History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/2/Table of Contents
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| I | John Brown at Harper's Ferry—The Last Roll Call of His Band—Five Were Iowa Men—A Heroic Conflict with Overwhelming Numbers—Not a Man Flinched in the Battle—A Bloody Ending—Fate of the Iowa Men—Stewart Taylor Falls in the Thickest of the Fight—Jeremiah Anderson of Revolutionary Ancestors, John Brown’s Trusted Friend—Edwin Coppoc Fires the Last Shot—He Calmly Meets his Doom—Barclay Coppoc, the Boy of Twenty, Escapes—Terrible Sufferings in the Mountains—Capture of John E. Cook—Barclay Coppoc Reaches Home | 1-14 |
| II | The Eighth General Assembly—Governor Lowe’s Retiring Message—Governor Kirkwood’s Inaugural Address—Virginia Demands the Surrender of Barclay Coppoc—Governor Kirkwood Finds a Flaw in the Requisition—Barclay Coppoc Escapes—Meets Death in Missouri in 1861—The Notable Letter of Warning—How and Why it was Sent—The Letter and its Author—Acts of the Eighth General Assembly—A Veto Message | 15-34 |
| III | Personal Recollections of the Great Tornado of 1860—Gathering Clouds and Oppressive Atmosphere—Meeting of the Conflicting Air Currents—The Trailing Column Descends to the Earth—The Destruction Begins—In the Tornado’s Pathway—Where it Began to Gather—Destruction of Life and Property Appalling—The Village of Camanche in Ruins—A Summary of Loss of Life and Property—Estimated Velocity of the Wind—The Republican National Convention of 1860—Abraham Lincoln Nominated for President—Democratic National Conventions—The Party Disrupted and Two Tickets Placed in Nomination—Republican State Convention—Democratic Convention—Result of the Election | 35-45
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| IV | Effects of John Brown’s Virginia Raid—First Movements Towards Secession—Peace Conventions—Governor Kirkwood’s Suggestions—His Conference with President Lincoln—Seven Slave States Secede Before Lincoln’s Inauguration—South Carolina Inaugurates the Rebellion—Lincoln’s First Call for Volunteers—Iowa Unprepared for War—The First Iowa Regiment Promptly Raised Amid Intense Enthusiasm—How the Money was Raised to Equip the First Regiments—An Extra Session of the Eighth General Assembly Convened—Partisan Consideration Ignored—Union Democrats Declare for a Vigorous Prosecution of War—Resolutions by General Baker and R. D. Kellogg—Governor Kirkwood’s Message—Prompt Action of a Patriotic Legislature | 47-59 |
| V | Measures for the Protection of the State from Missouri Invaders and Sioux Indians—Governor N. B. Baker Appointed Adjutant-General—Political Conventions of 1861—Governor Kirkwood Re-elected—Iowa Raises Sixteen Regiments the First Year—The Ninth General Assembly—The Victory at Fort Donelson—Four Iowa Regiments with the Victorious Army—The Indian Massacre in Minnesota—The Northwestern Settlers Arm for Defense—Military Disasters to the Eastern Union Armies—The President’s Call for Three Hundred Thousand Volunteers—An Extra Session of the Legislature Called by Governor Kirkwood—Prompt Action of the General Assembly to Meet the Exigency | 61-76 |
| VI | The President’s Emancipation Proclamation—Governor Kirkwood Urges the Removal of General McClellan from Command of the Army—The Political Conventions of 1862—Iowa Gains Four Representatives in Congress—The Democrats Carry the Elections in Many Northern States—The Union Armies Defeated in the East and Victorious in the West—Iowa has Forty Regiments in the Field—Copperheads and Knights of the Golden Circle—They Denounce the Government and Discourage Volunteering—The So-Called Arbitrary Arrests—George W. Jones, Dennis Mahony and Henry Clay Dean Imprisoned—Released Without Trials—The “Tally War” in Keokuk County—Two Thousand Armed Men Gathered in Camp to Avenge the Death of Tally—The Governor Calls Out Eleven Military Companies—The Tally Army Dispersed—Outrages on the Missouri Border—The Murder of Captains Bashore and Woodruff—The Arrest, Trial and Conviction of Gleason | 77-92 |
