SECOND COLONEL, THIRD CAVALRY. H. C. Caldwell, now judge of the District Courts for the District of Arkansas, is a son of the late Van Caldw...

THIRD COLONEL, FIRST CAVALRY. Daniel Anderson was born in the year 1821, in the State of Indiana. His history, prior to coming to Iowa, I am...

COLONEL, TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY. Thomas Hart Benton, Jr., is a nephew of the celebrated American statesman and author, whose name, at his unc...

COLONEL TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTBY. James I. Gilbert is one of Iowa's best officers. He is a native of Kentucky, and was born about the yea...