GENERAL CHARLES L. MATTHIES MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Bronze Relief Portrait
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
GENERAL MATHIES WAS BORN IN PRUSSIA AND HAD MILITARY EXPERIENCE THERE BEFORE EMIGRATING TO IOWA IN 1849. HE WAS A COLONEL IN THE IOWA 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN APRIL OF 1863 AND HOLDING BRIGADE COMMANDS.
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