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Confederate Most North Advance - Bloomfield, Iowa

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15T E 548400 N 4503109

Civil War memorial and historical marker located south of Bloomfield, Iowa marking the location of the most north incursion of the Confederate forces during the Civil War.

Historical marker and memorial marking the furthest point north that the Confederacy advanced during the Civil War. The site has three plaques inscribed as follows:

Plaque #1

In Honor Of Those
Citizens Of Davis County
Who Sacrificed And
Served To Preserve The Union

Donated in 2005 by
Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War

 Plaque # 2

Site Of
The Confederate Invasion
of Iowa
12th Day of October 1864
This monuemnt marks the  northern most point of incursion into Iowa by Confederate Forces.  On October 12, 1864, Lieutenant James "Bill" Jackson led twelve heavily armed Missouri Partisan Rangers dressed in Union uniforms in a raid through Davis County, Iowa, resulting in the murder of three local citizens.

This Plaque Dedicated in 2005
Davis County Civil War
Guerrilla Raid Society

Plaque #3

Confederate Partisan
Rangers  Came From
Missouri To This Point,
The Furthestmost
North Of Any
Confederate Incursion
During the Civil War.

Donated in 2005 by
Sons of Confederate Veterans
of the Civil War

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