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THE COON HOMICIDE.
There was a spelling school at a school-house in Lincoln township, on the evening of January 21, 1870, at which time and place Thomas McCabe made an assault on Dennis Coon, inflicting injuries from the effects of which Coon afterward died. McCabe was indicted and his case was taken to Keokuk county on a change of venue, where he was found guilty and sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the State Penitentiary. McCabe served the term of his sentence, and some time after being released, died.
McCabe and Coon had a difficulty of long standing, but there had been no act of real violence committed until the two met at the time mentioned. The circumstances of the altercation are briefly narrated in the following affidavit, made by David Byers, Jr.
"I was at the spelling school and the first I saw of the fracas was Dennis Coon coming into the school-house from the outside, and went behind the door, still open. I then heard the defendant, outside the school-house, say to Coon, 'Come out you papal son of a b --- h'; am positive defendant meant Coon. I stepped across the house to where Coon stood and attemp- ted to pacify him; am positive he was under the influence of liquor at the time. I said to him, 'Come, go out with me.' We then went out of the school-house together. Two or three steps from the door McCabe struck Coon knocking him down; am positive that McCabe was the person who
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struck him. Coon raised to his feet; McCabe saw him raising to his feet and again made for him the second time. They then both rolled to the ground. A few seconds after I heard a faint report of a fire-arm; am posi- tive that Coon was under and the defendant above him at the report of the fire-arm. This took place about thirty feet from the school-house door; I pressed forward with others and heard defendant say, as he raised from off Coon, 'There, take that, G-d d --- n you.' He then replaced his revolver in his side pocket and walked slowly away to the north; am positive that McCabe was not under the influence of liquor.
" DAVID BYERS, JR."
"Subscribed and sworn to before me this twenty-first day of January, 1870.
"IRA B. CRAIN, J. P."
The affidavits of Benton Grier and John Smith are substantially the same.
THE KILLING OF NANCY OANNON.
Mrs. Nancy Cannon, residing in Lincoln township, was killed by her son Owen, on the nineteenth of April, 1879. Owen Cannon was evidently in- sane at the time, as was clearly shown by the evidence at the inquest. He was arrested, and upon the decision of the commission appointed to pass on his sanity, he was so adjudged and sent to the asylum at Mount Pleas- ant.
With regard to the circumstances attending the commission of this most frightful deed, we herewith give the evidence of Hugh Cannon, brother of Owen and son of Nancy Cannon.
"The deceased, Mrs. Cannon, is my mother. My brother Owen has shown signs of insanity for over one year. There has been no family trou- ble to cause a disturbance of his mind. Owing to a spell of sickness about three years ago he has since that time shown signs of insanity. Had not known of his drinking any liquor since coming to this State. My brother Owen was at home all the day before the death of my mother."
James Cannon in his testimony at the inquest said :
"Never had any family trouble with my brother Owen; he was not in the habit of drinking. The first indication of insanity was one year ago last March, at which time he attacked a house in the neighborhood with sticks and stones; was prevented from doing any harm by persons interfer- ing. On the nineteenth day of April, being the day Nancy Cannon was murdered, my brother Owen was, to all appearance, in a pleasant state of mind. After supper he was unusually talkative on subjects which indica-
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ted a disturbance of his mind. He had previously manifested similar feelings, but little was thought of it. Soon after the family had retired Owen raised the alarm of fire; waked me up and we both went down stairs, after which he violently threw a pail of water at me; being no light in the room he did not hit me; afterward commenced cursing and ordered me out of the house; I took hold of him and tried to quiet him but could not; I then got him out of doors and started for my brother's house about fifty rods away; he followed me about ten rods, throwing at me and using harsh words. On my return I found my mother dead by the wood-pile near the house, her face and arms badly mangled; supposed to be caused by the hand of my brother Owen; and he was found in a raving state of mind at one of the neighbors about daylight."
J. A. Dougherty, Paddy Galagher and John Galagher testified very much to the same effect, and the coroner's jury rendered a verdict to the effect that the deceased came to her death by violence at the hands of her son Owen Cannon, while in a state of insanity.
CHAPTER X.
POWESHIEK COUNTY IN THE WAR.
THE record made by Poweshiek county during the war is a creditable one. By comparing the number of the inhabitants and number of volun- teers in the county with the same items in other counties of the State, it will appear that this county was not one whit behind the others in its prac- tical exhibition of patriotism.
At the outbreak of the war, the county was in the full tide of prosperity. The people were just recovering from the financial crisis of 1857, and the men who had just passed through the struggle with poverty, were just be- ginning to rejoice in approaching victory, when a literal struggle with a literal enemy, for the time being dissipated their fond hopes of peace and plenty.
