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from the electric wires before the call was filled. Men and money were counted out by hundreds and thousands. The people who loved their whole govern- ment could not give enough. Patriotism thrilled and vibrated and pulsated through every heart. The farm, the workshop, the office, the pulpit, the bar, the benchi, the college, the school house, every calling offered its best men, their lives and fortunes in defense of the government's honor and unity. Party lines were for the time ignored. Bitter words, spoken in moments of political heat, were forgotten and forgiven, and, joining hands in a common cause, they repeated the oath of America's soldier-statesman : " By the Great Eternal. the Union must and shall be preserved!"
Seventy-five thousand men were not enough to subdue the rebellion. Nor were ten times that number. The war went on, and call followed call, until it began to look as if there would not be men enough in all the Free States to crush out and subdue the monstrous war traitors had inaugurated. But to every call for either men or money, there was a willing and ready response. And it is a boast of the people that, had the supply of men fallen short, there were women brave enough, daring enough, patriotic enough, to have offered themselves as sacrifices on their country's altar. Such were the impulses, motives and actions of the patriotic men of the North, among whom the sons of Delaware County made a conspicuous and praiseworthy record. Of the offerings made by these people during the great and final struggle between freedom and slavery it is the purpose now to write.
April 14, A. D. 1861, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, issued the following :
PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS, The laws of the United States have been and now are violently opposed in several States, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way ; I therefore call for the militia of the several States of the Union, to the aggregate number of 75.000, to suppress said combinations and execute the laws. I appeal to all loyal citizens to facilitate and nid in this effort to maintain the laws and the integrity of the perpetuity of the popular govern- ment, and redress wrongs long enough endured. The first service assigned to the forces, probably, will be to repossess the forts, places and property which have been seized from the Union. Let the utmost care be taken, consistent with the object, to avoid devastation, destruc- , tion, interference with the property of peaceful citizens in any part of the country ; and I hereby command persons composing the aforesaid combination to disperse within twenty days from date
I hereby convene both Houses of Congress for the 4th day of July next, to determine upon measures for public safety which the interest of the subject demands.
W.M. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN. President of the United States.
The gauntlet thrown down by the traitors of the South was accepted-not, however, in the spirit with which insolence meets insolence-but with a firm, determined spirit of patriotism and love of country. The duty of the President was plain, under the Constitution and the laws, and above and beyond all, the people from whom political power is derived, demanded the suppression of the rebellion, and stood ready to sustain the authority of their representatives and executive officers.
The total absence of newspaper files or other records for 1861 to 1864, ren- ders it impossible for the historian to do full justice to the spirit and patriotism of this people in the carly days of America's gigantic and bloody struggle against rebellion, and their liberal contributions to maintain the integrity of this glo- rious Union. It is a proud record, for from their midst went ont brave soldiers and leaders, like the dashing Peters, the cool Holbrook, the invincible Knee, the imperturbable Van Anda, with their equally brave commands, to aid in the grand struggle for the maintenance and perpetuity of the Union.
S. G. Vananda MANCHESTER
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" A union of lakes, a union of lands, A union that none can sever ; A union of hearts, a union of hands- The American Union forever."
Never before in the world's history was witnessed such an uprising of the masses, such unanimity of sentiment, such willingness to sacrifice life and money on the altar of patriotism.
When the first companies were being raised, measures were inaugurated and carried out to raise money by subscription for the support of the families of the volunteers. But there were so many calls for men, and the number and needs of these families whose providers had gone to defend the life of the nation, that it became an impossibility for private purses, however willing their holders, to supply all the demand, and the county authorities made frequent and liberal appropriations from the public treasury for that purpose. Private liberality still continued. This money was raised in the midst of the excitement of war, when the exigencies of the times demanded it, and the generous people never thought to inquire how much was given. Aside from the sums appropriated by county authority, no account was ever kept. Had there been, the sum would now seem almost fabulous.
It is to be stated to the honor of Delaware County, that no bounties were ever paid by county or township, although some were paid by individual sub- scription, and she always had her full quota of men in the field. During the time that drafts were considered necessary, liberal payments were made for sub- stitutes, but it afterward appeared that many Delaware men had voluntarily enlisted at Dubuque, and elsewhere, and the county was not subject to draft, as the quota was more than full.
