An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa . bsequently at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, under the com-mand of Col. Tuttle. They had suffered from
An illustrated history of the State of Iowa : being a complete civil, political, and military history of the state, from its first exploration down to 1875; including a cyclopaedia of legislation during the administration of each of the governors, from Lucas (1836) to Carpenter; with historical and descriptive sketches of each county in the state separately, embracing interesting narratives of pioneer life, including an account of the commercial, agricultural and educational growth of Iowa . bsequently at Benton Barracks, at St. Louis, under the com-mand of Col. Tuttle. They had suffered from diseases incidentto the climate. They had not been in any general engagements,but had seen several skirmishes. Since they entered the servicethey had been engaged in guardingjjbridges and railroads, andmade some laborious marches, i The third regiment was made up of companies from the coun-ties of Dubuque, Marion, Clayton, Winneshiek, Story, Fayette,Warren, Mahaska and Black Hawk. Most of the companieswere ordered into quarters by the governor, in May and June,1861, and mustered into the service of the United States by , U. S. A., at Keokuk, in the early part of June. Theloriginal number of men was 960. The officers of the regiment!at its organization were : N. G. Williams, colonel; John Scott,|lieutenant colonel ; Wm. M. Stone, major; Geo. W. Clark, quartermaster; Fitzroy Sessions, adjutant; T. 0. Edwards, surgeon ;|D. M. Cool, assistant surgeon; P. H. Jacob, 276 Tvttles History of Iowa. The regiment leaving the state proceeded to Benton Barracks,St. Louis, and were stationed in Missouri during the year. Theytook part in the battle at Blue Mills Landing, on September 17,1861. and suffered severely in killed and wounded. The fourth regiment was composed of companies from thecounties of Mills, Pottawattomie, Guthrie, Decatur, Polk, Madi-son, Ringgold, Union, Wayne, and Page. Attached to and a partof the regiment was Dodges battery of light artillery. The
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