Kansas -- Mound City

Administered by United States Department of Veterans Affairs, National Cemetery Administration, 810 Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, District of Columbia 20420

Located Mound City Soldiers Lot National Cemetery, Mound City, Kansas 66506

Erected by the U.S. government to commemorate the Civil War dead buried within the cemetery who died at the battle of Mine Creek, Kansas. For related information see George G. Martin's "Memorial Monuments and Tablets in Kansas," pg. 257-258, available in vol. 11 of Kansas Historical Collections, dated 1910.

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Kansas survey, 1995.

National Cemetery Administration Memorials Inventory Project, 2002-2005.

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