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Roster of "D" Company, 136-141
Roster of " E " Company, 142-147
Roster of " F " Company, 147-152
Roster of "G" Company, 153-158
Roster of "H" Company, 158-163
Roster of " I " Company, 163-168
Roster of "K" Company,
168-173
PART IV .-
Letter from Lieut. Col. Geo. Pomutz to Adjt. Gen. N. B. Baker, 175
We Depart for St. Louis, 176
General Order No. 39. "Cook Rations!" 177
We Embark for the Front, 177
Gen. U. S. Grant Assigns the 15th to Gen. Prentiss' Division, . 177
Battle of Shiloh. Colonel H. T. Reid's Report, 177-182
List of the Killed, Wounded and Missing, 182-186
Adjutant George Pomutz's Account of the Battle, 186-189
History of " E " Company,
636
CONTENTS.
A Reminiscence of Shiloh, by Major W. H. Goodrell, 189-190
Telegram from Pittsburg. Keokuk, O. K. 190
" Fifty Rounds " to begin with, by Major W. P. L. Muir, 190-192
A Scene from the Deck of a Steamer, Colonel David Moore, 192-193
James Martin, of Keokuk, 193
An Incident of Shiloh, by "One of the Detail," 193
The Telegraph Reports that went Home, 193-194
Extract from " The Gate City ;" " Three Cheers for the Major," 193-194
General Orders No. 2. The Third Brigade Formed, 195
Special Order No. 9, Assigns Col. M. M. Crocker to Command the 3d Brigade, 195-196
A Letter from the Front; Our First Visitor from Iowa, 196-197
Letter No. 2, Presents the 15th Iowa a New Flag, 197
Letter No. 3, Colonel Reid to Governor Kirkwood, 198
PART V .--
The Advance upon Corinth, 198-199
Inspected by Brigadier-General A. J. Smith, 199-200
General Order No. 118: " We March as soon as Possible," 200
We Re-enforce General Ross at Bolivar, 200
General Grant says: " May have a fight on your own account," 201
Nearer Killed by Pie than by Rebel Bullets, 201
After Connecting Forts, we Garrison One, 201-202
" Stand to Arms" every Morning for Three Weeks, 202
The March to Corinth and to Iuka; 100 Rounds, 202
Grant's Order to Belknap, 203
Forced March back to`Corinth, 203
The Battle of Corinth, October 3d and 4th, 204-225
Lieutenant-Colonel Wm. W. Belknap's Report, 204-207
List of the Killed, Wounded and Missing, 207-209
Adjutant Geo. Pomutz's Account of the Battle, 209-214
McKean's Wagon Train " A Mile Long," Park it,"
Pursuit of Rebel Army to Ripley; Rear Guard, 213-214
Gen. John McArthur Relieves Gen. Mckean as Commander of 6th Division, 214
Reportof Col. M. M. Crocker, Commanding 3d Brigade, 214-218
Report of Gen. T. J. Mckean, Commanding 6th Division, 218-225 Gen. W. S. Rosencran's General Order No. 151, 225-227
Major-General U. S. Grant Congratulates the Army, 227-228 A Recollection of Corinth, 229
PART VI .-
Camp, in front of Battery Phillips and Build Works, 230
Winter Begins and It is Colder than Iowa. 230
The 6th Division Review, 231-232
March to Grand Junction and Below, 233
The Rebs Leave their Tobacco, 234
Rains in Torrents and We Think of the Flood, 234
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CONTENTS.
