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By the end of the Civil War, more than a third (3,157) of the men of military age in the Nebraska Territory had served in the Union Army. In addition to the 1st Nebraska, the territory raised three other full regiments of cavalry, as well as several battalions of militia. Thirty-five Nebraskans were killed in action during the war, while ...
Location of Washington County in Nebraska. This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Nebraska. This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The locations of National Register ...
The Battle of Prairie Grove was a battle of the American Civil War fought on December 7, 1862. While tactically indecisive, the battle secured the Union control of northwestern Arkansas . A division of Union troops in the Army of the Frontier , commanded by James G. Blunt , was posted in northwestern Arkansas after winning the Battle of Cane ...
The Washington County Historical Association, or WCHA, is located in the Washington County Historical Museum at 102 North 14th Street in Fort Calhoun, Nebraska.The WCHA "promotes careful guardianship of historical artifacts, promotes an understanding of their significance and inspires people to turn things learned and appreciated into benchmarks for their lives."
In 1908, the local chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) purchased 9 acres (3.6 ha) at the center of the Prairie Grove battlefield. The UDC maintained it as a meeting spot and in commemoration of the battle for almost 50 years.
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One of the relatively few monuments to black soldiers that participated in the American Civil War, 1924. Captain Andrew Offutt Monument, Lebanon, 1921. Confederate-Union Veterans' Monument, Morgantown at the Butler County Courthouse, 1907. 32nd Indiana Monument, near Munfordville. The oldest surviving memorial to the Civil War, 1862.
The Richardsonian Romanesque Grand Army of the Republic Memorial Hall was designed and built in 1894–95 by architects Fisher & Lawrie, [2] and was the meeting place of the William Baumer Post No. 24, one of 354 GAR posts in Nebraska. The hall has been restored and is now the Civil War Veterans Museum at the GAR Memorial Hall.