April 13, 1864, the citizens of Delaware met in the school house at Man- chester for the purpose of forming a County Association to assist in the great Northern Iowa Sanitary Fair, to be held in Dubuque on the 24th of May, fol- lowing. R. W. Tirrell was Chairman and H. F. Hamlin, Secretary. Rev. H. B. Holmes, of Dubuque, was in introduced, who made a stirring appeal to the Delaware people, urging them to take hold of the work as one man, and to see to it that Delaware County was fully represented in the great and loyal enter- prise. A committee, consisting of H. F. Hamlin, Wm. Cattron, Mrs. A. P. Baldwin and Mrs. H. Houghton, was appointed to nominate officers for the Delaware County Sanitary Fair Association, who reported the following, who were unanimously elected, viz .:
President, A. T. Loring ; Vice President, E. W. Jeffries ; Secretary, Mrs. A. T. Loring ; Treasurer, Edward Burnside ; Executive Committee, A. S. Blair, Chairman ; Mrs. H. M. Conger, Mrs. R. Rule, Mrs. A. P. Baldwin, Mrs. H. Houghton, and officers of the association ex officio. On the 14th, the Execu- tive Committee met and added to its members the following : Mrs. Littlejohn, Delhi ; Mrs. W. H. Finley, South Fork ; Manasseh Smith, Union ; H. J. Brown, Hazel Green ; James Cromwell, Adams ; Mrs. Peter Richardson, Prai- rie ; Miss Frank Albrook, Milo ; Rev. Mr. Holmes, North Fork ; Mrs. C. San- born, Oneida ; Mrs. Hammond Gardiner, Coffin's Grove ; S. A. Thompson, Richland ; J. W. Windsor, Honey Creek ; Mrs. R. M. Watson, Elk ; and J. W. Simpson, Colony.
On the 14th an exhibition was given by the Manchester Soldiers' Aid Society, resulting in raising $50, which was paid over to the Executive Com- mittee. The play rendered was " Toodles," and among those who took places in the cast were Messrs. Hastings, A. S. Blair, Charles H. Blair, H. N. Cor- nish, and Mrs. Holbrook, nee Taylor.
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The citizens of South Fork Township organized a Township Co-operative Fair, Rev. H. M. Harman, President ; P. Karst, Vice President ; J. W. McKean, Recording Secretary ; Mrs. Dr. Finley, Corresponding Secretary ; Rev. Mr. Sessions, Treasurer ; Executive Committee, Lieut. J. W. Gift, Mr. O. Henry, Mrs. H. W. Olmstead, William Spence. Joseph Cool, G. R. Browder, Mrs. B. T. Pope, John Dunlap, Jerome T. Davis, Theodore Marks, Mrs. J. W. Gift. E. P. Weatherbee, W. Olmstead and Eli C. Brown.
The Delaware County Union of April 25, 1864, contained the following :
BRAVO .- Only one young man over twenty years of age remains (in Hopkinton). All the balance have been connected with the army. What town can beat that ?
April 26th, the Executive Committee of the County Sanitary Association added to its members Mrs. James Brown, Mrs. F. Bethell, Mrs. H. N. Cornish, H. F. Hamlin and S. W. Green, M. D.
The fair at Dubuque was postponed to June 21st, and until that time, the people of Delaware held picnies, festivals, dances, etc., the proceeds of which were devoted to swelling the amount in the hands of the Executive Committee. Excursion trains over the Dubuque & Sioux City Railroad, at half fare, were arranged, and the fair was a magnificent success, to which Delaware contributed very materially. Mr. Loring, on the 29th of June, acknowledged the following contributions : Manchester, $469.38 ; Prairie Township, one firkin butter, $12.00, and a box of clothing ; Milo Township, $50.00; Hopkinton, $93.50 ; Sand Spring, $27.20 and a quantity of provisions and sanitary stores. But these were only a small part of the contributions of Delaware County. The proceeds of the Northern Iowa Sanitary Fair amounted to about $75,000.
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 followed 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 patriotie valor ean 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 DELAWARE COUNTY,
TAKEN PRINCIPALLY FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORTS.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Adjt
Adjutant
I. V. I. Iowa Volunteer Infantry
Art. Artillery kld.
killed Bat.
.Battle or Battalion
Lient
Lieutenant
Col.
Colonel
Maj ..
Major
Capt ....
.Captain
Corpl.
.Corporal
prmtd.
·promoted
Comsy,
.Commissary
prisr.
.prisoner
conl.
commissioned
Regt
Regiment
cav.
.cavalry
captd.
.captured
desrtd
deserted
Sergt
.Sergeant
disab
.disabled
disd
discharged vet ..
.veteran
.enlisted
excd ..
.. exchanged
e f.
.. infantry
Inv
invalid
in
FIRST INFANTRY.
The First Regiment Iowa Volunteers was composed of independent military companies organized before the war began, and enlisted for three months. It is said that Capt. IIerron and his company tendered their ser- vices to the Secretary of War three months before the commencement of hostilities. This regiment was en- gaged at Wilson's Creek, under Gen. Lyon, and lost ten killed and nearly fifty wounded.