Phil Sheridan Makes the Rebs Git and We Git after Them, . 224 Eight Months Service the Total Loss is 463 Men, . 234
We are Engineers and Pioneers, and Build Bridges and Railroads, 234-5 . General Grant Reviews the 6th Division on the March, 235
We Make a Forced March to Rescue Holly Springs, . 235
The Old " 6th " has had Many Hard Knocks, 235-6
A Miracle : "One Day's Rations Last Seven,"
236
Guarding Railroad, 236
Rebel Cavalry Approach, the 15th Form "Line of Fight,"
236
Logan's Division Relieves Ours, March to Memphis, 236
Go to Bed with Our Hats and Boots on, . 236
Gen. U. S. Grant's Letters to Gen. McPherson and Gen. Halleck, 237
Gen. U. S. Grant's Special Order No. 15, 237-8
Arrive at Millikens Bend, Dockport, La., . 239
H Company's Ball, Throcky's Strategy, the Bastile, 240-1
The 15th, " Mole Cavalry," " On to Richmond," 241
Gen. J. B. McPherson to Command the 17th Corps, 6th Division Assigned to the Same, 241-2
Call on Miss Maria Denning and Escort her to Providence, 242
Camp on General Sparrow's Cotton Plantation, 242
Heavy Details, Dig the Canal, Rains for Weeks, 242
Prepare for Inspection, 243
Lieutenant Colonel Wm. W. Belknap, Provost Marshal of 17th Corps, 243
The Dam Cut, the Roar Reminds us of Niagara, . 943
The Flood is Coming, no Ark, this side of Ark-ansas, so We Git up and Git, 243
The Gallinippers have Pre-Empted that Camp, and we Flee Below Providence, 244
"Ish Brovo Marshal Pelknap in?" " He is." W. A. Gebhardt, 244-5
We Run a Steamboat on Dry Land and Thro' the Mud, 245-6 Thrilling Experience of the Generals, who are nearly Shipwrecked. J. Thatcher, 246-8
Report of Lieutenant Colonel Wm. E. Strong, Inspector General 17th Army Corps 248-53 PART VII .--
The Army Under Gen. U. S. Grant, moves on Vicksburg, 254
Colonel Hugh T. Reid Promoted Brigadier General U. S. Volunteers, 255
Floundering thro' the Mud, the Road is a Mile Widc, 255 Guarding 43 Miles of our Lines, Millikens Bend to Perkins, . 235
Hard Times Landing, " Keep Quiet on this Boat," 255
Arrive at Grand Gulf, Haines Bluff, Warrenton, 256
Bivouac in Rear of Vicksburg. Heavy Skirinishing, 256
General F. P. Blair's Expedition Towards Yazoo City, 256
Hot Day in a Mississippi Cornfield, - 257
Lieutenant Colonel Belknap Promoted Colonel, and other Promotions, 257
In the Trenches, " Lively Work with Spades," 257
The Rebels Concentrate their Fire. Fort Ransom, 258
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CONTENTS.
Governor S. J. JKirkwood and ' Party Arrive, . 258-9
On Skirmish line and in the Trenches, 258-9
Terrific Cannonading, in Line of Battle for the Assault, 259 Be Ready to Move at a Moment's Notice: Johnston in the Rear, 250
Report of Colonel Wm. W. Belknap, of Scout to Messengers Ferry, 260-1
Picket's Established, Artillery Placed, 261
The Enemy Advance, Skirmish July 1st, 261
We are Electrified July 3d. Offer to surrender,
Interview between General U. S. Grant and General Pemberton,
262
General James B. McPherson's Congratulatory orders No. 20, 266-7
3d Brigade Guard Ammunition Train. 3,000 Reb. Cav. Don't Want It, 267 Sherman Says the Train was Well Guarded by Chamber's Brigade, 268
The " Re-Conquest of the Mississippi Made Perfect," . 268 March to Vicksburg, and Camp North of the City, 269 General U. S. Grant's Report, Extracts from, . 269 71
" Every Shout wasja Tribute to Him, who had Opened the Great River," 271
" Vicksburg was the Key of the War." 271
The Largest Capture of Men and Material Ever Made in War, 271
To the Soldiers of Iowa, in the Army of the Tennessee, . 271-2
Report of Colonel Wm. W. Belknap, during the Siege, 273 4
Report of Colonel Wm. Hall, Commanding 3d Brigade, . 275-8
PART VIII .-
Five per cent of men receive Furloughs, and Escape, 279
The " Ill Advised Monroe Expedition," .
