Pvt., Co. E, 12th Iowa Infantry
Missing in action April 6, 1862. Died while prisoner of war 1862.
Missing in action April 6, 1862. Died while prisoner of war 1862.
Shiloh National Cemetery
Thursday, August 5, 2010
The War News
Particulars of the Battle at Roanoke Island.
OUR VICTORY COMPLETE
The Rebel Gun-Boats All Captured or Destroyed.
300 Confederates Killed and 1,000 Wounded.
OUT OF 3,000 REBELS ON THE ISLAND ONLY 50 ESCAPE.
Elizabeth City Totally Destroyed.
CHEERING NEWS FROM TENNESSEE.
The Stars and Stripes Welcomed by the Loyal Inhabitants.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
OUR VICTORY COMPLETE
The Rebel Gun-Boats All Captured or Destroyed.
300 Confederates Killed and 1,000 Wounded.
OUT OF 3,000 REBELS ON THE ISLAND ONLY 50 ESCAPE.
Elizabeth City Totally Destroyed.
CHEERING NEWS FROM TENNESSEE.
The Stars and Stripes Welcomed by the Loyal Inhabitants.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Kansas Correspondence
CAMP DEFIANCE, Linn Co., Kansas,
February 3d, 1862.
Events of but little interest have transpired since my last letter to the GAZETTE. Our camp is located on Mine Creek, in this county, about four miles from the State line, where are quartered the 3d Kansas volunteers, under Col. James Montgomery, and where we have been since December last; eight miles below us is the 5th regiment, under the command of Maj. Sumner, and at Ft. Scott are some six or eight companies of home guards, under Col. Judson. The U. S. paymaster and mustering officer are here, paying off these regiments and mustering them so as to make full and complete regiments, preparatory to their march South into the Indian country west of Arkansas, and between here and Texas.
Col. Jennison’s regiment of cavalry marched through Mound city to-day, under the command of Lt. Col. Anthony; they numbered 840, and were on their march to Humboldt, in Allen Co., where they will remain for a few days, when they will move as the advance column of the great expedition soon to leave Ft. Leavenworth for the South. They were well provided with tents, clothing, &c., and with but few exceptions, were live specimens of genuine border men, who at any time can whip their weight in wild cats, ever ready to face where danger is the most daring. About 4,000 friendly Cherokee and Creek Indians are assembled on the Neosho river, some 30 miles below [Humboldt], waiting to join the “big Colonel with heap fight.”
Much fear is manifested among the citizens along the boarder here, that on the removal of the troops from along the line, guerilla bands of the rebels, which still infest our borders, will march over, and, if so, murder, rapine, and plunder will follow them.
For the last few weeks news had reached camp that Gen. Lane was to lead us on south to victory. But for the last few days rumor says that Gen. Hunter is to have the command. We are all ready to march under Hunter or any other Union General, but there is no disguising the fact that Gen. Jim Lane is the popular choice of a large majority of the regiments here along the boarder, and that in him we feel that his very name is a tower of strength, and that with him at our head, though but few in numbers, we will be more mighty than a great army with banners. At all events were are all anxious to be off, and the march of this expedition, either under Lane, Hunter or any other General, will be marked with a desolation and ruin, such as now marks the homes of the rebels in southwestern Missouri.
During the last four months some 3,000 or 4,000 contrabands have left southwestern Missouri and Arkansas, many of whom have passed into your State and Illinois; yet many remain here and all readily find work and are all peaceable and quiet, and feel very happy in their exchange from slavery to freedom. Schools have been established by the benevolent for them, and it would surprise many of your readers to see with what avidity they learn; all are contented and the only anxiety you can see about them is as to how they are to get the friends they left behind from slavery.
I will give all details as they transpire en route the great expedition.
Yours,
Kansas
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
February 3d, 1862.
Events of but little interest have transpired since my last letter to the GAZETTE. Our camp is located on Mine Creek, in this county, about four miles from the State line, where are quartered the 3d Kansas volunteers, under Col. James Montgomery, and where we have been since December last; eight miles below us is the 5th regiment, under the command of Maj. Sumner, and at Ft. Scott are some six or eight companies of home guards, under Col. Judson. The U. S. paymaster and mustering officer are here, paying off these regiments and mustering them so as to make full and complete regiments, preparatory to their march South into the Indian country west of Arkansas, and between here and Texas.
Col. Jennison’s regiment of cavalry marched through Mound city to-day, under the command of Lt. Col. Anthony; they numbered 840, and were on their march to Humboldt, in Allen Co., where they will remain for a few days, when they will move as the advance column of the great expedition soon to leave Ft. Leavenworth for the South. They were well provided with tents, clothing, &c., and with but few exceptions, were live specimens of genuine border men, who at any time can whip their weight in wild cats, ever ready to face where danger is the most daring. About 4,000 friendly Cherokee and Creek Indians are assembled on the Neosho river, some 30 miles below [Humboldt], waiting to join the “big Colonel with heap fight.”
Much fear is manifested among the citizens along the boarder here, that on the removal of the troops from along the line, guerilla bands of the rebels, which still infest our borders, will march over, and, if so, murder, rapine, and plunder will follow them.
