. Reminiscences of the Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, giving its organization, marches, skirmishes, battles, and sieges, as taken from the diary of Lieutenant Jones of Company A . Lieut. S. C. Jones CHAPTER I More than a year had now passed since the war com-menced. The feehng had developed that we had a veryserious matter on our hands. Up to this time I doubtif the people had felt that it was so serious a General Grants successes at Forts Donaldson andHenry was a gleam of light amid the darkest days, yetthere was a shadow of impenetrable gloom like a mantlesettling do
. Reminiscences of the Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, giving its organization, marches, skirmishes, battles, and sieges, as taken from the diary of Lieutenant Jones of Company A . Lieut. S. C. Jones CHAPTER I More than a year had now passed since the war com-menced. The feehng had developed that we had a veryserious matter on our hands. Up to this time I doubtif the people had felt that it was so serious a General Grants successes at Forts Donaldson andHenry was a gleam of light amid the darkest days, yetthere was a shadow of impenetrable gloom like a mantlesettling down upon us. The battle of Pittsburg Land-ing was fought with great loss of life to the there was a call for three hundred thousand men,and soon another call for that many more, as if the Gov-ernment had decided to arise in her mighty strength andpower and crush the Rebellion at once. Enlistments had been going on steadily and theyoung and middle-aged had been perceptibly thinnedout from among us. Up to this time I had not thought itnecessary that I should go. I had had a feeling that thosewho were enlisting were doing it because they delightedin the public martial display ofreminiscencesoft02jone
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