Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Point National Historical Site, under southeast corner of the Golden Gate Bridge

Type:

Cannon, 6-pdr Bronze Field Gun, Model 1841, Ames Foundry, Cast 1851, Muzzle markings unreadable.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002
Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Point National Historical Site, under southeast corner of the Golden Gate Bridge

Type:

Cannon, 12-pdr Bronze Napoleon, Model 1857, Alger Foundry #1114, Reg. #89, Inspector TJR, Cast 1862, Weight 1215 pounds.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002
Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Point National Historical Site, under southeast corner of the Golden Gate Bridge

Type:

Cannon, 24-pdr Flank Howitzer, Model 1844, SMcM Foundry #119, Reg. #45, Inspector SCL, Cast 1864, Weight 1490 pounds.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002
Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Point National Historical Site, under southeast corner of the Golden Gate Bridge

Type:

Cannon, 24-pdr Coehorn mortar, Bronze, Model 1838, Alger Foundry #1059, Reg. #19, Cast 1862, Inspector TJR, 163 pounds.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002
Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Point National Historical Site, under southeast corner of the Golden Gate Bridge

Type:

Cannon, 10" Rodman Gun, Model 1861, Iron, Alger Foundry #2117, Reg. #112, Inspector JGB, Cast 1866, 15110 pounds, from USMA.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002
Armistead 1998

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

SE corner of Fort Wall, Fort Point, San Francisco (below Golden Gate Bridge).

Type:

Plaque - California State Historical Landmark No. 82

Reported by:

Tad D. Campbell, May 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

NO. 82 CASTILLO DE SAN JOAQUÍN - The first ship to enter San Francisco Bay, the San Carlos (Captain Ayala), dropped anchor off this point August 5, 1775. Lieutenant-Colonel Don Juan Bautista de Anza planted the cross on Cantil Blanco (White Cliff) March 28, 1776. The first fortification, Castillo de San Joaquín, was completed December 8, 1794 by José Joaquín de Arrillaga, sixth Governor of California. In 1853 United States Army engineers cut down the cliff and built Fort Point, renamed Fort Winfield Scott in 1882. This fort, a partial replica of Fort Sumter, is the only brick fort west of the Mississippi, its seawall has stood undamaged for over a hundred years.

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

First Unitarian Church, Franklin between Starr King and Geary, San Francisco; USGS Quadrangle Sheet Name: San Francisco North.

Type:

Plaque - California State Historical Landmark No. 691

Reported by:

Tad D. Campbell, May 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

NO. 691 SARCOPHAGUS OF THOMAS STARR KING - Apostle of liberty, humanitarian, Unitarian minister, who in the Civil War bound California to the Union and led her to excel all other states in support of the United States Sanitary Commission that preceded the American Red Cross. His statue, together with that of Father Junípero Serra, represents California in the National Capitol, and his name is borne by a Yosemite peak-'A man to match our mountains.'

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay

Type:

Civil War prison and fort.
Suspect there are plaques present.

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Mason

Type:

Cannon, 10" Rodman gun, sleeved to 8" rifle, M1861, C1866, 14990 pounds, FPF foundry #3194, Inspector CC. From Smithsonian in 1996.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Scott

Type:

Cannon, 6-pdr bronze field gun, M1841, C1847, Ames, rifled 15, groves right hand, James Type 1.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Fort Scott Officer's Club

Type:

Cannon, 6-pdr bronze field gun, M1841, C1845, Ames.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

West of Lincoln Blvd. and SSW of Golden Gate Bridge.

Type:

Marker and possibly other plaques.

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Lincoln Park at the south end of Geary Blvd. and Legion of Honor Drive west into park. This is only a possible location.

Type:

Lincoln statue

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

The late Charles J. Reed of Camp 24 was researching this. Monument not in Lincoln Park as of 29 Apr 2002.

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park, on John F. Kennedy Drive, about 300' east of the north end of Bowling Green Drive. Sets back in tree line with a lawn strip buffer south of the curb/walk.

