Iowa Civil War Monuments
Buena Vista County
Newell - Civil War Memorial and Cannon - GPS Coordinates: 42.612283 by -94.999316
This is a 12 foot obelisk with inscription "Dedicated in memory of unknown dead" on the back of the monument. The inscription on its front is shown below. The nearby cannon is in bad shape - it is inverted and has had a crack repaired and is held together with metal straps. It is a 24 pounder flank howitzer, M1844 cast at the Cyrus Alger & Co. foundry. The cemetery is in the NE part of town. Take Fulton Street through the business district to Jensen and then turn east to the cemetery. The monument and cannon are in the center area of the cemetery. The cannon is about 100 feet SE of the monument. Photos taken 5/4/14.
Storm Lake - Civil War Tree Trunk Memorial - GPS Coordinates: 42.634383 by -95.172200
This unusual 5 foot sculpture is modeled after a tree trunk on one side with a variety of objects on the other including a musket, cartridge box and canteen. It is located in the Storm Lake Cemetery off Highway 7 on the east side of town. It is on the east side of the cemetery by the flagpole. Thank you to Charlene Gaard for identifying this monument. Photos taken 7/31/10.
