Southeast Iowa Civil War Roundtable
P. O. Box 75 Burlington, Iowa 52601
Burlingtonians of the Civil War
Founded in 1991 the Southeast Iowa Civil War Roundtable is dedicated to the study and discussion of all aspects of the American Civil War.
The Southeast Iowa Civil War Roundtable meets on the second Thursday of the month from September through May at 7 p.m. at the Des Moines County Extension Center just off Osbourne Street in Burlington.
An interesting and informative program, relating some aspect of the Civil War, is presented after a brief business meeting.
Our annual dues are $15.00. Receive our newsletter and stay informed with us no matter where you live.
Des Moines County and the Civil War
Located along the Mississippi River, and bordered on the south by the slave state of Missouri, the state of Iowa and indeed Des Moines County had much at stake as the Civil War engulfed the nation. After Lincoln's call for troops in April of 1861, the First Iowa Infantry was formed. Many Des Moines County boys enlisted and soon went into action. In August at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in southeastern Missouri one of Burlington's own, Nicholas Bouquet, under a withering enemy fire, saved an artillery piece from capture. It was an act that would later gain for him the Medal of Honor. Bouquet was only one of many Iowans who answered their nation's call to war and it is in his memory, and the memory of all soldiers, blue & gray, that we meet to discuss the issues and events that brought these brave men to the battlefield.
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A List of Civil War Roundtable Sites
The United States Civil War Center
Official Records of the War of the Rebellion
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