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COMPANY E.
Privates-F. A. Alexander, enlisted January 20, 1864; John W. Awalt, enlisted January 20, 1864; P. M. Awalt, enlisted January 20, 1864; J. E. Atterbury, enlisted February 15, 1864; A. Boyd, enlisted January 30, 1864; H. Brnce, enlisted January 28, 1864; A. J. Corrick, enlisted February 17, 1864; H. G. Dooley, enlisted February 15, 1864; F. Draper, enlisted Janu- ary 18, 1864; William E. Dabney, enlisted February 15, 1864; Ellett God- dard, enlisted January 20, 1864; B. R. Grinstead, enlisted Jannary 20, 1864; Milton Hopkins, enlisted January 30, 1864; Hiram Jarvis, enlisted February 15, 1864; J. W. Jones, enlisted February 13, 1864; Joseph Knox, enlisted February 22, 1864; Robert MeBride, Jr., enlisted Jannary 25, 1864; Jolin L. Magee, enlisted March 1, 1864; Charles A. Presson, en- listed January 26, 1864; Martin Pherigo, enlisted February 13, 1864; H. H. W. Rullman, enlisted February 24, 1864; William S. Skinner, enlisted, February 19, 1864.
FIFTEENTH IOAWA INFANTRY.
COMPANY D.
Privates-Thomas Brown, enlisted March 29, 1764; D. M. Johnston, en- listed March 28, 1864; James H. Reynolds, enlisted February 16, 1864.
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THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
COMPANY E.
Privates-F. W. Rachke, enlisted February 15, 1864; Charles A. Stad- ler, enlisted February 23, 1864; John W. Stadler, enlisted February 15, 1864.
SOUTHERN IOWA BORDER BRIGADE.
SECOND BATTALION.
COMPANY A.
Hosea Horn, captain, enlisted September 29, 1862.
. William H. Hiner, lientenant, enlisted September 29, 1862. T. L. C. MeAchran, orderly sergeant, enlisted September 29, 1862. James 'H. Cobb, enlisted September 29, 1862.
Privates .- The following men enlisted September 29, 1862: William C. Avery, A. W. Brown, P. W. F. Brown, Clever H. Brown, William Brown, Rosel Barton, William R. Brice, Alexander Boyd, John Cammack, Wil- liam Coy, John W. Campbell, Thomas Duffield, Charles Davis, J. V. Ev- ans, jr., A. D. Gibbons, George W. Good, William I. Hamilton, Alfred Hicks, Milton Hopkins, E. I. Hopkins, William W. Hopkins, William C. Jolinson, Robert Kenneday, Thomas C. Kirkpatrick, Marshall Loek, Wil- liam G. Myers, John W. Milligan, Wesley S. Monroe, Henry C. Nichols, N. H. Pitman, Albert Petefish, J. I. Plank, Amos N. Plank, Jacob Rown, James T. Roberts, George Roberts, Levrett N. Scott, C. D. Saunders, Amos Steckel, Samuel G. Steele, George W. Stober, Berryman Smith, Eli Smith, John Steele, Benjamin F. Swalley, Samuel Swartzendruver, I. N. Shelton, John W. Scarborough, John M. Smith, Joel H. Sharp, A: M. Spurrier, James M. Young, William H. Yates, Samuel R. Brown, William C. Cor- rick, John R. Latimer, Thomas B. Myers. The following men enlisted October 1, 1862: Samuel Busey, J. C. Brenneman, S. T. Ballard, Thomas F. Collins, Samuel M. Frady, Lewis Frank, Joseph Goodwin, R. H. Grin- stead, Simon Kinney, William P. Mouner, John Morton, John H. Plank, William H. Penny, Jessee Petefish, Josiah Stark, Jacob R. Sheaffer, Wil- liam B. Stark, Elijah I. Shelton, William Varner, Henry Wright, Chris. Boughman, E. S. Barnhart, Samuel F. Penny, John II. Pry, George I. Wade, Jacob W. Yoast. The following men enlisted October 27, 1862: Thomas H. Barton, Henry S. Foshee, James S. Prather.
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Enlistments of Davis county men in Missouri regiments, as follows :
TENTH MISSOURI INFANTRY.
