Brig. Gen. Kirk
Located near the Our Heroes: Civil War Monument is the grave of Brigadier General Edward N. Kirk. After being wounded at the Battle of Stones River, Brig. Gen. Kirk was transported to the Tremont House in Chicago. He died in July 1863.
A segment from his obituary is included below:
Chicago Tribune, July 22, 1863
Brig. Gen. E.N. Kirk
[…] of victims sacrificed to insatiable […] of the Moloch of rebellion increased dramatically. Not long since it was our […] duty to record the death of the la-[…] Col. Wright and the brave and gallant C.E. Stott, and still more recently, that of Major Medill. Today we are called to add another to the list of martyrs…