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Title
Law Offices of Sherman, Ewing, and McCook, 60 Main St (Leavenworth, Kansas)
Contributor
srb23@st-andrews.ac.uk
Type
Site
Identifier
2981
Date Created
1976-05-15
Date Issued
1976-05-15
Extent
m x m x m
Medium
HMDB, 12 Sep 2022. https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=42111
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current,39.318767 ,-94.909683;
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Law Offices of Sherman, Ewing, and McCook, 60 Main St (Leavenworth, Kansas)
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https://www.cineg.org/wiki/index.php/Law_Offices_of_Sherman,_Ewing,_and_McCook,_60_Main_St_(Leavenworth,_Kansas)
Monument Type
Plaque
Erected by
Kansas Bar Association
Funded by
Kansas Bar Association
Inscription
William Tecumseh Sherman
Thomas Ewing Jr.
Hugh Boyle Ewing
Daniel McCook Jr.
All four members of the law firm served with distinction as general officers in the Union Army in the Civil War.
Thomas Ewing Jr. was the first Chief Justice of Kansas, 1861-1862
Daniel McCook Jr. was mortally wounded at the Battle of Kenesaw Mountain (1864).
After the Civil War General Sherman became General Commanding the Army and in 1881 ordered the establishment of the School of Applied Tactics for Infantry and Cavalry (presently the United States Army Command and General Staff College) at Fort Leavenworth.
Thomas Ewing Jr. served two terms as Congressman from Ohio.
Hugh Ewing during the Administration of President of Andrew Johnson was Minister to Holland.
Dedicated May 15, 1976
State
Kansas
Affiliation
Union
City
Leavenworth
Location Type
City