Fort Sumter was fired upon, April 12, 1861, and on the 15th of the same month, President Lincoln issued the following proclamation:
"WHEREAS, the laws of the United States have been, and are now, op- posed in several States by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way, I, therefore, call upon the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of 75,000 to suppress the said com- binations and execute the laws. I appeal to all loyal citizens for state aid in this effort to maintain the laws, integrity, national union, perpetuity of popular government, and redress wrongs already endured.
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"The first services assigned forces will propably be to repossess forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union. The utmost care should be taken, consistent with our object, to avoid devastation, de- struction and interference with property of peaceable citizens in any part of the country; and I hereby command persons commanding the aforesaid combinations to disperse within twenty days from date.
" I hereby convene both Houses of Congress for the 4th of July next, to determine upon measures for the public safety as its interests may demand.
"ABRAHAM LINCOLN, "President of the United States. "By W. H. SEWARD, "Secretary of State."
The frequent calls for volunteers which were subsequently made, the sad partings, the anxious waiting, the varying fortunes of war, and the tri- umphant vindication of the Union cause, are all familiar to our readers.
The following record of the regiments, companies and soldiers recruited in Poweshiek county has been compiled from the Adjutant-General's report.
TENTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was organized at Camp Fremont, Iowa City, in August, 1861. It was mustered into service September 6, 1861, embarked Septem- ber 24th for St. Louis, arriving on the 27th, where it was armed, clothed and equipped. October 1st it moved to Cape Girardeau, to aid in protect- ing that point from the menaced attack of Pillow and Hardee. November 12, it moved to Bird's Point, where it did scouting, general and picket duty until March 4, 1862, when it moved to New Madrid. While at Bird's Point the loss from exposure and measles was ninety-six. It took active part in the capture of New Madrid, on March 13th and 14th, which with a brilliant movement on Tiptonville, April 7th and 8th, resulted in capturing the force of Island No. 10, of about six thousand prisoners. April 10th it moved with the army of the Mississippi to Pittsburg Landing, disembark- ing at Hamburg, April 21st, where it served in Pope's command during the seige of Corinth, on the left of the army. After the surrender of Cor- inth, it pursued the enemy to Boonville, when it returned and remained in camp at Corinth and Jacinto until September 18th, when it was ordered to engage General Price, then supposed to be near Iuka, which was a disas- trous blunder for the regiment and brigade. The pursuit of the enemy on the 20th, the bloody battle of Corinth, October 3d and 4th, and the pur- suit of the rebels to and beyond the Hatchie, form the next chapter in their
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history. November 22d it moved to Moscow, Tennessee, where it joined Grant's march down the Mobile and Ohio Railroad; December 22d it marched with its division from Lumpkin's Mills, Mississippi, to Memphis, as guard of a provision train, which completed, the regiment went to White Station, where it passed the winter guarding the railroad. March 4th it joined the Yazoo Pass expedition, which was abandoned after an unsuccess- ful effort of several weeks to get in the rear of Vicksburg by a flank move. ment. It was a tedious and perilous expedition. It next joined in the Vicksburg campaign, commencing at Milliken's Bend, and terminating in the fall of Vicksburg. It was in reserve at the battle of Port Gibson; at the battle of Raymond, May 15, it was in the second line; on the 14th fought at Jackson, driving the enemy. On the 16th, at Champion's Hill, the enemy was met in force, the Tenth being on the left of the brigade, exposed to heavy flank movement and murderous fire of the enemy. Out of 1,300 engaged of the brigade, 500 were killed; the Tenth lost thirty-four killed and 124 wounded, which attests the obstinancy with which the bri- gade held its ground and turned the tide of battle. On the 19th of May the regiment took its position in the line in front of Vicksburg, where it remained until June 22d, when it was moved to Black River, where it re- mained till the fall of Vicksburg, when it was sent to Jackson, Mississippi, in pursuit of Johnson; returned to Vicksburg, July 19. September 29th the division was ordered to Memphis to join Sherman's march to Chatta- nooga, leaving Memphis, October 10th, and arriving at Chattanooga, No- vember 19th, after a march of thirty-two days. On the 25th the Tenth was a part of the heroic force who stormed Mission Ridge, and earned a noble record. This, and the battle at Champion's Hill, are regarded as the hard- est battles fought by this regiment. December 4th the regiment moved to Larkinsville, Alabama, thence to Huntsville, arriving January 9th, 1864. February 1st the regiment re-enlisted as veterans and remained at Hunts- ville, making sorties with Roddy's cavalry until June 15th, when it started north on a veteran furlough. In July it returned to the front, arriving at Kingston, Georgia, August 1st. While here it was transferred to the sec- ond brigade. September 28th, the non-veterans were mustered out, the regiment was filled up, and then joined Sherman's march to Savannah. January 19th, the regiment was moved from Savannah into South Carolina, and joined the expedition on Columbia, thence to Goldsboro, entering the latter city August 22d, after severe fighting, having marched five hundred miles from Savannah in an inclement season of the year. Many of the soldiers were nearly naked and without shoes, but all were contented and joyous, satisfied in the consciousness of duty done. The regiment traveled
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eight thousand, one hundred and seventy-five miles, served in ten States of the Confederacy, and fought in eighteen pitched battles beside numerous skirmishes. Up to the battle of Mission Ridge, not a man had been taken prisoner on a battle-field. The regiment was mustered out as veterans at Little Rock, Arkansas, August 15, 1865, having served months beyond their term of enlistment, and for which they received high commendations from the department.