Collins Jas. e. April 23, 1861.
Collins Jos. e. April 23, 1861, re-e 12th Inf. Sept. 10, 1861, now Sergt.
Wall F. M. e. April 23, 1861, as Private in Co. H, 16th Inf.
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 John- 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 28, Greatly reduced in numbers, the survivors re- enlisted, forming three companies, and consolidated with the Second Infantry.
[NOTE .- The non-veterans of this regiment were mustered out in January and July, 1864.]
Company C.
First Lieut. Abel A. Franklin, e. as musician May 18, 1861, prmtd. 1st sergt. then 2d lieut. July 18, 1862. Sergt. John II. Earle, e. May 18, 1861.
Sergt. Stephen Cousins, e, May 18, 1861, wd. April 6, 1861, Baldwin C. e. May 18, 1861, disd. June 16, 1862, disd.
Babcock Chas. e. May 18, 18GI, taken prisr. at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Gibbs Wm. e. May 18, 1861.
Gosting Geo. G. e. May 18, 1861.
Griffith Robt. P. e May 18, 1861, prmtd. 2d corpl., wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Holmes D. W. e. May 18, 1861, disd. disab. Nov. 26, 1861. Hopson A. E. e. May 18, 1861, disd. disab, Nov. 26, 1861.
Libby E. Jr. e. May 18, 1861, died Aug. 24, '63, at Natchez. Michael Geo. e. May 18, 1861, trans. to inv. corps, Feb. 15, 1864.
Noble Jas. L. e. May 18, 1861, disd. disab. March 4, 1861. Richmond Walter, e. May 18, 1861.
Sanford Geo. e. May 18, 1864.
Sanford Geo. e. May 18, 1861.
Blue Ennis, e. Feb. 5, 1864, disd. Aug. 27, 1864.
THIRD VETERAN INFANTRY.
Company A.
Capt. Robt. P. Griffith, com. July 8, 1864, kld. in battle (while corpl.) at siege of Atlanta, July 22, 1864.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
The Fifth Regiment Infantry saw its first active service in front of New Madrid, when Companies A and B occupied the skirmish line. Did brilliant service in the operations against Island No. 10, and after its sur- render were directed to inscribe "New Madrid" and "Island No. 10" upon its flag. At Iuka, September 19, 1862, the regiment lost heavily. During April and May, 1863, heavy skirmishing in Louisiana and Mississippi, and participated in the operations before Vicksburg. At Chattanooga. one-third of the regiment was captured. At Mission Ridge. the brave old Fifth was again on the skirmish line. Mustered out at Kingston, Ala.
[NOTE .- This regiment was disbanded August, 1864.]
Company K.
Capt. Dan'] S. Malvin, com. 2d lieut., prmtd. Ist lieut. Feb. 1, 1862, prmtd. capt. March 1, 1862, reduced to Ist lieut.
Second Lient. Jerome Darling, e. as corpl. July 1, 1861, printd. 1st sergt. thien 2d lieut. Sept. 20, 1862, died May 17, 1863, of wds. received at battle of Champion Hills.
Sergi. O. H. Smith, captd. Nov. 25, 1862, at Chattanooga.
Corpl. Wm T. Crozier, e. July 1, 1861.
Corpl. Wm. Setchfield, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at luka Sept. 19, 1862.
Burrington C. L., e. July 1, 1861, missing after battle of Iuka.
Borrett Wm. e. July 1, 1861, committed suicide on steamer War Eagle Sept 19, 1861.
Carlton Geo. e. July 1, 1861.
Doolittle Wm. A. e. July I, 1861.
Field Job M. e. July 1, '61, captd. Chattanooga Nov. 25, '63.
wounded
hon. disd.
honorably discharged
re-e
re-enlisted res
resigned
trans transterred
V. R. C. Veteran Reserve Corps
wd.
m. o .. inustered ont
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Field S. W. F. e. July 1, 1861, kld. in battle of Inka, Sept. 19, 1862.
Griffin Asel, e. July 1, 1861.
Gilbert N. e. July 1, 1861, disd. for disab. Feb. 13, 1862. . Hallenbeck J. e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga Nov. 25, 1863.
Healey John, e. July 1, 1861, died Sept. 27, 1862, of wds. received at Iuka.
Luckinbill E. e. July 1, 1861.
Moshier Tunis, e. July 1, 1861.
Noble A. F. e. July 1, 1861.
Shryock s. e. July 1, 1861, wd. in bat. Iuka Sept. 19, '62.
