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Last Soldier – Buffalo County Dedication
October 10, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
Last Soldier – Buffalo County Dedication
October 10, 2021 @ 2 PM
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska
and the Dakotas, Shiloh Camp No. 2 will conduct a ceremony honoring
Joseph Sampson Wiley, the last Union Soldier buried in Buffalo County,
Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at the Kearney Cemetery.
Joseph S. Wiley was a Private in Co. K, 8th Illinois Infantry. He died
September 29, 1940 at the age of 91.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started
the final phase in Last Soldier Project. The purpose of the project is to locate
and appropriately mark the final resting place of the last Union Soldier buried
in each county in the state of Nebraska. We are marking these graves with a
bronze star marker and QR code medallion.
All are welcome to attend.
Last Soldier – Buffalo County Dedication
October 10, 2021 @ 2 PM
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Department of Nebraska
and the Dakotas, Shiloh Camp No. 2 will conduct a ceremony honoring
Joseph Sampson Wiley, the last Union Soldier buried in Buffalo County,
Nebraska. The ceremony will be held at the Kearney Cemetery.
Joseph S. Wiley was a Private in Co. K, 8th Illinois Infantry. He died
September 29, 1940 at the age of 91.
The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Dept. of Nebraska have started
the final phase in Last Soldier Project. The purpose of the project is to locate
and appropriately mark the final resting place of the last Union Soldier buried
in each county in the state of Nebraska. We are marking these graves with a
bronze star marker and QR code medallion.
All are welcome to attend.