279-80
Pronounced the most Severe March the Regiment Participated in, 281
Only a " Test of the Maximum Physical Endurance of Veterans,"
.
280
A Camp Scene, Wanted to Make a Second Class Funeral, 281
The Old 6th Division, Promoted to 4th Division, 17th Corps, 281
March to Big Black Bridge, and Garrison that Post, 282
11 P. M. Christmas Eve we March to Re-enforce Red Bone, . 282
Allowed a Period of Rest for the First Time, 282
The Deadly Camp Kettle, in the Culinary Department, 283 Surgeon W. H. Gibbon Reports on the Inspection of Camp, 283 Colonel Belknap's Circular and General Orders, 283-5
'A Co." Wash up and Take the Bakery, 285
" B Co." Follows Suit and take Next One, 285
Invited to Re-enlist as Veterans, We Accept, 285
I Co., the First Veteran Company in the 4th Division, 286
Colonel Belknap Reports the First Veterans, 286
The Veteran Roll, 354 Men, . 287-300
PART IX .---
With General Sherman on the Meridian Raid, 300
The 15th Guard the Pioneer Corps, , 300-1
On Provost Guard at Qanton, Miss., . 301
262
The Correspondence Between Them, 263-6
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CONTENTS.
Attract General Sherman's Praise in Destroying Railroads, . 301
Start on Veteran Furlough, on board the Continental, 301
Colonel Belknap Telegraphs to Keokuk, . 301
St. Louis treats the Veterans Handsomely, 301
Keokuk City Rifles and Citizens Prepare to Receive the 15th, 302
The Gate City, extract. Arrival of the Fifteenth. 302
March Through the Streets and Dress Parade, 302-3
Program for the Reception of 15th Iowa Veteran Infantry. 303-4
The Gate City's Account of the Reception, 304-5
Address of Hon. R. P. Lowe. 305-6
Colonel Wm. W. Belknap Responds in a Happy Manner, 308-9
The Colonel Commands, "Fall In!"
309
The Gate City Article, Letter From Captain S. S. Matson, 310
Invited to Come in Out of the Draft, 310-11
The Last Dress Parade, Leave for the Front, 311
The Iowa Battallion, 17th Corps, 312
General J. B. McPherson Promoted to Command the Army of the Tennessee, 313
General U. S. Grant Promoted Lieutenant-General and Commander- in-Chiet of the Armies of the United States, . 313
Camp at Birds Point, Mo , and Paducah, Ky, . 313
On the March, Pulaski to Huntsville, Ala., 313
General M. M. Crocker Commands the 4th Division, 313
PART X .--
Maj. Gen. F. P. Blair Starts the 17th Corps to the Front, 314
A Desperate Fight Along Noonday Creek, 315
A General Advance in a Torient of Rain, 315-316
The Colonel has a Caller; He Knocks on the Inside, 316
Gen. Sherman says, He had to Reach the Chattahoochie, 317
On Picket at Kenesaw Mountain, 318-320
Lieut .- Col. Hedrick Returns from Nominating a President, 320
Lively Demonstrations; They Shell us until Midnight, 320
Advance on Nickajack ; Kenesa w Abandoned, 321
July 4th, the Enemy Steadily Forced from One Position to Another, 321
Across Nickajack, Build Bridges and Fortify, 322
A Tremendous Fort, but we finally take it, 323
From the Right to the Extreme Left Flank of the Army, 324
Advance of July 20th; Gen. Gresham Wounded,
325
The Charge of July 21st; Col. W. W. Belknap's Report,
Report of Cool. Shane, Commanding 3d Brigade, 325
328-330
The Giant of Battles July 22d; Atlanta,
330
Report of Col. Wm. W. Belknap,
330-333
The Casualties, 333-336
A Remarkable Capture by Private R. Meek, B Company, 340
Report of Col. Wm. Hall, Commanding 3d Brigade, 340-343
Report of Gen. Giles A. Smith, Commanding 4th Division, . 344-348
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CONTENTS.
