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Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War
Department of Iowa
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History of the
GAR and SUVCW in Iowa
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10/23/07
GAR in Iowa
The Department of Iowa was organized Sept. 26, 1866 at Davenport, with 45 posts and about 350 members. By 1889 the Department of Iowa had grown to 408
posts with a membership of 19,400.
National CinC from Iowa
David J. Palmer 1914-1915
James W. Willett 1922-1923
Oley Nelson 1935-1936
National GAR Encampments in Iowa
56th 1922 Des
Moines
60th 1926 Des
Moines
65th 1931 Des
Moines
72th 1938 Des
Moines
78th 1944 Des
Moines
SUVCW in Iowa
First SUVCW Department Encampment was held in Davenport in 1885.
National CinC from Iowa
Roy J.
Bennett 1951
National Encampments Hosted in Iowa
6th 1887 Des Moines
13th 1894 Davenport
41st 1922 Des Moines
45th 1926 Des Moines
50th 1931 Des Moines
57th 1938 Des Moines
63rd 1944 Des Moines
96th 1977 Des Moines
109th 1990 Des
Moines
123rd 2004 Cedar
Rapids
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