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I am truly yours,
J. BOWEN, Adjutant General.
W. J. Steel was the first man to leave Cedar Falls for the war. He was a member of a Chicago cavalry company which had been accepted and ordered into camp. Mentioning the fact that he was ordered to rejoin his company, and that he was going on the next train, the Grays turned out and escorted him to the depot, where the patriotic good-by was said between him and each member of the Grays as the train came in that was to carry him from his new- found home.
Late in May came the order to march, from the Adjutant General, to which the following was supplementary :
ATTENTION, GRAYS !- All those who have enrolled themselves with the Pioneer Grays, of Cedar Falls, are hereby notified that they must report themselves to the Commanding Officer at once, as the Company should drill daily until the time of departure. The citizens of the town are furnishing a fatigue uniform for each member. The Company will positively leave on the cars Tuesday morning [June 4th ]. J. B. SMITHI, Captain.
FITZROY SESSIONS, Orderly.
During the same week a contribution was raised among the citizens of the town to assist in the maintenance of the families of those who were so soon to go. This fund amounted to over $800, and was separate from the uniform fund, which was $300 more.
But little else was now thought of by the community till the close of the day that marked their departure. Sunday afternoon, Rev L. B. Fifield ad- dressed the Grays at Overman's Hall. At noon on Monday, the recruits from Waverly and vicinity arrived, accompanied by 350 citizens from that town, and were received in front of the Overman Block. At 3 o'clock, Capt. M. M. Trumbull, of Butler County, reached town with his company, the Union Guards, and for a time each command seemed to be trying to outcheer the other. After remaining half an hour, the Butler boys resumed their march
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toward Waterloo, where they were to be joined by some twenty-five or more recruits. The Grays then chose their permanent officers.
Monday night another meeting was held at Overman's Hall, and the crowded audience was addressed by J. B. Powers, Esq., Hon. Z. Streeter, D. Allen. Esq., A. J. Felt, of Bradford, Rev. Mr. Porterfield and Mr. Jackson, the latter one of the Floyd County volunteers. The parting address was made by W. H. Nichols, Esq.
Tuesday morning, five thousand people assembled for the final farewell. One touching incident at the depot will suffice for this. A wife, whose sobbing children were clinging to her skirts, entreated her husband not to go. Three men standing by, each begged the brave fellow to let them take his place, but with patriotic fortitude he gently released his almost fainting wife, and boarded the train. The train moved out amid shouts and sobs, the excitement had cul- minated, and by noon the town had such repose as follows a burial service on a Sabbath afternoon.
If the members of Company K were sent away with sadness of heart, caused by the reflection that they had left hosts of true friends behind them, they were fully recompensed by their reception on their arrival at home on Saturday. April 2, 1864. nearly three years after their departure. A brief address was made at the depot by Rev. J. S. Eberhart, after which the veterans marched to Overman's Hall, where they were formally welcomed by Rev. L. B. Fifield. who, for the town, had dedicated them to their country's service. A bountiful supper was then served by the patriotic women at Cedar Falls, at Horticultural Hall, and at its close the boys felt that for them the " days of danger, nights of waking." were over and done.
At the June session of the Board of Supervisors, on the 8th day of June, 1861, Jesse Wasson introduced the following :
WHEREAS, Certain States of this Union are in rebellion against the laws and government of the United States, and with force of arms are attempting to subvert our beloved institutions : and, whereas, this rebellion has become so extensive and formidable as to seriously threaten the very existence of our national institutions ; and, whereas, the President of the United States, in view of the imminent perils which now hang over the nation, has called upon all good, loyal citi- zens to defend the Union, assist in executing the laws and protect the nation's property ; therefore,
Resolved, That the strong arm of national power should crush all such attempts at treason, even at the cannon's mouth, and that the time has now come to solve the problem whether we have a Government capable of sustaining itself against its foes ; that all good and loyal citizens should heartily unite to defend the Union against the attacks of its enemies, whether foreign or domestic ; that every order-loving and law-abiding citizen should regard as enemies the citizens of all the seceded States while in arms against the Government ; and not until they have returned to their former allegiance and made restitution for these aggressions will we hail them as we have heretofore done ; that we look at the unanimity that now prevails throughout all the loyal States of this Union in the present crisis, with joy, and that in the suppression of this rebellion we will not act as partisans but as patriots, as good loyal citizens ; forgetting all proclivities, we will stand by the Ship of Stute, the Constitution and the maintenance of the laws, and by no act of ours will we show sympathy with treason, nor will we allow it to go unpunished, but will do our utmost to transmit the fair fabric of our beloved institutions to the remotest posterity ; that we believe the best and only sure remedy for treason and rebellion, now so prevalent in some States in this Union, is powder and lead for the ranks and hemp for the leaders.