For the last few weeks news had reached camp that Gen. Lane was to lead us on south to victory. But for the last few days rumor says that Gen. Hunter is to have the command. We are all ready to march under Hunter or any other Union General, but there is no disguising the fact that Gen. Jim Lane is the popular choice of a large majority of the regiments here along the boarder, and that in him we feel that his very name is a tower of strength, and that with him at our head, though but few in numbers, we will be more mighty than a great army with banners. At all events were are all anxious to be off, and the march of this expedition, either under Lane, Hunter or any other General, will be marked with a desolation and ruin, such as now marks the homes of the rebels in southwestern Missouri.
During the last four months some 3,000 or 4,000 contrabands have left southwestern Missouri and Arkansas, many of whom have passed into your State and Illinois; yet many remain here and all readily find work and are all peaceable and quiet, and feel very happy in their exchange from slavery to freedom. Schools have been established by the benevolent for them, and it would surprise many of your readers to see with what avidity they learn; all are contented and the only anxiety you can see about them is as to how they are to get the friends they left behind from slavery.
I will give all details as they transpire en route the great expedition.
Yours,
Kansas
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
B. S. Woodward
Company B.
Born October 31st, 1831, at East Haven, New Haven county, Connecticut. Came to Lyons in 1857. Enlisted in Company B, First Iowa Cavalry, in July, 1861, and served three years, returning to Lyons, where he still resides. Connected with the Lamb lumber mills the last twenty-five years as manager of sale department.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 330
Born October 31st, 1831, at East Haven, New Haven county, Connecticut. Came to Lyons in 1857. Enlisted in Company B, First Iowa Cavalry, in July, 1861, and served three years, returning to Lyons, where he still resides. Connected with the Lamb lumber mills the last twenty-five years as manager of sale department.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 330
Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Tennessee's Ordinance of Secession
AN ACT to submit to a vote of the people a declaration of independence, and for other purposes.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That immediately after the passage of this act the Governor of this State shall, by proclamation, direct the sheriffs of the several counties in this State to open and hold an election at the various voting precincts in their respective counties on the 8th day of June, 1861; that said sheriffs, or in the absence of the sheriffs the coroner of the county, shall immediately advertise the election contemplated by this act; that said sheriffs appoint a deputy to hold said election for each voting precinct, and that said deputy appoint three judges and two clerks for each precinct. And if no officer shall, from any cause, attend any voting precinct to open and hold said election, then any justice of the peace, or in the absence of a justice of the peace any respectable freeholder, may appoint an officer, judges, and clerks to open and hold said election. Said officers, judges, and clerks shall be sworn as now required by law, and who after being so sworn shall open and hold an election, open and close at the time of day and in the manner now required by law in elections for members to the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That at said election the following declaration shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the State of Tennessee for their ratification or rejection:
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND ORDINANCE dissolving the federal relations between the State of Tennessee and the United States of America.
First. We, the people of the State of Tennessee, waiving any expression of opinion as to the abstract doctrine of secession, but asserting the right, as a free and independent people, to alter, reform, or abolish our form of government in such manner as we think proper, do ordain and declare that all the laws and ordinances by which the State of Tennessee became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America are hereby abrogated and annulled, and that all obligations on our part be withdrawn therefrom; and we do hereby resume all the rights, functions, and powers which by any of said laws and ordinances were conveyed to the Government of the United States, and absolve ourselves from all the obligations, restraints, and duties incurred thereto; and do hereby henceforth become a free, sovereign, and independent State.
Second. We furthermore declare and ordain that article 10, sections 1 and 2, of the constitution of the State of Tennessee, which requires members of the General Assembly and all officers, civil and military, to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, abrogated and annulled, and all parts of the constitution of the State of Tennessee making citizenship of the United States a qualification for office and recognizing the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of this State are in like manner abrogated and annulled.
Third. We furthermore ordain and declare that all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof, or under any laws of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be by ballot; that those voting for the declaration and ordinance shall have written or printed on their ballots "Separation," and those voting against it shall have written or printed on their ballots "No separation;" that the clerks holding said election shall keep regular scrolls of the voters as now required by law in t he election of members to the General Assembly; that the clerks and judges shall certify the same, with the number of votes for "Separation" and the number of votes "No separation." The officer holding the election shall return the same to the sheriff of the county, at the county seat, on the Monday next after the election. The sheriff shall immediately make out, certify, and send to the Governor the number of votes polled, and the number of votes for "Separation" and the number "No separation," and file one of the original scrolls with the clerk of the county court; that upon comparing the vote by the Governor, in the office of the secretary of state, which shall be at least by the 24th day of June, 1861, and may be sooner if the returns are all received by the Governor, if a majority of the votes polled shall be for "Separation," the Governor shall by his proclamation make it known and declare all connection by the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dissolved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent Government — free from all obligations to or connection with the Federal Government. And that the Governor shall cause the vote by counties to be published, the number for "Separation" and the number "No separation," whether a majority votes for "Separation" or " No separation."
Sec. 4. Be it, further enacted, That, in the election to be held under the provisions of this act, upon the declaration submitted to the people, all volunteers and other persons connected with the service of this State, qualified to vote for members of the Legislature in the counties where they reside, shall be entitled to vote in any county in the State where they may be in active service, or under orders, or on parole, at the time of said election, and all other voters shall vote in the county where they reside, as now required by law in voting for members to the General Assembly.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That at the same time and under the rules and regulations prescribed for the election hereinbefore ordered, the following ordinance shall be submitted to the popular vote, to wit:
AN ORDINANCE for the adoption of the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America.
