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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOR_camp-harlan_Mount-Pleasant-IA.html
This marks the site of
Camp Harlan
used as a training camp by
the 4th Iowa Cavalry and
the 25th Iowa Infantry
during the Civil War
Dedicated by
Belle Coddington Tent No. 34
Daughters of Union Veterans
of the
Civil War 1861-1865
June…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QOQ_camp-harlan_Mount-Pleasant-IA.html
With the assistance of Senator James Harlan, the War Department authorized a military training camp at Mount Pleasant in October of 1861. The first recruits began arriving that September at Camp Harlan, which was designated as a cavalry training p…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMM3M_james-harlan_Mt-Pleasant-IA.html
Harlan moved to Iowa in 1845, and was elected state superintendent of public instruction two years later. He became President of Iowa Wesleyan University in 1853, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1855. After winning a second term, President A…