DAVIS COUNTY FREEDOM ROCK VETERANS MEMORIAL SIDE B

James B. Weaver who resided in Bloomfield, Iowa was a Union Army officer in the Civil War and a US Representative. He took part in the Battle of Shiloh, Second Battle of Corinth and Battle of Resaca. After the war ended he was promoted to Brevet Brigadier General. As a politician he was a member of many parties: Republican, Democrat, Greenback and Populist. He even made a run for president with the Greenback Party. Weaver had an American Liberty ship named for him. The Liberty ships were there in the days following the Allied invasion of Normandy unloading cargo.

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