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Annie Wittenmyer, 1860s 
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Civil War Begins
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Governor Gathers an Army
Iowa Regiments Leave for War
Iowans Rebuild Railroad
Civil War Battle in Iowa
Iowans Fighting in Civil War
Civil War Battle Re-enacted
Iowa Deaths in Civil War
Annie Wittenmeyer 
Annie Wittenmeyer Works for Soldiers
Army Hospital Established in Keokuk
Civil War Women
Iowa's Civil War Heroes
Iowans Return from the Civil War
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Annie Wittenmeyer Works for Soldiers
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Time Frame: 1864
During the Civil War, in 1864, Iowan Annie Wittenmeyer created diet kitchens to provide food and rest for wounded soldiers.
“The Civil War,” The Iowa Heritage: Program # 5, Iowa Public Television, 1977.
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Transcript
In 1864 Annie Wittenmeyer resigned her position as State Sanitary Agent from Iowa to supervise the diet kitchens full-time. She saw to it that men too sick to return to battle were given discharges or furloughs home, so they could regain their health under better conditions. The diet kitchens were responsible for saving a number of lives. And General Grant praised Annie Wittenmeyer’s work, saying that no soldier on the firing line gave a more heroic service than she rendered.
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