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IOWA'S BORDERS THREATENED.
"The state, while engaged in efforts to discharge her duty in connection with the common emergency, was compelled to make separate and large pro- vision for the security of her own borders. On the south she was threatened with invasion by the secessionists of Missouri, while on the west and north- west there was danger of incursions by bands of hostile Indians now freed from the usual restraint imposed by garrisons of regular troops at the frontier posts. For border defense the governor was authorized to raise two regiments of infantry, a squadron-not less than five companies-of cavalry, and a bat- talion-not less than three companies-of artillery. Only mounted troops were enlisted, however, for this service; but in times of special danger, or when calls were made by the Unionists of northern Missouri against their disloyal ene- mies, large numbers of militia on foot turned out (often) and remained in the field until the necessity for their services had passed.
"The first order for the Iowa volunteers to move to the field was received June 13th. It was issued by General Lyon, then commanding the United States forces in Missouri. The First and Second infantry immediately embarked in steamboats and moved to Hannibal. Some two weeks later the Third infantry was ordered to the same point. These three, together with many others of the earlier organized Iowa regiments, rendered their first field service in Missouri. The First infantry formed a part of the little army with which General Lyon moved on Springfield and fought the bloody battle of Wilson's Creek. It re- ceived unqualified praise for its gallant bearing on the field. In the following month (September) the Third Iowa with very slight support fought with honor the sanguinary engagement of Blue Mills landing; and in November the Seventh Iowa, as a part of a force commanded by General Grant, greatly dis- tinguished itself in the battle of Belmont, where it poured out its blood like water-losing more than half of the men it took into action. The initial opera- tions in which the battles referred to took place were followed by the more important movements led by General Curtis of this state and other command- ers, which resulted in defeating the armies defending the chief strategic lines held by the confederates in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas, and compelling their withdrawal from much of the territory previously controlled by them in those states. In these and many other movements down to the grand culminating campaign by which Vicksburg was captured and the con- federacy permanently severed on the line of the Mississippi river, Iowa troops took a part in steadily increasing numbers. In the investment and siege of Vicksburg the state was represented by thirty regiments and two batteries, in addition to which eight regiments and one battery were employed on the out-
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posts of the besieging army. The brilliancy of their exploits on the many fields where they served won for them the highest meed of praise both in mili- tary and civil circles. Multiplied were the terms in which expression was given to this sentiment, but these words of one of the journals of a neighboring state -'The Iowa troops have been heroes among heroes'-embodies the spirit of all.
IOWA TROOPS RE-ENLISTED.
"In the veteran re-enlistments that distinguished the closing months of 1863 above all other periods of re-enlistments for the national armies, the Iowa three years' men who were relatively more numerous than those of any other state, were prompt to set the example of volunteering for another of equal length, thereby adding many thousands to the great army of those who gave this renewed and practical assurance that the cause of the Union should not be left without defenders. In all the important movements of 1864 and 1865 by which the confederacy was penetrated in every quarter and its military power finally overthrown, the Iowa troops took part. Their drumbeat was heard on the banks of every great river of the south, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and everywhere they rendered the same faithful and devoted service, maintaining on all occasions their wonted reputation for valor in the field and endurance on the march.
"Two Iowa three-year cavalry regiments were employed during their whole term of service in the operations that were in progress from 1863 to 1866 against the hostile Indians of the western plains. A portion of these men were among the last of the volunteer troops mustered out of service. The state also supplied a considerable number of men to the navy who took part in most of the naval operations prosecuted against the confederate power on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the rivers of the west.
"The people of Iowa were early and constant workers in the sanitary field, and by their liberal gifts and personal efforts for the benefit of the soldiery placed their state in the front rank of those who became distinguished for their exhibitions of patriotic benevolence during the period covered by the war. Agents appointed by the governor were stationed at points convenient for ren- dering assistance to the sick and needy soldiers of the state, while others were employed in visiting from time to time hospitals, camps and armies in the field, and doing whatever the circumstances rendered possible for the health and comfort of such of the Iowa soldiery as might be found there.
