UNION VETERANS LEGION MEMORIAL
ERECTED MAY 30, 1904 TO THE MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO SERVED DURING THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNION VETERANS LEGION REQUIRED VOLUNTEERING PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1863 FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS AND BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED. SERVICE HAD TO BE AT LEAST 2 YEARS IF THE DISCHARGE WAS DUE TO BATTLEFIELD WOUNDS. MEMBERSHIP IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G.A.R.), WHERE ANY VETERAN WAS ELIGIBLE, WAS MUCH MORE COMMON.
MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNION VETERANS LEGION REQUIRED VOLUNTEERING PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1863 FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS AND BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED. SERVICE HAD TO BE AT LEAST 2 YEARS IF THE DISCHARGE WAS DUE TO BATTLEFIELD WOUNDS. MEMBERSHIP IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G.A.R.), WHERE ANY VETERAN WAS ELIGIBLE, WAS MUCH MORE COMMON.
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Listing Details
- Cemetery
- CIVIL WAR
- Cemetery Stones
- 1904
- WALNUT HILL CEMETERY-E. PIERCE STREET
- 51501
- RICHARD HICKMAN
- IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
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