We, the people of Tennessee, solemnly impressed by the perils which surround us, do hereby adopt and ratify the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, ordained and established at Montgomery, Ala., on the 8th day of February, 1861, to be in force during the existence thereof or until such time as we may supersede it by the adoption of a permanent constitution.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That those in favor of the adoption of said Provisional Constitution, and thereby securing to Tennessee equal representation in the deliberations and councils of the Confederate States, shall have written or printed on their ballots the word "Representation;" those opposed, the words "No representation."
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That in the event the people shall adopt the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States at the election herein ordered, it shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith to issue writs of election for delegates to represent the State of Tennessee in the said Provisional Government; that the State shall be represented by as many delegates as it was entitled to members of Congress to the recent Congress of the United States of America, who shall be elected from the several Congressional districts as now established by law, in the mode and manner now prescribed for the election of members of the Congress of the United States.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.
SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Tennessee, That immediately after the passage of this act the Governor of this State shall, by proclamation, direct the sheriffs of the several counties in this State to open and hold an election at the various voting precincts in their respective counties on the 8th day of June, 1861; that said sheriffs, or in the absence of the sheriffs the coroner of the county, shall immediately advertise the election contemplated by this act; that said sheriffs appoint a deputy to hold said election for each voting precinct, and that said deputy appoint three judges and two clerks for each precinct. And if no officer shall, from any cause, attend any voting precinct to open and hold said election, then any justice of the peace, or in the absence of a justice of the peace any respectable freeholder, may appoint an officer, judges, and clerks to open and hold said election. Said officers, judges, and clerks shall be sworn as now required by law, and who after being so sworn shall open and hold an election, open and close at the time of day and in the manner now required by law in elections for members to the General Assembly.
Sec. 2. Be it further enacted, That at said election the following declaration shall be submitted to a vote of the qualified voters of the State of Tennessee for their ratification or rejection:
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE AND ORDINANCE dissolving the federal relations between the State of Tennessee and the United States of America.
First. We, the people of the State of Tennessee, waiving any expression of opinion as to the abstract doctrine of secession, but asserting the right, as a free and independent people, to alter, reform, or abolish our form of government in such manner as we think proper, do ordain and declare that all the laws and ordinances by which the State of Tennessee became a member of the Federal Union of the United States of America are hereby abrogated and annulled, and that all obligations on our part be withdrawn therefrom; and we do hereby resume all the rights, functions, and powers which by any of said laws and ordinances were conveyed to the Government of the United States, and absolve ourselves from all the obligations, restraints, and duties incurred thereto; and do hereby henceforth become a free, sovereign, and independent State.
Second. We furthermore declare and ordain that article 10, sections 1 and 2, of the constitution of the State of Tennessee, which requires members of the General Assembly and all officers, civil and military, to take an oath to support the Constitution of the United States be, and the same are hereby, abrogated and annulled, and all parts of the constitution of the State of Tennessee making citizenship of the United States a qualification for office and recognizing the Constitution of the United States as the supreme law of this State are in like manner abrogated and annulled.
Third. We furthermore ordain and declare that all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States, or under any act of Congress passed in pursuance thereof, or under any laws of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in force and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Sec. 3. Be it further enacted, That said election shall be by ballot; that those voting for the declaration and ordinance shall have written or printed on their ballots "Separation," and those voting against it shall have written or printed on their ballots "No separation;" that the clerks holding said election shall keep regular scrolls of the voters as now required by law in t he election of members to the General Assembly; that the clerks and judges shall certify the same, with the number of votes for "Separation" and the number of votes "No separation." The officer holding the election shall return the same to the sheriff of the county, at the county seat, on the Monday next after the election. The sheriff shall immediately make out, certify, and send to the Governor the number of votes polled, and the number of votes for "Separation" and the number "No separation," and file one of the original scrolls with the clerk of the county court; that upon comparing the vote by the Governor, in the office of the secretary of state, which shall be at least by the 24th day of June, 1861, and may be sooner if the returns are all received by the Governor, if a majority of the votes polled shall be for "Separation," the Governor shall by his proclamation make it known and declare all connection by the State of Tennessee with the Federal Union dissolved, and that Tennessee is a free, independent Government — free from all obligations to or connection with the Federal Government. And that the Governor shall cause the vote by counties to be published, the number for "Separation" and the number "No separation," whether a majority votes for "Separation" or " No separation."
Sec. 4. Be it, further enacted, That, in the election to be held under the provisions of this act, upon the declaration submitted to the people, all volunteers and other persons connected with the service of this State, qualified to vote for members of the Legislature in the counties where they reside, shall be entitled to vote in any county in the State where they may be in active service, or under orders, or on parole, at the time of said election, and all other voters shall vote in the county where they reside, as now required by law in voting for members to the General Assembly.
Sec. 5. Be it further enacted, That at the same time and under the rules and regulations prescribed for the election hereinbefore ordered, the following ordinance shall be submitted to the popular vote, to wit:
AN ORDINANCE for the adoption of the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America.
We, the people of Tennessee, solemnly impressed by the perils which surround us, do hereby adopt and ratify the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, ordained and established at Montgomery, Ala., on the 8th day of February, 1861, to be in force during the existence thereof or until such time as we may supersede it by the adoption of a permanent constitution.
SEC. 6. Be it further enacted, That those in favor of the adoption of said Provisional Constitution, and thereby securing to Tennessee equal representation in the deliberations and councils of the Confederate States, shall have written or printed on their ballots the word "Representation;" those opposed, the words "No representation."
