Photo image of scanned scrapbook page. Pictured is a typed page detailing the events of the dedication of the Soldiers' Monument in 1879. dedication ceremony; Courier's Band; local militia; General R. B. Hayes; General J. Warren Kieffer; Ladies Union Soldiers' Circle; John Barnes; Francis Campbell; Barr Addition; Samuel F. Tracy. Ending of information on local hotels. Zala Mission; Tittle's Tannery; National Hotel; canal
Scanned page 120 from Henry A. Lorberg scrapbook containing black & white illustration of Soldiers' Monument, dedicated in Tracy Park Friday, May 30, 1879.
Black and white photo of the Soldiers' Monument in Soldiers Circle in Greenlawn Cemetery. In 1862 the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument dedicated on May 30, 1869. More than 2300 combat veterans, including 670 from the Civil War, are buried in Greenlawn.
Black and white photo image of Soldiers Monument in Portsmouth, Ohio, flanked by two men and cannons. Within the new cemetery in Portsmouth in the mid to late 1800's, land was set aside after the War of the Rebellion due to their being no place to bury soldiers, known today as Soldier Circle. On May 30, 1869 the first public service was held in the cemetery, and the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument to be placed there.
Handcolored photo image of Soldiers' Monument in Tracy Park located at Ninth (9th) and Chillicothe Streets. The 40-foot monument was dedicated in 1879 in honor of local soldiers killed in the early days of the Civil War. The first Portsmouth man killed in the war Sergeant John Barnes of Company G. He is portrayed on the top. A photograph of Sergeant Barnes was sent to the sculptor, and those who knew Barnes prior to the war said the granite likeness was very good.
Black and White Photo image of the 40 foot memorial to the Civil War dead. Dedicated in 1879, the monument represents John R T Barnes, the first Scioto County soldier to die in the Civil War. It cost $6500.00 and was presented to the city by the Ladies Union Soldiers Circle.
Black and white image of Soldiers Circle in Greenlawn Cemetery. Within the new cemetery in Portsmouth in the mid to late 1800's, land was set aside after the War of the Rebellion due to their being no place to bury soldiers, known today as Soldier Circle. On May 30, 1869 the first public service was held in the cemetery, and the Ladies Aid Society purchased the Civil War Union Soldier Monument to be placed there.
black & white photo image in book, Pictorial Portsmouth, page 13 Shown is the 40 foot Soldiers' Monument dedicated in 1879. It cost $6500.00 and was presented to the city by the Ladies Union Soldiers Circle. The statue represents John Barnes, the first man from Scioto County killed in the Civil War. (Lorberg)
black & white photo image scanned from book, Pictorial Portsmouth, page 13
Greenlawn Cemetery is located on Offnere Street. The statue was dedicated to the memory of Civil War soldiers in 1869.
