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ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Alfred B. Bonner, enlisted February 3, 1864; John R. Bishop, enlisted January 16, 1864; James Conoran, enlisted December 23, 1863; Charles Reynolds, enlisted January 16, 1864.
RECRUITS WHOSE COMPANIES ARE UNKNOWN AT THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Thomas Clark, enlisted December 8, 1863; Levi Kilgore, enlisted De- cember 20, 1863; William Lovit, enlisted December 3, 1863; Lereno Lyman, enlisted September 17, 1863; Newton B. Pitzer, enlisted January 2, 1864; Oliver Stroud, enlisted December 28, 1863.
FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY-
This regiment was enlisted to serve for the term of one hundred days. The men in it from Mills county formed part of company K, which was enrolled in Lucas county, under proclamation of the governor of the state, for one hundred day's service, dated April 25, 1864. The company was ordered into quarters May 25, 1864; and was mustered into the United States service at camp Mcclellan, Davenport, by Captain Alex- ander Chambers, U. S. A., June 10, 1864. On the 14th of June the regi- ment was despatched to Cairo, Illinois, arriving on the following day, and on the 17th started to report to General Washburne, at Memphis, Tenn- essee. June 27, the regiment was ordered to Collinsville, Tennessee, to garrison that post, and to protect the railroad property in that vicinity. The command returned to Memphis on the 1st of September, and on the tenth were ordered to Cairo, arriving at that place on the 14th. Septem- ber 16th, found the regiment at Davenport, at which place it was mus- tered out and paid off September 23, 1864, having seen no service it bat- tle whatever.
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ROSTER.
COMPANY A.
PRIVATES.
John R. Blair, enlisted May 8, 1864; George Bannan, enlisted May 8, 1864; Timothy W. Coolidge, enlisted May 11, 1864; John C. Gingry, enlisted May 18, 1864; Wm. R. Long, enlisted May 20, 1864; Edward P. Madison, enlisted May 15, 1864; Robert B. Windham, enlisted May 18, 1864.
FOURTH CAVALRY.
Of this regiment company A. was raised in Mills and Fremont coun- ties, for the greater part. It was ordered into quarters by the governor, August 26, 1861, and was mustered into the service of the United States by Captain Alexander Chambers, U. S. A., at Mt. Pleasant, November 23, 1861, two hundred and sixty miles from place of enrollment. The regiment was mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, August 8, 1865. The reader is referred to pages 245-246, of this volume, for the engagements participated in by this regiment, in every one of which the men acquitted themselves bravely. In Colonel Winslow's history of the regiment for 1864, occurs the following:
" The cavalry of our armies have during the past year engraven on the pages of history a record as glorious as that of the dragoons of Mu- rat and Ney, and our gallant troopers can point to the campaigns in Vir- ginia, Tennessee, and Missouri, for results as magnificent and complete as were ever accomplished by any arm of the service.
" The Fourth Iowa cavalry has been continually on the move since the first of May, and has materially aided in the success of all the movements with which it has been connected. Though distant from the two great military centers, Richmond and Atlanta, our labors and dangers have not been great or positive, and every one connected with the regiment has good reason for being satisfied with our conduct, and with the result of our many expeditions. Four expeditions against Forrest and one against Price, bear testimony to the fatigues endured, the dangers encountered, the defeats shared, the victories won. Participating in nearly all the marches and present at every engagement of my regiment to the 24th of October last, I am thoroughly conversant with all that these brave soldiers have undergone and accomplished, yet I confess myself utterly incompe- tent to give them the credit which they have so nobly earned. Unlike in- fantry commands, where losses are sustained on certain days or in par- ticular battles far apart, cavalry regiments seldom meet with heavy losses at any one time, but every day records the death, wounding or capture of the trooper, in some one of the innumerable skirmishes or scouts in which,
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as the ' eyes of the army', cavalry are engaged. While the infantry sol- dier has his seasons of inactivity and rest, the trooper has no day nor hour which he can call his own, but is aroused at all times and at any moment by the sound of the bugle, calling him to mount and move to the front. How often does he curse the credulity of his commanding officers, when he finds that his long ride has been fruitless of results. Very few appre- ciate what the cavalry soldier endures or accomplishes for his country, hence I have written the above few words in his behalf."
