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Ross, Jesse II., Grant's Pass, Ore. Soper, Roswell K., St. James, Minn Sivets, Daniel, Fegley, Mo Thompson, Frank D., Nevada, la. Trobridge, Wm. H., Des Moines, Ia. (Sub-station, E. D. M.) Tapening, J. M., Crab Orchard, Tenn VenEmmon, W.IL., Chamberlain, S.D. Whitneck, Wm. W., Waterloo, la. Watrobeck, John, 1234 So. 8th st. St. Louis, Mo. Wagner, Jasper, Kendallville, Ind. Weaver, John N., Sioux City, Ia. Wyatt, John J., Chetek, Wis.
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COMPANY E.
Capt. Robt. Williams, Vancouver, Wash. Lieut. Chas. R. Switzer, Lewis, la. .. John W. Shumaker, Waterloo, Iowa.
Boone, R. G., Scott, lowa.
· Belton, James, Batavia, Minn. Cook, Jas. P., box 11 1, Ponca, Neb Church, Nathan, Renwick, Iowa.
DeMoss, Thos., Bristow, Iowa. Sergt. Wm. H. Beckwith, Parkers- Eberhart, Benj. E., Laporte City, la burg, lowa.
Chas. P. Callins, Charles City, , Fluent, George, Ahna, Wash. lowa.
Chas. V. Surfus, Bristow, la. J. S. Margretz, Kesley, la.
Harvey Smith, Sibley, N. D.
Allen E. Talbott, Dinsdale, Ia. Seth J. Crowhorst, Salem, S.D. Corp'l J. W. Rich, Iowa City, la. . :
Thos. Boylan, Stockton, Calif. . Reed, Zeph, Fredonia, lowa. Joel A. Stewart, Oregon City, . Seeber, G. L., Sabula, Iowa. Oregon.
66 M. V.B. Sunderlin, Janesville, Ia . Sharp, Oliver, Grand Island, Neb. Wm. Hamilton, Waterloo, la. .. Strong, Ezra, Benecia, Calif.
C. D. Morris, Canton, S. D.
David Creighton, Hampton, Iowa.
" Sylvester Cook, Newcastle, Neb ; West, D. F., Theon, Wash. Bird, R. L., Hampton, Iowa. .
· Sawyer, E., Sioux Falls, S. D.
COMPANY F.
Capt. J. E. Ainsworth, Omaha, Neb (Merchant's National Bank) J. W. Gift, 900 Main st., Peoria, III.
John Bremner, Yankton, S. D. Lieut. Abner Dunham, Manchester, Iowa.
Sergt. R. C. Eldridge, Niagara Falls, N. Y.
R. W. Terrill, Manchester, Ia. Jas. F. Lee, Riverton, Oregon
" II. M. Preston, Ft. Dodge, la. C. F. Eldridge, Walnut, Kan. Luther Kaltenbach, Gila Bend, Arizona.
Corp'l Isaac Johnson, Lawton, Okl. W. A. Nelson, Hazleton, fa.
Frank W. Coolidge, Shoshone, Idaho.
Justus Schneider, Rosewell, So. Dak.
.. John F. Lee, Dwight, Kan. " Geo. W. Woolridge, Edge-
wood, lowa.
Annis, George W. Lanark, II]. Coolidge, C. L. Central City, Neb. Eaton. John J., Edgewood, la.
Grice, A F., (from 27th Iowa). Doniphon, Neb.
Hafhill. Josiah, Wool Center, la. Kaltenbach, Samuel, Manchester, lowa.
Kint, George, Oelwein, Iowa.
Lyons, 1 .. D., Marshalltown, Iowa. (Soldiers' Home)
Mackey, H. W., (transfer from 27th lowa) Fayette, lowa.
Olmsted, Henry, (from 27th lowa) Independence, Iowa.
Potter, James W., Fredericksburg, Iowa.
Ralston, Nels, Canton, S. Dak. Stribbling, C. C., Clifton, Tenn. Tibbetts, W. F., Cheney, Kan. Thorn, Christian, Waverly, lowa.
(Benecia Arsenal)
Shroger, Nathn'l, Laporte City, la. Sellers, John, Davis City, Iowa.
Sehrack, David, Oelwein, lowa.
Hayward, C. B., Dysars, lowa. Harrison, H. J., Waterloo, lowa. Large, F. A., Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Ochs, Charles, Ackley, lowa. Pomeroy, R. L. Wansaukee, Wis.