That we will sustain the President of the United States in his efforts to maintain the supremacy of the laws and our national existence; that we will sustain the Governor of this State in the prompt and efficient manner in which he has responded to the call of the National Government ; that we will march under no other banner but the Stars and Stripes ; that we will know no other country but the Union ; that we will carry the Star Spangled Banner throughout the length and. breadth of this Union until it spreads its fluttering folds over the battlements of Fort Sumter. retrieved in honor and its glory untarnished.
The resolution was unanimously adopted. On the same day the Board passed a resolution appropriating $500 for the relief of the families of volun-
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teers who had enlisted or should enlist during the progress of the strife. The Clerk reported Oct. 15, 1861, that $110 had been drawn for said purposes, whereupon Mr. Wasson moved the further appropriation of $110 to be added to the original appropriation, which was carried.
A special session of the Board was held August 22, 1861, at which resolu- tions expressing the most patriotic sentiments were passed by the Board of Su- pervisors, and by them it was made the duty of each Supervisor to ascertain the wants and necessities of the wives and families of volunteers in their re- spective townships, and upon his report relief was to be furnished such families by the county, the maximum amount not to exceed $5 per month for the wife and $1.50 for each child.
[The Board drew pay and mileage for their extra labors in this patriotic cause. ]
The following resolution was read by the Clerk at the September meeting, 1862, having been passed at a mass meeting held in Waterloo :
Resolved, That it is the sentiment of this meeting that the Board of Supervisors of Black Hawk County should make an appropriation of $5 per month to the family of each volunteer in the county, and that the Clerk be requested to lay this resolution before the Board at their next session.
It was referred to a special committee, who reported favorably, but was not adopted by the Board.
Sept. 5th, the Board passed a resolution which, after its various amendments, provided for the payment of "four & 163-100 dollars " to the families of " soldiers," excluding commissioned officers.
At the October session, 1862, the Clerk reported a total of $899.56 ex- pended for the relief of soldiers' families, drawn by townships as follows : Wa- terloo, $212.16 ; East Waterloo, $145.60 ; Lester, $30.12; Mount Vernon, $12.48 ; Washington, $12.48 ; Union, $8.32; Barclay, $12.48; Poyner, $37.44 ; Fox, $4.16; Cedar, $8.32; Orange, $24.96; Black Hawk, $16.64 ; Spring Creek, $112.32 ; Big Creek, $45.76 ; Cedar Falls, $216.32.
At an adjourned meeting, held December 7, 1863, the Board ordered a bounty of $200 to be paid to each volunteer who had or should enlist under the then last call for men.
January 6, 1864, the Board ordered that families receiving the $200 should be excluded from receiving aid from the Volunteer Fund.
September 6, 1864, on motion of B. Sergeant, the Clerk was authorized to issue county warrants to veteran volunteers, for bounty of $200 each, upon the certificate of the Captain or any officer of higher grade than Captain, that they had enlisted as veteran volunteers and been credited to Black Hawk, previous to January 7, A. D. 1864.
January 4, 1865, a committee was appointed to draft resolutions in the matter of raising a bounty for volunteers to fill the call for soldiers, consisting of Messrs. Corwin, Abbey and Gilkey, who presented the following :
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board be authorized and he is hereby directed to issue a county warrant for $400 to each volunteer recruit or drafted man who shall enlist or be drafted under the present call of the President of the United States for 300,000 men, on the said volun- teer or drafted man filing with said Clerk a certificate from the Provost Marshal that the said volunteer or drafted man has been accepted and mustered into the service of the United States and credited to the county of Black Hawk.