"At the beginning of the war the population of Iowa included about 150,000 men, presumably liable to military service. The state raised for general ser- vice thirty-nine regiments of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry, and four com- panies of artillery, composed of three years' men, one regiment of infantry composed of three months' men, and four regiments and one battalion of infan- try composed of 100 days' men. The original enlistments in these various organizations including 1,727 men raised by draft, numbered a little more than 69,000. The re-enlistments, including upward of 7,000 veterans, numbered very nearly 8,000. The enlistments in the regular army and navy, and organizations of other states will, if added, raise the total to upward of 80,000. The number
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of men who under special enlistments and as militia took part at different times in the operations on the exposed borders of the state was probably as many as 5,000.
IOWA PAID NO BOUNTY.
"Iowa paid no bounty on account of the men she placed in the field. In some instances toward the close of the war, bounty to a comparatively small amount was paid by cities and towns. On only one occasion, that of the call of July 18, 1864, was a draft made in Iowa. This did not occur on account of her proper liability, as established by previous ruling of the war department to supply men under that call, but grew out of the great necessity that there existed for raising men. The government insisted on temporarily setting aside in part the former rule of settlements and enforcing a draft in all cases where subdistricts in any of the states should be found deficient in their supply of men. In no instance was Iowa, as a whole, found to be indebted to the general government for men on a settlement of her quota account."
PUBLIC MEETING AND RESOLUTIONS.
The news of the surrender of Fort Sumter was received in Davenport on Monday, April 16, causing the most intense excitement. The Gazette and Democrat united in issuing an "extra" giving an account of the affair. A great crowd gath- ered in front of the Gazette office and impatiently awaited the publication, while the steamer, "W. L. Ewing" laid nearly two hours at the wharf awaiting the issue before proceeding on her trip. A public meeting was called for LeClaire hall Tuesday evening, and a most enthusiastic crowd assembled in pursuance of the call, filling the hall to overflowing. During the whole meeting, which continued until a late hour, the feeling was one of irrepressible enthusiasm. The speakers were, Attorney General Nourse, of Des Moines; Gov. Kirkwood, Hon. William Vandever. Hon. James J. Lindley, Hon. Jacob Butler, Judge Booth, Judge Dil- lon, Dr. Keith and Rev. Mr. Collier. Mayor French was chairman of the meeting and Add. H. Sanders and D. N. Richardson, secretaries. Gov. Kirkwood said that he had been called out of a sick bed at home by a messenger, who said that dis- patches were awaiting him from the president. He could not find them in Iowa City, and thinking that they might have been received in Davenport and for- warded to Des Moines, he came here to find out so as to lose no time, knowing that the people were eager to have him do his duty. He said that he would not call together the legislature as it would involve great expense and considerable delay, and he thought he could get along without them. At all events he would take the responsibility of trying. The enlistment and starting away of the regi- ment would probably involve about $10,000 expense, but he would raise this sum, and at once, if he had to pledge every dollar of his own property. He would see that the expenses were paid till the regiment was handed over to the government.
John Collins, H. Ramming, D. E. True, William T. Clark and John N. Rogers were appointed a committee on resolutions and reported the following :
"Resolved, That in the existing state of things in our country, in which the citizens of a section have arrayed themselves in open and armed rebellion against
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the federal government, every true lover of his country is imperatively called upon to rally around the standard of the Union, and to do all that in him lies to main- tain its just authority against the assaults of treason from whatever quarter.
"Resolved, That we, the citizens of Davenport, gratefully acknowledging our indebtedness to the union of these states for whatever we, in common with our fellow countrymen, possess, if honor abroad is prosperity at home, do hereby pledge to that union in this its hour of peril and disaster, our steadfast and un- alterable loyalty and support.
"Resolved, That as the maintenance of law is the prime object and first duty of every government, we will to the utmost of our ability sustain the efforts of the Federal administration to enforce the laws of the land, and to put down resistance to the same; and that we will indignantly frown upon any attempt to throw obstacles in its path, or to detract from its just authority from whatever source arising."