| VII | Iowa Invaded by Missouri Guerillas—Citizens Robbed and Murdered—Governor Kirkwood Declines a Third Term—The Dramatic Nomination of Colonel William M. Stone—The Democratic State Convention of 1863—The Republican Candidates Elected—Defeats of Union Armies—Gloom and Depression in the North—The Army of Virginia Under Lee Invades Maryland and Pennsylvania—Is Finally Defeated at Gettysburg—The Victory of Grant at Vicksburg—Iowa Regiments Help to Win all Western Victories—The President Calls for 300,000 Soldiers—The Tenth General Assembly Convenes—Governor Kirkwood’s Last Message—His Services as the War Governor—Inauguration of Governor Stone—Re-election of Grimes as United States Senator—Important Acts of the Legislature—Disposal of the Agricultural College Land Grant—State Board of Education Abolished—Death Blow to “Wild Cat” Currency | 93-107 |
| VIII | The President Calls for 500,000 Men—Rosecrans and Banks Meet with Disastrous Defeats—Thomas and Grant Win Brilliant Victories—General Grant Promoted to Command the Armies of the United States—Great Rejoicing in the West—Thirty Thousand “Knights of the Golden Circle” in Iowa—Governor Stone Issues Stringent Orders to Circumvent Their Secret Conspiracies—The Political Situation in 1864—Organization of “Union Leagues”—The Political Conventions of 1864—Their Platforms and Candidates—Negotiations for Peace—The Political Campaign—Momentous Issues Involved—Peace Convention at Iowa City—Victory for Lincoln’s Administration—More Peace Negotiations—Fall of Richmond, Surrender of Lee’s Army—Assassination of President Lincoln | 109-128 |
| IX | First Iowa Infantry—Placed in the Army of General Lyon—First Long March—Battle of Wilson’s Creek—General Lyon Attacks the Combined Armies of Price, McCulloch and Jackson—Desperate Engagement with Superior Numbers—First Iowa in the Thickest of the Fight—Lyon Leads a Bayonet Charge by the Iowa and Kansas Regiments—He Falls Mortally Wounded—One of the Most Desperate Battles of the War—The First Iowa Furnishes Many Distinguished Officers—Organization of the Second Iowa Infantry—Its Notable First Field Officers—Is Sent to Missouri and Suffers from Disease—Promotion of its Officers—The Battle of Fort Donelson—Colonel J. M. Tuttle Leads the Regiment in a Gallant Charge—Good Service at Shiloh—Commanding Officers Slain at the Battle of Corinth—In Sherman’s Atlanta Campaign—Serves Until the Close of the War | 131-140 |
| X | Organization of the Third Iowa Infantry—Regiment Divided—Battle of the Blue Mills—Scott Commanded—Severe Fighting and Heavy Loss—The Third at Shiloh—Fights Under Trumbull at the Hatchie—In Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign—Service in the Atlanta Campaign—Distinguished Officers—Their Promotions.
The Fourth Iowa Infantry—G. M. Dodge its First Colonel—Services at the Battle of Pea Ridge—In the Battle of Chickasaw Bayou—Fighting of the Iowa Fourth—Services in the Vicksburg Campaign—In the Battles of Lookout Mountain and Ringgold—Reception of the Veterans by the Iowa Legislature—In Sherman’s March to the Sea—Losses in Many Engagements |
141-152 |
| XI | Fifth Iowa Infantry—First Service in Missouri—In General Pope’s New Madrid Campaign—Death of Colonel Worthington—Changes in Field Officers—Fights in the Battle of Iuka—Part in the Battle of Corinth—Services at Champion’s Hill— In Sherman’s Campaign—Regiment Nearly Annihilated by Hard Fighting—Consolidated with Fifth Cavalry.
Sixth Iowa Infantry—Joins General Fremont’s Army in Missouri—Transferred to Grant’s Army—Fights at Shiloh—Heavy Loss in the Engagement—In the Siege and Battle of Jackson—General Lauman’s Disastrous Charge—In the Chattanooga Campaign—In the Battle of Missionary Ridge—In Many Battles of Sherman’s March to the Sea—Northward March to Washington—Participates in the Grand Review |
153-165 |
| XII | Organization of the Seventh Iowa Infantry—Sent to Missouri—Gallant Conduct at the Battle of Belmont—Lieutenant-Colonel Wentz Killed—In the Battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh—Participates in the Two Days’ Battle at Corinth—In the Battles of Sherman’s March to the Sea—Members Vote for Lincoln’s Re-election in Georgia—March to Washington by Way of Richmond.