Resolved, That the Clerk of this Board shall not issue warrants (for the said purpose of pay- ing enlisted volunteers or drafted men) to any one township of said county of Black Hawk, to exceed $400 for each man of the number that may beassigned to each of the several townships, but issue warrants of $400 to each man of the number that may be assigned to each of the several townships and raised by volunteers or draft and complying with the foregoing resolution by pre- senting a certificate as aforesaid.
Carried.
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As long as the war continued, money was ready-men were ready. Men of wealth furnished the former, and the less affluent filled the ranks-furnished the brawn, the muscle, the bravery, the sinews of war. Oftentimes, the former furnished not only their share of money, but shouldered their muskets and fol- lowed the starry flag, as well.
Having noticed the financial sacrifices and the readiness of the wealthier part of the people to contribute liberally and continuously of their means, we come now to the volunteer soldiery. And of these, what can we say ? What vivid words can the pen employ that will do justice to their heroic valor, to their unequaled and unparalleled bravery and endurance ? Home and home comforts, wives and little ones, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, were all given up for life and danger on the fields of battle-for exposure, fatigue, disease and death, at the point of the bayonet or at the cannon's mouth. But little they recked for all these, but boldly and bravely went out with their lives in their hands, to meet and to conquer the foes of the Union, maintain its supremacy and vindi- cate its honor and its integrity. No more fitting tribute to their patriotic v lor can be offered than a full and complete record, so far as it is possible to make it, embracing the names, the terms of enlistment, the battles in which they were engaged, and all the minutiæ of their military lives. It will be a wreath of glory encircling every brow-a precious memento which each and every one of them earned, gloriously earned, in defense of their and our common country.
WAR RECORD OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
TAKEN PRINCIPALLY FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORTS.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Adit.
Adjutant
I. V. I Iowa Volunteer Infantry
kld .....
.killed
Lieut.
Lieutenant
Col.
Colonel
Maj.
m. o ... mustered out
Corp.
.Corporal
prmtd.
.promoted
Comsy,.
Commissary
prisr. .. prisoner
Regt ..
Regiment
cav ...
.. cavalry
re-e.
re-enlisted
res ....
.resigned
desrtd
deserted
Sergeant
disab
.disabled
disd
discharged
vet.
.. veteran
e .....
.enlisted
V. R. C.
Veteran Reserve Corps
excd.
exchanged
wd
wounded
inf
.infantry
hon. disd
honorably discharged inv
.invalid
THIRD INFANTRY.
The Third Regiment was raised, drilled and sent to the front about August 1, 1861. Its first engagement was at Blue Mills, Mo., September 18, 1861. Fought gallantly at Shiloh two days, the second day under command of Lieut. Cusley, the regimental officers being off duty or wounded. At Metamora, October 5, 1862, the regiment suffered heavily. On its way to join Gen. Grant, before Vicksburg, the Third was attacked by guerrillas, and had fourteen men wounded. Participated in the operations at Vicksburg. July 12, 1863, it went into battle at Jolin- son, Miss., with 241 men, and lost 114 killed, wounded
and missing. Participated in the Meridian expedition, arriving there February 3, 1864, and next day tore up fifteen miles of railroad. Near Atlanta, did good service, July 28th. Greatly reduced in uumbers, the survivors re enlisted, forming three companies, and consolidated with the Second Infantry.
Surg. Daniel M. Cool, com. asst. surg. June 21, 1861,
prmtd. surg. April 8, 1862, resd. Sept. 4, 1862.
Adjt. Fitzroy Sessions, com. Ist lieut. Co. K June 3, 1861,
prmtd. adjt. June 26, 1861, resd. October 16, 1862.
Sergt Maj. R. W. Montague, e. May 20, 1861, disd. Nov. 15, 1862.
Hosp. Steward John J. Fry, e. May 21, 1861.
.Artillery Art.
Battle or Battalion Bat ..
.Major Capt.
.Captain
.commissioned com.
.captured captd.
Sergt.
trans transferred
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WAR RECORD OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
Company A.
Blasberry, Chas., e. April 4, 1864.
Smith, John T., e. April 4, 1864, kld. July 21, 1864.
Company B.
Tusing, Noah, e. Dec. 10, 1863, died May 29, 1864.
Company I.
Second Lieut. G. A. Eberhart, com. June 5, 1861, resd. May 1. 1862.
Second Lieut. Daniel W. Foote, com. Aug. 10, 1862, wd. at Blue Mills and Metamora, resd. Aug. 21, 1863.