COMPANY D.
Samuel McAchran, first lieutenant, enlisted July 25, 1861, commissioned August 22, 1861, died in Missouri, September 15, 1861.
Gilbert D. Gray, second lieutenant, enlisted July 25, 1861, commissioned second lieutenant August 22, 1861, promoted first lieutenant December 4, 1861, promoted captain company B, 10th Missouri infantry.
Daniel B. Friend, second sergeant, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed Angust 22, 1861, died in hospital, February 10, 1862; Francis M. Gray, second sergeant, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed third sergeant August 22, 1861, promoted second sergeant February 10, 1862, died March 13, 1863; David Yoder, fifth sergeant, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861, reduced to ranks, deserted July 27, 1862; James Quigley, first eor- poral, enlisted July 25, 1861, promoted sergeant; John M. Cavitt, second corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861, discharged June 13, 1862; W. V. Sheaffer, third corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, ap- pointed Angust 22, 1861, promoted sergeant; Isaac Flick, fourth corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed Angust 22, 1861, reduced to ranks; John Trisler, fifth corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861, went into ranks; Caleb H. Bowles, sixth corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861; Greenup Snell, seventh corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861, deserted July 27, 1863; William B. Gee, eigth corporal, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed August 22, 1861, died in Missouri February 26, 1862.
William Young, wagoner, enlisted July 25, 1861, appointed Angust 22, 1861, promoted to corporal.
Privates .-- The following named meu enlisted July 25, 1861: George Bonebrake, died in Mississippi October 19, 1862; David Barkley, dis- charged Marelı 20, 1863; John W. Berry, died in Missouri, April 20, 1862; Stephen Bunnell, died in Missouri, February 1, 1862, William A. Camp- bell, James Cassett, George W. Fletcher, George Henderson, Richard Mer- ryman, David G. Maize, to company II, deserted, February 27, 1863; Wil- liam R. Pipes, discharged June 13, 1862; Thomas Randolph, died Decem- ber 8, 1861; Jerry Randolph, died in August, 1861; James H. Sailing, died in hospital, 1863; Asbury F. Salters, R. J. Holcomb, Stephen Holcomb.
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TWENTY-FIRST MISSOURI INFANTRY.
COMPANY B.
Privates-David S. Fike, enlisted December 14, 1861, discharged April 1, 1863; James I. Fike, enlisted Jannary 1, 1862, discharged October 25, 1862; Abram Holder, enlisted June 17, 1861, not heard from.
COMPANY F.
James W. Waldron, second corporal, enlisted November 15, 1861, appointed February 1. 1862, died from wounds at Shiloh April 8, 1862; William H. Fenton, eighth corporal, enlisted November 15, 1861, killed at Shiloh.
Privates-B. Johnson, enlisted December 3, 1861; James Kelley, enlis- ted November 15, 1861.
COMPANY G.
S. D. Nulton, musician, enlisted October 25, 1861.
Privates-Robert Barnes, enlisted October 25, 1861; George W. Clem- ents, enlisted October 25, 1861, discharged April 2, 1862; Resin R. Com- mons, enlisted October 25, 1861; C. G. Dabney, enlisted October 25, 1861, killed at Shiloh: William M. Davis, enlisted October 25, 1861, discharged April 2, 1862; T. W. Figgins, enlisted October 25, 1861; James Locket, en - listed October 25, 1861; F. A. Massey, enlisted October 25. 1861.
COMPANY H.
Eli L. Stewart, third corporal, enlisted Jannary 8, 1862, promoted to sec- ond corporal.
F. C. Humble, second musician, enlisted January 11, 1862, discharged April 4, 1862.
Privates-Eli Black, enlisted December 9, 1861; John W. Ferguson, en- listed October 25, 1861, discharged May 3, 1863; Chesley W. Jones, enlisted January 24, 1862; Isaiah Preston, enlisted October 25, 1861, wounded at Shiloh; Stephen Sage, enlisted January 20, 1862, killed at Shiloh; A. K. Shoemaker, enlisted January 24, 1862.
COMPANY J.
G. E. Nightengale, private, enlisted January 2, 1862.
SEVENTH MISSOURI CAVALRY. COMPANY A.