Eighth Iowa Infantry—First Field Officers—Engaged in the Battle of Shiloh—Surrender After Most Heroic Fighting—The Regiment Reorganized in 1863—Participates in Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign—The Battle and Surrender of Mobile—Brilliant Charge and Assault on the Spanish Fort—Iowa Regiments Engaged—Colonel Geddes Promoted |
167-178 |
| XIII | Ninth Iowa Infantry Sent to Missouri—Participates in the Battles of Sugar Creek and Pea Ridge—General Curtis Wins a Great Victory—Bravery of the Iowa Regiments—Disease and Death in the Swamps—The Ninth in the Vicksburg Campaign—In the Battle of Lookout Mountain—With Sherman’s March to the Sea—Service in the Twenty-four Battles During the War.
The Tenth Iowa Infantry—Its First Service in Missouri—Attached to the Army of General Pope—At the Siege and Victory at Island Number Ten—In the Battles of Iuka and Corinth—In Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign—Participates in the Battles About Chattanooga—With Sherman in Campaign in the Southern States |
179-194 |
| XIV | The Eleventh Iowa Volunteers—First Service in Missouri—Sent to Grant’s Army in Tennessee—In the Battle of Shiloh—Serves in the Vicksburg Campaign—At the Battles of Bolivar and Corinth—A Disastrous March into Central Louisiana—With Sherman’s Army at the Battle of Atlanta—Colonel Charles Foster Killed.
Twelfth Iowa Volunteers—Sickness at Benton Barracks—With Grant at the Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson—Magnificent Fighting at Shiloh—Forced at Last to Surrender—Suffering in Rebel Prisons—In the Battle of Tupelo—Gallant Defense of the Stockade on White River—With Thomas at the Battle of Nashville |
195-203 |
| XV | The Thirteenth Iowa Volunteers—M. M. Crocker its First Colonel—Engaged in the Battle of Shiloh—In the Two Days’ Battle at Corinth—Participates in the Vicksburg Campaign—With Sherman’s Army in March to the Sea—Gallant Conduct at the Battle of Atlanta—Hoists the Union Colors Over the Capitol of South Carolina—In the Battle of Bentonsville.
The Fourteenth Iowa Volunteers—In the Capture of Fort Donelson—Among Gallant Fighters at the “Hornet’s Nest” in the Battle of Shiloh—Finally Forced to Surrender—Exchanged in November, 1862—Sent to General Bank’s Army in Louisiana—Capture of Fort De Russey—The Disastrous Red River Expedition—Colonel Shaw Commands the “Iron Brigade”—Its Heroic Fighting at Pleasant Hill—Colonel Shaw Criticises Superiors—Their Revenge on the Colonel—General A. J. Smith’s Tribute to Colonel Shaw’s Patriotism, Courage and Ability |
205-213 |
| XVI | Fifteenth Iowa Volunteers—Baptized in Fire at Shiloh—Incorporated in the “Iowa Brigade”— Belknap Leads the Regiment at Corinth—In the Vicksburg Campaign—Joins Sherman, Fights at Kenesaw Mountain—The Battle of Atlanta—Belknap Promoted to Brigadier-General—Participates in Many Battles.
The Sixteenth Iowa Volunteers—First Service at Shiloh—Placed in the “Iowa Brigade”—In the Battle of Iuka—Lieutenant-Colonel Sanders in Command—Fight at Corinth—Participates in the Vicksburg Campaign—In Sherman’s Battles Around Atlanta—Surrounded and Captured—In Andersonville Stockade—Exchanged in September and Rejoins Sherman’s Army |
215-223 |
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Seventeenth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to Halleck's Army at Corinth—With Rosecrans at Iuka—The Battle of Corinth—Bravery of the Iowa Seventeenth—Brilliant Services in the Vicksburg Campaign—In Steele’s Expedition Against Little Rock—At the Battles Around Chattanooga—Defense of Tilton—Colonel Wever Commands a Brigade. Eighteenth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to the Army of the Southwest—The Battle of Springfield—The Disastrous Expedition Under General Steele—Fighting to Save the Forage Train—Colonel Edwards Promoted |
225-237 |
| XVIII | Nineteenth Iowa Volunteers—Becomes a Part of the Army of the Frontier—The Battle of Prairie Grove—Colonel McFarland Killed Leading His Regiment in a Charge—One of the Great Victories of the West—At the Siege of Vicksburg—A Portion of the Regiment Captured at Stirling Farm—Reunited at New Orleans—Engaged in the Mobile Campaign.