The gallant Colonel here pays a well deserved tribute to the noble men of the fourth cavalry. They did deserve all he has said of them and more.
ROSTER. COMPANY A.
Daniel B. Baker, farrier, enlisted September 3, 1861.
PRIVATES.
David Armstrong, enlisted September 4, 1861; William Dean, enlisted September 4, 1861; William H. Good, enlisted September 4, 1861; Wil- liam H. Stringfield, enlisted September 4, 1861, promoted to fifth corporal; George W. Van Doran, enlisted September 4, 1861; Aaron L. Van Dorn, enlisted September 4, 1861; William S. Hunt, enlisted December 23,1861, transferred from company G, February 5, 1862.
FIFTH CAVALRY.
Of this regiment, Mills county men were in companies B and C. The greater number were in company B, which was enrolled in Douglass county, Nebraska, and ordered into quarters by the governor of that ter- ritory, and mustered into the service of the United States at Omaha, by Lieutenant J. N. H. Patrick, September 21, 1861, under a proclamation of the President of the United States, bearing date of July 23, 1861. In com- pany C, which was enrolled in Douglass county, Nebraska Territory, and mustered into the service September 19, and October 3, 1861, there were but three enlistments from this county.
This regiment was originally known as the "Curtis Horse," and com- menced its organization at Benton barracks, near St. Louis, Missouri, December 20, 1861, pursuant to special order number 70, St. Louis. The month of January, 1862, was passed in organizing, drilling, arming, and equipping the regiment for the field, under the direction of Colonel Lowe. On February 8, 1862, the regiment left Benton barracks under orders, for Fort Henry, Tennessee, at which point it arrived February 11th. The regiment was baptized into real war at the battle of Paris, March 11, 1862. On March 27th, it was added to the army of the Tennessee, re- maining until August 29, a lapse of five months. On the 25th of June, 1862. the regiment of Curtis Horse was assigned to the state of Iowa, and
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called the Fifth Iowa Cavalry. At the battle of Fort Donelson, August 27, 1862, company B was dismounted and employed as skirmishers, and were sharply engaged for some time in driving the enemy from his posi- tion. While performing this brilliant deed a battery of artillery opened on the gallant band, hearing which they were ordered to mount and charge the battery. In the charge Lieutenant Sumner, of this county, was so badly wounded that he died at a house near the scene of action, August 29. The history of the regiment from this time on was that of all cavalry regiments; engaging in toilsome marches, and reconnoitering movements, or as guards for posts. The regiment was mustered out at Nashville, Tennessee, August 11, 1865. The reader is referred to the remarks of Col. Winslow, of the 4th Iowa, for a general idea of the oner- ous duties entailed upon cavalry regiments.
ROSTER. COMPANY B.
Milton S. Summers, first lieutenant; commissioned September 21,1861; wounded and died August 29, 1862; James H. Wing first sergeant; en- listed September 1, 1861; taken prisoner August 27, 1862; S. A. McClin- tre saddler; enlisted September 1, 1861; John Buttler wagoner; enlisted September 21, 1861.
PRIVATES.
Jacob Adams, enlisted September 21, 1861; Samuel Baxter, enlisted Sep- tember 21, 1861; G. W. Brown, enlisted September 21, 1861. Henry Edson, enlisted September 21, 1861; discharged for disability September 21, 1862; Richard Good, enlisted September 21, 1861; C. P. Hughes, enlisted September 21, 1861; Thomas Hall, enlisted September 21, 1861; S. H. Hopkins, enlisted September 21, 1861; J. I. Kyniston, enlisted Sep- tember 21, 1861; James Kisen, enlisted September 21, 1861; Jason Lunce- ford, September 21, 1861; George Sappin, enlisted September 21, 1861; taken prisoner August 27, 1862; Nelson R. Mosan, enlisted September 21, 1861; killed in battle at Cumberland iron works, August 27, 1862; Thomas Moodie, enlisted September 21, 1861; Bryson Purcell, enlisted September 21, 1861; died December 5, 1861; S. J. Redmond, enlisted September 21, 1861; L. W. Silcott, enlisted September 21, 1861; Charles Wheelock, enlisted September 21, 1861.
