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LOUISA COUNTY FREEDOM ROCK VETERANS MEMORIAL SIDE C

LOUISA COUNTY FREEDOM ROCK VETERANS MEMORIAL SIDE C
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Listing Details

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Location: 13961 COUNTY ROAD 252

City: GRANDVIEW

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 52752

Type of Memorial: Veterans Memorial Rock

Year Dedicated: 2018

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: COSMOS MARINER

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

Comments: RAY "BUBBA" SORENSEN III

Private, Company K, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Hardin County, Ohio. Birth: July 17, 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio. Date of issue: March 25, 1863.
Citation:

One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell) penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta.

SEE ALSO-LOUISA COUNTY FREEDOM ROCK VETERANS MEMORIAL SIDES A & B


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