Truby R. B. e. July 1, 1861, died March 27, 1862, at St. Louis.
Watson Geo. F. e. July 1, 1861.
Webb Jas. e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga Nov. 25, 1863.
Doolitle A. K. e. Dec. 22 1863.
NINTH INFANTRY.
The Ninth Infantry was sent to the front in 1861. Hon. Win. Vandever resigned his seat in Congress to take command of the Fitth. The regiment was first under fire at Pea Ridge, where it behaved gallantly. Was in the Yozoo expedition, in 1863. The Third Iowa Battery was recruited as a component part of the Ninth. The regiment participated in the movements against Atlanta and in the famous march through the Carolinas under an Iowa officer, and, with three other lowa regiments, captured Columubia.
[ NOTE .- This regiment was mustered out July 18, 1865, at Louisville. Officers not otherwise accounted for were mus- tered out with regiment.]
Company D.
Sergt. Jas. E. Kirkwood, e. Sept. 5, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864, wd. at Pea Ridge, Ark., March 7, 1862.
Corp. John B. Miller, e. Sept. 5, 1861, prmtd. from pri- vate Feb. 1, 1862, wd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Boyer I. C. e. Aug. 29, 1861, died March 14, 1862, of wds. received at l'ea Ridge, Ark.
Edgington Thos. J. e. Aug. 16, 1861, disd. for disab. Jan. 18, 1861.
Gilbert F. D. e. Aug. 29, 1861, prmtd. to 4th corp. March 17. 1862.
Gale Win. L. e. Aug. 29, 1861, disd. for disab Jan. 18, '62. King Wm. Il. e. Aug. 26, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864. Mersellus John, e. Sept 12, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, '64. Matkew Lewis, e. Aug. 23, 1861, disd. July 16, 1862, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Phillips Alex. e. Aug. 23, 1861, disd. for disab. Jan. 11, '62. Smith Jno. Isaac, e. Aug. 16, 1861.
Smith, E. A e. Sept. 17, 1861, kld. March 7, 1862, in ac- tion at Pea Ridge.
McCullongh Wm. e. Aug. 30, '61, re-e. as vet. Jan. 23, '64. B'asdell B. A. e. Feb. 25. 1864.
Colyer Chas. C. e. Feb. 27, 1864.
Dickey Chas. HI. e. Feb. 26, 1864.
Dickey F. N. e. Feb. 20, 1864.
Havens Romango, e. Feb. 26, 1864.
Owens Jas. Jr. e. Feb. 26, 1864.
Company E.
Corp. Alberd D. Strunk, e. Sept. 23, 1861, as private, prmtd. corp. March 10, 1862.
Company F.
Seaton Asa MI. e. Sept. 13, 1861, died at Young's Point, La. March 20, 1863.
Company G.
Second Lieut. Jacob Platt, e. as Sergt. July 28, 1861, printd. Ist sergt. then 2d lieut. Ang. 4, 1863, re-e. as vet. Jan 1, 1864, disd. as Ist sergt. for disability July 25, 1x61
Sergt. Milton F. Fowler, e. July 28, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864, wd. July 22, 1864, at Atlanta.
Cuppet David L. e. Sept. 10, 1861, wd. at Pea Ridge, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
McGuigan Wm. II. e. Sept. 10, 1861, kld. in action at Vicksburg May 22, 1863.
Michaels Aaron o. Sept. 18, 1861, died March 15, 1862, of wds. received at Pea Ridge.
Shrunk Jos. e. Sept. 24, 1861.
Costello Thos. e. Sept. 3, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1861. Waters Jno 1l. e. - , re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Wells T. P. e. Sept. 18, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864, disd. for disability.
Company K.
Sergt. Thos. A. Farrington, re-e. as vet. Jan. 26, 1864. Clark Wm. e. Feb. 29, 1864, unassigned.
Gilliam Jordan, e. Feb. 20, 1864, unassigned.
Kirk Wm. H. e. Feb. 2, 1864, unassigned.
Menes James, e. Feb. 29, 1864, unassigned.
TWELFTH INFANTRY.
The Twelfth Regiment was recruited late in the Summer of 1861, and organized at Camp Union, Dubuque, Iowa, and mustered into the service of the United States Nov. 25, 1861, by Capt. Washington, Thirteenth United States Infantry.
A large portion of Companies F, H and K were Dela- ware County men. Company F was recruited at Man- chester, H at Colesburg and Dubuque, and K at Ilop- kinton almost compelled the college at that place to suspend for want of students. The first active service in which the regiment was engaged was at Fort Donel- son, where it was assigned to Cook's brigade of Smith's Division, and was engaged in the battles of the 13th, 14th and 15th of February, which resulted in the capture of the Fort and its garrison on the 16th, the enemy surren- dering themselves prisoners of war. During most of the time, the boys were exposed to a cold rain and sleet, and, not being permitted to have any fire, suffered very much from cold.