Scott county was represented in almost every regiment from the state that went into the service. In this connection is compiled from the adjutant-general's report a list of men from this county, and when possible short sketches of the various regiments. The record is an honorable one.
FIRST INFANTRY.
The first regiment in which Scott county was represented was the First Iowa infantry. Company G was composed entirely of men from this county. The following comprises the list of men from the county : quartermaster, Theodore Guelich ; Company G, captain, August Wentz; lieutenants, Theodore Guelich, Jo- hannes Ahlefeldt; sergeants, Ernst Claussen, Louis Schoen, Frank Ditman, Charles H. Stuehmer ; corporals, William S. Mckenzie, Gustav A. Koch, Claus Rohwer, John F. Doerscher; musicians, Theodore Rutenbeck, August Anzorge; privates, Ernst Arp, Heinrich Averbeck, Hans Asbahr, Charles Altman, Christian Benedix, Heinrich W. Baasch, Pete Becker, Hans I. Brammer, Detlef I. Brammer, Christian Barche, James B. Caldwell, Fritz Dose, William V. Dreskey, Johannes Eggers, Peter Einfeldt, Anton I. Enderle, Joseph I. Enderle, Andrew Fellentreter, Friedrich Friedholdt, Charles Feistkorn, Christian Fey, Julius F. Fescher, George Gradest, August Giescke, Fritz Hess, Heinr Heilmeulberg, Johannes Hansen, Seivert Jurgensen, Heinrich Karstens, William Keil, August Kohlbry, Christian Kortum, Alexander Kellmen, Ferdinand W. Koch, Fritz Kreibaum, Johann Lu- then, Marz Lutze, Heinrich Massow, Emil Magnus, Carl Matthes, Ormilius Meis- ner, Johann I. Murbach, Jens Mattheisen, Claus H. Moeller, August Neire, Ed- ward Nissen, Hans Juazen Nehm, Heinrich Niemann, Claus F. Paulsen, Jacob Plaff, Fred I. Prien, Henry Pahl, Johann H. Peters, Johann H. Popp, Chris I. Petersen, Fritz I. Petersen, Johann I. Petersen, Bernard Rheinhardt, Fried Rod- dewig, Henrich Rosburg, Hans Rahn, Hans Reimers, Henrich Rohde, August Rohlf, Hans Schlunz, Henry Selken, Henrich Seivers, William H. Spohr, Heinr Stoltenberg, Yast Schroepfer, Carl Sickle, Louis Schuepel, Theodore Sloanaker, August Steffen, Franz Stitzzer, Juergen Tank, August Timm, Conrad Tadewald, Hans I. Voss, Christian I. Voss, Heinrich Wright, Friedriech Wegner.
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Company H of the First regiment also contained one man from Scott county, John Hoffman.
This regiment was enlisted for three months and was mustered in under the first call of the president. It participated in the battle of Wilson's Creek, August 10, 1861, and lost a number of killed and wounded. It was mustered out of ser- vice August 25, 1861, at St. Louis, having served from May 14, 1861.
SECOND INFANTRY.
