SEE ALSO-DES MOINES G.A.R. MEMORIAL FLAGPOLE

DEDICATED IN SACRED MEMORY OF THE GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC BY THE LADIES OF THE G.A.R.

SEE ALSO-DES MOINES G.A.R. MEMORIAL SUNDIAL

SEE ALSO-DES MOINES G.A.R. MEMORIAL SUNDIAL FACE

SEE ALSO-POLK COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-POLK COUNTY CIVIL WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUE

THE POST WAS NAMED AFTER GENERAL MARCELLUS M. CROCKER.

1861-1865 IN HONOR OF THE VETERANS OF THE UNION ARMY OF THE CIVIL WAR FOR SERVICES RENDERED

PVT. WILLIAM CAMPBELL WAS IN THE 30TH OHIO INFANTRY REGIMENT AND WAS AWARDED THE MEDAL OF HONOR FOR HEROISM AT VICKSBURG DURING THE ATTACK ON CONFEDERATE POSITIONS ON MAY 22, 1863.

GENERAL CROCKER WS THE COLONEL OF THE 13TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AND LATER PROMOTED TO HEAD THE FAMOUS "CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE." HE ALSO HAD DIVISION COMMAND DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

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 F ...

GENERAL BAKER SERVED AS IOWA'S ADJUTANT GENERAL DURING THE CIVIL WAR. HE HAD A MAJOR ROLE IN RAISING 57 REGIMENTS DURING THE WAR. HE WAS CONSIDERED A FRIEND AND SUPPORTER OF VETERANS AFTER THE WAR. WHEN HE DIED IN 1876, VETERANS RAISED FUNDS FOR THIS IMPR ...

SEE ALSO-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TROPHY MEMORIAL CANNON PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR TROPHY MEMORIAL CANNON

IOWA'S TRIBUTE TO THE COURAGE, PATRIOTISM, AND DISTINGUISHED SERVICE OF ALL HER SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHO FOUGHT IN THE WAR OF THE REBELLION 1861-1865