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Sons of Union Veterans
of the Civil War
Department of Iowa
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John Q. Wilds Camp #235
Cedar Rapids
Meetings
The J.Q. Wilds Camp No. 235 meets at 7:00 p.m. on the third Monday of each Month, at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, In Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Contact
John Q.
Wilds Camp,
P.O. Box
124
Cedar
Rapids, Iowa 52406
Camp Officers
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Camp Commander |
James
Stephen |
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Senior
Vice Commander |
Thomas
Flagel |
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Junior
Vice Commander |
Kenneth
Allers |
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Secretary |
Dave
Stephens |
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Treasurer |
C.R.
Stephen |
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Camp
Council |
Karl
Nichols |
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Doug
Slauson, PCC |
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Jeff
Stephen |
History
The J. Q. Wilds Camp honors Lt. Colonel John Q. Wilds of Mount Vernon, Iowa, who was wounded while leading his command, the 24th Iowa Infantry Regiment, during the battle of Wilson's Creek, Virginia, on October 19th, 1864. He died one month later.
Regarding the preservation of historic Iowa Battleflags:
"It is the sincere interest of the John Q. Wilds camp, and the national
organization of the Sons of the Union Veterans of the Civil War, to see these tangible links to IowaÕs Civil War heritage preserved for future generations.
It is important for the people of Iowa to see and to contemplate these flags and to remember the 76,000 Iowans who responded to the calls of President
Lincoln and Governor Kirkwood to fill nearly fifty regiments to preserve the Union and to banish, forever, the scourge of human slavery from our
continent."
- J. Q. Wilds Camp No. 235
