Union Civil War Memorial - Winterset, IA
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N 41° 20.090 W 094° 00.706
15T E 415340 N 4576421
This handsome monument is located in Monument Park - N 2nd Street and E Court Avenue in Winterset Iowa.
Waymark Code: WM7DBX
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 10/08/2009
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From Iowa Civil War Monuments.com
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This monument was erected in 1867. Four cannons were added in 1878. It is a 14 foot marble monument on a 5 foot limestone base. The cannons are 6 pounder bronze field guns, M1841, painted black. Two were made at Ames Manufacturing Co. - one in 1855 and one in 1861. Another was cast at Cyrus Alger & Co. in 1861 - the forth is from William D. Marshall & Co., cast in 1862. The cannons and carriages are in excellent condition. Monument Park is one block east of the town Square in Winterset.
The pictures on the monument are:
A Shield with the date of 1867
Crossed furled flags
A cannon
A Wreath
The Text reads:
The grateful public dedicate this marble column
to the Patriotic Dead who fell during the Great Rebellion
this monument is gratefully erected
to the soldiers of of Madison County who gave their lives for their Country.