. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . d the summerfound the battery well equipped and ready for action. But no ac-tion came and it was mustered out Oct. 23. Its losses during itsterm of service were as follows: deaths from battle, 4; deaths fromdisease, 33; wounded, 18; discharged. 27. Fourth Light Battery.—Iowa had also a 4th battery of artillery,but it entered the service very late, saw little active field duty,and was in no battle. It was must
. The Union army; a history of military affairs in the loyal states, 1861-65 -- records of the regiments in the Union army -- cyclopedia of battles -- memoirs of commanders and soldiers . d the summerfound the battery well equipped and ready for action. But no ac-tion came and it was mustered out Oct. 23. Its losses during itsterm of service were as follows: deaths from battle, 4; deaths fromdisease, 33; wounded, 18; discharged. 27. Fourth Light Battery.—Iowa had also a 4th battery of artillery,but it entered the service very late, saw little active field duty,and was in no battle. It was mustered in at Davenport in theautumn of 1863, with Philip H. Goode as captain, and Lieuts. Beat-ty, McClellan, Alexander, Ellsworth and Brown. It remained withGen. Sully in the West till Feb. 22, 1864, when it arrived in NewOrleans. It formed part of the guard of the city during the ab-sence of Banks army in the Red river campaign and afterwardmarched to Thibodeaux, where it remained until mustered out July14, 1865. It was a splendidly equipped battery, and the men didthe duty given them patriotically and well. The loss of the bat-tery was 6 who died from disease and 11 SAMUEL J. CRAWFORD Samuel J. Crawford, third governor of Kansasafter its admission into the Union and editor of the chapter on^Military AflFairs in Kansas, was born in Lawrence county, Ind.,April 10, 1835, and there spent his boyhood on the farm. Whileattending the Bedford academy he took up the study of lawand in 1856 graduated in the Cincinnati law school. Two yearslater he located at Garnett, Kan., and began the practice of hisprofession. He was a member of the first state legislature,which met in March, 1861, and though only 26 years of age hesoon demonstrated his ability to represent the district from•which he was elected. Upon the first call for troops he resignedhis seat in the legislature, raised a company for the 2nd , being in due season promoted to the colonelcy of
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