Alexander Downing, third sergeant, enlisted August 9, 1861.
James W. Scvier, fourth corporal, enlisted August 9, 1861, promoted to sergeant.
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Alonzo Douglas, bugler, enlisted August 9, 1861, promoted to sergeant, deserted September 15, 1862.
Privates-William H. Craven, enlisted August 9, 1861, promoted to corporal; E. Campbell, enlisted August 8, 1861, discharged September 17, 1862; John M. Dehart, enlisted September 25, 1861; Isaac Lambert, enlis- ted August 9, 1861, discharged February 9, 1862; A. H. Lemmon, enlisted Angust 9, 1861; James Montgomery enlisted August 9, 1861, discharged; Harry Pittman, enlisted September 10, 1861, promoted to chief musician; Edward T. Rhodes, enlisted Angust 9, 1861, discharged September 17, 1862; John M. Rhodes, enlisted August 9, 1861, promoted to corporal; Woldy Gallady, enlisted August 9, 1861; James D. Youst, enlisted August 9, 1861, discharged September 17, 1862.
SECOND CAVALRY, MISSOURI STATE MILITIA.
COMPANY B.
Josiah Robertson, third sergeant, enlisted January 20, 1862.
David Sanborn, wagoner, enlisted March 1, 1862.
Privates-George Glasburner, enlisted March 1, 1862; Edward W. Grinstead, enlisted March 1, 1862; A. C. Kemp, enlisted January 1, 1863; John A. Spencer, enlisted March 2, 1862; Warren J. Terry, enlisted January 1, 1862.
COMPANY C.
John Van Boskirk, commissary sergeant, enlisted March 10, 1862, pro- moted first sergeant.
Richard Colliver, eighth corporal, enlisted March 10, 1862, promoted to sergeant.
Privates-Enlisted March 10, 1862: Alonzo T. Foster, Jesse W. Gray, Dixon Green, William Gregory, Jeptha G. House, James B. Hubbard, pro- moted to corporal; David Lazilier, Amos J. Losy, William Moore, David B. Pew, Posey H. Veach, Jackson Winn.
It will be seen that the volunteers of Davis county were distributed mainly in the Second Infantry, company D; Thirtieth Infantry, company B; and in the Third Cavalry, companies A and E, with squads in D and I, and also squads scattered in the varions companies of the Fourth, Sixth, Thir- teenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Thirtieth, Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventh Infantry, and First, Second, Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Cavalry regiments. Besides these, there was a full company, D, in the Forty-fifth, the hundred day Infantry regiment; and nearly a full company, D, in the Tenth Missouri Infantry regiment, and squads in companies B,
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G, H, and I, of the Twenty-first Missouri Infantry, and a squad in the Sev- enth Missonri cavalry regiments. Thus, in all, Davis county contributed nearly eight hundred volunteers, who did service in the defense of their country and their homes in the dark days of their peril.
HISTORY OF DAVIS COUNTY SOLDIERS.
The Second Infantry, to which company G, enrolled in Davis county, be longed, was mustered into the United States service at Keokuk, May, '61, and had for its colonels from first to last, S. R. Curtis, J. M. Tnttle, Jas. Ba- ker, N. W. Mills, J. B. Weaver and N. B. Howard. It was at the following points, and in the following engagements during the period of its career: It left Keokuk, when it was organized, June 13, 1861, when it left for duty, reaching St. Louis July 28, thence to Bird's Point, Mo., and August 27th it brought up at Pilot Knob, Mo. From thence to Jackson, Septem- ber 1st, and on the 8th it reached Fort Jefferson, Ky., where it remained until September 23d. From there it made its way back to Benton Barracks, Mo., where it tarried from October 29, to December 23, where it assumed charge of the military prison in St. Louis, in which duty it remained nntil February 10, 1862, when it received marching orders for Fort Donelson, Tenn., where it remained from February 16, to March 6, 1862, and engaged in its first battle, the capture of the fort, February 15. The Second regi- ment made a brilliant record in this engagement, under command of Col. J. M. Tuttle. It was assigned the position of honor at the head of the column, which it led in the assault and capture, and was the first to ascend and plant the National emblem upon the embattlements of the rebel works, which they held until the surrender the next morning. It was its first, and a grand, undying achievement. The commanding Colonel, in his offi- clal report, complimented Lieutenant-Colonel Baker, Captain Moore, and Lieutenant Weaver, of this county, for the cool, brave and efficient manner in which they discharged their duty; as also did Major-General Halleck, commanding the western army, extend to the regiment a cordial compli- ment through the Adjutant-General of Iowa, under date St. Louis, Febru- ary 19, 1862, as follows:
" ADJUTANT-GENERAL N. B BAKER :- The Second Iowa infantry proved themselves the bravest of the brave; they had the honor of leading the col- umn which entered Fort Donelson.