Early, Thos. M., Dumont, lowa.
Graham, Jacob, Davenport, Iowa.
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Taylor, James M., 49 E. Twelth st., Portland, Oregon.
Weeden, Robt. L., Coggen, Ia.
Widger, Josiah, Manchester, la. Wandall, Alex, (from 27th lowa) Volga, Iowa.
COMPANY G.
Lient. Anton E. Anderson, (Soldiers' Home) Marshalltown, Iowa.
" Jas. E. Simpson, Norfolk, Neb. Sergt. John O. Johnson, Hesper, Ia. Corp'l Win. L. Winsor, Clinton, Mo Anders Anderson, Albert Lea, Minn.
¥ Ole P. Rockswold, Thoten, Ia. Gilbert Anderson, Worden, Minn.
" Harvey E. Johnson, box 161 Evansville, Minn.
Henry Steen, Manassa, Va.
Guleck II. Houge, Albert Lea, Minn.
6. Warren Wait, Ida, Mo.
Alfred S. Fuller, Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
Fred. Rachan, Skidmore, Mo. Anderson, Peter, Lake Mills, la. Aker, D. O., Ridgeway, Iowa. Christopherson, C., Hartland, Minn. Coon, Chas. A., Sabinal, Texas. Dunn, Van R., De Witt, Neb.
Engelbertson, Erick, Aastad, Minn. Fuller, Alfred, Sioux Falls, S. D. Gilbertson, Ole, Hot Springs, S. D. Gulbronson, Anton, Rothsay, Minn.
Groves, A. H., Decorah, Iowa. Hanson, Hans, Lake Park, Minn. Hanson, Halver, Sheldon, N. Dak. Hulverson, Andrew, Decorah, la. Johnson, Nels O., Enderline, N. D. Kittleson, Carl B., Norway Lake, Minn.
Kirkland, G. W., Freeport, Ia. MeCabe, Charles, Sherburne, Minn. Meader, M. E., Hesper, Ia.
Moe, Peter, Springfield, Minn.
Montgomery, Wm. (from 27th Ia.)
4359 Cozen ave, St. Louis, Mo. Nass, G. H., Washington Prairie, Ia Oleson, Andrew HI., Madison, S. D. Ryerson, Finger, Ashby, Minn. Smith, Israel K., Baraboo, Wis. Smith, J. K., Hesper, Iowa. Sinnons, Roland, Lake Park, Minn Stalim, Lars L., 208 Bluff street, Sioux City, Iowa.
Simmons, John, Flandreau, S. D. Skinner, Frederick, Forest City, la. Thompson, Thomas, Sedro, Wash. Thoryson, Andrew, Aastad, Minn. Tobiason, Andrew, Windom, Minn. Wheeler, Horace, Algona, la. West, Samuel, Red Cloud, Neb. Young, A. S., Nashua. la.
COMPANY H.
Capt. Il. J. Playter, 1921 6th st., n. w., Washington, D. C. Lient. Robt. Fishel, Manchester, Ia. David Moreland, Chicago, III. Sorgt. John B. Flenniken, Battle Creek, Neb.
Ralph M.Grimes, Kearney, Neb
Robt. W. Light, Ponea, Neb.
John W. Ward, 608 S. Plane st., Burlington, lowa.
: William H. Cox, Alta, la.
Corp'I B. A. Clark, Calhoun, Mo. Jos. Evans, box 195, Tipton, Mo
" Wm. H. MeCune, Ruthven, la.
Sam'l B. Sloan, Greeley, la.
Corp'l John S. Mason, Oak Park, Cal John W. Benedict, Lexington, Neh.
Edward Winch, Arena, Wis.
.. Alex S. McConnell, Hopkinton, Iowa. -- R
Briggs, II. S., Marcus, lowa: Bryan, David, Pomona, Mo. Crisman, William, Quincy, Ill. (Soldiers' Home) Crist, John W., Central City, S. D. Crosby, J. W., Fremont, Neb. Fishel, S. K., Hot Springs, Wyo. Frank, Joseph, Lamont, lowa. Garner, A. T., Farley, Iowa.
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Hamblin, R. E., Arcadia, Ohio.
Henry, Phillip, Greeley, la.