Twentieth Volunteers—Sent to Southwest Missouri—Hard Marching and Great Suffering—The Regiment Joins Grant’s Army Before Vicksburg—Transferred to General Banks’s Command—Sent to Southern Texas—In the Mobile Campaign—In the Column that Stormed and Captured Blakely |
239-250 |
| XIX | Organization of the Twenty-first Iowa Volunteers—First Services in Missouri—The Battle of Hartsville —Sent to General Grant’s Army in Mississippi—At the Battle of Port Gibson—Makes a Gallant Charge at Black River Bridge—Lieutenant-Colonel Dunlap Killed—The Regiment Sent to Texas—Participates in Grierson’s Raid and the Mobile Expedition.
Twenty-second Iowa Volunteers—Joins Grant’s Army in the Vicksburg Campaign—In the Battles of Port Gibson and Black River Bridge—In the Assault of May 22d—Griffith and Others Scale the Walls—Sixteen Iowa Regiments in the Battle—Magnitude of the Victory at Vicksburg—The Twenty-second Sent to Virginia—In Sheridan’s Battles in Shenandoah Valley—Traveled More Than 13,000 Miles |
251-263 |
| XX | Twenty-third Iowa Volunteers—Death of Colonel Dewey—Joins Grant’s Army Before Vicksburg—Battle of Black River Bridge—Colonel Kinsman Slain—Battle of Millikin’s Bend—Service in Texas and Louisiana—Participates in the Mobile Campaign.
Twenty-fourth Iowa Volunteers—Its Services in Arkansas—Great Suffering from Hardship and Disease—Transferred to Grant’s Army—Heroic Charge and Great Losses at Champion’s Hill—Sent to Louisiana After the Fall of Vicksburg—Joins General Sheridan’s Army in Virginia—Captain Rigby’s Coolness in the Winchester Stampede—In the Battles of Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek—Colonel Wilds Mortally Wounded |
265-277 |
| XXI | The Twenty-fifth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to Arkansas and Mississippi—In Sherman’s Army at Chickasaw Bayou—At the Capture of Arkansas Post—Participates in the Vicksburg Campaign—In the Battle of Lookout Mountain—Attached to the “Iowa Brigade”—With Sherman’s Army in its Southern Campaign—The Twenty-fifth in Many Battles—At the Capture of Columbia.
The Twenty-sixth Iowa Volunteers—A Clinton County Regiment—The Battle of Arkansas Post—Services in Mississippi and Tennessee—In the Chattanooga Campaign—Participates in the Battles of Ringgold, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta—With Sherman Through the Carolinas. |
279-287 |
| XXII | The Twenty-seventh Iowa Volunteers—Sent to the Northwestern Frontier—Transferred to Mississippi—Hard service and Great Suffering in a Winter Campaign—In Steele’s Expedition Against Little Rock—In General Banks’s Red River Campaign—In the Battle of Nashville—Participates in the Siege and Capture of Blakely.
The Twenty-eighth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to Arkansas and Mississippi—A Winter of Sickness, Suffering and Death—In the Vicksburg Campaign—Bravery at Champion’s Hill—Sent to the Department of the Gulf—In Banks’s Red River Expedition—In the Battle of Mansfield—Transferred to Sheridan’s Army in Virginia—In the Battles of Winchester, Fisher’s Hill and Cedar Creek. |
289-298 |
| XXIII | The Twenty-ninth Iowa Volunteers—Thomas H. Benton, Colonel—In General Gorman’s Expedition—At the Battle of Helena and the Capture of Little Rock—The Battle of Terre Noir—Heroic Defense of the Rear Guard at Jenkin’s Ferry.
The Thirtieth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to Sherman’s Army at Chickasaw Bayou—Participates in the Vicksburg Campaign—Colonel Abbott Slain in the Assault of May 22d—Colonel Torrence Killed in the Battle—The Iowa Regiments in the Battles Around Chattanooga—The Thirtieth in Sheridan’s Campaign. |
299-309 |
| XXIV | The Thirty-first Iowa Volunteers—Services in Arkansas and Mississippi—With Grant in Vicksburg and Battles Around Chattanooga—Joins Sherman’s Army of Invasion—The Battle of Resaca—In the Battles of Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain and Atlanta—At Columbia and Bentonsville.
The Thirty-second Iowa Volunteers—The Regiment Divided—Battle at Cape Girardeau—Evacuation of New Madrid—The Regiment Reunited—Sent to the Department of the Gulf—The Battle of Pleasant Hill—A Graphic Description of the Conflict—Heroic Fighting of the Thirty-second—Shaw’s Brigade Bears the Brunt of the Battle—Banks orders a Retreat. |
311-323 |
| XXV | The Thirty-third Iowa Volunteers—Samuel A. Rice its First Colonel—At Helena and Yazoo Pass—The Battle of Helena—In the Little Rock and Camden Expeditions—Colonel Rice Mortally Wounded at Jenkins’s Ferry—At Mobile and New Orleans.
