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Two Civil War units came from Fort Dodge
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Iowa remained in the Union during the Civil War of 1861-1865, and thousands of Iowans served in the Union Army. Two Union Army units were established in Fort Dodge. The first was a cavalry unit that was formed in August 1861. It was accepted into federal military service that fall and ...
GAR had local presence
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Long before there was an American Legion or a Veterans of Foreign Wars, former members of the Union Army had their own organization. It was called the Grand Army of the Republic, and it had a post in Fort Dodge. It was called the Fort Donelson Post 236. It was chartered on Sept. 28, ...
Armistead served from Fort Dodge to Gettysburg
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One of the Army officers who oversaw the construction of the original Fort Dodge would later lead Confederate soldiers before being killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Lewis Armistead was born on Feb. 8, 1817, in New Bern, North Carolina, and grew up in Virginia. Many of the men in his ...
America at 250: Chaos in the run-up to Civil War
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Editor’s note: Information on the Civil War is well-known, but what about some of the factors that led to its start? This week, we examine some of those issues and how, after years of growing tensions, the nation went to war with itself. The seeds of the Antebellum period in the United ...
New role for Exposition Park celebrated
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The sounds of people splashing around in the pool and generally having a good time could be heard every summer for years at Exposition Park in Fort Dodge. The pool is long gone, having been replaced by the Rosedale Rapids Aquatic Center on the east side of the city. Now the park near ...