Steedman Monument, side-view
taken by Mr. C. Eichenberg.
 

History

From http://www.ohiomemory.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p267401coll32/id/2670:

Civil War General James B. Steedman (1817-1883) was born in Pennsylvania and moved to Ohio in 1838. He was editor of the Northwestern Democrat in Napoleon, Ohio and served in the Ohio House of Representatives in 1847-1848. After serving as editor of the Toledo Times he decided to become a lawyer. When the Civil War erupted, however, he recruited men for the Fourteenth Ohio Volunteer Infantry (O.V.I.) and became a colonel. He was promoted to Brigadier-General by 1862 and went on to lead his troops at Perryville, Chickamauga, Atlanta and Nashville. After the war he served briefly as Military Commander of Georgia. He then continued his career as an editor and lawyer, serving as a Senator, editor of the Toledo Times and Chief of Police of Toledo.

Moving the monument.

As the city center grew and developed, there were increased consideration on the idea of relocating the monument to an another location. The October 14th edition of the Toledo News-Bee in 1903, indicated that moving it to Court House Park was being considered.[1]

External Links.

[1] "MAY MOVE THE MONUMENT," Toledo News-Bee, October 14th, 1903 (Online: Google News), <http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Wz1YAAAAIBAJ&sjid=pUUNAAAAIBAJ&dq=steadman+monument&pg=6657%2C1368171>, 12 AUG 2012.