The Thirty-fourth Iowa Volunteers—Sickness and Suffering at Helena an Chickasaw Bayou—Horrors of the Voyage up the Mississippi—Joins Grant’s Army in the Vicksburg Campaign—Services in Louisiana and Texas—Capture of Forts Gains, Morgan and Powell—the Regiment Consolidated with the Thirty-eighth. |
325-335 |
| XXVI | The Thirty-fifth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to General Grant’s Department—Serves in Mississippi and Tennessee—Transferred to the Department of the Gulf—The Capture of Post at Henderson—In the Battles of Pleasant Hill and Yellow Bayou—Battle of the Old Red River and Tupelo—The Battle of Nashville-Iowa Regiments Engaged—Death of Colonel Hill—The Thirty-fifth at Mobile.
The Thirty-sixth Iowa Volunteers—Sickness and Suffering in the Swamps—In the Yazoo Expedition—In the Battle of Helena and Steele’s Expedition—The Battle of Mark’s Mill—Most of the Regiment Captured. |
337-349 |
| XXVII | The Thirty-seventh Iowa volunteers—Made up of Men Exempt by Age from Military Duty—Services on Picket, Guard and Garrison—Patriotic Services Commended.
The Thirty-eighth Iowa Volunteers—At the Siege of Vicksburg—The Regiment Prostrated by Sickness—In Texas and the Mobile Campaign—Consolidated with the Thirty-fourth. The Thirty-ninth Iowa Volunteers—Battle of Parker’s Cross Roads—In Colonel Straight’s Raid—Gallant Defense of Allatoona—Lieutenant-Colonel Redfield Slain—In Sherman’s March to the Sea. |
351-359 |
| XXVIII | The Fortieth Iowa Volunteers—Sent to Kentucky and to Mississippi in the Little Rock Campaign—In the Camden Expedition—The Battle of Jenkins’s—The Disastrous Retreat.
The Colored Troops from Iowa—In the Sixtieth U. S. Infantry. The First Iowa Cavalry—Sent to Western Missouri—Capture of Van Buren—In the Little Rock Campaign—In the Camden Expedition—Five Year’s Services. The Second Iowa Cavalry—Sent to General Pope’s Department—A Gallant Charge—The Battle of Boonville—The Grierson Raid—Services in Mississippi and Tennessee—In the Battle of Nashville. |
361-379 |
| XXIX | The Third Iowa Cavalry—Services in Missouri—In the Battle of Pea Ridge—In Grant’s Vicksburg Campaign—The Wilson Raid.
The Fourth Iowa Cavalry—Sent to Missouri and Arkansas—In the Vicksburg Campaign—Takes Part in Meridian Expedition—The Battle of Guntown—Serves Again in Arkansas and Missouri. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry—Garrisons Fort Henry—The Rousseau Raid—The Fifth Infantry Consolidated with the Fifth Cavalry—A Brilliant Charge on Superior Numbers—In the Wilson Raid. |
381-396 |
| XXX | The Sixth Iowa Cavalry—Sent to the Northwestern Frontier—A Campaign Against the Sioux—A Battle with the Indians.
The Seventh Iowa Cavalry—Services in the Indian Country—In the Battles of White Stone Hill, Little Blue, Rush Creek and Mud Springs. Eighth Iowa Cavalry—Serves in Kentucky and Tennessee—In the McCook Expedition—The Battle of Newman—In the Wilson Raid—Death of Colonel Dorr. Ninth Iowa Cavalry—Services in Arkansas—Scouting and Garrison Duties—The “Hundred Days Men”—The Forty-fourth, Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Volunteer Infantry. |
397-408 |
| XXXI | The Artillery Service—The First, Second, Third and Fourth Batteries—The Fort Dodge Cavalry Company—Attached to the Eleventh Pennsylvania Regiment of Cavalry—Services in Virginia—Andersonville and Other Confederate Prisons—The Horrors Told by a Confederate Surgeon—A Roll of Iowa Martyrs—Women’s Work in the War—Their Services in Camp, Hospital and Field—Mrs. J. T. Fales, Mrs. I. K. Miller, Mrs. Ann E. Harlan, “Aunt Becky” Young and Annie Wittenmyer—The Sanitary Commission—Coming Home from the War. | 409-423 |