. Story of Lee County, Iowa. d nearly all the southernhalf of the state. He was reelected in 1858 and again in i860. When the news of Fort Sumters fall was received at Keokukhe hastened to Washington, where he received authority to aid inraising and organizing the Iowa volunteers. Returning to Keokuk,he found the First Regiment already organized and was elected col-onel of the Second. He remained in the field with his regiment untilJune 30, 1861, when he left the command to J. M. Tuttleand left for Washington to attend the special session of Congresscalled to meet on the 4th of Jul
. Story of Lee County, Iowa. d nearly all the southernhalf of the state. He was reelected in 1858 and again in i860. When the news of Fort Sumters fall was received at Keokukhe hastened to Washington, where he received authority to aid inraising and organizing the Iowa volunteers. Returning to Keokuk,he found the First Regiment already organized and was elected col-onel of the Second. He remained in the field with his regiment untilJune 30, 1861, when he left the command to J. M. Tuttleand left for Washington to attend the special session of Congresscalled to meet on the 4th of July. When the Battle of Bull Run re-sulted so disastrously to the Union arms, he hurried to the field andtried to rally the troops, but they were too badly the special session he was appointed a brigadier-general ofvolunteers, his commission dating from May 17, 1861. He thenresigned his seat in Congress, reported to General Fremont at , and was placed in charge of the camp of instruction at Benton. STATUE OF UKAEHALSAMUEL CURTIS HISTORY OF LEE COUNTY 189 Barracks. Fremont soon afterward went to Jefferson City, Missouri,leaving General Curtis in command at St. Louis. When ConfederateGeneral Price invaded Missouri, Curtis was placed in commandof the Union forces in pursuit. General Curtis bore an active partin the Battle of Pea Ridge, after which he was placed in commandof the Army of the Southwest. On March 21, 1862, pro-moted to the rank of major-general. He died at Council Bluffs,Iowa, December 26, 1866. SIXTH INFANTRY This was the next regiment in which Lee County was was mustered in at Burlington on July 17, 1861, with John , of Keokuk, as colonel; Albert T. Shaw, of Fort Madi-son, regimental surgeon; Jacob R. Paynter, hospital surgeon, andthe following Lee County men as members of the regimental band:Sigismond I. Gates, Adelbert Hawkins, James Rogers, WilliamMadden, Richard Maddern, Morris Peck, Edward Pipe, August
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