LENOX COLLEGE CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument
Year Dedicated: 1865
Access: Private
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
LENOX COLLEGE NAMED BOWEN COLLEGIATE INSTITUTE AT THE TIME OF THE CIVIL WAR. MANY OF THE STUDENTS ENLISTED IN THE UNION ARMY DURING THE WAR AND THE MEMORIAL IS DEDICATED TO THEM. DR. MARY EDWARDS WALKER, THE ONLY FEMALE RECIPIENT OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR, WAS A STUDENT AT THE COLLEGE IN 1860.
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