It is Iowa's only Civil War battle site, of sorts. From Croton, we zig-zagged on small roads to Keokuk seeking the grave of Joseph Patterson. Although not our relative, his story is amazing.

The Decoration Day program will be held in the shadow of Iowa’s first Civil War monument. It was built to honor 15 soldiers from the area who died in the war.

It is Iowa’s only Civil War battle site, of sorts. From Croton, we zig-zagged on small roads to Keokuk seeking the grave of Joseph Patterson. Although not our relative, his story is amazing.

From Croton we continued downriver on Belfast Road for about ten miles before stopping at Meeks Oakland Sand Cemetery, where headstones told a tragic Civil War saga. Five sons of one family were ...

NPR's Linda Wertheimer talks with actor Hal Holbrook. He's narrating a one-time only performance by the Des Moines Choral Society about Iowa's involvement in the Civil War. Iowans were the first ...

i’m jackie defusco. 15 civil war veterans now have proper grave markers in des moines, clinton glendale cemetery. a retired des moines fire investigator led the effort for the recognition.

KCCI 8 NEWS AT 6:00. LAURA: A CIVIL WAR VETERAN FROM IOWA NOW HAS A HEADSTONE MORE 110 AFTER HIS DEATH. FREDERICK WAGNER WAS BORN IN FRANCE BUT SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE IN IOWA. WAGNER SIGNED UP TO ...

Their names — veterans spanning the Civil War to the Vietnam War — echoed through the nave in a long overdue tribute. Until now, the remains of 20 veterans and five spouses were unclaimed.

DES MOINES, Iowa (WCIV) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley continues to backtrack after she failed to name slavery as one of the primary causes of the Civil War. At a CNN town hall ...

Nikki Haley faces heavy criticism for failing to mention slavery as cause of Civil War 03:28. When she was asked last Wednesday in New Hampshire what caused the Civil War, Haley responded that she ...