The 15th Iowa Capture over one-third of all Prisoners Taken by the Division, 348
Gen. Will. W. Belknap's Address at 1st Brigade Reunion; Ex- tracts from, 348-349
Gen. Hardee's Orders to Gen. Clebone to Move, 349
Statement from I. A. Buck, A. A. Gen. to Gen. Cleborne, 349-351
Letter from Gen. I. A. Buck to Gen. W. W. Belknap,- 351-352
Gen. D. C. Govan's Report of the Battle on July 22d, 352-357 Gen. M. P. Lowrey's Report of same Battle, . 357-359
Gen. A. Hickenlooper's Description of the Great Battle, 360-361
Captain Buck's Letter to General Belknap, 361
Gen. Vincent's Article on Gen. McPherson, 363-366
Gen. W. T. Sherman's Official Report; Extracts from, 366-370
Gen. F. P. Blair's General Order No. 8, 370-371
Colonel Belknap Captures an Alabama Colonel,
371-372
An Incident at Atlanta During the Battle on July 22d,
He Stole a Grave, but Didn't Carry it. Off,
374
Ordered to Re-enforce the 2d Division, 15th Corps,
376
Battle of Ezra Church; Col. Belknap's Report,
376-377
Thanked by Gen. M. L. Smith, Commanding 2d Div., 15th Corps, 378
A Recollection of that Sanguinary Battle, by Col. J. M. Reid, 378 381
A Remarkable Lot; a Car-load of Soldiers, none Hungry, . 381-382 Col. W. W. Belknap Promoted Brigadier-General of U. S. Vols., 382 His Farewell Order to the 15th, 382
Major Geo. Pomutz's Letter to Gen. F. P. Blair,
383
Major Pomutz Relieved from Staff Duty, Assumes Command of the 15th, 383
Brig .- Gen. Win. W. Belknap in Command of the 3d Brigade,
384
The Officers of the 15th Present Gen. Belknap a Magnificent Sword, etc., 385-386
The Rebel Officer of the Day Orders " Lights Out." 386
The Siege During August a Constant Draw Battle, 388
Only 263 Fighting Men in the Regiment, 389
" Going For " the Macon R. R. Meet, Fight and Whip Reb. Cav.,
392-393
Jonesboro; a Very Long Line of Battle, 394
Heavy Cannonading ; Hood Blows up 80 Car-loads of Ammunition, 395
Gen. Sherman Congratulates the Army on the Success of the Campaign, 396
Army of the Tennessee Assigned to Camps Around East Point, 396
Days of Battles, Advances and Repulsing the Enemy's Attacks, 397
Casualties of the Campaign in Skirmishers, on Picket, in Camp, 397-399
Major-General Howard Congratulates the Army of the Tennessee, PART XI .-.
400
Gen! W. W. Belknap, Commanding 4th Div., 17th Corps. 401-402
Appeal for Re-enforcements for Iowa Regiments in the Field, 402
Governor W. M. Stone's Reply, 402-404
372-373 373-374
His Talking Machine did not always go,
CONTENTS.
641
The Exchanged Prisoners Receive New Suits, .
404
Reconnoissance to Fairburn ; Drive Rebs for Three Hours, 404-405
The 4th Div. Com. Sub .; Price List of Munitions of War; Note, 405 Kilpatrick's Cavalry Get Tired and the 15th Take the Advance, 406
Escort 247 Wagons, being the Corps Supply Train, 406
"The Last Shall be First; A. M. 15th in Rear, P. M. in Advance, A Twenty-seven mile March; Excursion on the Cars,
407
Forty-three Miles to Re enforce Resacca,
407
Major George Pomutz in Command of 3d Brigade,
408
Captain J. Monroe Reid, Commanding the 15th,
408
G. O. No. 21, Announces the Death of Gen. Ransom, Late Com- mander 17th Corps, 409-410
A Third Wing to Join the 15th, Being 500 Drafted Men,
410
We Vote to Re-elect Abraham Lincoln, President, 410-411
We Leave " Two Streaks of Rust and the Right of Way," of Our Cracker Line, .
