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ALAMEDA COUNTY
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CIVIL WAR/GAR MEMORIALS PROJECT

This is a very large project and we can use your assistance. If you know of a monument to the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) or Civil War-related memorial (of any size or design) near you, we invite you to share this information with the SUVCW. Please contact our Department Civil War Memorials Officer with any information.

Department Civil War Memorials Officer
E-mail: memorials@suvpac.org

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Location:

Hayward, Alameda Co., CA

Soldiers Plot, Lone Tree Cemetery
24591 Fairview Avenue

Type:

4.0" Dahlgren rifle, bronze, painted black

Reported by:

Stark list & Armistead 1998
Kirby Morgan 1999

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

_X_ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Almost completed. Need to prove dedication date.
Kirby Morgan, Camp 22, 5 May 2002.

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Location:

Hayward, Alameda Co., CA

Soldiers Plot, Lone Tree Cemetery
24591 Fairview Avenue

Type:

4.2" Navy Parrott rifle, weight 3440 pounds

Reported by:

Stark list & Armistead 1998
Kirby Morgan 1999

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

_X_ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Almost completed. Need to prove dedication date.
Kirby Morgan, Camp 22, 5 May 2002.

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Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

Alameda County Court House grounds
1225 Fallen St.

Type:

Abraham Lincoln Bust, erected 14 Jun 1920

Reported by:

Bruce Hevelin & Brad Shall, Camp 24, Mar 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

Army Terminal

Type:

12-pdr, bronze, Napoleon, M1857, Cast 1862, 1249 pounds

Reported by:

Stark list & Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

Army Terminal

Type:

12-pdr, bronze, Napoleon, M1857, Cast 1863, 1247 pounds

Reported by:

Stark list & Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

GAR Plot, Mt. View Cemetery
5000 Piedmont Avenue

Type:

Large memorial monument, dedicated 30 May 1893

Reported by:

Status:

___ Completed

_X_ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Researched by:

Kirby Morgan, Camp 22, Oct 2001

Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

GAR Plot, Mt. View Cemetery
5000 Piedmont Avenue

Type:

Four 12-lb boat Howitzers, dedicated 30 May 1897

Reported by:

Status:

___ Completed

_X_ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Researched by:

Kirby Morgan, Camp 22, Dec 2001

Location:

Oakland, Alameda Co., CA

Joaquin Miller Park, NW corner of Joaquin Miller Rd. and Sanborn Dr., Oakland; USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: Oakland West

Type:

Plaque - National Historical Landmark No. NPS-66000204

Reported by:

Tad D. Campbell, Camp 4, May 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

California State Historical Landmark No. 107.

NPS-66000204 JOAQUIN MILLER HOME - Joaquin Miller, 'Poet of the Sierras,' resided on these acres, which he called 'The Hights,' from 1886 to 1913. In this building, The Abby, he wrote Columbus and other poems. He planted the surrounding trees and he personally built, on the eminence to the north, the funeral pyre and the monuments dedicated to Moses, General John C. Frémont, and Robert Browning. 'The Hights' was purchased by the City of Oakland in 1919.

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