. Iowa and the rebellion. A history of the troops furnished by the state of Iowa to the volunteer armies of the Union, which conquered the great Southern Rebellion of 1861-5 . r forces. lie was Boon pressed, however,by greatly Buperior numbers, under command of Met ullooh and Mcintosh, who drove hark our cavalry and captured a batiery of flying arlillcry which hal been sent out with it. Colonel Davis came to the support oft Isterhaua,and the rebel advance was checked, but not entirely stayed. The battle onthat part of the field raged with great fury, the rebels making repeatedattempts to break


. Iowa and the rebellion. A history of the troops furnished by the state of Iowa to the volunteer armies of the Union, which conquered the great Southern Rebellion of 1861-5 . r forces. lie was Boon pressed, however,by greatly Buperior numbers, under command of Met ullooh and Mcintosh, who drove hark our cavalry and captured a batiery of flying arlillcry which hal been sent out with it. Colonel Davis came to the support oft Isterhaua,and the rebel advance was checked, but not entirely stayed. The battle onthat part of the field raged with great fury, the rebels making repeatedattempts to break through our lines, aided therein by a large fortIndian- who fought with Bavage determination and war-whoops whose fear-ful yell ran/ loud above the din Of battle, like tin unearthly .-cream of fatally wounded. The steady irage of our troops was proof against both noise and numbers, and, from falling .-lowly, sullenly lack, Inch by 1 Poiiiiri. tli robel i i toil tn tdalti tht rabati ntu •! thttron . admit t V KuUMjr, t Mnl ChiIi- • I .ill, tli it tli< y tin tliirly thi 0 NINTH INFANTRY. 151 BATTLE OF PEA RIDGE. 6°- EXPLANATIONS ao a 0|M«„io o ° C. 7/V, ° 6>O O r} Q °0 Oo ;■;.; _/v 0 * 0 \Z ?i> o o a .c?


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