Scott county was well represented in the Second Iowa infantry, which was mustered into service for three years, or during the war. The following com- prise the names of those from Scott county ; sergeant major, William Campbell ; commissary sergeant, John M. Jones; drum major, Jules Meredith; Company B, captain, Robert M. Littler ; lieutenants, John G. Huntington, John Flanagan ; sergeants, Samuel H. Foster, Frank M. Suiter, Oliver C. Lewis, Peter H. Riley, William Morrow, Bryan Farrell, William Johnson, Victor M. Bartell, Austin F. Stonebraker, Robert E. Farr; corporals, Benjamin F. Franks, William Mor- row, Albert Barnes, Peter Riley, William M. Johnson, Charles W. Hines, Wil- liam M. Dalzell, Robert M. Lytle, William C. Russell, Peter Heckett, William Farnesworth, Garfield S. Page, George Mennig, Abraham H. Clark, John S. Patton, Andrew W. Nichols, Robert E. Farr, Fred Bartlet ; privates, George W. 'Atwood, James Burley, Fredrick Bartlett, James Buckwalter, Albert A. Barnes, Jacob Bertschie, Milton B. Chase, David S. Condron, John K. Cooper, James Cowgill, John Calvert, Samuel Clossin, William R. Dodd, Orris E. Dike, Robert S. Dodds, Redford Dennis, Timothy Foley, Robert H. Flavell, William Guthrie, Frank M. Gray, A. D. Huff, James B. Hassler, David S. Hammaker, Morris Ham- maker, William Humphreysville, Peter Hecker, David L. Hammond, James M. Jones, William M. Johnson, Benjamin Patton Kelley, Frank Kessler, Edward Kennedy, Robert M. Lytle, John Linden, John H. Marple, Dominie Miclot, George Minnig, John McCool, Jeremiah Murphy, William H. Miller, James W. Miller, Frank McDuff, Thomas Morrow, John McCrellas, William McCrellas, John Mc- Cutcheon, Samuel L. Niles, George Norris, John Pace, S. Garfield Page, James W. Page, A. Jackson Quinn, Edward Smith Read, George Rosenberry, George K. Spencer, A. F. Stonebraker, Elijah Stone, John P. Scott, Stephen H. Spencer, William L. Smith, David Scott, A. McCoy Smith, Martin Smith, George W. Scott, James H. Tracy, Orlando R. Talmage, Samuel Todd, Moses Thomson, Mark L. Thomson, Thomas J. Wallace, Jacob Weary, George R. Whitman, Lyman Whit- ney, Levi White, Lionel A. Worth, James Williams, William Sours.
Additional enlistments : William Babe, Julius Crummer, Abner Curry, Jo- seph H. Davis, George H. Davis, Arthur Draucker, Silas Eckenroad, Albert Hough, William H. Greyon, Z. H. Howe, H. Harden, Joseph Halcman, Thomas G. Kelley, James E. Miller, E. P. Morgan, James Pender, Henry H. Post, H. B. Park, George Parkenson, William C. Russell, Joseph W. Razey, John Rools, Al- bert W. Scott, William H. Stephens, W. G. Stark, Benjamin F. White, John W. Wilson, A. N. Clark, W. H. Forgner, H. Draucker, Claus Klint, Isaac C. Nichols, Clark, J. Luse, Frederick Pump.
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Company C, captains, J. DeWitt Brewster, Jonathan S. Slaymaker, William F. Holmes; lieutenants, Jonathan S. Slaymaker, William F. Holmes, George F Hall, Henry C. McNeil; sergeants, Theodore Maitheny, George F. Hall, Loren W. Pierce, Henry C. McNeil, Jacob Speed, Jr., Henry Doolittle, Wil- liam G. J. Piepgrass, William M. Campbell, George S. Burchill, N. A. Haldeman ; corporals, William M. Campbell, William G. J. Piepgrass, George S. Burchill, James C. Urie, William P. Wade, Henry B. Doolittle, Mar- tin L. Minor, Edward Humphrey, David J. Brown, James Perry, John T. Bell, Charles E. Curran, Garius Pingrey, Richard Gear ; musician, Timothy Can- non ; wagoner, Samuel F. Cowdrey ; privates, Edwin C. Ackerman, James H. Ac- kerman, Henry M. Austin, Charles F. Beck, John W. Blunt, Thomas Brattain, Cyrus I. Briggs, Henry C. Bartleson, John W. Blanchard, A. H. Chapman, Henry Dramer, Charles E. Durran, Orlando Donaldson, George B. Cayton, John W. Downs, Hiram P. Earhart, William R. Fisken, Charles Fleury, John G. Green- awalt, Richard Gear, William S. Gray, George H. Hildreth, Charles W. Hil- dreth, T. M. D. Harvey, George W. Howell, William Hutchinson, Newton A. Haldeman, Enos Hottel, Frederick Herbert, Adam E. Hooghkerk, Bartus Hinger, Thomas L. Johnson, Chris G. Krummel, Truman Lamond, John W. Matthews, John T. Miller, James W. Morrison, Charles N. Moulton, Martin L. Minor, Edward Knapp, Henry Smith, William H. Mazill, Alanson Mills, James C. Man- sell, Joseph G. Orrill, James Perry, Samuel Piersol, Edward Peterson, Charles D. Rogers, Andrew J. Ross, Charles G. Rowan, Edward Schoonmaker, George A. Smith, Samuel Shaw, Stephen Spelletich, George H. Tyler, James C. Urie, Jacob Vandusen, William P. Wade, John H. Watson, Henry C. Wheeler.
