Adjutant Tyner, of the Iowa 14th Regiment . . .

. . . in a letter which we find in the Davenport Democrat, Speaks in the highest terms of the gallant conduct of the Iowa Second and Seventh at Fort Donelson.  He says the 2^nd Iowa “is the best Regiment in existence and fought better than any Regiment on the field.”  This is pretty high praise.  The same letter gives the highest praise to Col. Shaw of the 14^th, for courage and gallantry.  The fact is Iowa has cause to be proud of all her regiments, officers and men.  No better or braver troops have been furnished by any State.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 1, 1862, p. 2