The Civil War
An Unequaled Iowa Family Sacrifice
“We here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain – that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom – and that Government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish.”
— Abraham Lincoln
The Story
In the story that follows we tell of the sacrifices made in the Civil War by one family - a story that has never been told. It's a story about the Littleton family who came west to build a new life in Louisa County, Iowa.
The Memorial
This monument honors the memory of the six sons of James and Martha Littleton, young men who fought in the Civil War as brothers in arms and were buried never knowing the victory of the cause for which they gave their lives.