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DES MOINES (AP) With seven descendants of Iowa Civil War soldiers standing at attention, a restored flag carried into the war by an Iowa regiment was placed on display at the Statehouse.
Brandon Jolly re-creates civil war memorabilia including flags, uniforms, etc.; his latest was that of the 19th Iowa Company C flag. “This is an exact facsimile of how the original was laid out ...
Stories of Civil War-era Iowa tend to emphasize that we were a ... They say Confederate flags and monuments — as with the SCV mission statement — often perpetuate the “Lost Cause ...
DES MOINES — Eight Civil War flags in Iowa's historical museum collection have been destroyed after officials determined they were too damaged by mold and sewage to salvage. The flags were ...
Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War worked together to research information on 15 veterans so their graves would no longer be unmarked. Groups like Sons of Union Veterans of the ...
It was 14 years ago when Tom Woodruff of North Liberty uncovered a significant historical event – that six Iowa brothers from ... died for the Union in the Civil War. Soon after that, Woodruff ...
THE REMAINS OF 15 UNION CIVIL WAR VETERANS ... TOWNS WHEN THE WAR WAS OVER 13,000. AND ONE OF OUR VETERANS DIDN’T COME BACK. SOME OF THESE VETERANS WERE BORN RIGHT HERE IN IOWA, BUT THERE ...