Kossuth in Des Moines County, Iowa — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

1. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument
(east side)

Inscription.
[east side] To the memory of our
brave soldiers
from Yellow Spring
Township who died
in the service of their country, and their comrades.

Dedicated July 4, 1866

[north side]Co. C 30th Iowa Inf.
Wm. F. Long • Mort E. Higgerson • John Nelson • Thos. S. Canfield • S. S. Perry • John E. Sheppard • Geo. W. True • John T. Earnest • Patk. Ward • Geo. W. Harris • John Bain
• • •
• Jas. O. Swank • John B. Berry • Wm. Henderson • Oliver H. Davis • Sylvester Bain • A. B. Gillmore • John Bantle • E. T. Huling • Marcus Crawford • A. F. Larkin • Geo. H. Hully • G. J. Ries • Benj. F. Hedges • Wm. Stewart • Giddeon Hedges • Geo. Wilson • Webster M. King • Thos. F. Ramsey

[west side]
11th Iowa Inf. Co. F
Edward Doran

Co. C 16th Iowa Inf.
Sam F. Paisley

Co. C. 39th Inf.
Isaac Power • Hugh Henderson • Abraham McCullough

Co. G. 45th Iowa Inf.
Silas G. King • Chas. Blake

Co. I 1st Eng. Reg. Mov.
John P. Anderson

Co. F 16th Illinois Inf.
David Crutchfield

Co. D 8th Iowa Cav.
Samuel H. Williams

Co. I. 6th Inf.
John A. Hannum • Wm. W. Sutherland • Henry Leuty • Wm. F. Swank • Merritt Jamison • Ira Linton • Chas. B. Shipman • Horatio P. Jackson • Chas.

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Fleming

First Battery
Wm. M. Vanzant

2nd Iowa Cav. Co. K
John H. Scott • John Ogle • John Bridwell • John Braden

[south side]
Jas. R. Barnes • Perry W. Johnson • Saml. G. Vannice • Patterson M. Tennant • Saml. B. Jackson • Geo. D. Barnes • John T. Stathers

Co. K. 14th Iowa Ine.
Lawrence H.G. Bruce • Arthur Bridges • Benj. Baker • Wm. Leuty • Jas. Mcclure
• • •
H. D. Leonard • Jason A. Hurd • Ferdinand Gillett • Jas. D. Welch • Henry S. Littler • Wm. H. Agler

11th U.S. Inf.
Saml. H. Creighton • Isaac Williams Jr.

Erected 1866.

Topics. This monument and memorial is listed in these topic lists: Cemeteries & Burial Sites • Parks & Recreational Areas • Patriots & Patriotism • War, US Civil.

Location. 41° 0.539′ N, 91° 8.207′ W. Monument is in Kossuth, Iowa, in Des Moines County. It can be reached from Main Street 0.1 miles north of Mediapolis Road (County Road H38), on the left when traveling north. Monument is located in Kossuth Memorial Park. Touch for map. Monument is in this post office area: Mediapolis IA 52637, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally,

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument<br>(<i>north side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

2. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument
(north side)

this memorial monument is in Southern Iowa. It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Louisiana Purchase.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 14 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Des Moines County Freedom Rock Features (approx. 1½ miles away); Norma Jean Elephant (approx. 10.9 miles away in Illinois); All Veterans Memorial (approx. 12 miles away); Henderson County Covered Bridge (approx. 12.6 miles away in Illinois); The Burlington Public Library (approx. 13.7 miles away); Snake Alley (approx. 13.7 miles away); First Civil War Monument West of the Mississippi (approx. 13.8 miles away); The First Congregational Church (approx. 13.8 miles away).

Related markers. Click here for a list of markers that are related to this marker. Kossuth Civil War Memorial

Also see . . .
1. Kossuth Civil War Memorial. IAGenWeb Project website

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument<br>(<i>west side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

3. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument
(west side)

entry:
Located in the park south of Kossuth Cemetery. (Submitted on September 15, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

2. Iowa Civil War Monuments - Des Moines County. Website entry (Submitted on August 31, 2023, by Larry Gertner of New York, New York.)

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument<br>(<i>south side</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

4. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument
(south side)

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument<br>(<i>east side detail</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

5. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument
(east side detail)

(Good condition after more than 150 years!)

Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

6. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 25, 2021

7. Yellow Spring Township Civil War Monument

(looking west from Main Street)

Credits. This page was last revised on November 1, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 14, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 592 times since then and 42 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on September 14, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. submitted on September 15, 2021, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.