Men of Bremer County gave their lives to preserve the Union during the Civil War from 1861 to 1865. They included James A Adams, James H Akin, David W Baskins, Francis M Baskins, George W Baskins, William Baskins, Yeager Baum, Charles Beebe, Chester Beebe, Elisha Bell, Wm Benjamin, James M Bevard, Charles Bingham, John Bird, George Bloker, Nelson Bogart, Elijah Bowditch, Wm H Boyd, Thomas W Brown, Wm O Butler, Harvey W Case, Meroni Clark, George C Cook, Chris Davidson, Norman E Dodge, Samuel Downs, Wm O Edgington, Alson Evans, Alzathon Freeman, Charles Funston, George W Gates, Joshua Gilmore, Martin Goodeno, Henry Gors, Cyrus Graves, James S Griffin, Wm Healis, David Heister, John Henry, Hubert R Higgins, Wm H Hudson, John A Hursh, Francis Huston, John G Jones, John Karker, Roswell Keith, John W Kelsey, Samuel Kern, Hiram King, Thomas H Leslie, Ashbury Leverich, Enos C Lewis, Isaac M Lewis, James S Linsey, Alexander Lucas, James F Lyman, Alonzo McRoberts, Sanford McRoberts, Wm G McDonald, John Messinger, John J Mattis, Aaron Moore, George W Moury, George W Monette, Phillip B Meyers, Edgar J Nutting, Phillip Obenchain, Wm F Obenchain, Elijah S Ober, Edward Obrien, Wm H Ogden, Thomas Orthman, Sidney J Parker, Lewis B Payson, Leander Reynolds, Andrew J Rich, Wm A Richardson, Barney Robbins, Cyrus Robbins, James Roberts, George Rodgers, Joseph A Rose, Joseph F Russett, Lambert Shepard, Andrew Shepherd, Philander Smith, Caleb Sturdevant, Harvey Sturdevant, Wm L Sturdevant, Silas Taber, Arthur S Taylor, Wm S Taylor, Chas J Thorp, Henry A Tinkham, Ed Tyrrell, John Tyrrell, David Watkins, Lucias A Webster, George Wise, and Elias Wood.