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Showing posts with label Wilson's Creek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wilson's Creek. Show all posts
Saturday, May 23, 2015

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: August 25, 1861

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I believe the Secretary will resign; but “ immediate ” still lies on his table. News of a battle near Springfield, Mo. McCulloch an...
Sunday, January 11, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: August 20, 1861

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We are rejoicing over a victory at Springfield, Missouri — General Lyon killed and his troops routed. Our loss represented large. I have on...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Colonel George A. Stone to Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, March 14, 1863

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Young's Point, La ., March 14, 1863. My Dear Sir: — Your favor of the 25th ult., is received. I had heard of the Adjutant's dea...
Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Brigadier-General Francis J. Herron, January 6, 1863

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Executive Office, Iowa, Iowa City , Jan. 6, 1863. General: — I wish I could shake hands with you and express to you verbally my than...
Saturday, October 25, 2014

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood to Governor Israel Washburne Jr, April 3, 1862

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Executive Office, Iowa , April 3, 1862. Hon. Israel Washburne, Jr., Governor of Maine, Augusta, Maine: Sir: — I have just received ...
Saturday, October 11, 2014

Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood’s Second Inaugural Address, January 15, 1862

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Gentlemen of the Senate and House of Representatives: As this is the first time in the history of our State that the same person has bee...

Diary of Josephine Shaw Lowell: August 15, 1861

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Spent the whole day cutting out shirts at home. This evening we hear (through the Rebels) that Lyon has been killed and our forces defeated...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

The Jones Family

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One would naturally suppose that Geo. W. Jones, after his arrest for treasonable correspondence with the arch traitor Jeff. Davis and incar...
Sunday, June 30, 2013

The Gallant Iowans

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Iowa is a young State, but it is the home of heroes.   With the present war she has begun a war history that yields in splendor and honor t...
Friday, May 31, 2013

Col. Asbury B. Porter

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PORTER, ASBURY B., COL. , retired; born in Bourbon Co., Ky., June 20, 1808; when 21 years of age, his father died, leaving a wife and nine ...
Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Asbury B. Porter

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ASBURY B. PORTER was born in the State of Kentucky, in the year 1808. He removed to Iowa, making his home at Mount Pleasant where he was en...
Friday, March 8, 2013

Bullet Extracted

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Dr. Asa Horr performed an important surgical operation upon Mr. John Bell, Thursday evening, extracting a Minie ball which he received the ...
Friday, January 4, 2013

The Expected Blow

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Very much of the new we reprint from the rebel journals we interpret by the rule of contraries, so that their averment that Beauregard has ...
Friday, December 28, 2012

From The Southwest

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(Correspondence of the Missouri Republican.) SPRINGFIELD, MO., March 29, 1862. In all portions of the country, throughout Southwest...
Thursday, December 13, 2012

Rev. Marcus Arrington

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It is sad to record the following details of suffering inflicted upon one of the oldest, most useful and honored members of the St. Louis C...
Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Retreat And Pursuit Of Price

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INTERESTING DETAILS. (Special Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.) “CROSS HOLLOWS,” ARK. Feb. 25th, 1862 I left Springf...