HistoryLives! Presentation

Randee Fieselmann will discuss her recently published book, The Union First: Community and Commitment in the First Iowa Infantry, on Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Dickinson County Museum for our September HistoryLives! presentation!

Fieselmann tells the story of the very first young men from Iowa to enlist in the Civil War and of their commitments to reunite the Union. The story is based on the diaries of George Burmeister Company K Cedar Rapids, Eugene Ware Company E Burlington, and the newspaper reports of Franc Wilkie, who was assigned to travel with the First Iowa Infantry throughout their ninety days of duty in the summer of 1861. Randee has spent the last seven years researching the history of how Civil War broke out in Missouri and how the Iowa soldiers marched through Missouri under brutal conditions and fought in the Battle of Wilson’s Creek.

Randee Fieselmann has a PhD in sociology from the University of Iowa and taught at the University of Iowa and at Coe College as a visiting assistant professor. Randee and her husband, John, who grew up in Spencer, now live in Iowa City and spend summers at Lake Okoboji.More details about the book are available on the website: theunionfirst.com.

This event will be both in-person and streamed live on our Facebook page!