Download or read book Iowa Confederates in the Civil War written by David Connon and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Confederates from Iowa were as unusual as slaves in Dubuque. David Connon shares the intensely human stories of Iowa Confederates in the Civil War. Seventy-six of these men entered the Confederate service. Readers will follow their pre-war, war-time, and post-war experiences, ranging from difficult relationships to disease, imprisonment, desertion, and adventure. More stories illuminate the turbulent Iowa home front, where life was hard for parents of Confederates and for Peace Democrats.
Download or read book The Sacred Cause of Union written by Thomas R. Baker and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sacred Causeof Union highlights Iowans’ important role in reuniting the nation when the battle over slavery tore it asunder. In this first-ever survey of the state’s Civil War history, Thomas Baker interweaves economics, politics, army recruitment, battlefield performance, and government administration. Scattered across more than a dozen states and territories, Iowa’s fighting men marched long distances and won battles against larger rebel armies despite having little food or shelter and sometimes poor equipment. On their own initiative, the state’s women ventured south to the battlefields to tend to the sick and injured, and farm families produced mountains of food to feed hungry federal armies. In the absence of a coordinated military supply system, women’s volunteer organizations were instrumental in delivering food, clothing, medicines, and other supplies to those who needed them. All of these efforts contributed mightily to the Union victory and catapulted Iowa into the top circle of most influential states in the nation. To shed light on how individual Iowans experienced the war, the book profiles six state residents. Three were well-known. Annie Wittenmyer, a divorced woman with roots in Virginia, led the state’s efforts to ship clothing and food to the soldiers. Alexander Clark, a Muscatine businessman and the son of former slaves, eloquently championed the rights of African Americans. Cyrus Carpenter, a Pennsylvania-born land surveyor anxious to make his fortune, served in the army and then headed the state’s Radical Republican faction after the war, ultimately being elected governor. Three never became famous. Ben Stevens, a young, unemployed carpenter, fought in an Iowa regiment at Shiloh, and then transferred to a Louisiana African American regiment so that he could lead the former slaves into battle. Farm boy Abner Dunham defended the Sunken Road at the Battle of Shiloh, before spending seven grim months in Confederate prison camps. The young Charles Musser faced pressure from his neighbors to enlist and from his parents to remain at home to work on the farm. Soon after he signed on to serve the Union, he discovered that his older brother had joined the Confederate Army. Through the letters and lives of these six Iowans, Thomas Baker shows how the Civil War transformed the state at the same time that Iowans transformed the nation.
Download or read book The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction written by Olynthus B. Clark and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vanishing Footprints written by Samuel D. Pryce and published by Press of the Camp Pope Bookshop. This book was released on 2008 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Never before published, Samuel Pryce's history of the "Johnson County Regiment" is a wide-ranging tale of the men he served with-- and whom he served so well as regimental adjutant. Pryce tells an unforgettable story, from the common soldier's ground-level perspective, of how a courageous band of midwesterners gathered, fought, lived and died under the "starry banner"--Page 4 of cover
Download or read book The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction written by Olynthus B. Clark and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Damned Iowa Greyhound written by Donald C. Elder, III and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 1998-05-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: William Henry Harrison Clayton was one of nearly 75,000 soldiers from Iowa to join the Union ranks during the Civil War. Possessing a high school education and superior penmanship, Clayton served as a company clerk in the 19th Infantry, witnessing battles in the Trans-Mississippi theater. His diary and his correspondence with his family in Van Buren County form a unique narrative of the day-to-day soldier life as well as an eyewitness account of critical battles and a prisoner-of-war camp. Clayton participated in the siege of Vicksburg and took part in operations against Mobile, but his writings are unique for the descriptions he gives of lesser-known but pivotal battles of the Civil War in the West. Fighting in the Battle of Prairie Grove, the 19th Infantry sustained the highest casualties of any federal regiment on the field. Clayton survived that battle with only minor injuries, but he was later captured at the Battle of Stirling's Plantation and served a period of ten months in captivity at Camp Ford, Texas. Clayton's writing reveals the complicated sympathies and prejudices prevalent among Union soldiers and civilians of that period in the country's history. He observes with great sadness the brutal effects of war on the South, sympathizing with the plight of refugees and lamenting the destruction of property. He excoriates draft evaders and Copperheads back home, conveying the intra-sectional acrimony wrought by civil war. Finally, his racist views toward blacks demonstrate a common but ironic attitude among Union soldiers whose efforts helped lead to the abolition of slavery in the United States.
