The Chicago Tribune of Wednesday republishes a list of the regiments engaged at Fort Donelson, and includes the following from Iowa: 2d, 7th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 14th, making six in all. It thus omits from its former list the 3d and 13th and includes the 10th regiment. This is nearer the truth though not yet correct. The 10th we think, was not in the engagement, although previous to the fight it was in camp at Cairo, under its able commander Col. Perczel, aching for an opportunity to show the world of what materials the Iowa boys are composed. The 11th regiment was in Missouri at the time and could not possibly have been present.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 21, 1862, p. 2
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