Sergt. R. Miller, e. May 20, 1861, kld. at Jackson, Miss. Sergt. Henry Crittenden, e. May 20, 1861.
Corp. Matthew Toole, e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Jackson, Miss., and died at Jefferson Barracks Ang. 12, 1863.
Musician Chas. E. Balcomb, e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills.
Bullock, Howard, e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Brott, A. E., e. May 20, 1861.
Collins, Geo. W., e. Nov. 10, 1861.
Collins, C. C., e. May 20, 1861, died at St. Louis May 3, 1863.
Dorland, Peter S., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills, disd. Sept. 5, 1862.
Dutcher, Wheaton, e. May 20, 1861, kld. July 12, 1863, in battle at Jackson, Miss.
DeWolf, George W., e. May 20, 1861, disd. Dec. 20, 1861, disab.
Dodd, J. B. P., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills.
Eberhart, Geo. E., e. May 20, 1861.
Frost, James M., e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Garrett, George F., e. May 20, 1861.
Gates, S. B., e. May 20, 1861.
Livingston, Peter, e. May 20, 1861.
Peppers, William L., e. May 20, 1861, wd. twice at Blue Mills.
Stockan, John C., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Shaw, H. B., e, May 20, 1861, wd. at Metamora.
Starr, Hiram, e. Nov. 10, 1861.
Short, S. L., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died April 7, 1862.
Shipman, William W., e. Dec. 6, 1861, died at St. Louis Jan. 3, 1862.
Thorn, S. B., e. May 20, 1861.
Washburn, L. T., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills, died Sept. 18, 1861.
White, Joseph B., e. May 20, 1861, disd. Feb. 9, 1862. White, Nelson, e. May 20, 1861.
Company K.
Capt. John B. Smith, com. June 8, 1861, resd. June 14, · 1864.
First Lieut. William B. Hamill, e. as sergt. May 21, 1861, prmtd. Ist lieut. Nov. 15, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, resd. April 20, 1864.
Second Lieut. Charles H. Mullarky, com. June 3, 1861, resd. Nov. 30, 1861.
Second Lieut. John Wayne, e. as sergt. May 21, 1861, prntd. 2d lieut. Dec. 1, 1861, wd. and captd. at bat. Shiloh Feh. 1, 1863.
Second Lieut. John T. Boggs, e. as private May 21, 1861, sergt., then 2d lient. April 3, 1863.
Sergt. Gilbert H. Pulver, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, trans. to Inv. Corps.
Sergt. George 1I. Merrill, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died Oct. 25, 1862.
Sergt. Samuel L. Taggart, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, prmtd to capt. and A. A. G., U. S. Vols.
Sergt. George W. Briggs, e. May 21, 1861, disd. Feb. 9 1862.
Sergt. H. J. Denton, e. May 21, 1861.
Corp. Jesse Cooper, e. May 21, 1861.
Corp. W. F. Schenck, e. May 21, 1861, died at Jackson Dec. 23, 1862.
Corp. Edward Reniger, e. May 21, 1861, trans. to Co. B, 7th inf.
Corp. R. Van Ranselaer, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Corp. G. E. Ellsworth, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Jackson.
Corp. Levi M. Langstaff, e. May 21, 1861.
Corp. Walter W. Wood, e. May 21, 1861.
Corp. Wm. H. Nickolls, e. May 21, 1861.
Corp. Chas. H. Boehmler, e. May 21, 1861.
Musician G. B. Thayer, e. May 21, 1861, wdl. at Jackson, disd. Sept. 12, 1863.
Musician F. A. Thyne, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Jackson, disd. June 11, 1864, wds.
Wagoner L. Young, e. May 21, 1861.
Wagoner S. C. Hammond, e. May 21, 1861.
Allen, Moses, e. May 21, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, captd. at Canton, died at Andersonville.
Allen, Hiram, e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Brown, A. E., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died April 10, 1862.
Ball, R. J., e. May 21, 1861, disd. April 2, 1862.
Bullis, C. H., e. May 21, 1861, died June 16, 1862, at St. Lonis.
Brownell, J. H., e. May 21, 1861, kld. at battle of Blue Mills.
