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JAMES DURURY WAS A SERGEANT IN THE 4TH VERMONT INFANTRY REGIMENT WHEN HE WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR SAVING THE REGIMENT FLAG AT PETERSBURG, VIRGINIA ON JUNE 24, 1864.

ERECTED JULY 19TH 1866 BY THE CITIZENS OF JACKSON TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY, IOWA, IN COMMEMORATION OF THEIR GALLANT DEAD.

THIS LIFE SIZED BEARDED SOLDIER SITS ATOP THE GRAVE OF PVT. GERRAT DIEDERICKS OF CO. K, 4TH MISSOURI INFANTRY REGIMENT. THIS WAS A REGIMENT THAT SERVED FOR 3 MONTHS WHICH INCLUDED THE BATTLE OF WILSON'S CREEK ON AUGUST 10, 1861. PVT. DIEDERICKS WAS BORN I ...

IN MEMORY OF OUR SOLDIERS

IN MEMORY OF OUR COUNTRY'S DEFENDERS. ERECTED BY W.R.C.AND CITIZENS 1903

GENERAL VANDEVER WAS FIRST A COLONEL OF THE 9TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AND THEN WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND BRIGADE COMMANDER. HE SERVED AT PEA RIDGE, VICKSBURG AND BENTONVILLE.

THIS MONUMENT WAS DESTROYED, NO ONE KNOWS HOW, WHEN IT WAS DEDICATED ON JUNE 4, 1891 THE NAMES OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE HARTLEY G.A.R. POST WERE INSCRIBED ON THE MONUMENT INCLUDING THE NAMES OF COMPANIES AND REGIMENTS. HOWARD BORCHARD OF HARTLEY WAS HELPFUL ...

PVT. JAMES P. MARTIN WAS A MEMBER OF BATTERY H, 1ST WISCONSIN HEAVY ARTILLERY. HE WAS THE LAST CIVIL WAR VETERAN TO DIE IN IOWA, ALMOST REACHING HIS 102ND BIRTHDAY. HE WAS ACTIVE IN THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC AND WAS APPOINTED THE LAST STATE DEPARTMEN ...

CORPORAL MORGAN OF THE 4TH IOWA CAVALRY WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR CAPTURING THE ENEMY FLAG AT COLUMBUS, GEORGIA ON APRIL 16, 1865.

THO THOUSANDS IN GRAVES UNMARKED, BECAUSE UNKNOWN: THEY MUST NOT BE FORGOTTEN.