UNION VETERANS LEGION MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones
Year Dedicated: 1904
Access: Cemetery
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: RICHARD HICKMAN
Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
ERECTED MAY 30, 1904 TO THE MEMORY OF COMRADES WHO SERVED DURING THE CIVIL WAR 1861-1865
MEMBERSHIP IN THE UNION VETERANS LEGION REQUIRED VOLUNTEERING PRIOR TO JULY 1, 1863 FOR A TERM OF 3 YEARS AND BEING HONORABLY DISCHARGED. SERVICE HAD TO BE AT LEAST 2 YEARS IF THE DISCHARGE WAS DUE TO BATTLEFIELD WOUNDS. MEMBERSHIP IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC (G.A.R.), WHERE ANY VETERAN WAS ELIGIBLE, WAS MUCH MORE COMMON.
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