COMPANY C. PRIVATES.
Albert K. Donner, enlisted September 30, 1861; John C. Garvin, en- listed September 24, 1861; Daniel J. Leives, enlisted September 24, 1861.
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COMPANY B.
Joseph Westman, veteranized January 1, 1864; taken prisoner July 31, 1864; John M. Hughes, fourth corporal; veteranized January 1, 1864; Charles Wheelock, fifth corporal; veteranized January 1, 1864.
PRIVATES.
John Buttler, veteranized January 1, 1864; Geo. H. Brown, veteranized January 1, 1864; Samuel Baxter, veteranized January 1, 1864; Warren Davis, veteranized January 1, 1864; Richard Good, veteranized January 1, 1864; taken prisoner July 31, 1864; Thos. Hall, veteranized January 1, 1864; John T. Kyniston, veteranized January 1, 1864; David J. Radick, veteranized January 1, 1864; Landon W. Silcott, veteranized January 1, 1864; taken prisoner July 31, 1864.
EIGHTH IOWA CAVALRY .* COMPANY A.
PRIVATES.
Mark Flemming, enlisted July 17, 1861; served fifteen months in Fifth Missouri cavalry Aaron M. Zook, enlisted July 25, 1863.
COMPANY I. H. P. Coolidge, enlisted June 15, 1863.
SECOND BATTERY LIGHT ARTILLERY.
Ralph L. Young, enlisted October 9, 1862.
LIGHT ARTILLERY.
FOURTH BATTERY.
Phillip H. Goode, captain, enlisted November 23, 1863; Loyd A. Nel- son, quartermaster sergeant, enlisted July 9, 1863; William H. Noah, third sergeant, enlisted June 14, 1863; Erasmus C. Byers, fourth sergeant enlisted June 15, 1863; Nathaniel Ham, sixth sergeant, enlisted June 30, 1863; Joel Dunkel, seventh sergeant, enlisted June 9, 1863, served five years in company F, second United States infantry; John D. Wright, fourth corporal, enlisted August 7, 1863; Zimri Froth, ninth corporal, enlisted November 8, 1863; John Stranathan, artificer, enlisted August 1, 1863.
PRIVATES.
J. T. Anderson, enlisted August 10, 1863; James Baker, enlisted July 27, 1863; Spence Boyd, enlisted July 29, 1863; John Barrett, enlisted October 26, 1863; Pressley M. Cain, enlisted July 29, 1863; Morris T.
*The enlistments for this regiment were made in other states, and some were trans- ferred from the Eighth Iowa from these regiments, subsequent to its formation.
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Deupree, enlisted August 31, 1863; Wm. A. Deupree, enlisted August 19, 1863; John H. Eaton, enlisted August 29, 1863; W. S. Garrett, en- listed July 18, 1863; Benj. Hodges, enlisted July 29, 1863; Wm. Johnson, enlisted October 23, 1863; A. B. McPherson, enlisted August 1, 1863; Amos Monor, enlisted July 18, 1863; Benoni Pool, July 31, 1863; Ezra Poquette, enlisted July 9, 1863; David Pierce, enlisted October 26, 1863; Fred Slaughter, enlisted August 31, 1863; R. M. Skaggs, enlisted Aug- ust 1, 1863; James Stone, enlisted June 20, 1863; J. C. Walker, enlisted August 6, 1862; H. F. Wilkinson, enlisted August 4, 1863.
