Cedar Rapids - Linwood Cemetery Memorial GPS Coordinates: 41.960973 by -91.676210

This is a sandstone memorial about 4 feet high and 3 feet wide in Linwood Cemetery. It is in a Civil War section of the cemetery. There are 35 CW headstones around the monument. The location is in the SW part of the city. The main entrance is off Wilson Avenue on the south side of the cemetery. Go to the far NW corner to find this memorial. Photos taken 3/11/08 and 8/23/19.

Cedar Rapids - Memorial in Oak Hill Cemetery GPS Coordinates: 41.976783 by -91.647183

This memorial is a 15 foot granite obelisk in a Civil War section of the cemetery. The only inscriptions are "1889" and "Our Fallen Comrades." There are 43 CW Veteran headstones near the monument. Take the entrance at Mt. Vernon Road and 15th Street SE. To find the monument, bear left at the entrance and it will be left of the road. Photos taken 8/23/19.

Cedar Rapids - Veterans Memorial GPS Coordinates: 41.967016 by -91.687566

Cedar Rapids has a very impressive memorial dedicated to veterans. There is a black granite stone for seven wars including the Civil War. There are two tanks and a Navy anchor. This is located near Veterans Memorial Stadium in the SW part of the city. It is at 950 Rockford Rd SW. Photos taken 7/25/09, 9/22/10 and 8/23/19.

Cedar Rapids - Veterans Memorial Building with Grant Wood Stained Glass Window GPS Coordinates: 41.976740 by -91.671170

This building is a memorial with several wonderful Civil War items, including the stained glass memorial window designed by Grant Wood. The window includes a 16 foot "Lady of Mourning" and life size soldiers from the Revolutionary War through WWI. The window was completed in 1929. There are several plaques and a 12 pounder bronze mountain howitzer, M1835, cast at Cyrus Alger & Co. in 1862. It has an inscription saying it was captured in Philadelphia, Tennessee in 1863. There are two small military museums with military artifacts on each side of the lobby. The building is on an island in the Cedar River just west of the business district. Photos taken 3/11/08, 5/1/09, and 8/23/19.

Due to severe flooding on June 11 and 12, 2008, the building had been closed. The basement was completely flooded and there was a foot of water on the first floor (shown in photo). The auditorium floor was destroyed. The stained glass window has been repaired. On a return visit on 8/23/19, the restoration was complete and everything looked great In this wonderful memorial building.

Central City - GAR Monument GPS Coordinates: 42.196900 by -91.536900

This attractive monument is in the Mt. Clark Cemetery in Central City. It was erected by the WRC in 1936. The Cemetery is located on the SW edge of Central City on County Road E16. Thank you to SUVCW member Dick Camp for notification and photo of this monument.

Lisbon - Gettysburg Boulder Monument GPS Coordinates: 41.914433 by -91.380100

This is an actual boulder brought from Gettysburg. It is granite about 5 1/2 feet high, 4 1/2 feet wide and 3 feet deep. There is a plaque showing it was dedicated by the WRC in 1916. Originally there were four mountain howitzers on the corners of the monument but they are now located at the Lisbon History Center. The cemetery is in the SE part of town. Take Washington Street to Cemetery Road - then Gettysburg Drive to the monument. Photos taken 8/23/19. There is also an old photo of the dedication.

Marion - Civil War Soldier and Cannon GPS Coordinates: 42.033183 by -91.598383

Marion's Central Park has a Civil War soldier monument and a cannon. The soldier is on a 12 foot granite base and has 4 bronze plaques on each side. Besides the ones shown, there are plaques with the GAR and WRC emblems. The plaques have some graffiti. The soldier is painted gray. The monument was dedicated in 1914. The cannon is a 24 pounder flank howitzer, M1844, cast at Cyrus Alger & Co. in 1863. It also has graffiti. According to SUVCW member James Johnston, there used to be a second cannon but it was melted down for scrap in WWII. The park is located in the central business district off Business Highway 151. Photos taken 8/23/19. The final image is a copy from an old postcard showing the cannon and park scene - thanks to Danny Krock for providing this.

Marion - GAR Stained Glass Window GPS Coordinates: 42.034240 by -91.596616

This panel is located in the Pentecostal Church in Marion. This building formerly housed the 1st Methodist Church. It is about 3 by 12 feet. The Church is at 8th Avenue and 12th Street north of the business district. Photo taken 4/14/08.

Marion - Rebecca Alexander Memorial GPS Coordinates: 42.027733 by -91.601600

This is a memorial stone in Oak Shade Cemetery placed by the Daughters of Union Veterans in honor of their mentor Rebecca Alexander (1839-1911). She was active in the WRC and the widow of A. P. Alexander, a Civil War Veteran who is buried near-by. She was not a nurse in the Civil War and we are not certain what the "Grand Army Nurse" on the memorial refers to. Thanks to Steve Hanken for the notification of this monument. Also, thank you to James Johnston, a SUVCW member from Marion, for providing information.

Oak Shade Cemetery is in the SW part of town - take 7th Street south to the cemetery. The memorial is located in Divison A along the road. Photos taken 8/23/19.

Marion - Youngest Union Soldier Mancil V. Root GPS Coordinates: 42.027850 by -91.600216

Mancil Root was a drummer for Company E, 36th Wisconsin Infantry. His Regiment was in a number of actions in the East including the Battle of the Wilderness. Mancil was captured at Deep Bottom, Virginia and later exchanged and returned to his regiment. It was said that he was the youngest soldier in the Union Army, enlisting at the age of 9. After the War, he lived in Wisconsin and moved to Cedar Rapids in 1900. He was known to play the drums on patriotic occasions. He was crossing the street in Cedar Rapids on July 6, 1929 and was killed after being struck by an automobile. Thanks to Jim Johnston for information and the old photos - the first shows Mancil with brother Wilbur Root - the second as a 73 year old with Robert Stewart McGeehon, well known drummer in the Iowa GAR Drum Corps. Root is buried in the NE corner of Oak Shade Cemetery in Marion. The cemetery photo was taken 9/22/10.

Mount Vernon - Stacked Rifles Monument GPS Coordinates: 41.919283 by -91.410133

The rifles with bayonets are bronze resting on top of a granite base. The total height is 13 feet. The monument was erected by the WRC in 1916. The cemetery is in the SE part of town - north of Highway 30. The monument is close to the maintenance shed. Photos taken 8/23/19.

Springville - Veterans Monument GPS Coordinates: 42.055416 by -91.438133

This is a 6 foot concrete monument with a plaque or medallions on four sides. These are GAR, Spanish-American War and American Legion medallions and a WRC unknown soldier plaque. The Springville Cemetery is east of town. The monument is near the maintenance shed. Photos taken 8/23/19.

Troy Mills - Veterans Monument GPS Coordinates: 42.283533 by -91.696483

This is a nice monument to Veterans in the Troy Mills Cemetery. The inscription mentions GAR, World War I, World War II and Korea. Later inscriptions for Vietnam and Desert Storm were included. The cemetery is SW of town on county road D62. The monument is located across from the maintenance shed within the cemetery. Thank you to Steve Hanken for the photo and notification.