For list of casualities see page 184.
Poweshiek county was represented in companies B, D, F, I and K, and on the staff by John Dellahoyd, adjutant and Mahlon Head, quartermas- ter's sergeant.
COMPANY B.
Adkins, Brazil B., enlisted August 29, 1862.
Deeds, Franklin, enlisted August 29, 1862; wounded at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
March, Abraham, enlisted August 29, 1862.
Parson, Archibald, enlisted August 29, 1862.
Reed, Stephen, enlisted August 29, 1862; wounded at Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863; died June 1, 1863, at Champion's Hill.
Farrer, Alonzo R., enlisted January 20, 1865.
COMPANY D.
Stout, Stephen G., enlisted Septem- ber 13, 1861; discharged April 1, 1863,
COMPANY F .*
+Albert Head, captain; wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; at Vicks- burg May 22, 1863; mustered out December 17, 1864.
#David H. Emery, first lieutenant; wounded at Missionary Ridge No- vember 25, 1863; mustered out September 28, 1864.
John W. Carr, second lieutenant; re- signed January 20, 1862.
Oliver P. Maxon, first sergeant; dis- charged September 27, 1862.
Wm. J. Lyon, second sergeant; died January 25, 1863, at Keokuk.
Gustavus W. Ela, third sergeant; discharged August 19, 1863.
Cary A. Head, fourth sergeant; dis- charged December 19, 1861.
Thomas D. Rayburn, fifth sergeant. Rees N. Larkin, first corporal; dis- charged October 18, 1862.
John M. Voorhees, second corporal; February 26, 1862.
Eli W. Griffith, third corporal.
#Carlton Dryden, fourth corporal; veteranized as sergeant.
J. W. Van Voorhees, fifth corporal; died at Bird's Point February 26, 1862.
#Mahlon W. Taylor, sixth corporal; veteranized as sergeant.
*Enlisted August 21, 1861, unless otherwise stated. Discharges were for disabilities. + Re-enlisted as veterans.
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Edgar S. Rice, eighth corporal; trans- ferred to invalid corps March 15, 1864.
John L. D. Walker, musician; died at Bird's Point February 24, 1862. ¿Thomas J. Levake, musician.
#Charles Newcomb, wagoner.
PRIVATES.
Atherton, John H.
Bell, Theodore E., transferred to Ma- rine brigade January 1, 1863.
#Brown, Wm. P., promoted to cor- poral; wounded at] Corinth Octo- ber 4, 1862.
Bryan, Silas, promoted to corporal; killed at Champion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Bushing, Geo. W., transferred to in- valid corps November 20, 1863.
Carlton, George W., wounded date and place unknown; died at Keo- kuk March 14, 1864.
#Cardell, Elias R., wounded at Mis- sionary Ridge November 25, 1863; promoted to corporal.
Champ, William, died at Mound City Hospital December 9, 1861. Clark, Wm. A.
Clark, John M., transferred to inva- lid corps November 15, 1863.
Cook, Wm. E., wounded at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
Coon, Chas. H.
Crispin, John, wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Delahoyd, John, promoted to second lieutenant February 1, 1862; to adjutant May 1, 1862.
Ela, Levi C.
Garing, John, wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863; dis- charged October 1, 1863.
Gosnell, Hiram, wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Hays, Geo. W., wounded at Corinth October 4, 1862; discharged Jan- uary 29, 1863.
Head, Mahlon, promoted to quarter- master sergeant; appointed as sec- ond lieutenant May 1, 1862; wound- ed at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863; mustered out January 1, 1865.