Sec. 7. Be it further enacted, That in the event the people shall adopt the Constitution of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States at the election herein ordered, it shall be the duty of the Governor forthwith to issue writs of election for delegates to represent the State of Tennessee in the said Provisional Government; that the State shall be represented by as many delegates as it was entitled to members of Congress to the recent Congress of the United States of America, who shall be elected from the several Congressional districts as now established by law, in the mode and manner now prescribed for the election of members of the Congress of the United States.
Sec. 8. Be it further enacted, That this act take effect from and after its passage.
W. C. WHITTHORNE,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. L. STOVALL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
B. L. STOVALL,
Speaker of the Senate.
Passed May 6, 1861.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series IV – Volume I, p. 290-1
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series IV – Volume I, p. 290-1
Des Moines Correspondence
DES MOINES, Feb. 10, 1862.
The patter of the rain and the whistling of the wind fall upon my ear as I write. The snow is settling, but it is too early to lose it, and hence we are in hopes the thaw will not last long.
The Senate has to-day passed the revenue bill by a vote of 24 to 10. It provides for a levy of two mills on the dollar in addition to the amount levied for State purposes. It is thought this will enable the State to liquidate the Federal tax after deducting our claim upon the general government.
No appropriation bill has yet been introduced. This is withheld until after the action of the Senate upon the bank note bill.
A resolution was introduced in the House provided for the adjournment on the 11th of March. It was tabled. The members thought it would do no good to pass it. If a day is set for adjournment then the business is crowded into the last few days and rushed through with indiscriminate haste. It was thought best to work on steadily and faithfully until the business is ended, and then adjourn. A good deal of heavy business is to be transacted this session, and it will take time.
The bill for the exemption of the soldiers’ property from execution was under consideration. Also a bill to amend the law of the extra session in relation to the continuance of suits against soldiers. Both were sent to the Military Committee, and will doubtless be combined in one. The act of the Extra session is said by those who have seen its workings to be a complete failure. Some law will be enacted now, that lawyers can’t interpret to the disadvantage of the soldier. The main discussion on the bills is on the question of extending their provisions to commissioned officers. I think field officers will be excluded, while company officers will reap the full benefit of the proposed act.
Some of the members who voted “No” on the question of striking out “free white” from a certain resolution the other day, are not feeling very comfortable over it. After the point at issue was explained in the Register, and which is essential, as I represented it in my letter of Friday, some of those gentlemen found they were placed on record in a false position. They say they should not vote “no” on such a question. (Your correspondent thought at the time they ought not to vote in the negative.) They say they did not understand the question in that light. I suppose they are honest, but the author of the resolution in explaining his vote, placed the question on precisely that ground. Hence it don’t look very well for them to come up at this time and pretend they did not understand the question. It was their place to understand it before voting.
The discussion on the resolutions relating to Federal politics has been changed from Tuesday to Wednesday evening.
J. R. C.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
The patter of the rain and the whistling of the wind fall upon my ear as I write. The snow is settling, but it is too early to lose it, and hence we are in hopes the thaw will not last long.
The Senate has to-day passed the revenue bill by a vote of 24 to 10. It provides for a levy of two mills on the dollar in addition to the amount levied for State purposes. It is thought this will enable the State to liquidate the Federal tax after deducting our claim upon the general government.
No appropriation bill has yet been introduced. This is withheld until after the action of the Senate upon the bank note bill.
A resolution was introduced in the House provided for the adjournment on the 11th of March. It was tabled. The members thought it would do no good to pass it. If a day is set for adjournment then the business is crowded into the last few days and rushed through with indiscriminate haste. It was thought best to work on steadily and faithfully until the business is ended, and then adjourn. A good deal of heavy business is to be transacted this session, and it will take time.
The bill for the exemption of the soldiers’ property from execution was under consideration. Also a bill to amend the law of the extra session in relation to the continuance of suits against soldiers. Both were sent to the Military Committee, and will doubtless be combined in one. The act of the Extra session is said by those who have seen its workings to be a complete failure. Some law will be enacted now, that lawyers can’t interpret to the disadvantage of the soldier. The main discussion on the bills is on the question of extending their provisions to commissioned officers. I think field officers will be excluded, while company officers will reap the full benefit of the proposed act.
Some of the members who voted “No” on the question of striking out “free white” from a certain resolution the other day, are not feeling very comfortable over it. After the point at issue was explained in the Register, and which is essential, as I represented it in my letter of Friday, some of those gentlemen found they were placed on record in a false position. They say they should not vote “no” on such a question. (Your correspondent thought at the time they ought not to vote in the negative.) They say they did not understand the question in that light. I suppose they are honest, but the author of the resolution in explaining his vote, placed the question on precisely that ground. Hence it don’t look very well for them to come up at this time and pretend they did not understand the question. It was their place to understand it before voting.
The discussion on the resolutions relating to Federal politics has been changed from Tuesday to Wednesday evening.
J. R. C.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Whitcomb Fairbanks
Pvt., Co. A, 12th Iowa Infantry
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Shiloh National Cemetery
10th Illinois Cavalry
Organized at Camp Butler, Ill., and mustered in November 25, 1861. Moved to Quincy, Ill., December 20, thence to Benton Barracks, Mo., March 13, 1862. Moved to Springfield, Mo., April 4. Attached to District of Southwest Missouri, Dept. of Missouri, to October, 1862. 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, Army of the Frontier, Dept. of Missouri, to December, 1862. Unattached, Army of the Frontier, to February, 1863. 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Frontier, to May, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, District of Southeast Missouri, to August, 1863. 2nd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Arkansas Expedition, to December, 1863. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Army of Arkansas, to January, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, Dept. of Arkansas, to May, 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 7th Army Corps, to September, 1864. 3rd Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to February, 1865. 1st Brigade, Cavalry Division, 7th Army Corps, to April, 1865. 1st Brigade, 1st Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to May, 1865. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, Military Division West Mississippi, to July, 1865. Dept. of Texas to November, 1865.