This regiment was ordered into quarters and mustered into the service of the United States, at Davenport, November 23, 1863, by Lieutenant Colonel Wm. F. Grier, first United States cavalry. The regiment was mustered out July 14, 1865, at Davenport.
General History.
BOUNDARIES AND ORGANIZATION OF TOWNSHIPS.
The records of the earliest organization of the townships are incomplete. When the first record appears, in March, 1853, there were in existence five townships as follows: West Liberty, Plattville, Rawles, Council Bluffs and Silver Creek.
On March 18, 1853, the county court issued an order for the organiza- tion of another township as follows:
That so much of the territory of Mills county as lies east of the Nish- nabotna river, and in the limits of said county, be and the same is hereby set apart to be organized into a township to itself. And it is further ordered that the first election in said township shall be on the first Mon- day of April, A. D. 1853, and that notice for said election be given, and that the township be called MONTGOMERY.
No further action was taken in the matter of retownshiping the county until February 27, 1855, when the following order was issued by the county court:
By request of a number of citizens of Silver Creek township, Mills county, Iowa, as represented by Daniel Goodwin, asking that said town- ship be divided, and therefore said township is divided as follows, to-wit: commencing where the county line crosses the Nishnabotna river, running west on said county line to the center line of township No. seventy-three (73), and range No. forty-two (42), thence south with said center line to the township line between township seventy-two (72) and township seventy-three (73); thence with said line running east to the said Nishna- botna river, thence up said river to the place of beginning, to be called INGRAHAM TOWNSHIP; the first election to be holden at the house of James H. Goodwin, in said township; notice being issued to James McCoy and Eliphalet Lewis, two of the trustees formerly of said Silver Creek township, but now of said Ingraham township; and it is further ordered, that the first election in said township shall be on the first Mon- day of April, A. D. 1855, and that notice for the said election be given by the said trustees. 502
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This order was rescinded March 14, 1855, as appears from the follow- ing record in the case:
On March 14, 1855, the county court issued the following, William Snuffin acting county judge:
" WHEREAS, It was represented to said county judge, by one James W. Goodwin, on the 27th day of February, A. D. 1855, that him the said Goodwin, and a number of the citizens of Silver Creek township, Mills county, Iowa, requesting that said township be divided, as it was too large to be convenient for the inhabitants thereof, and upon said repre- sentation it was ordered, as recorded on the said 27th day of February, 1855, and it is now ordered by the court, on the presentation of a petition signed by thirty persons of the new township, to rescind said order, made by said judge on the said 27th day of February, 1855; and it is hereby ordered that said order for said division of said township of Silver Creek, the same is hereby rescinded and made null and void."
The record from this time is quite complete, giving the various changes until the present. It would appear from the records that when the county officers met and there was no other business to engage their atten- tion, they diverted themselves by changing the township boundaries and meddling with the swamp lands. This last named proclivity has cost the county several thousands of dollars, and the end is not yet.
The next change occurred January 21, 1856, as follows:
" On the application of Samuel S. Jamison, and Harvey W. Summers, and others, by petition to organize a new township, it is hereby ordered and declared by the county court of Mills county, and state of Iowa, that congressional township number seventy-one (71), and ranges numbers forty (40) and forty-one (41), and sections numbers thirty-four (34), thirty- five (35) and thirty-six (36) in township number seventy-two (72), range number forty-one (41), shall be known as the township of WHITE CLOUD, and shall be established as an election precinct."
In March of the same year, 7th day, was made the following change. "Now comes Robert Russell and others and files in this court a petition to organize a new township in Mills county, state of Iowa; and it is hereby ordered and declared by the county court of said county and state, that congressional township number seventy-three (73), and range number forty (40), and three tiers of sections off of the east side of town- ship number seventy-three (73), and range number forty-one (41), as prayed for in said petition; and said township shall be known by the name of Nishnabotna, and shall be established an election precinct, and the first election in said township shall be held at the house of Michael B. Hulick in said township."
The townships were permitted to rest in peace until February 16, 1857,
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when they were again all re-organized, with the following names and boundaries:
"All of township No. 71 and range No. 43 shall be known as LYONS TOWNSHIP.
