This vicinity is well represented in Grant's army . . .

. . . and doubtless equally so in the fight.  We have there Capt. Stuhr’s company from this county; and are largely represented in those of Capts. Van Hosen, Williams and Fraser.  We have also Lieut.-Cols. Hall, Price and Sanders; Adjutants Tyner and McCosh, and perhaps Capt. W. T. Clark.  Rock Island county is represented in eight companies.  The anxiety in both cities is naturally very great, and is aggravated by the long delay in hearing from our own immediate representatives on the field, and especially is this the case in this county, for we do not so much as know anything of the whereabouts of an Iowa regiment on that day.  But we cannot be much longer without news.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, April 12, 1862, p. 1

Sword Presentation

A unique little affair came off on Wednesday evening at the store of F. P. Erskine, Second street, viz: the presentation of a sword, belt and sash from a number of his friends, to our fellow citizens, E. S. Fraser, who has accepted a Captaincy in the 16^th regiment, now in Camp McClellan.  After the usual speeches on such occasions, which in this case were brief and to the point, the company adjourned for refreshments at the expense of the liberal donee.  We but express the belief of all who know the gallant Captain, that if he falls he will be found with sword in hand and face to the foe; and also the hope that he survive the ‘wars’ and long live to look upon the ‘weapon’ as a pleasant reminiscence of the past, and a relic of the dark days of 1862.

– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 7, 1862, p. 1