BURLINGTON, Iowa

FIRST CIVIL WAR MONUMENT WEST OF THE MISSISSIPPI MEMORIAL PLAQUE
MONUMENT NO LONGER AT THIS SITE

LAST LIVING CIVIL WAR SOLDIER OF DES MOINES COUNTY
PRIVATE EDMUND DAVIS (1844-1941) SERVED IN COMPANY E, 25TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT

GENERAL JOHN CORSE WAR MEMORIAL
GENERAL CORSE WAS BEST KNOWN AS THE VICTORIOUS COMMANDER OF FEDERAL TROOPS AT THE BATTLE OF ALLATOON PASS, GEORGIA ON OCTOBER 5, 1864.

SERG. NICHOLASS BOUQUET MEDAL OF HONOR GRAVESTONE
SERGEANT BOUQUET OF THE 1ST IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROIC ACTION AT WILSON’S CREEK, MISSOURI ON AUGUST 10, 1861. HE PREVENTED A LOSS … Read More

GENERAL KARL MATTHIES WAR MEMORIAL
GENERAL KARL MATTHIES, BORN IN GERMANY, COMMANDED THE 5TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AND WAS LATER PROMOTED TO BRIGADE COMMAND DURING THE CIVIL WAR.
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