Standing Eagle - Boonville, MO
Posted by: 
YoSam.
N 38° 57.826 W 092° 44.758
15S E 522008 N 4312786
Old and worn, but still standing.
Waymark Code: WM16ANM
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2022
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County of marker: Cooper County
Location of marker: W end of South St., Boonville
Artist: Unknown
Date of sculpture: 1902
Now this is an odd one. This eagle standing on the ground, is actually a tombstone. It is the stone of a Mr. Chipley.
There is no name on this stone, but a small date on the base (1902), and I find no listing for this date in either the Cooper-MoGenWeb or the Find-A-Grave sites.
The Chipley name is from the assumption driven by the stones all around this eagle at the Chipley's, and a local who said so. But, it could also be Shipley.
Mr. Chipley was a Negro, as listed then, and is in the African American section of this cemetery.
Some Civil War Colored Troop History:
"There were local Union troops who survived the war and remain at rest here. Sergeant Lee Harris enlisted on February 29, 1864, in the 68th Regiment of Infantry, United States Colored Troops (USCT). The 68th Regiment served in the defense of Fort Pickering, Tennessee nd the siege of Fort Blakely, Alabama, among other engagements. Sgt. Harris mustered out of the Army in February, 1866 in Louisiana. Three other African American Civil War veterans are buried in Sunset Hills Cemetery. Charles Collins, James Shipley, Cyrus Wilson of the 62nd and 65th regiments, USCT. Companies "C" and "E" of the 62nd Regiment, to which Collins and Shipley belonged, fought in the last battle of the Civil War, on May 13, 1865 at Palmetto Ranch, Texas. Both men enlisted in Boonville in November, 1863." ~ Missouri Civil War Heritage Foundation, Inc.; Boonville Tourism Commission