H. W. HALLECK,
Major-General."
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The next point made by the Second regiment was Shiloh, Tenn., where it remained from March 19 to April 28, 1862; and, under command of Lieu- tenant-Colonel James Baker, engaged in the battles of that place on the 6th and 7th of April, and suffered severe loss. From Shiloh the regiment moved to Camp Montgomery, near Corinth, where it remained from June 15 to October 4, 1862. On the 3d and 4th of October it engaged in the fieree contest of Corinth in which Colonel Baker and Lieutenant-Colonel Mills were mortally wounded and other losses of officers and men were suf- fered, 108 in all. The command of the regiment now devolved upon Major James B. Weaver, who in his official report of its aetions and casualties, speaks in commendable terms of the bravery of the command and especially of the intrepidity of Lientenants Du Hield and Duckworth, of this county. Following this the command moved to Rienzi, Miss., where it remained un- til May 31, 1863. During its stay at this point the regiment participated in eneounters with the enemy under General Roddy at Little Bear Creek and at Town Creek, Alabama. Afterwards it went into camp at La Grange, Tennessee, from June 1st to November 1, 1863; and at Pulaski, Tennessee,. from November 11, 1863, to April 29, 1864. Its next engagement was at Resaea, Georgia, May 14-15, 1864, under command of Colonel Weaver, to. secure crossing of the river at that point. The Second was the first regi- ment to cross over the pontoons, which cansed the enemy to evacuate Res- aca the next morning. Following this the command in its " march to the. sea" with Sherman engaged in the encounters and sieges at Rome Cross- Road, Dallas, Georgia, now under command of Colonel N. B. Howard; Kenesaw Monntain siege, June 10-30, 1864; the engagement and siege of Atlanta, July 20 to August 27, 1864; in engagements at Little Ogeehee, Georgia, December 10-20th, arriving at Savannah, Georgia, December 21, 1864. Returning through Goldsboro, Raleigh, North Carolina, and Peters- burg and Richmond, Virginia, to Washington, it took part in such engage- ments as ocenrred. reaching the latter city May 24, 1865. From thence it went to Louisville, Kentucky, where it remained from Jannary 6 to July 12, 1865, when it left for Davenport, Iowa; and thus it ended its grand and heroie career.
The next infantry regiment in which Davis county was represented with a full company-B, Charles Clarke, captain-was the Thirtieth, Charles H. Abbott, eolonel, which rendezvoused at Keokuk and mustered into the United States service September 23, 1862. The first engagement, shown of record, in which this regiment participated was at Haines' Bluff, December 28-9, 1862, near; Vieksburg in which several were wounded. Its next engage- ment was at Arkansas Post, January 11, 1863, in which the regiment did
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gallant service and first planted their colors on the enemy's works, and took charge of the prisoners captured. There were over forty killed and wounded in this engagement, including Lafayette Edwards, killed, and Sergeant H. M. York and Privates D. Edwards and T. J. Lyons, wounded. The next battle in which the regiment took part was at Jackson, Mississippi, May 14, 1863, and the siege of Vieksburg, from May 18, to July 4, 1863. Then it took part in the engagement at Clinton, Mississippi, July 11, 1863; and again at Jackson from July 12 to 15, 1863. The two flags which the regiment car- ried through all of the above named battles, worn and blood stained, carried in its marehes 5,700 miles, between October 1862 and October 10, 1863, were by an expressed wish of the regiment forwarded to the State IIistori- cal Society at Iowa City, for preservation. The regiment was next in the- battles of Corinth and Inka, Mississippi, which latter point it left for Cher- okee, Alabama, October 20, 1863, where it was engaged with the enemy and suffered a loss of twenty-seven killed and wounded. Its next point was Tnseumbia, Alabama, where it drove the enemy ont and took possession of the town. It returned to Cherokee again and routed the enemy October 29 and then returned to Chickasaw, Alabama, October 31, 1863.
