Saturday, April 7, 2012

A Well earned Tribute to the Iowa 2d

ST. LOUIS, February 19, 1862.

Adjutant General BAKER:

The 2nd Iowa Infantry proved themselves the bravest of the brave.  They had the honor of leading the column which entered fort Donelson, Kentucky [sic].

H. W. HALLECK, Major General.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 1, 1862, p. 3

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