Download or read book Dedication of Monuments Erected by the State of Iowa written by Iowa and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Confederate Civil War Soldiers and Veterans of Madison County Iowa written by Walt Libby and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iowa Valor written by Steve Meyer and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IOWA VALOR tells the heroic involvement of Iowa's sons & fathers in their own words. Readers will experience the Civil War & learn of a state's involvement in the Civil War, of which little has been written, but of which there is much to be proud. Unknown to many, no state in the Union Army had a greater involvement than Iowa. From the very first skirmish at Monroe Station, Missouri, through the very last engagement at Horse Creek, Kansas, every major episode of the Civil War that Iowa troops were involved in is covered by using their first-hand accounts from letters, diaries, battle reports & war correspondence to newspapers. By using first-hand accounts, the book reveals the Civil War as actually seen & felt by soldiers & command officers who were actually there. IOWA VALOR also includes factual summaries about battles, Iowa Civil War Regiments & notable individuals, by Author Steve Meyer. Available from Meyer Publishing, Box 247, Garrison, IA 52229. Ph. 1-800-477-5046; FAX: 319-477-5042. Or from your local distributor.
Download or read book The Undying Procession written by Edith Wasson McElroy and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Iowa in the Civil War written by and published by . This book was released on 196? with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book History of Iowa Civil War Regiments Artillery Cavalry Infantry and United States Colored Troops written by Christopher Cox and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-09-22 with total page 142 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book has information of all Iowa Civil War Regiment and U.S. Colored Troops that were organized in the state. This is a research base book to find the information about one or more of the Iowa Regiments and includes the U.S. Colored Troops all in one place. The information is: who the commanding officers were are the organization (mustering in) of the regiment; what battles the regiment was involved in; the armies the regiment belonged to; total enrolled and break down of causalities; and when and where the regiment was organized and mustered out.
Download or read book Civil War Iowa and the Copperhead Movement written by Hubert H. Wubben and published by Iowa State Press. This book was released on 1980 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Reminiscences of the Twenty Second Iowa Volunteer Infantry written by Samuel Calvin Jones and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tramps Triumphs of the Second Iowa Infantry written by John T. Bell and published by . This book was released on 2011-04-01 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the forgotten story of the Second Iowa Infantry and one of the most stirring chapters in the annals of Iowa and the Civil War. The regiment was the first enlisted in the state for three years' service, and the 989 men mustered into its ranks were the first Iowa troops to take the field in June, 1861. Fully 2,000 Iowans fought and died in the service of this gallant regiment before the end of the war. Nearly half of them succumbed to exposure and disease or fell in a score of bitter battles. Few regiments of the Civil War volunteers had a more notable battle record. The men of the Second Iowa led Grant's victorious charge on Fort Donelson in February, 1862, to give the North its first good news of the war. They fought stubbornly in the "Hornet's Nest" at the bloody battle of Shiloh, and suffered nearly one-third of their 346 officers and men killed or wounded in helping to repulse the Confederate attack at Corinth, Mississippi, in October. The survivors of the Second Iowa returned to their homes and families in July, 1865, having endured their full share of misery and horror of the war. The brief but valuable recollections of Lt. John T. Bell provide one of the few remaining original sources of a fighting regiment of Civil War volunteers. Lieutenant Colonel John Bell rose from the ranks at the age of 19 to become company commander after joining the Second Iowa Infantry in December, 1861.
Download or read book The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction Classic Reprint written by Olynthus Burroughs Clark and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Politics of Iowa During the Civil War and Reconstruction The study is the outgrowth of investigation into the politics of the northern States, during the period of the Civil War and Reconstruction, being carried on by Professor William A. Dunning of Columbia Uni versity. In the preparation of this work, the author is indebted to Professor Dunning, not only for his inspiration in its writing, but for his careful reading and revision of the manuscript. Special mention is due Mr. Fred K. Deming, sometime student of the writer, for his aid rendered in the gathering of data. The writer himself is responsible for the many short comings of the work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