Heyliger, Theodore, died at Bird's Point December 12, 1861.
#Jacques, John P., wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Kesler, John B., discharged August 22, 1862.
¿Lawrence, George.
Martin, Wm. H., wounded at Vicks- burg May 22, 1863.
McCain, Thos., captured at Chatta- nooga November 25, 1863.
#McCalla, Wm. H., wounded at Champion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Miller, Richard J., discharged Sep- tember 22, 1862.
Nelson, Samuel R., Jr., discharged January 31, 1862.
Nelson, Alfred N., discharged April 17, 1862. Nelson, Edward.
Nichols, Daniel H., discharged Oc- tober 24, 1863.
¿Nichols, Jesse B. T. Reed, Charles.
#Re-enlisted as veterans.
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Rakestraw, Benton, discharged Sep- tember 24, 1862.
Robertson, Horace, wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1862. Rowley, Thos. E., died at Bird's Point March 15, 1862.
Sanders, Franklin, wounded at Vicks- burg May 22, 1863.
Sheley, Wm. M., died at Bird's Point December 14, 1861.
Sheley, Granville. Springer, Geo. W. Wood, John.
SUBSEQUENT ENLISTMENTS.
+Billingham, Albert, discharged 1862. +Clayburg, Isaac. Clark, John G.
Delahoyd, Chas. G., wounded at Champion's Hill May 16, 1863. +Keiser, Nicholas, wounded acci- dentally on steamer May 1, 1863; discharged May 12, 1864.
+Kennard, Harvey W., discharged August 22, 1862.
+#Parker, Wm. S., wounded at Kings- ton, Ga., October 21, 1864; dis- charged August 21, 18.65.
+Smith, Joshua, died February 1, 1861, at Mound City Hospital.
+Woolters, Chas., died at Bird's Point February 26, 1862.
ttYoung, Martin, wounded at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Harris, Charles W., enlisted Febru- ary 28, 1864.
Havlin, Luther C., enlisted Decem- ber 11, 1863.
Satchell, Nicholas, enlisted January 1, 1864. White, Gardner W., enlisted Janu- ary 5, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Hays, Salvador, enlisted August 28, 1861; discharged July 29, 1862. Wren, James W., enlisted August 29,1862.
Smith, James, enlisted February 1, 1864.
Sanders, Ralph M., enlisted July 21, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Bell, George, enlisted August 26, 1862.
Hardy, John M., enlisted August 26, 1862.
Bell, W. Allen, enlisted August 26, 1862; wounded at Chattanooga November 25, 1863.
EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY.
The Eighteenth infantry regiment was organized under the call of July 4, 1862, for 300,000 men. It was mustered into the United States service August 6, 1862, with a rank and file of 860 men, John Edwards, colonel. On the 11th of August it started for the field. While it has not the promi- nent record of some Iowa regiments, it was none the less efficient in ser- vice, brave in action, prompt in duty. That it is not so notable is because
+Transferred from company K, enlisted February 28, 1861. #Re-enlisted as veterans.
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there is less known of it. From the time it whipped and cleaned out the braggart Marmaduke at Springfield, Missouri, January 8, 1862, who at- tacked with at least 1,870 men, while the Eighteenth had only 500 men, on to the fight with Price, April 30, 1864, its conduct was such as to elicit high commendation from division commanders. It had the reputation of getting out of difficulties through smaller chances than few would have dared at- tempted. At Poison Spring, April 18, 1864, was a notable instance. The regiment got completely isolated and hemmed in on all sides by the enemy. It flocked together and wormed itself out, fighting rod by rod, scattering the enemy by charges, when it would re-form and occupy the vacuum, and thus it cut its way out and returned to Camden. In May, 1864, it returned to Fort Smith, Arkansas, having marched 730 miles over mountains, through swamps, subsisting on raw corn, wading days and nights through mud and water. At Fort Smith it remained during the summer and fall of 1864, making, in the meantime, several long and brilliant expeditions. Feb- ruary 26, 1865, four companies were sent to Van Buren, Arkansas, for gar- rison duty, until July 6, when the regiment was ordered to Little Rock for muster out. July 21 it started for Davenport, where, August 5, the men were discharged, having served three years and two days. The regiment marched 4,160 miles. Of the original number of the regiment but four hundred returned for muster out. Of the original officers but eight re- turned.
Poweshiek county was represented in companies I and K. The list of casualties will be found on page 184.
COMPANY I*
James E. Vore, fourth corporal; cap- tured at Poison Springs, April 18, 1864; died September 16, 1864, at Tyler, Texas.
William N. Vore, musician.
PRIVATES.