Kuhnes, James C., R F D 6, Rock- well City, lowa. Jones, David, Monona, łowa. Light, Joseph A., Norfolk, Neb.
Nowman, Jno. G., North Platte, Neb Shorter, James, Shell Rock, la. Smith, Thos., box 97, Cassville, Mo. Sloan, S. B., Greeley, la.
Stuthers, Andrew, Craig, Neb.
Wisegarber, Wm.S., Walnut Hill, Ill.
COMPANY I.
Capt. Chas. L. Sumbardo, Houston, Texas. Jas. F. Zediker, North Yakima, Wash. Lieut. Alfred L. Palmer, Seattle, Wash. " Jas. L. Thompson, Franklin, lowa.
Sergt. W. F. MeCarron, (Times office) Chattanooga, Tenn.
E. B. Campbell, Armstrong, la. J. Warren Cotes, Taleott, S.D. John S. Ray, Naponce, Neb. WVm. Starbuck, Oldham, S. D.
Win. L. Fry, Seranton, Ia.
Wm. A. Cobb, Walla Walla, Wash.
Corp'l Marion Rolf, Maquoketa, la. Jas. Harding, Baldwin, la.
J. F. Wilson, Fulton, la.
Wm. IL. Markham, Hawkeye, Kansas.
= Alonzo Wells, Vincent, la. Wm. Kohler, Dubuque, la.
.. Mel. B. Goodnow, Burwell, Neb Michael D. Nagle, Dubuque, la Samuel L. Kennedy, Cedar Rapids, lowa.
N. E Austin, Andrew, la. Austin, F. M., Staplehurst, Neb. Allen, Eugene, Cedar Rapids, la. Bitner, Albert, Brayton, lowa. Belknap, Albert, Fremont, Neb. Buchanan, Jas. C., Cedar, Rapids, la Butters, John F., room 48, Bolton block, Sioux City, la. Behnke, Frank, (from 27th Iowa) Guttenburg, la. Campbell, John T., Unique, la.
Cobb, E. C., 1323 Timea st., Keo- kuk, Iowa.
Crane, I. K., Maqnoketa, la.
Clark, Frank, (from 27th lowa) Humbolit, Iowa.
Davenport, II. G., Superior, Neb. Devine, John, 1523 N. Iligh st., Columbus, Ohio.
Dupray, Wm. H., 2630 Adel st., Sioux City, Ia.
Eaton, Theophilus, Maquoketa, la. Edie, T. C., Pueblo, Colorado.
Hatfield, Aug. W., 230 Whiton st., Jersey City, N. J.
Hendricks, Wm., Winterset, la. Kickards, Jonas S., Memphis, Mo. Kerns, Peter, Reubens, Kan. Knudt, Carl, Postville, Iowa. Lewis, Peter, (from 27 la) Lund, Wis. Lewis, Lewis, (from 27th lowa) Holmes City, Minn. MeDermott, Michael, Placid, Ia. MeKinley, James, Maquoketa, la. Nims, Weed, Maquoketa, la. Paup, David, Sac City, Ia.
Perkins. Henry, Seattle, Wash.
Poedch, Lorenzo, (from 27th la.) Postville, Iowa. Ragen, James, Giard, Iowa.
Swank, John M., Muscatine, Iowa. Schautz, John R., 766 Savier st., Portland, Oregon. Schmidt, John, (from 27th lowa) Lincoln, Neb.
Teskey, George. Elwood, la.
Thompson, Jas. L., Franklin, Nob. Wilson, Thos. J., Maquoketa, la. Wivinis, Michael, Dubuque, la.
Wooley, Winchester, Mt. Pleasant, Ten.
Wolcott, Alden E., (from 27th la.) Lynixville, Wis. Williams, Sidney, Atlantic, la. Williams, S., Colfax, Il.
Yeley, George, Clinton, la.
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COMPANY K
Cpt O T Fuller, Webster Grove, Mo Lieut I. Webb, Cedar Rapids, Ia J J Brown, Bloomington, Neb
J A Morgan, Davenport, Ia Henry C Merriam, Coggon, Ia Sergt Richard Freeman, Spencer, O Wm R Mathis, Omaha, Neb
T E Blanchard, LeMars, Kan
Corpl A Mosher, 520 Hays st., San Antonio, Tex
P Church, Arborville, Neb
E R Mathis, Omaha, Neb
C Hiekethier, Cedar Mills, Ore Ang Hiekethier, Drain, Ore
S N Bugby, 1012 N. Fifth st. Minneapolis, Minn.
