Kenneth Lyftogt is a lecturer in the Department of History, University of Northern Iowa and author of Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull, Left For Dixie: The Civil War Diary of John Rath and From Blue Mills to Columbia: Cedar Falls and the Civil War. Mr. Lyftogt spent many years as a Civil War re-enactor. He writes: Every scholar of the Civil War finds a major figure of interest; I found Matthew Trumbull. His story represents the idealism, heroism, and tragedy of the war with a very unique perspective. As commander of the 3rd Iowa Infantry Trumbull led the first of Waverly's Civil War volunteers.
He will be at the library on Monday, September 14, 2015 at 6:30 pm.