Company A contained Arnold J. Sender and John A. Green.
SECOND VETERAN INFANTRY.
Adjutant, Albert A. Barnes ; Company B, captain, Albert A. Barnes ; lieuten- ant, Peter H. Heckert; sergeants, Joseph H. Davis, Adolph Steinmitz. Henry H. Port, John McCool; corporals, Andrew M. Smith, George H. Davis; mus- cian, William Babe; privates, Harlow Ackerman, Edwin C. Ackerman, William Rufus Ames, Samuel C. Clossin, Julius Crummer, Michael Donehue, Silas Ech- enroad, John A. Green, S. David Hammond, Hendman Hardin, Claus Klendt, Ar- nold J. Luder, Alexander Lawther, John McCluchin, James E. Miller, Charles B. Miller, George Norris, George Parkinson, Frederick Pump, John Rollo, Jo- seph W. Rozey, Henry Rozey, Albert W. Scott, John P. Scott, William G. Stark, Samuel Todd, George Todd, Henry P. Wilson, Jacob J. Wall, John Westly, Elbert F. Willey.
Company C, captain, William G. J. Piepgrass ; sergeant, Charles Fleury ; cor- porals, James Cunningham, Richard Gear; musician. Charles D. Rogers; pri- vates, Patrick Burns, John F. Cook, William Campbell, Charles E. Curran, Rob- ert Drummond, James R. Donaldson, George H. Durham, William Drummond, William Hutchinson, James McCoy, Henry Smith, Alanson Mills.
In Company H were privates Upton B. Edwards, Benjamin Edwards and Albert Polley. In Company K were privates Finley M. Armstrong, George W Cornelius and Haviland Stewart.
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The following promotions were made of men from this county : William Camp- bell, from sergeant major to adjutant; Robert M. Littler, from captain to major and brevet lieutenant colonel; Frank M. Suiter, from sergeant to second and first lieutenant and captain; Oliver C. Lewis, from sergeant to second and first lieutenant, captain and major ; Peter H. Riley, from sergeant to second lieutenant ; John S. Slaymaker, from first lieutenant to captain; William F. Holmes, from second to first lieutenant and captain; Alfred Bing, from private to second and first lieutenant ; George F. Hall, from sergeant to second and first lieutenant; Henry C. McNeil, from sergeant to second lieutenant; Albert A. Barnes, from sergeant to first lieutenant ; Peter Hickert, from sergeant to second lieutenant and captain ; William G. J. Piepgrass, from sergeant to captain.
The officers and men of this regiment that did not reenlist as veterans were mustered out in April, May and June, 1864. The regiment was in many of the hard fought battles of the war and reflected honor upon officers and men and the state which they represented.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Scott county was represented in this regiment by men in several of its com- panies as will be seen by reference to the following names: chaplains, Cyrus G. Vanderveer, William Paston; commissary sergeant, Francis E. Yearick; Com- pany A, privates, Delos Alger, William P. Ballard, Charles P. Davison, Elsbree M. Goodwill, Fletcher C. Boyd.
Company B, captain, Frank A. Cleveland; lieutenants, Miles P. Benton, Enos Tichenor, Jr .; sergeants, Edward Young, John D. Tichenor, William McMoth, James Moore, B. Franklin Craig; corporals, Francis LeClaire, Nelson J. Gard- ner, John S. Christian, Thomas H. Holmes, Fred P. Rellnering, William J. Chriswell, Luther J. McCulloch, John Q. Page, William Peasley, William Platts, John Newton Purcell, Christopher Quinn, John C. Roger, Charles M. Robinson, John A. Rowan, Henry Sauerman, James E. Thompson, Josephus Wagoner, John Whitsell.