Bennett, A. J., e. May 21, 1861, disd. for disability Feh 28, 1862.
Burke, Patrick, e. May 21, 1861.
Baker, James H., e. May 21, 1861.
Briggs, Wallace, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Sept. 19, 1862.
Cutler, D. B., e. May 21, 1861.
Cain, Martin A., e. May 21, 1861.
Davenport, R. W., e. May 21, 1861, disd. Dec. 6, 1861.
Dickey, A. N., e. May 21, 1861.
Daniels, James M., e. May 21, 1861.
Dignan, John, e. May 21, 1861, disd. March 31, 1862, disab. Dawson. P. B, e. May 21, 1861.
Fisk, William H., e. May 21, 1861, disd. Dec. 6, 1861.
Griggs, Freeman, e. May 21, 1861, disd. Dec. 29, 1862.
Griggs, Luther, e. May 21, 1861, kld. accidentally Dec 2, 1861.
Groom, E., e. May 21, 1861.
Grove, Samuel, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Jackson, disd. Oct. 9, 1863.
Gillett, M. F., e. May 21, 1861. disd. April 24, 1862.
Gosting, William E., e. May 21, 1861.
Hibbard, A. O., e. May 21, 1861.
Hasselton, B. C., e. May 21, 1861, died Jan. 12, 1862, at Quincy.
Jackson, Z. E., e. May 21, 1861.
Jones, C., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Oct. 19, '62. Johnston, J. B., e. May 21, 1861.
Jefferson, E. H., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, trans. to Invalid Corps.
King, H. H., e. May 21, 1861.
Leversee, Austin, e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Jackson.
Lawrence, A. G., e. May 21, 1861, disd. Sept. 18, 1862.
Laird, John Q., e. May 21, 1861, died May 5, 1862, at Pitts- burg Landing.
Merrill, John T., e. May 21, 1861.
Morris, George W., e. May 21, 1861.
Mabie, D. M., e. May 21, 1861.
Matlack, E., e. May 21, 1861, deserted Nov. 8, 1861.
McElroy, William, e. May 21, 1861, deserted Sept. 14, '61.
McRoberts, John, e. May 21, 1861, disd. April 29, 1862.
Mook, Joseph.
Moury, George W., e. May 21, 1861, kld. at Shiloh.
Moulton, C. C., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Sept. 24, 1862.
Orchard, George, e. May 21, 1861.
Parmalee, Junius, e. May 21, 1861.
Philpot, John, e. May 21, 1861.
Philpot, George J., e. May 21, 1861.
Peyton, William, e. May 21, 1861.
Potts, John, e. May 21, 1861, disd. April 12, 1862.
Pattee, John W., e. May 21, 1861.
Ramback, M., e. May 21, 1861.
Rider, W. S., e. May 21, 1861.
Ross, Joseph A., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died April 10, 1862. Snyder, P. W., e. May 21, 1861.
Skillen, B. F., e. May 21, 1861
Shields, Edward, e. May 21, 1861, captd. at Canton, Miss.
Sabin, George H., e. May 21, 1861, deserted Nov. 9, 1861.
Tyrell, F. M., e. May 21, 1861, missing at Shiloh.
Taylor, B. E., e. May 21, 1861.
Troutner, John F., e. May 21, 1861.
Tracy, Samuel J., e. May 21, 1861.
Tuthill, George, e. May 21, 1861.
West, Darius B., e. May 21, 1861.
West, Thomas P., e. May 21, 1861.
Wolcott, Norman M., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Sept. 26, 1862.
Watson, George H., e. May 21, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, disd. Sept. 19, 1862.
Wemple, Charles E., e. May 21, 1861, disd. Feb. 28, 1862. Wemple, Albert II., e. May 21, 1861. UNKNOWN.
Ayres, J. D., e. Dec. 10, 1863.
Brubacher, D., e. Dec. 14, 1863.
Filkins, William, e, Dec. 10, 1863.
Nash, C. P., e. Dec. 11, 1863.
Wilder, William, e. Dec. 10, 1863.
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WAR RECORD OF BLACK HAWK COUNTY.
SECOND CONSOLIDATED INFANTRY. (Second and Third.) Company A.
First Lieut. Jesse Cooper, com. July 8, 1864, from 3d vet. inf., disd. March 23, 1865.
