Cascade - Oscar F. Nutting Memorial - GPS Coordinates: 42.296833 by -91.024083

Oscar Nutting was a Lieutenant in the 1st Wisconsin Light Artillery. This memorial has a 6 foot soldier with a polished red granite base. The Cascade Protestant Cemetery is on the west side of town. The memorial can be seen from McKinley Street, the road running along the east side of the cemetery. The first photo was taken 3/9/08 - the second one 6/17/17.

Dubuque - Camp Union / Camp Franklin Monument - 42.5319 by -90.6506

This monument is on the site of Dubuque's Civil War mustering center. It was known as Camp Union in 1861 and renamed Camp Franklin in 1862. It sets on the corner of Rhomberg Ave. and Shiras Ave. The Camp was located where the Eagle Point Apartments are today. On Memorial Day, May 25, 2026, the monument was dedicated by members of the SUVCW Robert Mitchell Camp 206 - see the photos below. They are to be commended for their efforts for the completion of this project.

This location served as the mustering center for Northeast Iowa. Camp Union consisted of ten barracks capable of housing 100 men each, along with two larger barracks that held 500 men each. In 1861 three regiments were raised, equipped, drilled and mustered into the Union Army - the 9th Iowa Infantry, 12th Iowa Infantry and 3rd Iowa Light Artillery, known as the Dubuque Battery. After closing for the winter, it reopened in July 1862 under a new name, Camp Franklin, and raised four additional infantry regiments, the Iowa 21st, 27th, 32nd, and 38th. There were 7989 men in these regiments - 1745 died of battle wounds or disease and 1074 were wounded. The Camp did not operate after 1862.

Thank you to John Pregler for providing historical information. Also to Mary Rittel for the photos.

Dubuque - James Brunskill Memorial - GPS Coordinates: 42.491266 by -90.711083

James Brunskill served in Company C of the Iowa 21st Infantry Regiment from 1862-65. This memorial is about 12 feet high in the Center Grove Cemetery. The inscription tells about his service. There is also a small plaque on the flagpole indicating that Brunskill donated a flag from the CW. The cemetery is south of Highway 20 on the SW side of Dubuque. Look for the steeple of Center Grove United Methodist Church. The memorial is near the church - look for the flagpole. Photos taken 7/23/08. Thanks to Ken Wright for information about this memorial.

Dubuque - Civil War Soldier and Mortars - GPS Coordinates: 42.524866 by -90.664833

There is a soldier monument and two mortars in the Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque. The monument is granite and 24 feet high. The monument was dedicated on November 5, 1884 with 10,000 people in attendance. Andrew Young McDonald, a twice wounded CW Veteran, was the speaker of the day. Battles shown around the monument include Antietam, Gettysburg, Atlanta, Vicksburg, Appomattox, Mobile Bay, Shiloh and Wilson's Creek. The phrase shown on the monument is from Theodore O'Hara's poem. The nicely mounted mortars are 8 inch siege mortars, M1861. Both were cast at the Fort Pitt Foundry in 1864. The markings on the muzzle face are from the cannon in front of the monument. Linwood Cemetery is off Windsor Avenue in the north central part of the city. From downtown, take White Street north to E22nd St. - then east to Windsor Avenue - then north to the cemetery. To find the monument - take the road on the right of the flagpole at the entrance - then turn left at the next road and the monument is at the top of the hill. The first photo and the mortars were taken 7/23/08. The others were taken 6/17/17. Thanks to Jo Porter for providing historical information.

Dubuque - Colonel David Henderson Headstone - GPS Coordinates: 42.524033 by -90.662000

Colonel Henderson was noted for his service in the Civil War and later for serving as Speaker of the House of Representatives. He was a Lieutenant in the Iowa 12th and was wounded at Ft. Donelson and Corinth, where his foot had to be amputated. Later he was appointed Colonel of the Iowa 46th at the age of 24. He was a 10 term Congressman from Iowa and served as Speaker of the House from 1899-1903. There are two statues of him in Fayette County - see the listing for Fayette County. He is buried in Linwood Cemetery in Dubuque with this large stone with a Scottish Cross. At the entrance to Linwood Cemetery, take Kruse Drive - the stone is to the right of Kruse Drive just past the Day Mausoleum. Linwood Cemetery is off Windsor Avenue in the north central part of the City. The first photo was taken 6/17/17 the others on 10/27/09.

Rickardsville - Civil War Plaque at Cottage Hill Cemetery - GPS Coordinates: 42.584133 by -90.917533

This plaque honors veterans of the War of 1812, the Mexican War and the Civil War. The monument was erected in the 1980's. Cottage Hill Methodist Cemetery is on the south side of Highway 52/3 one mile west of Rickardsville. The monument is by the flagpole. Photo taken 3/24/08.