Civil War Monument, Marshalltown, IA
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dge001
N 42° 03.237 W 092° 56.017
15T E 505493 N 4655768
Concrete Civil War monument on the grounds of the Iowa Veterans Home, Marshalltown, IA.
Waymark Code: WM48TX
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 07/22/2008
Views: 29
Uniformed Civil War soldier stands holding his rifle with both hands at the barrel and the butt on the ground. The figure wears a long coat, cap and moustache. He stands on a rough-hewn, tiered base. Inscription on the base reads, "Dedicated to the soldiers of the Civil War by the Women's Relief Corps of the Iowa Soldiers' Home erected 1921"
Date Installed or Dedicated: 05/30/1922
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: General Sheridan Post of the Womens Relief Corps (a group related to the Grand Army of the Republic)
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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