This statue of American General James B. Steedman stands in Toledo's Jamie Farr Park, near the south end. Steedman raised the 14th Ohio Infantry Regiment for the US Army in 1861 and was elected colonel. He served quite honorably and successfully, eventually being promoted to the rank of major general after several successful battles. Interestingly, he is not a West Point graduate.
He continued to serve in the army after the end of the Civil War, eventually resigning in 1866 and returning to Toledo. In May 1883, he was appointed the Chief of Police in Toldeo. He is laid to rest here in Toledo in Woodlawn Cemetery https://www.yelp.com/biz/historic-woodlawn-cemetery-assn-toledo.
The statue depicts Steedman standing tall in his Civil War unofrm, holding binoculars and looking towards the Maumee River.
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