Monuments

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Below is a list of monuments to personalities, soldiers, and events related to Iowa's Civil War.

The following monuments are organized according to their location inside or outside of the state and then by their date of dedication. Monuments without clear dedication dates are listed at the bottom of the table.

 
 

Iowa Monuments, in state

Dedicated

City

Notes

1869

Centerville, courthouse

Monument and Cannon

1887

Cedar Falls, Fairview Cemetery

Soldiers Orphans Monument

1897

Hazelton, cemetery

Soldier Statue

1898

LaPorte City, cemetery

Soldier Statue

1900

Pomeroy, Union Cemetery

Obelisk

1907

Blairstown, Pleasant Hill Cemetery

Soldier Statue

1911

Fairbank, Veterans’ Park

 

1912

Vinton, Evergreen Cemetery

Soldier Statue

1914

Cedar Falls, Greenwood Cemetery

Soldier Statue

1914

Centerville, Oakland Cemetery

Soldier Statue and Cannon

1915

Waterloo, by Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park

Veterans Memorial Hall

1917

Rockwell City, courthouse

Soldier Statue

1918

Clear Lake, Clear Lake Cemetery

Lincoln Statue

1919

Atlantic, south of downtown

Lady Liberty Monument

1925

Boone, cemetery

GAR Section (cannons, monuments, plaques

1926

Lamont, town center

Soldier Statue

1929

Mason City, Central Park

Soldier Statue and Plaque

1929

Nashua, Cannon Park

Plaque on a Boulder

1930

Clear Lake, Downtown Park

Plaque on a Boulder

1931

Fredericksburg, Main Street

Plaque on a Boulder

1937

Cedar Falls, Brownell’s home site

James Brownell Memorial

1957

Waterloo, Waterloo Cemetery

Flagpole and Civil War Plaque

2004

Waterloo, Lincoln Elementary School

Abe and Tad Statue

2008

Lewis, East Park

Bronze Plaque

 

Belle Plain, Oak Hill Cemetery

Soldier Statue

 

Boone, courthouse

32nd Muster Bronze Plaque

 

Carbon, Oakland Cemetery

Obelisk

 

Carroll, Carroll City Cemetery

Stone Monument

 

Centerville, Oakland Cemetery

Governor Francis Marion Drake Cemetery

 

Cherokee, Oak Hill Cemetery

Obelisk

 

Corning

Veterans Monument

 

Corning, Walnut Grove Cemetery

GAR Monument and Cannon

 

Glidden, Merle Hay Cemetery

Monument

 

Griswold, downtown

Replica Cannon

 

Jesup, Cedar Crest Cemetery

Boulder and Plaque

 

Lamont, Campton-Oak Hill Cemetery

Isaiah Harrington Memorial-Soldier Statue

 

Nashua, Oak Hill Cemetery

Civil War Statue

 

Newell, cemetery

Obelisk and Cannon

 

Osceola, Clark County Museum

GAR Stained Glass Window saved from a Methodist Church

 

Osceola, Maple Hill Cemetery

Obelisk

 

Quasqueton, cemetery

Soldier Statue

 

Rock Falls, Rock Falls Cemetery

Bronze Plaque

 

Tipton, library

Obelisk

 

Waukon, courthouse

Soldier Statue and Gettysburg Address Plaque

Iowa Monuments, out of state

 

Shiloh National Military Park

Iowa state monument