Annie Wittenmyer,  1860s

Annie Wittenmyer, 1860s

Annie Wittenmyer of Keokuk was in charge of hospital kitchens for the Union army during the Civil War. 1860s.

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Just as the national government had three separate branches, the 1857 constitution set up three branches of government for Iowa: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.

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