Law Offices of Sherman, Ewing, and McCook, 60 Main St (Leavenworth, Kansas)

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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

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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