"All of fractional township No. 72 and range No. 43, and the west half of township No. 72, and range No. 43, shall be known and described as PLATTEVILLE TOWNSHIP.
" Fractional township No. 73 and range No. 44, and one tier of sec- tions off of the west side of township No. 73, and range No. 43, shall be known and described as the township of ST. MARYS, in place of Council Bluffs township.
" Township No. 71 of range No. 42 shall be known and described as RAWLES TOWNSHIP.
" The West half of township No. 72, range No. 42, and the east half of township No. 72, range No. 43, shall be known and described as GLENWOOD TOWNSHIP, heretofore known as West Liberty township.
"All of township No. 43, except one tier of sections off of the west side of said township, and the west half of township No. 73, range No. 42, shall be known and described as OAK TOWNSHIP.
" The west half of township No. 72, range No. 41, and the east half of township No. 72 of range 42, shall be known and described as SILVER CREEK TOWNSHIP.
" The west half township No. 73, range No. 41, and the east half of township No. 73 of range No. 42, shall be known and described as Town- SHIP OF INGRAHAM.
" Township No. 72, range No. 40, and the east half of township No. 72, range No. 41, (except sections 34, 35 and 36 in said township) shall be known and described as TOWNSHIP OF INDIAN CREEK, in place of Mont- gomery township.
" The township No. 73 and range No. 40, and the east half of town- ship 73, range No. 41, shall be known as MUD CREEK TOWNSHIP, in place of Nishnabotna township.
" All of township No. 71, range No. 44, and range No. 41, and sections No. 34, 35 and 36, shall be known as WHITE CLOUD TOWNSHIP.
"The above changes and names of said townships shall take place and be known from and after the next April election in 1857."
No further change was made until 1861, when, at the January session of the board of supervisors, the following business was transacted.
" Resolved, That the name of Mud Creek township be changed to UNION."
An amendment was offered inserting ANDERSON, which was agreed to. The next change occurred January 9, 1879, and was the following:
" January 9, 1379 .- Comes now Jacob Shoemaker, T. M. Britt, and
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one hundred and eighty others, and file a petition asking to have an alter- ation in the number and boundaries of the townships in Mills county by creating a new civil township therein to be described and bounded as fol- lows; Commencing at the the southeast corner of township seventy- two (72), range forty-two (42), and running thence north to the northeast corner of said township and range, thence west to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of section five (5), in said township and range, thence south to the center of section seventeen (17) in said township , and range; thence west to the northwest corner of the southwest quarter of section eighteen (18) in said township and range; thence south to the southeast corner of said township and range; thence east to place of beginning. On motion a new civil township, described and bounded as above, is hereby created, and to be known as CENTER TOWNSHIP."
The last change to date was made July 6, 1880, and was, perhaps, the most foolish act the board has yet perpetrated officially. It is as follows:
"In the matter of petition of citizens of Silver Creek township for a division of said township into two townships, the one to comprise the ter- ritory without the corporate limits of Malvern, and the other to comprise the territory within the corporate limits of said city of Malvern. It is hereby ordered that the petition be granted, and that said SILVER CREEK township be divided, the territory without the corporate limits of the city of MALVERN to be one township, and the territory within the corporate limits of said city of Malvern to be another township."
THE PIONEER.