Its next campaign was in "Sherman's march to the sea." It took an ac- tive part in the engagements at Resaca, Georgia, May 13-14, 1864; at Dal- las, Georgia, May 27; Kenesaw Mountain, June 15-30; Atlanta, July 22 to August 20; and at Jonesboro, North Carolina, September 1-5; in all of which battles the casualties of the Thirtieth regiment were severe, mainly by wounds. This regiment did fine service in the field, and was finally mus- tered out at Washington, D. C., on its return from its "march to the sea," June 5, 1855.
Davis county was also represented with small squads seattered through the- Fourth, Sixth, Tenth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Seventeenth, Nine- teenth and Thirty-sixth Infantry regiments. all of which were active in the field during the war. It also had a full company, D, in the Forty-fifth Infantry, known as the " hundred day " regiment, which rendezvosed at Keokuk, and was mustered in the United State service, May 25, 1864; and of which Samuel A. Moore, of Bloomfield, was lieutenant colonel. It did garrison and gnard duty mainly, at Memphis and other points, and was mustered out of servies at Keokuk, September 16, 1864.
The Third Cavalry regiment was largely represented by Davis county. It had two full companies-A, with William Van Benthusen as captain; and E, with George Duffield as captain, besides quite a representation in com. panies D and I. This regiment was organized at Keokuk, and mustered into the United States service September 14, 1861, with Cyrus Bussey, then
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of Bloomfield, this county, as its colonel. The regiment was ordered into the field in Missouri, and after a stay at Benton Barracks, the first expedi- tion of the second battallion-companies E, F, G, and H,-was December 12, 1861, to Jefferson City, Boonville, and Glasgow, Missouri, in which it eap- tnred 173 kegs of powder from the enemy. On December 25, 1861, this battallion was stationed at Fulton, in Callaway county, Missouri, during the winter doing scouting, and rebel capturing duty thereabouts. It con- tinned on duty in this section of Missouri during most of the following summer under the command of Major H. C. Caldwell.
On the 7th of March, 1862, the first battallion of the Third Cavalry, under command of Lieutenant Colonel H. H. Trimble, of Bloomfield, moved for ward in the battle of Pea Ridge, Arkansas; and while Col. Trimble's com- mand was excenting a charge upon the enemy's line, in the face of a deadly fire from a superior force, many of which were concealed in the woods and brush, he was severely wounded in the face; besides, a large number of men and horses were killed and wounded. An open and running fight was kept up for some time, with a large loss to the enemy. The Third Cavalry did noble service in this fearful confliet. Colonel Bussey, in command of a brigade in this engagement, renders high tribute to the condnet of the Third Cavalry. Of the casualties, there were eight killed and five wounded in Company A, from this county. Eight of this battallion of the Third Cav- alry, who were burned, had been wounded and killed by stabs through the heart and neck, as shown by examination, upon being exhumed for the purpose, as appears from Colonel Bussey's official report.
The next engagement was at LaGrange, Arkansas, May 1, 1863, by a por tion of the regiment, in which it beat a superior force, with a loss of about forty of their number. Some eleven were from Company A.
On the 25th of the same month Company A, of this regiment engaged in a severe skirmish near Helena, Arkansas, in which the advance guard was commanded by Sergeant Wishard, of Davis county.
The next movements of the Third Cavalry were southward, in the expi- dition against Jackson, Miss., July 1863; after which it went into camp between Vicksburg and Jackson, Miss., and remained until August 10, 1863, when it joined an expedition to Grenada, Miss., which it reached the 17th, and doing mueh skirmishing and destruction to the enemy, in this section. The regiment then went to Memphis, and on the 27th of August, 1863, it joined the 2d battalion, then on the expedition against Little Rock, Ark., at which point it remained performing scont and picket duty. In January 1864, the Third Cavalry reenlisted as veterans, were furloughed home. On the vetranized regiment's return to the field it joined Gen.