" C D Billings, Bloomington, Neb Blanchard, Ira D, Crookston. Minn Billings, Abraham, Luzerne, N Y
Baldwin, Newton H, Ada, Kan Barden, Henry A, 278 College st.
Portland, Ore.
Beckner, J M, Charles City, Iowa Davis, W H, Des Moines, Ia Dolley, Godfrey, Coggon, la Dutcher, Albert, Nat'l Heme, Co- lumbus, O.
Ellison, W H, St. Edward, Neb Gilchrist, J N, Durham, Ia
Ilorn, Samuel, Colesburg, Ia Kimp, William, Kirwin, Kan Keith, W B, Prospect, Neb Morehouse, P J, Los Angeles, Cal Mickey, Isaac, Waukon, Ia
Morgan, Wm B, Bloomington, Neb Willard, Porter H, Hopkinton, Ia Waldroff, Henry, Laporte City, Ia
CORRECTIONS
In Roster from Addresses Giyen in this Book. Letters returned unclaimed marked R. Deceased Members, D.
Co A -F C Cromwell, Humbolt, la; Job Crist, R; D V Ellsworth, D; G W Reed, Tarkio, Mo.
Co B-Wesley B Bort, Foxboro, Wis instead of Viroqua; Samuel C Smith, Waukon Jet, Ia instead of N MeGregor; E A Erickson, Center, So Dak.
Co C -- Wm A Hamlin, Astoria, Ore instead of Crawford, Neb; Geo Brown R.
Co D -Theo L Prescott, 5702 Erie St, Austin, III.
Co E-Win H Beckwith, R; R L Bird, Absarokee, Mont; Geo Flu- ent, R; Thomas D Moss, D.
Co F -- T McGowan, Independence, la; C L Coolidge, Palmer, Neb. Josiah Halfhill, Wood, Ia.
Co G-D O Aker, D.
Co HI -- Thos Smith, Cassville, Wis; Samuel B and S B Sloan are the same; John B Fleniken, R.
Co I-Lt Jas L Thompson, Frank. lin, Neb instead of Iowa; James Ragan, R; F C Eddie, R; Wm A Cobb, R; Peter Kerns, R; Wm H Markham, D; I K Crane, D; Wm H Dupray, Hoquiam, Wash; John Devine, R; Weed Nims, Lyons, Ia, care of Capt. Geo A Schnider; J Warren Cotes, Clark So Dak instead of Talcott.
LOS ANGELES, CAL., AUG. 22, 1904.
MAJOR D. W. REED.
Dear Major :- Receive my thanks, and please tender them also to the other members of the "dear old Twelfth" for so kindly remembering me with a copy of the History of the Regiment.
Though I have grey hair now, I was but a little girl in those sad years of war, but I remember well, so many who came to see my dear father, and twice I had been in Camp Franklin.
You all appreciate my beloved father as he did you, and to hear of how he was loved by the men of the Twelfth, always gives me pleasure.
My cordial greetings to you and your dear ones. With thanks, yours respectfully, MISS M. BRODTBECK.
354 Donglass st., Los Angeles, Cal.
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Reminiscences of S. C. Beck in Prison Life.
BY G. E. COMSTOCK, Co. O. BETH IOWA INFANTRY.
We were schoolmates at college ( Upper lowa University) in 1861 when on that fatal day the first gun fired on Ft. Sumter went like an electric shock all through the North, firing the hearts of all loyal men to spring to the call of Our Father Abraham for three hundred thousand men. S. C. Beek, of Waverly, lowa, was one of that munber.
Here began the developement of the possibilities of stalwart young manhood as varied as the tints of the rainbow. It was while passing through the crucible of war that some noble characters came forth from the quiet, unassuming walks of life and were made to shine forth as the noonday sun. Not all the deeds of valor of true, noble manhood will ever be written. God alone will know. "To the man that carried a gun" all praise be given, with all due respect to the "Line" from the least to the greatest. Yet, the work to be done, the victory must be won by the man who carried the gun. The virtues of my friend were many, the defects few. He counted not his life dear to himself; he placed it a sacrifice on the altar of his country. What he has suffered no one but God can know. The following shows his unselfishness:
One of our comrades and one. too, of that same band of schoolmates that enlisted with us in Fayette. Jowa, was Hon. IL. C. Curtis, now of LeMars. Dr. C. C. Parker, then surgeon of our regiment ( 12th lewa In- fantry) and still living, bless his memory, notified Capt. Warner, of our company, that Curtis, of his company, was down with the smallpox, that he must make a detail and carry him to the pest hospital. No sooner had this news come to Beck than he said to Capt. Warner, "Let me take him and take care of him." And this strong, brave, big-hearted man went to Curtis, took him in his arms and carried him to the hospital and there remained and nursed him through a long and severe sickness to health, and now Curtis says, " If it had not been for Beck's constant and tender care I would not have been alive today." And so I might entini- rate many stich instances which characterized, while in the army, as well as up to the last day of his hfe.