At Shiloh, the Twelfth was brigaded with the Second, Seventh and Fourteenth Iowa regiments, called the Iowa Brigade, commanded by Gen. Tuttle, Second Iowa In- fantry, Gen. W. H. Wallace commanding the division, and were in position near a field beyond Gen Hurlbut's headquarters. Here it remained in line of battle from 6 o'clock .A. M. until about 4 P. M., during which time the enemy made several bold charges, and was re- pulsed with great loss in killed and wounded. The Twelfth and Fourteenth being in support of a battery, and having no orders to fall back, and not having notice that the left had given way, were allowed to be surrounded, and after several hours' desperate fighting, in which three or four regiments contended against the whole rebel force; the Twelfth having its commanding officer, Col. Woods, severely wounded, with sixteen men killed and ninety-seven wounded, with all hopes of retreat or succor cut off, was obliged to surrender at 6 o'olock P. M. Number of men cabtured from regiment, about 400.
The men of the Eighth, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa regiments, who were not captured, were organized into a regiment called the " Union Brigade," of which regiment the Twelfth formed companies & and K. The Union Brigade was engaged and took very prominent part in the battle of Corinth, Oct. 3d and 4th, 1862, the Twelfth Iowa losing three killed and twenty-five wounded out of eighty men engaged. After pursuing the enemy as far as Ripley, Miss., the regiment returned to Corinth, where it was engaged in building fortifications until Dec. 18th, 1862, when orders were received from the War Department discontinuing the organization known asthe Union Brigade, and ordering men of the Eighth, Twelfth and Fourteenth Iowa to proceed to Davenport, Iowa, to re-organize their regiments, prisoners having been paroled Oct. 18th, 1862, and exchanged Nov. 10th, 1862. The detachment of the Twelfth Iowa arrived at Jackson, Tenn., where it was found that Forrest had destroyed the railroad from Uniontown, and was threatening Jackson. The detachment was at once ordered to the defence of the place, and remained four days, when it was ordered to open the railroad to Columbus Ky., which delayed the detachment until the 4th of January. It arrived at Columbus on that day and was ordered once more to Davenport, where it arrived on the 7th of January, 1863, and from there it was ordered on the 27th of March to proceed to St. Louis, Mo., there to rejoin the regiment, and soon as organized was ordered to report to Gen. Grant in the field, near Vicksburg, Miss,, and served during the entire siege, participating in all the principal engagements until the 22d of June, when it was sent to Black River to guard the rear from an attack by Johnson. Vicksburg surrendered July 4th.
The Twelfth was engaged in the battle near Tupelo, Miss., on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July 1864, losing nine men killed, fifty-four wounded and one missing out of 200 engaged.
In June, 1864, Companies A and F, numbering fifty-five men, under command of Capt. J. R. C. Hunter, Co. A, while stationed at the mouth of White River, Ark., were attacked by 600 rebels of Marmaduke's command, about daylight, on the 22d of June, but taking refuge behind a slight stockade they repulsed the enemy, he leaving
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twenty killed and mortally wounded on the field. The loss of Companies A and F was one killed and four wounded.
The regiment fought bravely in the battle of Nashville, and received special mention by brigade and division commanders for good service. Corp. Luther P. Kalten- bach, of Co. F, and Private A. J. Sloan, of Co. II, each captured a rebel flag, for which they were rewarded with medals by the Secretary of War.
The regiment marched in pursuit of Hood with the army to Clinton, on the Tennessee River, thence by steamer to Eastport, Miss., arriving there on the 7th of January, 1865. Ilere Lieut. Col. John H. Stibbs got a leave of absence for thirty days to visit Iowa, for the purpose of recruiting up the regiment. He remained in Iowa but a short time, when he went to Washington, and through the influence of friends secured a position on a military commission. where he remained until after the war closed. Major Samuel G. Knee assumed command of the regiment. and retained it during the remaining period of its service. From Eastport the regiment was ordered to New Orleans, then embarked with the forces under Gen. Canby on the expedition against Mobile; was in the front line during the siege of Spanish Fort, which was the last service rendered by the regiment. During its service, the gallant Twelfth was in twenty-three battles, was under fire 112 days and had ninety-five men killed in battle. S. G. Knee, who entered service and went to the front as First Sergeant of Co. HI, returned as Lieutenant Colonel, and breveted Colonel.
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