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Sturgis' expedition in Mississippi in June, 1864, under the command of John W. Nobel, colonel, in which it suffered a loss of seventy-one killed, wounded and captured. Subsequently it joined in another expedition, through Mississippi under Gen. A. J. Smith. This expedition traveled from 350 to 400 miles from June 24, to July 23, 1864, doing efficient ser- ice. During this period the Third Iowa Cavalry lost one killed and seventeen wounded. On its return to Memphis it remained in camp until September 2, 1864, when it left for Missouri to join in the campaign against Price. It reached and joined the command nnder Gen. Pleasanton near Independence, Mo., October 22, and participated in the engagement then progressing, where it lost five men. It was next engaged in the battle at Big Blue, Oct. 23, in which its loss was thirteen wounded. It was also in the battle of the Osage, October 25, in which it lost six killed and twenty-three wounded. This battle elosed the campaign. The Third Cavalry marched during this campaign from September 2d to November 28, 1864, 1650 miles, traversing Missouri, Arkansas and the Indian Territory, and participated in three gen- eral engagements. In the last engagement, the battle of the Osage, the enemy was routed, and many of his men were killed, wounded and captured; among the latter were two or three generals, including Gen. Marmaduke, who was captured by Private James Dunlavy of this county.
The regiment again returned to Memphis, and took part in Gen. Grier- son's expedition, December 21, 1864. though Tennessee and Mississippi, in which he destroyed the Mobile and Ohio Railroad. The regiment returned to Memphis through Okalona, which the expedition captured, reaching the former place January 11, 1865, and from there to Louisville, Ky., where the regiment was remonnted with the Spencer carbine, etc. Here the command received orders to report to Gen. Wilson, at Eastport, Miss., which it reached February 11, 1865. March 18, they went into Alabama, thenee to Georgia on an expedition under Gen. Wilson, which terminated at Macon, Ga., April 22-the close of hostilities. The regiment then went to Atlanta, where it was mustered out Angust 9, 1865.
Davis county, was represented in three Missouri regiments during the war, one full company, D, in the Tenth Infantry, some twenty men scattered through the Twenty-first Infantry, and ten men in the Seventh Cavalry. But no reports of those regiments were furnished this State.
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SOUTHERN BORDER TROUBLES.
Davis county, was. more or less, the scene of raids by armed bands of guerillas and bushwhackers from Missouri during the war, who invaded the county to rob and murder peaceable citizens.
To protect the people along the southern line of the State, the legislature authorized the organization of the "Southern Border Brigade," composed of four batallious, the second of which was composed of a company raised in each of the counties of Wapello, Davis, and Appanoose. II. B. Horn, then of Bloomfield, was anthorized by the Governor to raise the company in Davis county, which he did, and was appointed its captain, with Wil- liam H. Hiner, as lieutenant, and Thomas L. C. McAchran, as orderly ser- geant. It was composed of seventy-seven men, and was mustered into. State service October 20, 1862. It was the duty of this company to guard and protect the people of Davis county against the marauding and murder- ous raids of Missouri outlaws.
A few weeks after the organization of Capt. Horn's company, December 16, 1862, the board of supervisors of Davis county, adopted the following resolution, which speaks for itself:
On motion, the following resolution was unanimously adopted; to wit,
Resolved, That the Border regiment now in the employ of the State of Iowa, on the southern border of the State, is an unnecessary and useless organization and one attended with a needless expense to the State, and we as the representatives of the several townships of Davis county, Iowa, re- spectfully represent that the company now in this county, of which Hosea B. Horn is captain is in now [no] manner necessary to the defense or pro- tection of the people of Davis county and that to the best of our knowledge and information there has not been any necessity for the services of said company, and while we believe that the National Government needs the services of all the able-bodied men of the country that can be spared from the country, and all the money that can with justice be raised by taxation, we protest against a needless and expensive waste of money and men in a ser- vice that can result in no good to any one. We further represent that the keeping of the said regiment in service will operate unjustly and unequally over citizens in case there should be a necessity of drafting in Davis county; in as much as the men in such regiment will be exempted from the draft and will remain at home without any necessity for their services in this part of the State. J. M. SLOAN, President.
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