Organized at Benton Barracks, Mo,, under authority of General Fremont September and October, 1861. Mustered in as 14th Regiment Missouri Inf...

FORT HENRY, Tenn., February 9, 1862 Via. Cairo, the 11th. A force of the 2nd Illinois cavalry under Major Mudd, made a reconnoissance...

FORT HENRY, Tenn., Saturday Night, February 8, 1862 For all the purposes of navigation a “booming river” is most admirable, but when...

Organized at Dayton, Ohio, September-October, 1861. Attached to Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 14th Missouri Infantry, and later 66th I...

Organized at Findlay, Ohio, September-October, 1861. Attached to Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 14th Missouri Infantry, and later 66th ...

Organized at Lima, Ohio, March and April, 1862. Attached to Birge's Western Sharpshooters, 14th Missouri Infantry, and later 66th Illin...

UNION ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE 2nd. Division 2nd. Brigade 13th. Mo. Col. Crafts Wright 14th. Mo. Birge Sharp Shooters Col. B. Co...

ON THE CUMBERLAND RIVER, NEAR DOVER, TENN., Feb. 17. MY DEAR FATHER. – I expect you all imagine I am dead by this time, but thank God I am ...

Official Report of Col. Lauman. LIST OF THE KILLED AND WOUNDED IN THE 2d, 7th and 14th IOWA. HEADQUARTERS 4TH BRIG. 2D DIV. U S A FORT DO...

FORT DONELSON, NEAR DOVER Stewart County, Tenn., Feb. 19, 1862 MR. EDITOR:   A kind Providence has spared me to fulfill my promise of writi...

FORT DONELSON, Feb. 25, 1862. MR. EDITOR:– As these are exciting times, and our friends in Iowa are no doubt anxious to hear all that is go...

FORT DONELSON INVESTED. A Battle Progressing. THE SEVENTH IOWA AGAIN WINNING LAURELS. CAIRO, Feb. 14. Capt. C. M. Williard, Co. A. Chica...