Skip to main content

GENERALS ELLIOT AND SAMUEL RICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE

GENERALS ELLIOT AND SAMUEL RICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE
GENERALS ELLIOT AND SAMUEL RICE MEMORIAL BRIDGE Click here to enlarge

Click on image to zoom

Listing Details

Report

Location: HIGHWAY 6 AND THE NORTH RACCOON RIVER

City: ADEL

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 50003

Type of Memorial: War Memorial Bridges

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM

ELLIOTT WAS IN THE 7TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WHICH WAS IN BATTLES AT BELMONT, FORT DONELSON AND SHILOH. HE RECEIVED PROMOTIONS AND LATER RECEIVED COMMAND AT THE DIVISION LEVEL DURING THE MARCH TO THE SEA AND THE MARCH THROUGH THE CAROLINAS.
SAMUEL WAS THE COLONEL OF THE 33RD IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AND LATER PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL. HE WAS MORTALLY WOUNDED AT JENKINS FERRY, ARKANSAS ON APRIL 30, 1864.


Support The Memorial Day Foundation's mission to protect, preserve, honor and remember our nation's war memorials

Donate Here

There are 70052 total listings in our War Memorial Registry