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Photograph taken by Gary Newman of the sculpture 'The Council of War'. Statue was given to Offutt Air Force Base in exchange for 'Boy with leaking boot'.

Reproduction of an artists rendition of the Battle of Town Creek, Alabama. Civil War battle fought on April 28th, 1863 by Dodge's Division. View A.

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Celebrating Its Centennial . . . in 1965, this is how the Iowa Annie Wittenmyer Home in Davenport appeared. The home was founded in 1865 as a home for Civil Wal soldiers' orphans. Two of its famous graduates included Billy Sunday and Wayne King. The…

The Founding . . . of a home for Iowa soldiers' orphans was one of the goals of Mrs. Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk. She was known as a "battlefield angel" during the Civil War.

Vol 1 of 5 (and Index) - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 :written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Vol 2 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831-1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Vol 3 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831-1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Vol 4 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.

Vol 5 of 5 - Biography of Major General Grenville M. Dodge from 1831 to 1871 : written and compiled by himself at different times and completed in 1914, in five typewritten volumes.
5 v. (1227 leaves) ; 23 x 28 cm.

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.…

Civil War
Includes series on "Civil War Time in Council Bluffs"

Group photograph of General Grant and other Civil War officers. Left to right: Unknown, Col. Adam Badeau, Gen. John A. Rawlins, Gen. F.T. Dent (standing), Col. Peter Henderson, Col. J.T. Rowers (standing), Gen. U.S. Grant, Col. W.L. Duff, Unknown,…

At the site . . . of Kinsman Memorial Monument in the Civil War circle, the women are at the very top of Fairview Cemetery.

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.

General G. M. Dodge and Staff. Left Wing 16th Army Corps. Corinth, Miss. Partial list of names on the back of the photograph.

General Dodge Papers - Southwest System Railroads - 1884-1887, Book 11

Building of Southwest System of Railways and other Railroads.
Legislation Relating to Iowa Railroads.
Union Pacific Bridge.
Settlement of Secret Service Account with G. M.…

General Dodge Papers - 1897-1898, Book 15

Grand Marshall, President McKinley's Inauguration.
Grand Marshall, Dedication of Grant Tomb.
Spanish War.
Appointed Major General of Volunteers.
Offered Command of First Corps.

Index for Book 15…

General Dodge Papers - 1904-1905, Book 18

Wichita Valley Railway.
James Bridger Monument.
Panama Canal.
Dodge Light Guard Armory.
L. L. D. Cornell College, Iowa.
Address to Loyal Legion New York on General U. S. Grant, Oct. 6, 1904.
Carnagie…

General Dodge Papers - 1906-1907, Book 19

Cuba Railroad.
Colorado & Southern Ry.
Panama Canal.
Death of Hon. D. B. Henderson.
General Grants Statement in Relation to the Arrest of General Robert E. Lee.
Address at Vicksburg in Accepting…
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