One incident of my army life seemed to cement our friendship in such a bond of love as time only can cfface and causes me to mourn today as for a brother. We were prisoners of war and had been for two months. We had suffered from exposure to all kinds of weather, without blankets or shelter, hungry and sick at heart, receiving the jeers and taunts of our enemy instead of bladets and bread. Many sickebed and died. Bock was on the sick list in Montgomery, .Ala., prison.
The start ling and joyous news came to us that we were to be ex- changed and released from prison. Of course you can but imagine what emotions of joy tilled all our hearts at the thought of once more being free. The cars couldn't run fast enough; time seemed to drag, we were so anxious.
Finally we found ourselves on a small island in the Tennesee river, some sixty miles from Chattanooga, some fifteen bundred in number, and from there we were sent down the river in small steamboats. the
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water being low. The boat could only take five hundred at a trip. It fell to our lot to be the last five hundred, after three days of waiting without a morsel of anything to eat save mulberries, and we lived in the trees. This was all borne without a murmur, because our hopes were high and our expectations so great we knew it would soon be over. Our time came to go and we boarded the boat in great glee. Even the sick counted not their sickness. We eut loose our boat and steamed down stream to what we supposed our liberty, friends and home. We arrived at the place of delivery; we saw the flag of truce; we saw "Old Glory"-how glorious it did look to us-and our boys in blue on the shore! I would that I could portray to your mind, dear reader, the undounded emotion that filled our very souls. My heart beats faster, my eyes fill with tears today, the 31st of May, 1904, as they did forty-two years ago, this very day. When at this extremely high state of emotion we were called to halt in midstream and not allowed to land. Still we did not dream of what was banging over us. We supposed it to be the pre- liminary work of exchange, when lo! the word came to us that General Mitchell, who was then marching on to Chattanooga, could not receive ns. and we must go back to prison and slowly starving death.
Remember the three days' fast had not prepared us to receive this with any good grace. The emaciated and enfeebled condition of "on mien" made it one of the most distracting scenes it was ever my lot to witness. Up to this time Beek had never failed. Now Is time had come. Weak, sick, discouraged, starvation staring us in the face, back to the prison dens our doom. The cloud was dark, "the sun did refuse to shine." Our die was cast, our fate was sealed, our trials had just be- gun. Four and one-half months more in Macon, Georgia, and Libby prison, brought the remnant that was left home, leaving our pathway strewn with our dead that had fallen by the way, and the remnant that survives to this day, have suffered, and will to the end of their lives suffer, from the effects of starvation and exposure while in prison.
The "bond of love" between Beck and I that we supposed had been so strong and great, really had its beginning right here. He was sick; 1 was well. It was my turn to minister; his to receive. What provision was on the boat, for the crew was meagre, was divided among our five hundred. Beck's share was a small greasy bone (no meat), mine a tablespoonful of cornmeal. I missed Beck. Upon looking about, I found he had crawled upon the brick encasement to the engine boiler where it was warm ( evidently to die). Against his body lay this bone, as his share. I called to him but no reply. I took hold to arouse him only to tind him almost gone. I saw at once it was for lack of nourishment and the bone would not suffice. 1 at once hastened to the engine room, pro- cured a cup, took one-third of my precions spoonful of meal and drew from the boiler hot water, making a gruel ( no salt ) I roused him and almost forced him to take it, he seemingly unconscious of what I was doing. This I repeated three times and my precious meal was gone, but Beck was saved. The morning brought us to rations and back to life. These are the ties that bound us, the severance of which causes me to mourn as for a brother. The Father has said, it is enough, come up higher. Died at Waverly, Iowa, May 27, 1901: aged sixty-six years.
