Last Union Soldier – Sarpy County Dedication

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska, Vifquain Camp #1 will conduct a ceremony honoring Charles F. Dunne, the Last Union Civil War Soldier buried in Sarpy County, Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at Anderson Grove Cemetery in Bellevue.

Charles F. Dunne was a Private in Co. B, 9th Iowa Cavalry and died May 31, 1939 at the age of 91.

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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.