SERVICE.--Near Waynesville, Mo., May 31, 1862 (Co. "K"). Neosho May 31. Expedition to Keittsville, Mo., July 8-20. Near Fayetteville, Ark., July 15. Moved to Vera Cruz August 10, to Marshfield August 16, and duty there, operating from Springfield to Cane Hill, Ark., till November 13. Marsh field, Mo., October 20 (Detachment). Clark's Mills, Douglass County, November 7 (Co. "C"). Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. 3rd Battalion (Cos. "C," "F," "I" and "M") moved to Fayetteville, Ark., December 8, and duty there till March, 1863, rejoining Regiment in Missouri. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29, 1862 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L"). 2nd Battalion (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L") moved to Huntsville January, 1863, and joined Totten. Moved to Flat Creek February, 1863, thence to Rolla, Mo. Scout from Fayetteville to Van Buren January 23-27, 1863 (3rd Battalion). Mulberry Springs January 27. Scout from Fayetteville to Arkansas River February 5-12 (3rd Battalion). Thelkelds' Ferry February 6. Near Van Buren February 10. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2. Jackson April 26. At Pilot Knob till July. Steele's Campaign against Little Rock July 1-September 10. Bayou Metoe, or Reed's Bridge, August 27. Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Pursuit of Price September 11-13. Near Little Rock September 11. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Elkins' Ferry April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-13. Jenkins' Ferry, Camden, April 15. Near Camden April 20. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Operations against Shelby north of the Arkansas River May 13-31. Scouts from Huntersville and Clinton June 4-17. Operations in Arkansas July 1-31. Near Huntersville July 8 (Detachment). Near Little Rock July 10 (Detachment). Bayou des Arc July 14. Duty at Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Brownsville and in the Dept. of Arkansas to November, 1865. Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River August 6-16, 1864. Expedition from Little Rock to Searcy, Fairview and Augusta in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6, 1864. Expedition from Pine Bluff September 9-12. Near Monticello September 10 (Detachment). Brewer's House September 11 (Detachment). Expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant October 26-November 2 (Detachment). Expedition from Brownsville to Fairview November 28-December 8. Duty in Arkansas till June 6, 1865. Moved to Shreveport, La., June 6-17, thence marched to San Antonio, Texas, July 8-August 1; duty there till November, 1865.
1st Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "G" and "K") detached and ordered to Join Gen. Curtis June 15, 1862. Reported at Jacksonport, Ark., July 4, 1862. Attached to Army of Southwest Missouri and District of Eastern Arkansas to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to May, 1863. Detached Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana to June, 1863. Unattached, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863.
SERVICE.--March to Helena, Ark., July 4-12, 1862. Action at Cotton Plant, Ark., July 7. Moved to Oldtown Landing August 6, and duty there till October. Moved to Helena October 6. Expedition to mouth of White River November 16-20. Washburn's Expedition to Oakland, Miss., November 27-December 7. Oakland December 3. Arkansas Post, Ark., January 11, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition February 24-April 8, 1863. Siege operations against Vicksburg, Miss., April to July. Near Richmond, La., June 6. Milliken's Bend and Young's Point, La., June 6-7. Expedition from Young's Point to Richmond June 14-16. Richmond June 16. Moved to Helena, Ark., July, and rejoined Regiment near Wittsburg, Ark., August 1, 1863. Regiment mustered out November 22, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 262 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1028-9
SERVICE.--Near Waynesville, Mo., May 31, 1862 (Co. "K"). Neosho May 31. Expedition to Keittsville, Mo., July 8-20. Near Fayetteville, Ark., July 15. Moved to Vera Cruz August 10, to Marshfield August 16, and duty there, operating from Springfield to Cane Hill, Ark., till November 13. Marsh field, Mo., October 20 (Detachment). Clark's Mills, Douglass County, November 7 (Co. "C"). Battle of Prairie Grove, Ark., December 7. 3rd Battalion (Cos. "C," "F," "I" and "M") moved to Fayetteville, Ark., December 8, and duty there till March, 1863, rejoining Regiment in Missouri. Expedition over Boston Mountains to Van Buren December 27-29, 1862 (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L"). 2nd Battalion (Cos. "B," "E," "H" and "L") moved to Huntsville January, 1863, and joined Totten. Moved to Flat Creek February, 1863, thence to Rolla, Mo. Scout from Fayetteville to Van Buren January 23-27, 1863 (3rd Battalion). Mulberry Springs January 27. Scout from Fayetteville to Arkansas River February 5-12 (3rd Battalion). Thelkelds' Ferry February 6. Near Van Buren February 10. Operations against Marmaduke April 17-May 2. Jackson April 26. At Pilot Knob till July. Steele's Campaign against Little Rock July 1-September 10. Bayou Metoe, or Reed's Bridge, August 27. Bayou LaFourche and capture of Little Rock September 10. Pursuit of Price September 11-13. Near Little Rock September 11. Duty at Little Rock till March, 1864. Steele's Expedition to Camden March 23-May 3. Elkins' Ferry April 3-4. Prairie D'Ann April 9-13. Jenkins' Ferry, Camden, April 15. Near Camden April 20. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Operations against Shelby north of the Arkansas River May 13-31. Scouts from Huntersville and Clinton June 4-17. Operations in Arkansas July 1-31. Near Huntersville July 8 (Detachment). Near Little Rock July 10 (Detachment). Bayou des Arc July 14. Duty at Little Rock, Pine Bluff and Brownsville and in the Dept. of Arkansas to November, 1865. Expedition from Little Rock to Little Red River August 6-16, 1864. Expedition from Little Rock to Searcy, Fairview and Augusta in pursuit of Shelby August 27-September 6, 1864. Expedition from Pine Bluff September 9-12. Near Monticello September 10 (Detachment). Brewer's House September 11 (Detachment). Expedition from Brownsville to Cotton Plant October 26-November 2 (Detachment). Expedition from Brownsville to Fairview November 28-December 8. Duty in Arkansas till June 6, 1865. Moved to Shreveport, La., June 6-17, thence marched to San Antonio, Texas, July 8-August 1; duty there till November, 1865.