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Obituary of Licut. J. E. Simpson.
As we are about closing the publication of our pamplet comes the sad news of the death of Comrade Simpson, of Co. G., at Norfolk, Neb., Sept. 23, 1904, of cancer of the stomach. Interment at Decorah, lowa, Sept. 26. Services befitting the occasion were held in the M. E. church attended by a large concourse of people. The last funeral rites were performed at the grave by the members of Col. Hughes Post of Deco- rah, of which Comrade Simpson was a charter member and to which he clung as his home post.
In the death of Lieut. Simpson the members of the 12th lose one of their most congenial comrades, his dear wife and son one of the kindest of husbands and fathers. His genial personality, generous good nature and sympathetic qualities made him a delightful companion and faithful father. His friendships were warm and lasting and he will be mourned by a far-reaching circle of loving friends and comrades.
G. E. COMSTOCK, Sec.
Later-Lieut. Simpson's wife died, a week later, of paralysis, brought on by care of her husband during his illness. C. E. C.
Special Mention.
I take this opportunity to make special mention and return thanks on behalf of the Regiment, to Henry H. Kitson, of Boston, Mass., de- signer and sculptor of the Iowa Memorial monument for Vicksburg Park for his kindness and courtesy in giving us the photograph of his beauti- ful work, (before its completion) to be erected in the near future. To Edmund H. Prior, of Postville, Iowa, designer, sculptor and contractor of the Regimental and Brigade monuments, at the Vicksburg Park, for the use of his half tone cut of our Brigade monument.
It is said "the rain falls on the just and on the unjust." Hence we would also return thanks to E. C. Kropp, of Milwaukee, Wis., for his selfish, penuriousness and unpatriotic cussedness, in refusing to loan us the use of his half tone eut of the Iowa State Monument at Shiloh, hay- ing been assisted to obtain the same by one of our own members: for, by so doing, by "eternal vigilance" "which is the price of liberty," we have secured one of our own.
To all the railroads in Iowa, and especially the Chicago Milwaukee & St. Paul and Rock Island System for rates and special accommodations,
To C. F. Paine & Co., publishers, and all the office force. Too much cannot be said of them for the interest manifested, kindness, courteous treatment, patience exercised (even beyond the limit); in the excellence of the work, as well as the very reasonable terms of their contract. We are fully satisfied.
G. E. COMSTOCK, Secretary.
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Addenda.
COMRADES :- The long looked for and almost forgotten Reunion Pamphlet is about to appear. Thinking perhaps this might, and in all probability will be the last, I have spared no pains or expense to make it worthy of the cause it represents, as well as of one of the very best Regiments that went to the front in 61, returning in 66.
Victorious 'tis true, but all along through the years, our pathway is marked by the graves of our beloved comrades, on battlefield, in prison and hospital, many buried in unknown graves, all, that "our coun- try might be one and inseparable."
My personal duties have been fully all that I should care for. The extra work this has brought me, has borne upon me heavily until at times, it has seemed impossible to finish. Being separated so far from the other members of the committee has made consultation almost im- possible. Hence, whatever of criticism, defects or errors, appear, charge them up to the "Committee of the Whole House," your humble Secretary.
The embellishment of our phamplet with half tone cuts of our high- ly esteemed and honored friend and comrades, Gov. Larrabee, Speaker Henderson, and our beloved Col. "Jack" Stibbs, as well as the State, Regimental and Brigade monuments, on the Battlefields of Shiloh and Vicksburg, the Lincoln monument and Henderson statue make it, (for those interested,) a Souvenir and to us a cherished memory of the past, as well. By "eternal perseverance" mixed with good, honest toil, we have been able to bring forth this "Thing of beauty" and I hope "a joy forever."
It is the intention to send a pamphlet to every surviving member of our regiment. If you see this, and don't receive one, send me your address. To all who have contributed to the publishing fund, this is free. Also to all who feel they cannot afford it. To cover the extra expense of our cuts and postage, it will be necessary to charge forty cents per copy. We desire that widows, sons and daughters of deceased members shall have a copy. After these are served, if any remain, they will be on sale to the interested public, at same price. Order from G. E. COMSTOCK, Secretary, Fayette, Iowa.
Died Oct. 28, 1904, Christian Thorn, Co. F., at Waverly, Iowa.
On page 24, 6th line, five days instead of fine days.
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