Nov. 15th, Start on the March from Atlanta to the Sea, 412-423
Skirmishing in Water Waist Deep in December, . 415
The 14th Corps Arrive at Last, and we give them our Works, 416
Ordered to King's Bridge; No Bread for Eight Days, No Butter for Eight Months, 416
" No Talking;" Run the Blockade at 2 O'clock in the Morning, The 15th Establish Themselves Within 300 Yards of an Eleven Gun Fort,
417
Showers of Grape, Canister, Shot, Shell and Minies,
417
December 21st, We March into Savannah,
418
The 15th Fought the Enemy with Gallant and Acknowledged Efficiency, 418-419
All Praise is Due the Officers, 419
Order of Thanks of the Command to Surgeon Wm. H. Gibbon, The 15th Iowa the Largest Regiment in the Army of the Tenn., 421
416 420
G. O. No. 3, the Thanks of Congress, 422-423
An Incident During the Advance,
433
A Recollection of Savannah,
424
Recollections of a Cold and Hungry Night March,
425
Roll of the One Year Men. .
PART XII .- 425-447
Forward. Thunderbolt, to Beaufort. Were you Sea-sick, 444
Garden's Corner. Co. "A" the First to Enter the Fort, 444-5
March 105 Miles and Camp and Wait for Left Wing, . 446
The 15th Re enforce General Mower's Extreme Left, 446
Sixty Rounds, for Ballast, and You Enter the Salkahatchie, . 446-7
Generals Smith, Belknap and Potts Lead their Columns and Get Soaked, . 447
Only 34 Streams of all Widths and Depths in this Swamp,
447
The Salkahatchie was Deemed Absolutely Impassable, . 447
The 15th Attacked, Without Orders Charge Front and Whip the Rebs 447-8
416-417
406-407
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CONTENTS.
Rainy, Cold Night Follows While You 'Uns Dry Your Clothes, 448 Such Foraging, No Famine Yet. It was a Feast, . 448
General Grant said, "Sherman has as Good Soldiers as Ever Trod the Earth," 449
General Grant's Description of How You Destroyed Railroads, . 449
On Sunday the 4th Division Force the Bridge, 450
Orangeburg; Coldest Night of the Campaign. We Suffered, . 450
Quick March for Hours and Columbia is in Full View, 450
1st Minnesota Battery, Knocks the Wheel Off and Kills the Mill, 451
Lieutenants McArthur and Goodrell and Part of the 13th, the First in Columbia, 452
General Sherman writes, " It Settles the Question." 453
General Giles A. Smith Congratulates General Win. W. Belknap, 453-4
The 15th, and Brigade Camp in Columbia at Midnight, 459
15th and 13th Wade Big Lynch Creek, Breast High, Over a Mile Wide, 460
Never Elicited a Complaint, the Officers are Alive,
460-1
General Hickenlooper says, " You Built Four Bridges and Nearly Two Miles of Causeway," 461
The 17th Corps is Ahead of Everthing; We Camp, Wait and Fortify, 461
4th Division Supports the 1st and take Cheraw, 462
The 4th Division Bummers Capture Bennettsville, 462
Reviewed by Generals Smith, Sherman and Grant, 483
Official Intelligence Received of Johnston's Surrender, 484
Campaign Suddenly Ends, Vicksburg '63 to Raleigh '65 484
The 15th Iowa Lead the 17th Corps on Its Homeward March, 485
All Foraging Strictly Prohibited, 485
Petersburg, Va , over 23 Miles a Day in the Intense Heat, . 485
Richmond, Va. We Rest there for Two Days, 485
Hot and Dusty March of 169 Miles to Washington,
486
General Grant says, " Sherman's Army was Never Equaled," 486
Grand Review, General Grant's Description, 487-8
Linkensale's Letter, from Secretary Harlan, down, all Proud of Iowa and Her Troops, 489
General W. W. Belknap Commanding the 4th Division, 492
General W. T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 76, 492-4
4th Division Embark for Louisville, via Parkersburg, W. Va., 494
Lieutenant General U. S. Grant's General Order No. 108, 495
Brevet Brigadier General J. M. Hedrick, to be retained in the service, 496
Midnight Orders, the Iowa Brigade Escort General Sherman, 496
General Sherman Visits " His Boys" on July 4th, 497
Orders to Complete Records, Books, Returns and Reports, 498-9
General F. P. Blair's Farewell to the Troops of the 17th Corps, 499-502
Governor W. M. Stone's Address to the Soldiers of Iowa, . 502-3
General John A Logan's Farewell to the Army of the Tennessee, 503 7
Farewell Order of Lieutenant Colonel George Pomutz, 507-9
Mustered Out. Fun in Camp. Reveille at 3 A. M., . 509
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CONTENTS.