1st Battalion (Cos. "A," "D," "G" and "K") detached and ordered to Join Gen. Curtis June 15, 1862. Reported at Jacksonport, Ark., July 4, 1862. Attached to Army of Southwest Missouri and District of Eastern Arkansas to December, 1862. 1st Brigade, 2nd Cavalry Division, 13th Army Corps, Dept. of the Tennessee, to May, 1863. Detached Brigade, District of Northeast Louisiana to June, 1863. Unattached, 13th Army Corps, to July, 1863.
SERVICE.--March to Helena, Ark., July 4-12, 1862. Action at Cotton Plant, Ark., July 7. Moved to Oldtown Landing August 6, and duty there till October. Moved to Helena October 6. Expedition to mouth of White River November 16-20. Washburn's Expedition to Oakland, Miss., November 27-December 7. Oakland December 3. Arkansas Post, Ark., January 11, 1863. Yazoo Pass Expedition February 24-April 8, 1863. Siege operations against Vicksburg, Miss., April to July. Near Richmond, La., June 6. Milliken's Bend and Young's Point, La., June 6-7. Expedition from Young's Point to Richmond June 14-16. Richmond June 16. Moved to Helena, Ark., July, and rejoined Regiment near Wittsburg, Ark., August 1, 1863. Regiment mustered out November 22, 1865.
Regiment lost during service 1 Officer and 24 Enlisted men killed and mortally wounded and 3 Officers and 262 Enlisted men by disease. Total 290.
SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1028-9
Captain H. S. Heberling
Company B.
Was born on December 25th, 1839, and comes of German and Scotch parents, whose ancestors came to Virginia and Pennsylvania about one hundred and fifty years ago. John Heberling, his grandfather, as well as John Coble, his other grandparent, were both soldiers in the war of 1812, and natives of this country. His father, John Heberling, a resident still of Miles, Iowa, and a native of Virginia, was an abolitionist of the most pronounced type; while his brother, Dr. James Heberling, was a resident of Missouri and espoused the Confederate cause. The Captain was therefore of a temperament known among soldiers as “fiery." He enlisted as a private at Lyons, Iowa, on May 5th, 1861. in a company that became B of the First Iowa Cavalry, and served as duty sergeant, orderly or first sergeant, Second Lieutenant, and at close of war was Ambulance Officer and A. A. A. Q. M. Second Cavalry Division, Military Division of the Gulf, with rank of Captain by brevet, and now, by the courtesy of comrades in whose welfare he feels a deep interest, is President of the First Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteer Association.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 329-30
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Captain J. T. Foster
Company B.
Joseph T. Foster was enlisted as fourth sergeant in Company B, First Iowa Cavalry, on the 1st day of May, 1861, at Lyons, Iowa, Was mustered into the United States service for three years on the 31st day of July, 1861. Was appointed Sergeant Major of First Battalion, October 7th, 1861. Wounded July 11th, 1861, at Big Creek Cliffs. Transferred to first sergeant Company B, September 25th, 1862. First Lieutenant same company, December 21st, 1862: mustered February 7th, 1863. Captain same company, August 5th, 1864; mustered October 1st, 1864. Mustered out of service February 15th, 1866, at Austin. Texas. Appointed First Lieutenant Eighth United States Cavalry, April 7th, 1866. Served on the Pacific coast, at Benecia Barracks, Angels Island, Fort Churchill, Nevada, and Fort McDermott, Nevada. Resigned February 10th, 1869.
Participated in all the battles and skirmishes with his company from September 25th, 1862, till the day of muster out.
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 329
Barton H. Johnson
Pvt., Co. A, 12th Iowa Infantry
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Shiloh National Cemetery
From Missouri and Fort Henry
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 11.
A special dispatch to the Republican, from Syracuse, Missouri, dated the 10th, says, on Friday, February 7th, Mr. Anthony, formerly sutler in the Iowa Fifth regiment, when on his way from Boonville to Syracuse, Missouri, was met by a band of desperadoes, about five miles from Boonville, on the Syracuse road, and ordered to dismount. A refusal to comply was death. – He was then robbed of his money and papers, books, etc. Mr. Anthony had been at Boonville collecting during the paying off of the regiment and was on his return home.
