GENERAL CHARLES L. MATTHIES MEMORIAL

GENERAL MATHIES WAS BORN IN PRUSSIA AND HAD MILITARY EXPERIENCE THERE BEFORE EMIGRATING TO IOWA IN 1849. HE WAS A COLONEL IN THE IOWA 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN APRIL OF 1863 AND HOLDING BRIGADE COMMANDS.

Location

Address: VICKSBURG NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

City: VICKSBURG

State: Mississippi

Zip Code: 39183

Details

Memorial Type: Bronze Relief Portrait

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Year Dedicated:

Photograph By:

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