General John A. Logan Speaks to the 15th,
510
Chicago, Davenport, Camp Kinsman, . 510-11
Paid off. Discharged, Disbanded, . 511
List of Stations, at which the Regiment has been, 511-13
Consolidation of Distances Marched and Traveled,
514
Wading Swamps and Streams Daily for Over a Week,
462
Whole Brigades Carry Rails and Corduroy the Whole Road, 463
The 15th is Highly Complimented,
46:
Gen. Grant says: " The Roads Were Impassable for Anything Except Sherman's Army," . 463
We Capture Fayetteville, and Give it to the 14th Corps, as They Want it," 465
Cannonading on the Left; the 17th Corps Ordered to March 15th on Rear Guard, Camp Near Midnight and March at 2 A. M. " Something Was Up," We Wade Six Creeks Before Breakfast, The Army of the Tennessee Ordered up at once, as Usual,
466
467
3d Brigade Drive Butler's Division of Rebel Cavalry, 468
The Artillery and Musketry Firing Remind us of Atlanta,
469
Battle of Bentonville; "Foremost in Advance." 470
Lieutenants Goodrell and McArthur the First Yankee in Rebel Works, 471
The 15th Iowa are the advance of the Corps Entering Goldsboro, Company Front " Guide Right;" The Review,
471
" Hams on Bayonets, Chickens, Anti-Regulation Hats, etc.,
471-472
The Ever Memorable Winter Campaign of 1865,
472
Gen. W. W. Belknap's Report of the Movements of the Brigade,
475
The Commander of the 3d Brigade Thanks the Officers and Men 476-477
S. O. No. 145, Musters in Colonel John M. Hedrick, 477
The Real Object of the March Through the Carolinas, 478
" Recover Arms; " The Provost Marshals of the Army of the Tennessee, 479
PART XIII .--
The Closing Campaign, Where the Chuck-a-Luck Money Went, .481-482
Gen. Grant's Famous Dispatch : Let Us Finish the Job Now," 482
Marching in a Heavy Rain; Johnston Parleying for Surrender, 483
Dispatches Announce President Lincoln Assassinated, 483
The Troops are Intensely Exasperated, . 483
483
A Handsome Camp; Illustrated in Frank Leslie's Paper, PART XIV . --
List of Engagements the 15th Participated in, 515-523
Our Regimental Commanders, 5:3
Our Brigade Commanders, 524-526
Our Division Commanders, 526-527
Commanders of the 17th Corps, . 527-528
The Army of the Tennessee,
528-529
List of Casualties During the War, 530-577
Table Showing the Number of Men who Served in the Regiment, 579
467
467
471
644
CONTENTS.
PART XV .-
Song of Crocker's Iowa Brigade, 580-586
Roll of the Survivors, and Present Address, 586-600 "Our Roster Thins, as Years Pass On," 601-608
Transferred to the Great Army Above, Since Muster-out, 601-608
Ro ter of all Officers of the 15th During the War, 609-622
" There is no Sweeter Music to Our Ears," 622
Reunion at Iowa City. Captain Hedley's Speech, 622-625
To the Regiment. Attention -- Circular, 625-631
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