Friday, January 30, 2009

From The 13th

We learn that a letter was received by Mrs. Crocker yesterday, stating that the Colonel escaped without a scratch. The letter from Wm. Houston, which we publish in another place, shows that the Colonel had a horse or two shot under him. We are sincerely glad that Colonel Crocker escaped without injury. Of his fighting pluck, and of his ability to command a regiment, no man, acquainted as well as we are with him, would ever admit a doubt. We are proud of this gallant officer, and the City from which he went to the war is also proud of him.

– Published in the Daily State Register, Des Moines, Iowa, Saturday, April 19, 1862

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