This photograph shows William S. Browning, one of Winfield, Iowa's, first settlers. Browning's family settled in Iowa in 1854. When the Civil War broke out, Browning enlisted in Company B, 25th Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry and served through the entire conflict. He was involved in the siege of Vicksburg and Atlanta, marched with Sherman to the sea, and was present at the surrender of the Confederate Army under Joseph E. Johnson near Raleigh, North Carolina. In 1897 he was appointed the postmaster at Winfield. Content can be used with the following standards: SS-US 9-12.23 Iowans Influence US History in a lesson on Iowans involved in the Civil War.
2018.005.002 [Print, Photographic]
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