Type:

Maj. Gen. Henry W. Halleck statue on monument

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002; & Carol A. Morgan 12 Sep 2008

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Pictures, measurements and notes taken by Kirby Morgan, Dept. MO. Front: Major General Henry W. Halleck, General-in-Chief of the Armies of the United States 1862-1864. Back: A tribute to his memory from his best friend, Statue with a thin moss covering, 12 Sep 2008.
KRM/20Sep08

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park, Junction of Music Concourse (One way North) and Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive (One way South), NE of de Young Museum.

Type:

Gen. U. S. Grant bust on monument, large

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002; Kirby Morgan, Dept M.O.,2004 from other references & referral from Corky Reed Camp #24. Joe Marti, Phil Sheridan Camp #4 found the specific location 16 Jun 08

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Monument found in place and informal pictures taken by Joe Marti, 16Jun08. OR monument cut at Folsom Prison and set up May 1896 for dedication, torn down by Stone Cutters Union and Public opinion. New monument in place and draped for dedication in June. This was held up for bills owing. Park Commission accepted Dec 9 1896. Pictures, measurements, and some history collected by Kirby Morgan, 12Sep08. KRM/R20Sep08

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park

Type:

James Garfield monument

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park, north end of Music Concourse Drive and J. F. Kennedy Drive, easterly corner, set back with trees on three sides.

Type:

Thomas Star King monument and sculpture, large.

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002; & Dept. M.O. Kirby Morgan 2007

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Pictures, some measurements and a little history obtained 12 Sept 2008 by Kirby Morgan.
KRM/20Sep08

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park
East end of Panhandle

Type:

William McKinley, Sculpture and monument, large.

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002; Joe Marti, Phil Sheridan Camp #4, 18Jun08

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Base of monument 40' diameter. Sculpture on top, informal pictures taken by Joe Marti, 17June08. KRM/R20Sep08

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Presidio

Type:

Cannon, 3" Ordinance Rifle, M1861, C1863, Phoenix, Inspector JHVF, Foundry #688, 816 pounds. Altered to blank salute gun.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Presidio

Type:

Cannon, 10" Rodman, sleeved to 8 " rifle, WPF foundry #2765.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Presidio (reported stolen about 1969)

Type:

Cannon, 12-pdr bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, C1859, Alger foundry #409, inspector TJR.

Reported by:

Stark's List 1998 & 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Union Square, bounded by Powell, Geary, Post and Stockton streets.

Type:

Historic site

Reported by:

Charles J. Reed, Camp 24, Summer 2002

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

_X_ Under Assessment

___ Needs Investigation

Notes:

SVC Charles Reed and Camp 24 members are researching this site for a Form #61, as recommended by National Memorials Officer Todd Shillington, 20 Jan 2004. This is preparatory to requesting the City to install a memorial plaque honoring the use of "Union" Square for troop drill and pro-Union gatherings, something the city has so far not officially recognized and one of the major reasons that it was called Union Square

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Union Square on Powell Street at Geary Blvd.

Type:

Admiral Dewey monument

Reported by:

Civil War Union Monuments, 1978 book, by Daughters of the Union Veterans of the Civil War; & D. E. Darby, 25 Apr 2002.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Veterans Memorial Building, 401 Van Ness Ave. Stare case landing about 3rd floor?

Type:

Window, Stained leaded glass.

Reported by:

Joe Marti, Phil Sheridan Camp 4, 14 Aug 2008.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

GAR window presented by Dolly Madison Tent No. 11, Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War (No Date) Building construction started in 1931.
KRM/14Aug08

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Location:

San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA

Golden Gate Park

Type:

Monument with sculpture

Reported by:

Joe Marti, Phil Sheridan Camp #4, 18 June 2008.

Kirby Morgan from various sources and references 2004.

Status:

___ Completed

___ Submitted

___ Under Assessment

_X_ Needs Investigation

Notes:

Monument with angel sculpture found and informal pictures taken by Joe Marti, 17 June 2008.
KRM/14Aug08

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