Recruits to Company B, Charles Ackerman, Boge Boyenes, Henrich Claussen, Gabrel Feldpausch, George Graver, Fritz Grimm, Andrew Jackson, Blasins Kauth, Wilhelm Kester, Bennett Lewellen, Joseph Laycock, Edward Moeller, Chris- tian Muhl, Nicholas Matzen, John Stetel, Johans Stuhr.
VETERAN INFANTRY.
Veterans, captain, James Moore; lieutenant, Frederick P. Kettenring; ser- geant, James N. Gardner ; corporals, Orlando Fluke, Amos Merritt, Thomas Harris; privates, John P. Adams, Charles Belenberg, James Donahue, Richard L. Gallatin, William Goulder, Simon Gutbrode, Samuel Heckman, Mathew Hen- der, Ferdinand Haak, Alfred Larue, Christian Lemberg, Pierre Manhoven, Wil- liam Platts, Walter E. Rust, Henry Sauerman, Joseph Steober, John Thede, Samuel Taylor, Charles Witte, John Weir.
Company C-Privates, Norman Hulsiffer, John D. Roberts ; veterans, Henry Chaney, Orville S. Fluke, Griffin Moore, Richard N. Nicherson, James Spier, Joseph S. Kelley.
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Company F-A. Linton, John Miller, John Kelley.
Company G-Frank M. Boyer, Alonzo Mckinsey, Thomas Wilson, John K. Fisher, John A. Kirkpatrick.
Company I-Walter H. Record, Michael J. Kelly, James Mulligan, James O'Riley, Michael Shee, Harvey Wallace, George Wilson.
The following named were promoted: Niles P. Benton ,from first lieutenant to captain ; James Moore, from sergeant to first lieutenant and captain ; Fred P. Kettenring from sergeant to second and first lieutenant, captain and brevet major, United States volunteers ; James N. Gardner, from sergeant to first lieutenant and brevet captain.
THE EIGHTH AT SHILOH.
The Eighth Iowa infantry was mustered into the service September 23, 1861. It was soon sent to the front and took part in several engagements during its first year of service. From the report of Colonel Geddes of the part of the regi- ment in the battle of Shiloh the following is taken :
"About 8 o'clock on the morning of the 6th, I ordered the regiment under arms, and formed line of battle in front. At this time the firing on our advance line had become general and it appeared to me evident that we were being attacked in force by the rebel general. After remaining under arms for about half an hour, during which time I had ordered the baggage belonging to the regiment to be loaded on the wagons, and an extra supply of ammunition to be issued to the men, I was ordered by Colonel Sweeney, Fifty-second Illinois brigade com- mander, to proceed to the front.
"On arriving at our advance line, I was ordered by Colonel Sweeney to take my position on the left of the brigade to which I was attached, for the purpose of protecting a battery immediately in front. Here the regiment remained about one hour, exposed to a severe fire from artillery of shell and grape, killing and wounding several of my men. About II o'clock I was ordered by Colonel Sweeney, through his aid, Lieutenant Mccullough, of the Eighth Iowa, to leave my position and take ground on my left and front.
"This change of position brought my regiment on the extreme right of Gen- eral Prentiss' division, and left of General Smith's, the latter being the division to which my regiment belonged. I was thus entirely detached from my brigade, nor did I receive any order from my brigade or division commander during the remainder of that day. On arriving at the point I was ordered to defend, I found my regiment in line of battle with my center resting on a road leading from Corinth to Pittsburg Landing, and at right angles to my line. Here I immedi- ately engaged a battalion of the enemy, and after a severe conflict of nearly an hour's duration, in which I lost many of my men, the enemy was driven back with heavy loss. At this time Captain Hogin, Company F, was shot dead, and Cap- tain Palmer, Company H, severely wounded. In this desperate struggle my regi- ment lost 100 men in killed and wounded.
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