Second Lieut. Chas. Boehmler, e. June 8, 1861, prmt 1. 2d lieut. March 24, 1865.
Corp. Danl. M. Mabie, e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4. 1864. Boehmler, Jacob, e. April 4, 1864.
Boehmler, Edw., e. April 4, 1864.
Daniel, Jas. M., e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 18, 1864.
Hoyt, E. F., e. April 4, 1864.
Maggart, Jas. M., e. April 4, 1864.
Nichols, Wm. H., e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864.
Rambach, M., e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet Jan. 4, 1864.
Rhorssen, Henry, e. April 4, 1864.
Rothermal, Geo., e. April 4, 1864.
Company F.
Corp. Geo. W. Collins, e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet. Dec. 27, 1863. Musician C. E. Balcom, e. Jan. 8. 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864. Brott, A. E., e. Jan. 8, 1864, vet. Dec. 17, 1863. Brewbecker, D., e. Dec. 14, 1863.
Eberhart, Geo. E., e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864.
Loatwell, Jas., e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet. Dec. 27, 1863, disd. May 26, 1805.
White, Nelson, e. Jan. 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, kld. at Atlanta.
NINTH INFANTRY.
In July, 1861, the day after the battle of Bull Run, Hon. William Vandever tendered to the Secretary of War a regiment of volunteers, to be recruited in his district. His offer was accepted, and he at once resigned, returned to Iowa and went energetically to work. The first com- pany went into rendezvous at Duhuque, early in Au- gust, and the regiment was raised and mustered into service September 24, 1861. Immediately after being mustered in, the regiment was ordered to St. Louis, where it went into camp of instruction at Benton Bar- racks. In October it was assigned to railroad guard duty. January 22, 1862, the Ninth joined the Army of the South- west at Rolla, under Brig. Gen. Samuel R. Curtis, and was made a portion of the Second Brigade, which was placed under the command of Col. Vandever. The army marched in pursuit of the rebel Gen. Price, and February 15, entered Springfield; but Price was gone, and Curtis pursued. At a skirmish at Sugar Creek, near the line between Missouri and Arkansas, the Ninth was first under fire and behaved like veterans, charging and driving a force three times their number. March 4th, Col. Vandever, with a portion of his brigade, went to Huntsville, fifteen miles, and while here received dispatches from Gen. Curtis that Price had been heavily reinforced, that forty thousand rebels, under Van Dorn, were advancing north- ward, and ordering him to rejoin the army at Pea Ridge, at once. To avoid the rebel army, Col. Vandever marched forty-one miles on the 6th, fording White River and sev- eral other streams on the way, arriving at headquarters at 6 P. M., and participated in the two days' battle of Pea Ridge. The brigades commanded by Col. Vandever and Col. Dodge stood the brunt of the battle. They were handled with remarkable skill and coolness, and fought with a valor never surpassed in the war history of the world. "The Fourth and Ninth Iowa," says Gen. Curtis, " won imperishable honors." In his report of the battle, Col. Vandever makes especial mention of Lient. Col. Her- ron, Maj. Coyle, Adj. William Scott, Capts. Drips (who was killed), Turner, Bull, Carpenter, Bevins (killed), Washburn, Moore and Cankadden, and Lieuts. Kelsey, Riley, Jones, Neff, Tindale, Rice (killed), Baker, Beebe, Leverich, Crane, McGee, Mckenzie, Fellows, Claflin and Inman, and Sergt. Maj. Foster, ot the Ninth. The regi- ment went into camp at Helena, Ark., about the middle of July, and remained five months. December 28th and 29th, the regiment was under fire in the battle of Chickasaw Bayon. The year 1864 was brilliantly commenced by the Ninth by the campaign of Arkansas Post. After destroy- ing the works there, the regiment encamped near Young's Point, La., for many weary weeks. The regiment par- ticipated in the siege of Vicksburg; was a part of Sher- man's army in pursuit of Joe Johnston ; was in the battle above the clouds at Lookout Mountain. On the 1st of May,1865, the regiment entered upon the Atlanta cam-
paign, and for four months participated in all the labors, battles and skirmishes of the famous march through the Carolinas, and was a portion of the Iowa Brigade which captured Columbia. The gallant Ninth always fought with bravery when there was any fighting to do.
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