Cemetary in Maplewood honors Civil War soldiers

The Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War conducted a ceremony Sunday afternoon in Maplewood Cemetery to honor the 110 Civil War veterans interred in Rock County. The ceremony included descendants of Civil War veterans, the Rock County Historical Society and local American Legion members. Participants gathered at the gravestone of Corporal James Blunt Dunn, the last Civil War veteran buried in Rock County, who died at age 93 in 1938. Gary Carlberg of the SUVCW chapter in Minneapolis, presided over the ceremony. He commended Wendel Buys at the Rock County History Center for helping with research, and he praised the combined American Legion honor guard for helping to mark the occasion with a fire salute and taps.