Last Soldier – Nemaha Co. Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, Vifquain Camp No. 1 will conduct a ceremony honoring Hiram B. Jewell, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Nemaha County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Mount Vernon Cemetery, in Peru.

Hiram B. Jewell was a Private in Co. G, 35th Iowa Infantry and died February 28, 1940 at the age of 97.

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The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started the final phase in our Last Soldier Project. The purpose of the project is to locate and appropriately mark the final resting place of the last Union Civil War Soldier buried in each county in the state of Nebraska. We are marking the graves of these veterans with a bronze star marker and QR code medallion. The full list of veterans can be viewed here.