Hilliard, George, enlisted October 1, 1864. McCalister, Wm. C.
Litzenberg, enlisted October 1, 1864. Martin, James M., discharged March 14, 1863.
COMPANY K.
Gerrard, John, enlisted July 24, 1862.
Halstead, Daniel V., enlisted July 7, 1862; discharged March 10, 1863. Martin, Byron, enlisted July 24, 1862.
Mendenhall, A. S., enlisted July 7, 1862; discharged Feb. 24, 1863. Sutton, Schuyler, enlisted July 7, 1863. Schook, David, enlisted July 7, 1863. Schook, John, enlisted February 15, 1864.
*Enlisted October 7, 1862, unless otherwise stated.
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TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
This regiment was enlisted in Benton, Tama, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa and Johnson counties; rendezvoused at Iowa City, and left for the field November 1, 1862, going to Helena, Arkansas, where it was brigaded with the Twenty-fourth. Its first march was made to Oakland, Mississippi; thence it joined the White River expedition under Gen. Gorman, the first week in January, 1863. No occasion presented itself on this expedition for the reg- iment to distinguish itself, but the hardships and exposures endured told with terrible effect on the men. The regiment met the enemy for the first time on the final Vicksburg campaign. It was a part of Gen. McClern- and's corps, which led the van of Grant's army. On the 29th of March, 1863, the corps began the march across the country from Milliken's Bend to New Carthage, which formed the neck of the great bend in the Missis- sippi. It was thirty-five miles across, and the march was made with great hardships. On the 30th of April McClernand having moved with a part of his command around by Port Gibson, reached Thompson's Hill about eleven o'clock in the evening, where he encountered the enemy's pickets, and after some sharp firing on both sides the fighting ceased for the night. The Twenty-eighth crossed the Mississippi early the next morning and arrived at the foot of Thompson's Hill at sunrise, and after a hasty break- fast prepared for battle, taking a position on the crest of the hill, where at different points it engaged the enemy until he left the field, at dusk. The regiment, which was all day separated from its brigade, was ordered to re- join it, and that night camped on the bloody field of Port Gibson; only one man was killed and sixteen wounded.
At Champion's Hill the regiment distinguished itself, and met with great loss. It held the left of the division, and in endeavoring to resist the flank movement of the enemy, was subjected to a terrible enfilading fire of musketry. Four companies lost every commissioned officer, the killed and wounded being one hundred. From Champion's Hill the regiment moved to the Big Black, thence to the rear of Vicksburg.
August, 1863, the regiment started from Natchez, arrived on the 3d, and went to Second Bayou, and was engaged in erecting cotton fortifications until the 12th, when it was ordered to Carrollton, Louisiana, and during the summer and fall served throughout Louisiana. It moved to Lake Ponchartrain in February, 1864; thence joined Gen. Banks in his masterly Red River campaign, being attached to the third division of the Thirteenth army corps. During this campaign the regiment was engaged at Sabine
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Cross Roads, April 8, where the Union forces were driven from the field with serious loss. The Twenty-eighth and Twenty-fourth were the last to leave the field, which they did in good order, fighting step by step, and holding back the rebel center so as to save the wagon trains.
Subsequent to this campaign the regiment made most of its history in Shenandoah Valley, and the Southern Atlantic States. It met the enemy in the three memorable battles of Winchester, Fisher's Hill, and Cedar Creek, where it spilled its blood and left its dead.
At Winchester, after crossing the Opequan, early on the morning of the 19th of Sept., 1864, the regiment formed in line of battle at the extreme left of the brigade. An advance was immediately ordered and the regiment became warmly engaged. The first brigade soon after gave way and was forced through the regiment, which did not falter, but pressed forward about fifty yards under a terrible fire of shot and shell and cannister. Then it held a position, making a terrific fight until the right of the brigade was pressed back, exposing the right of the regiment to terrible flank fire, which compelled it to fall back to the cover of timber. Soon after it rallied and drove back the enemy who were charging upon a protecting battery. It advanced to its former position, when its ammunition gave out, and it was temporarily relieved by "Crook's Command." After get- ting a supply of ammunition, it pressed to the front of the line where it held its position until the enemy gave away, when it joined in the pursuit to Winchester. Night then came on and with it the needed rest. In this engagement not a man flinched or failed to do his whole duty. Capt. Carr. of Co. C was severely wounded, but he continued to cheer on his men un- til he was borne from the field. Lieut. Dean of Co. C was also wounded, but he ordered his son not to leave the ranks until the rebels were whipped, and he did not, until ordered by Col. Wilson to go to the assistance of his father.
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