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Location: WOODLAND CEMETERY

City: DES MOINES

State: Iowa

Zip Code: 50301

Type of Memorial: Plaques On Stone

Year Dedicated: 2009

Access: Cemetery

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR


SARAH “AUNT BECKY” YOUNG FOLLOWED HER HOME REGIMENT IN ITHACA, NY THE 109TH INFANTRY REGIMENT IN 1862 AND WAS ASSIGNED AS A VOLUNTEER ARMY NURSE IN FIELD HOSPITALS. SHE SERVED CONTINUALLY THROUGH THE END OF THE WAR. IT WAS SAID THAT SHE WAS “BELOVED AND FAMOUS THROUGHOUT THE UNION ARMY.”


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