Lo! here the smoke of cabins curled, The borders of the middle world;
And mighty, hairy, half-wild men Sat down in silence, held at bay By mailed horse. Far away The red men's boundless borders lay, And lodges stood in legions there, Striped pyramids of painted men. What sturdy, uncommon men were these, These settlers hewing to the seas; Great horny handed men, and tan; Men blown from every border land; Men desperate and red of hand, And men in love and men in debt,
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And men who lived but to forget, And men whose very hearts had died, Who only sought these woods to hide Their wretchedness, held in vain! Yet every man among them stood Alone, along the sounding wood, And every man, somehow a man, A race of unnamed giants these, That moved like gods among the trees, So stern, so stubborn-browed and slow, With strength of black-maned buffalo, And each man notable and tall, A kingly and unconscious Saul, A sort of sullen Hercules. A star stood large and white awest, Then time uprose and testified; They push'd the mailed wood aside, They toss'd the forest like a toy, That great forgotten race of men The boldest band that yet has been Together since the siege of Troy, And followed it-and found their rest. What strength! What strife! What rude unrest! What shocks! What half shaped armies met! A mighty nation moving west, With all its steely sinews set Against a living forest. Here, The shouts, the shots of Pioneer!
The rended forests! rolling wheels, As if some half checked army reels, Recoils, redoubles, comes again, Loud sounding like a hurricane.
Oh bearded, stalwart, westmost men, So tower like, so Gothic built! A kingdom won without the guilt Of studied battles, that hath been Your blood's inheritance, Your heirs Know not your tombs. The great plowshares Cleave softly through the mellow loam Where you have made eternal home And set no sign.
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Your epitaphs Are written in furrows. Beauty laughs While through the green waves wandering Beside her love, slow gathering, White starry hearted, May time blooms Above your lowly level'd tombs; And then below the spotted sky She stops, she leans, she wonders why The ground is heaved and broken so, And why the grasses darker grow And droops, and trail like wounded wing.
Yea, time, the grand old Harvester, Has gathered you from wood and plain.
We call to you again, again; The rush and rumble of the car
Comes back in answer. Deep and wide The wheels of progress have pass'd on; The silent Pioneer is gone,
His ghost is moving down the trees,
And now we push the memories,
Of bluff, bold men who dared and died
In foremost battle, quite aside.
Oh perfect Eden of the earth, In poppies sown, in harvest set; Oh sires, mothers of my west;
How shall we count your proud request?
But yesterday you gave us birth;
We eat your hard earned bread to-day,
Nor toil, nor spin, nor make regret,
But praise our pretty selves and say
How great we are, and all forget
The still endurance of the rude
Unpolish'd sons of solitude .- Joaquin Miller.
TO THE PRESENT.
Many years ago the hardy and ambitious sons and daughters, who first came to Mills county, left their paternal roofs and sought homes in the untamed wilderness of what was then the West. They were not the effeminate sons and languid daughters of wealthy parents, who had been reared in the lap of luxury, for such never dare the perils of a frontier life.
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They had, from their infancy been taught, by precept and example, that industry and economy which had enabled their fathers to thrive among the rocks and hills of Kentucky. Some of them started alone, with knap- sacks on their backs, rifles on their shoulders, and axes in their hands. Thus accoutred they bade adieu for a time to the loved ones at home, and turned their faces westward to seek their future homes and fortunes in the wilderness. For a time they followed the trail of previous emi- grants, but sooner or later they abandoned this, left the borders of civiliza- tion, and struck into the forest. Having selected suitable locations and secured their titles, if the latter were needed, they began preparations for the future. Temporary shelters were constructed, and clearings were begun; while this work was in progress these solitary laborers procured what supplies they required from St. Joseph, the nearest settlement and many miles away. Their nearest neighbors were sometimes a score of miles in the forest or on the prairie-and with these they occasionally exchanged visits or planned for the future. By night they lay in their rude shelters on beds of grass, or even boards hewn from the logs they had felled, to dream of the homes they had left, or those their fancy pic- tured; or, in their intervals of wakefulness, listened to the distant howling of the wolf, or were startled by the near hooting of the owl. Day after day they toiled on, sustained solely by their hopes and plans for the future. The work of the adventurer completed, he turned his face homeward, and with light heart came again to the scenes of childhood. Here were parents, and brothers, and sisters, to welcome him warmly and listen to the recital of his experience in the western wild. He received a still more hearty welcome from another, who, during his long absence, had not ceased to think of him by day and to dream of him by night. She listened to the story of his doings with a deeper interest,, for to her and him they were matters of equal importance.
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