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Showing posts with label Thomas J McKean. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thomas J McKean. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 8, 2024

Diary of Private Seth J. Wells: November 21, 1862

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Our brigade was reviewed by Generals McPherson and Logan this afternoon. Gen. McKean's brigade was reviewed today. SOURCE: Seth James ...
Sunday, August 20, 2017

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 15, 1862

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Camp at Lagrange, Tenn., November 15, 1862. We're having more of a rest here than we anticipated when we arrived. Suppose that the ...
Saturday, August 19, 2017

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 21, 1862

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Camp 103d Illinois Infantry, La Grange, Tenn., November 21, 1862. Every one seems to think that we will start about day after to-morr...
Thursday, August 17, 2017

Captain Charles Wright Wills: November 17, 1862

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Camp at Lagrange, Tenn., November 17, 1862. Our whole regiment went on picket Saturday evening. Didn't reach our posts until 9:30 p...
Monday, September 15, 2014

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Abraham Lincoln, December 4, 1861

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[December 4, 1861.] His Excellency the President: — The State of Iowa has now in the field and in camp, waiting arms and equipments, fo...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Major General Henry W. Halleck's Special Field Orders, No. 35

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SPECIAL FIELD ORDERS No. 35. HDQRS. DEPT. OF THE MISSISSIPPI, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 30 , 1862 . I. Major-General Thomas...
Monday, October 7, 2013

16th Iowa Infantry Correspondence

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CAMP NEAR PITTSBURG, Tenn., May 4, 1862. EDITOR GAZETTE. – I have been intending to write to you for some time, but our frequent movi...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

From The 11th Iowa Regiment

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2 MILES WEST OF BATTLE GROUND, PITTSBURG, TENN., April 28. EDITOR GAZETTE:– On Friday last the Iowa 11th and 13th struck tents and ma...
Thursday, June 27, 2013

Thomas Jefferson McKean

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WEST POINTER AND CIVIL ENGINEER Another soldier by profession was Thomas Jefferson McKean, born in Burlington, Pa., August 21, 1810. He...

We make the following extract from a letter . . .

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. . . to the Washington Press , written by its editor, then at Pittsburg: PITTSBURG, Tenn., April 20, 1862. Gen. McKean, of Iowa, a...
Thursday, May 2, 2013

Iowa Legislature

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(Special to the Hawk-Eye.) – Des Moines, Jan. 24. Nothing important in the Senate. HOUSE. – A resolution was introduced reque...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Flying Visit

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Capt. Wm. T. Clark, A. A. A. G., arrived in town Saturday evening from the South, and after a short visit home left again for the army yeste...
Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Iowa At Island No. 10

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It is pretty certain that the Iowa brigade, under command of Brig. Gen. McKean and composed of the 6 th , 11 th and 18 th regiments and t...
Friday, August 26, 2011

From The Eighth Iowa Infantry

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SEDALIA, Mo., March 10, 1862. TO THE EDITOR OF THE DAVENPORT GAZETTE. – The time we have been wishing to arrive has, I believe, come at la...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011

From St. Louis

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ST. LOUIS, March 10. The expedition sent out from Sedalia by Brig. Gen. McKean into Bates county has just returned with 40 prisoners of war...
Saturday, July 23, 2011

From The 11th Iowa Regiment

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FRIEND SANDERS:   In your issue of yesterday morning your types made two mistakes, rather mortifying to a correspondent.   Two say that two ...