David Connon Bio

David Connon is an independent researcher and writer. He has spent nearly two decades researching dissenters in Iowa: Grinnell residents who helped on the Underground Railroad, and their polar opposites, Iowa Confederates. This research culminated in his book titled: Iowa Confederates in the Civil War (Charleston: Fonthill Media/Arcadia Publishing, 2019). Listed on the Humanities Iowa Speakers Bureau, Connon is a member of the Sons of Union Veterans, and he is a member of the Des Moines Civil War Round Table.

Iowa Confederates in the Civil War

Confederates from Iowa were as unusual as slaves in Dubuque. David Connon shares the intensely human stories of Iowa Confederates in the Civil War. Seventy-six of these men entered the Confederate service. Readers will follow their prewar, war-time, and post-war experiences, ranging from difficult relationships to disease, imprisonment, desertion, and adventure. More stories illuminate the turbulent Iowa home front, where life was hard for parents of Confederates and for Peace Democrats.