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menschneider was slain. Major John Meyer, who led the regiment through the rest of the battle with great skill and courage, declares in his official report that no officers or soldiers ever fought better than those of his command on the field of Cedar Creek. As they had been among the last to retire, so they were among the first to press forward in the charge and pursuit when the tide of battle had turned.”

The regiment remained in the vicinity of Cedar Creek, Martinsburg and Harper’s Ferry the remainder of the year and was transferred to the brigade of General Molineaux to which the Twenty-second Iowa had for many months been attached. In January, 1865, the Twenty-eighth was sent by water to Savannah, Georgia, and for several weeks formed a part of the garrison of that city. In March it was sent to Newbern, North Carolina, to reënforce the army under General Schofield. After the surrender of General Johnston it returned to Savannah and on the last day of July was mustered out of the service. Owing to the loss of his arm Colonel Connell relinquished command of his regiment, and on the 20th of March had been honorably discharged. Wilson was commissioned colonel on the 15th of June, 1865. The regiment reached Davenport in August, where it received a cordial welcome and was disbanded. The Twenty-eighth had done service in nearly every State of the Confederacy and everywhere nobly performed the duties that will for all time reflect the highest honors upon the gallant men who marched and fought under its flag.