A special to the Democrat from Cairo says that a Federal officer who came down from Fort Henry this morning, states that Fort Donelson is invested with land forces under Gen. Grant. The enemy’s force at the fort is estimated at 8,000 or 10,000. Look out for important news.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
A special dispatch to the Republican, from Syracuse, Missouri, dated the 10th, says, on Friday, February 7th, Mr. Anthony, formerly sutler in the Iowa Fifth regiment, when on his way from Boonville to Syracuse, Missouri, was met by a band of desperadoes, about five miles from Boonville, on the Syracuse road, and ordered to dismount. A refusal to comply was death. – He was then robbed of his money and papers, books, etc. Mr. Anthony had been at Boonville collecting during the paying off of the regiment and was on his return home.
A special to the Democrat from Cairo says that a Federal officer who came down from Fort Henry this morning, states that Fort Donelson is invested with land forces under Gen. Grant. The enemy’s force at the fort is estimated at 8,000 or 10,000. Look out for important news.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Latest from Fort Henry
Special to Chicago Journal
FORT HENRY, Tenn., Feb. 9.
A detachment of Cavalry, some 250 strong, hand an engagement to-day about seven miles east of Fort Henry, on the road to Fort Donaldson [sic]. The Union troops were under command of Major Mudd, of the 2d Illinois cavalry. Carson and Brink, of Grant’s Staff, were in the engagement. Five rebels were left dead on the field. Thirty prisoners and thirty horses were captured. One man of the 2d cavalry was wounded.
The 49th Illinois and the 52 Indiana regiments arrived here to-day.
A detachment of the 32d Illinois regiment yesterday evening destroyed a portion of the Louisville, Clarksville and Memphis Railroad. The road is incapacitated for rebel transportation for the present.
Captain Lagon, of General Grant’s Staff, brought down five wagons and other [property]. The rebel camp at the railroad bridge had been previously evacuated.
SECOND DISPATCH
FORT HENRY, Feb. 10.
This morning a box of cartridges exploded in one of the tents of the infantry encamped near the parapet. The arm of one of one of the privates was broken.
Nineteen dead bodies of rebels are reported to have been found in one of the trenches of Fort Henry. Our troops captured, near the railroad bridge, a thousand dollars worth of hides and twelve boxes of beef, and the telegraph office batteries at Danville.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
FORT HENRY, Tenn., Feb. 9.
A detachment of Cavalry, some 250 strong, hand an engagement to-day about seven miles east of Fort Henry, on the road to Fort Donaldson [sic]. The Union troops were under command of Major Mudd, of the 2d Illinois cavalry. Carson and Brink, of Grant’s Staff, were in the engagement. Five rebels were left dead on the field. Thirty prisoners and thirty horses were captured. One man of the 2d cavalry was wounded.
The 49th Illinois and the 52 Indiana regiments arrived here to-day.
A detachment of the 32d Illinois regiment yesterday evening destroyed a portion of the Louisville, Clarksville and Memphis Railroad. The road is incapacitated for rebel transportation for the present.
Captain Lagon, of General Grant’s Staff, brought down five wagons and other [property]. The rebel camp at the railroad bridge had been previously evacuated.
SECOND DISPATCH
FORT HENRY, Feb. 10.
This morning a box of cartridges exploded in one of the tents of the infantry encamped near the parapet. The arm of one of one of the privates was broken.
Nineteen dead bodies of rebels are reported to have been found in one of the trenches of Fort Henry. Our troops captured, near the railroad bridge, a thousand dollars worth of hides and twelve boxes of beef, and the telegraph office batteries at Danville.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Glorious News!
The telegraph, this morning, brings us news that will send the blood of the patriot heart bounding through every vein in his body. As the Richmond Examiner says: “It is a repetition of the Hatteras affair on a large scale.” Our dispatches received at the time of writing this do not give the number of Federal troops killed and wounded, but we presume it will be insignificant compared with that of the rebels, although they fought well for men engaged in a bad cause.
The towns of Elizabeth City and Edenton, mentioned in the dispatches are both on the north side of Albemarle Sound, the former on the arm jutting up into Pasquotank county, and the other in Chowan Co., N.C.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
The towns of Elizabeth City and Edenton, mentioned in the dispatches are both on the north side of Albemarle Sound, the former on the arm jutting up into Pasquotank county, and the other in Chowan Co., N.C.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Washington, Feb. 12 [1862]
The official report of the Lieut. Commanding Philips, of the Conestoga, to flag-officer Foote, and the latter’s official account of the capture of Fort Henry are published but present no new features.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
A Hoax
BALTIMORE, Feb. 12.
The reported bombardment at Ft. Pickens is a humbug, and was originated by Southern rebels.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
The reported bombardment at Ft. Pickens is a humbug, and was originated by Southern rebels.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Leavenworth, February 11 [1862]
The greatest activity prevailed at Fort Leavenworth in preparations for the expedition to start from here under Gen. Hunter. Troops and supplies are being concentrated in the southern portion of the State, and indications appear favorable for an early advance. The General himself is working earnestly and unceasingly in perfecting details of the expedition, and every department is rushed to its utmost capacity. Seven regiments of cavalry, four regiments of infantry and three full batteries of artillery with Parrott and Ward guns are now en route from the East, and daily expected to join this expedition, which will be one of the most formidable yet organized during the war.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
Monday, August 2, 2010
Captain S. S. Burdett
Company B.
