The burial ceremonies of the soldiers, members of Cos. B and C of the 2d Iowa Regiment who were killed at the battle of Fort Donelson, will take place this afternoon, Saturday. The bodies are expected to arrive by train from the east this morning. – They are George W. Howell, C. H. Lenhart, Edward Peterson and --- Myers, of Co. C, and Corporal James W. Page and William Guthrie of Co. B. The bodies will be conveyed from the railroad depot under the escort of the 16th Iowa Regiment, to Metropolitan Hall, where short religious services will be conducted by the clergymen of this city, after which the cavalcade will proceed to Oakdale Cemetery. The services at Metropolitan Hall will be at 2 o’clock in the afternoon. Body seats in the hall will be reserved for the military. Carriages will be in attendance for all members of the 2d Iowa who are hear and able to attend. The cavalcade will be under the direction of Col. Chambers of the Iowa 16th.
Com.
JOHN L. SWITS,
DAVID S. TRUE,
JOHN L. DAVIES,
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Saturday Morning, March 8, 1862, p. 1
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