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Bluffs Hero 'Brought Home' 38 Years After Civil War Death - Col. Kinsman Led Iowans In Assaults That Assured Vicksburg Siege-
Colonel Kinsman is shown posing stiffly in his Civil War regalia.
C.B. Monuments Leave Out Three Wars - None For World Wars, Vietnam
This Civil War Cannon . . . is now a silent guardian for soldiers buried at Fairview Cemetery. The gun is part of the Kinsman Monument erected following the Civil War in honor of Col. W.H. Kinsman, a Council Bluffs schoolteacher, killed in the war.…
Cleaning Of Tombstones Project Of 'Daughters'
At the site . . . of Kinsman Memorial Monument in the Civil War circle, the women are at the very top of Fairview Cemetery.
Col. W. H. Kinsman And Monument Erected In His Memory
The Kinsman monument, in Fairview cemetery, erected as a tribute to Col. W.H. Kinsman, who was fatally wounded in action while leading the 23rd Iowa Infantry against the confederates at Black River bridge, near Vicksburg, Miss., May 17, 1863.
Kinsman History Traced - From Childhood Interest In Cannons
Richard Peterson . . . examines the bore of a cannon at the Kinsman Monument (at left) in Fairview Cemetery. As a youngster playing at the monument site, the Council Bluffs attorney became interested in the weapons which fired 32-pound cannon balls…
Kinsman Monument Is Public Tribute To Officer Who Died Leading Troops
Col. W.H. Kinsman
One War Memorial Could Stand Some 'Sprucing Up'
Crumbling Walls . . . around the Civil War veterans' memorial in Fairview Cemetery detract from the appearance of the monument.