Samuel Swineford Burdett was born in England, and when twelve years old with his elder brother landed on the American shores and settled in Elyria, Ohio. In due time he became a student of Oberlin College and graduated with high honors, after which he came to Iowa, settling at DeWitt. He read law, was admitted to the bar, and soon won a leading position as a lawyer. At the beginning of the war he joined the army of the Union, enlisting in the First Iowa Cavalry, and soon became Captain of Company B. In 1863 he was detailed as judge advocate at a station where he remained during the rest of the struggle.
The war over he married an Iowa girl, and soon took up his abode at Osceola, Missouri, where he practiced law. He was elected to Congress in 1868, and again in 1870. Between July 1st, 1874, and October, 1877, he was Commissioner of the General Land Office, an appointment he resigned on account of failing health. Extensive travel renewed his vigor, and he became partner in a lucrative law business at Washington. He has made considerable money, and owns the beautiful Washington residence in which Mrs. Burdett and he entertain their numerous visitors.
He was elected Department Commander of the Department of the Potomac, G. A. R., in 1881, and re-elected in 1882 to the same position. In 1885, at Portland. Maine, he was chosen Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army. "Though born in England. General Burdett is thoroughly American in every sense of the word, and by his military and civil services to his adopted country has contributed much to its welfare. As a member of Congress he had been appealed to in aid of many pensioners, and as Commissioner of the General Land Office had been importuned to give employment and aid to soldiers seeking employment; consequently he was keenly alive to all their needs, and could, as Commander-in-Chief, assist them in many ways. Members in good standing at the close of General Burdett's administration aggregated 295,337, which he insisted should have been many more, but for the carelessness of Post officers who had not properly looked after and reported members."
SOURCE: Charles H. Lothrop, A History Of The First Regiment Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, p. 328-9
Reuben G. King
Private, Co. C, 12th Iowa Infantry
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Killed in action April 6, 1862
Shiloh National Cemetery
From Fort Henry
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 12.
A special to the Republican, dated Fort Henry, the 11th, says gun boats Conestoga, Tyler and Lexington returned form the upper Tennessee last night. The boats went as high up as Florence, Ala., and were received with the wildest joy by the people along the river; old men cried like children at the sight of the stars and stripes, and invited officers and men into their house and told them all they had was at their disposal. Large numbers were anxious to enlist under the old flag, and the Tyler brought down 250 to fill up the gun boat crews. Our officers were assured if they would wait a few days, whole regiments could be raised, and if the Government would give them arms to defend themselves, they could bring Tennessee back to the Union in a few months. They said when the secession ordinance was passed, armed men stood at the polls and everything went as certain politicians said. At Savannah, Clifton, Eastport, and Florence, officers and men of our boats went ashore without arms and mingled freely with the people. The Union men along the river comprise the wealthiest and best portion of the inhabitants, large numbers of whom have American flags. Not a gun was fired either going or coming. The rebel gun boats Eastport, Sallie Ward and Mussel, only partially finished, were captured and are here. The Eastport has 25,000 feet of lumber on board, and the Ward had a quantity of iron plating. The steamers Sam. Kirkman, Linn Boyd, Julia Smith, Sam Orr, Appleton and Bell were burned by the rebels to prevent them from falling into our hands.
The railroad bridge at Florence was not destroyed. A quantity of papers were captured on the Eastport, belonging to Lieut. Brown, late of the Federal navy: among them were letters from Lt. Maury, stating that submarine batteries could not be successfully used in the rapid streams of the West.
150 [hds] of tobacco and a quantity of other freight will be brought down from the mouth of the Sanday river to-morrow.
A daily line of packets has been established between Fort Henry and Cairo.
Nothing during the war has been so prostrating to the rebels as the late victory and the gun boat expedition above named.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
A special to the Republican, dated Fort Henry, the 11th, says gun boats Conestoga, Tyler and Lexington returned form the upper Tennessee last night. The boats went as high up as Florence, Ala., and were received with the wildest joy by the people along the river; old men cried like children at the sight of the stars and stripes, and invited officers and men into their house and told them all they had was at their disposal. Large numbers were anxious to enlist under the old flag, and the Tyler brought down 250 to fill up the gun boat crews. Our officers were assured if they would wait a few days, whole regiments could be raised, and if the Government would give them arms to defend themselves, they could bring Tennessee back to the Union in a few months. They said when the secession ordinance was passed, armed men stood at the polls and everything went as certain politicians said. At Savannah, Clifton, Eastport, and Florence, officers and men of our boats went ashore without arms and mingled freely with the people. The Union men along the river comprise the wealthiest and best portion of the inhabitants, large numbers of whom have American flags. Not a gun was fired either going or coming. The rebel gun boats Eastport, Sallie Ward and Mussel, only partially finished, were captured and are here. The Eastport has 25,000 feet of lumber on board, and the Ward had a quantity of iron plating. The steamers Sam. Kirkman, Linn Boyd, Julia Smith, Sam Orr, Appleton and Bell were burned by the rebels to prevent them from falling into our hands.
The railroad bridge at Florence was not destroyed. A quantity of papers were captured on the Eastport, belonging to Lieut. Brown, late of the Federal navy: among them were letters from Lt. Maury, stating that submarine batteries could not be successfully used in the rapid streams of the West.
150 [hds] of tobacco and a quantity of other freight will be brought down from the mouth of the Sanday river to-morrow.
A daily line of packets has been established between Fort Henry and Cairo.
Nothing during the war has been so prostrating to the rebels as the late victory and the gun boat expedition above named.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, February 13, 1862, p. 1
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