Chapter I.
FIRST IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Introductions—The Attack of Traitors on Fort Sumter—The Nation Aroused—The
Response of Iowa to the President's Call for Seventy-five Thousand Men—The
Organization of the First Regiment—Rendezvous at Keokuk—Encamp there—Ordered
to Report to General Lyon—March to Boonville—To Southwestern Missouri—Affair of
Dug Springs— McCullough's Springs—General Nathaniel Lyon—Battle Of Wilson's
Creek - Retreat to Rolla—Mustered out

Chapter II.
SECOND INFANTRY,
Organization at Keokuk—Samuel R. Curtis, James M. Tuttle, and M. M. Crocker, the
first Field Officers—Move to Western Missouri—Important Services there—At Bird's
Point - Guard of McDowell College Prison—" Dead Rabbits"—The Battle of Fort
Donelson - The Iowa Second the Bravest of the Brave—Battle of Shiloh—Siege of
Corinth—Quiet—March to Iuka—Battle of Corinth—Campaigning in Tennessee—
Winter Quarters at Pulaski—Reenlistment—The Campaign of Atlanta—The Third
Infantry Consolidated with the Second— The March to Savannah—Through the
Carolinas—Home

Chapter III.
THIRD INFANTRY.
Organization and Rendezvous at Keokuk—Ordered to Missouri—Active Operations—
Colonel Williams—March from Mason City to Kirksville—Warfare by Proclamation—
Various Movements Battles Or Blue Bills Landing—Proceed to Leavenworth, Kansan
Quarrel between General Sturgis and "Jim Lane" So to Quincy, Illinois—Again in
Missouri—In Tennessee—Battle Or Shiloh—At the Siege of Corinth—Memphis—Battle
of Matamora—Movements in rear of Vicksburg—The Vicksburg Campaign in 1863
General Sherman's March on Jackson—Desperate Charge of Colonel Pugh's Brigade—
General Lauman Relieved—Meridian Expedition—Campaign in East Tennessee and
Georgia—The Regiment Consolidated with the Second

Chapter IV.
FOURTH INFANTRY;
Organization and Rendezvous of the Regiment at Council Bluffs—March before
Muster— Drill at St. Louis—The Pea Ridge Campaign—The Battle—March through
Arkansas— Long stay near Helena—The Battle Or Chickasaw Bayou—Sherman and
McClernand— Arkansas Post—General Grant's Successful Campaign against
Vicksburg—The Second Capture of Jackson—In Camp—March to the Relief of
Chattanooga—The Battles there—Battle of Ringgold—The March to u The Heart of the
Confederacy"—To Savannah—Through the Carolinas—Home

Chapter V.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
Organization of—Mustered into the Service at Burlington—March in Pursuit of "Mart.
Green"— Voyage to St. Louis—Up the Missouri to Jefferson City—Fremont's March to
Springfield— A Winter in Missouri—General Pope's Campaign against New Madrid,
Island No. Ten, and Fort Pillow—The Siege of Corinth under Halleck—Death of Colonel
Worthington—Marchings and Countermarchings—The Battle Or Iuka—Battle of
Corinth—Pursuit of the Enemy—March into the Interior of Mississippi—Return—The
Vicksburg Campaign—On Garrison Duty in the City—Move to Helena—March to
Chattanooga, Tennessee—Combat near Tunnel Hill—Barefooted Men living on Parched
Corn—The Veterans of the Regiment Transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry

Chapter VI.
SIXTH INFANTRY.
Organization and Rendezvous at Burlington—Stop at Keokuk—Reenforce Colonel
Moore at Athens, Missouri—Fremont's Campaign to Springfield—Guard Duty—Proceed
to the Front—Battle of Shiloh—General Grant's Unsuccessful Campaign in
Mississippi—Garrison Duty at Memphis—The Campaign against Vicksburg—The Siege
of Jackson—March to Chattanooga, Tennessee Battle of Missionary Ridge— Relief of
Knoxville—Reenlist and Return to Iowa—Back again—General Sherman's Atlanta
Campaign—March to Savannah—Through the Carolinas Homeward sound

Chapter VII.
SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Organization at Burlington—Proceed to St. Louis—Pilot Knob, Missouri—Cairo,
Illinois— Encampment near Columbus, Kentucky—girds Point—The Battle Of
Belmont— Ordered to Benton Barracks—Frozen up in the Mississippi River-Off for the
Front— Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—Shiloh—Siege of Corinth—Pursuit of the
Enemy—A Quiet Summer—Battle of Corinth—A Year of Comparative Quiet—
"Shebangs"—The Atlanta Campaign—Passage of the Oostanaula River—The March to
Savannah—To Washington City—Mustered out

Chapter VIII.
NINTH INFANTRY
The Regiment Recruited by Hon. William Vandever— Rendezvous at Dubuque—
Departure for St. Louis—Guarding Railway—Army of the Southwest-March to
Arkansas—Pea Ridge-March across Arkansas to Helena—Quiet—Active Campaigning
again—Chickasaw Bayou—Arkansas Post—Attached to the First Division, Fifteenth
Army Corps—The Campaign of Vicksburg—Of Jackson—March to Chattanooga,
Tennessee-Battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold—Home on
Veteran Furlough— The Atlanta Campaign—March to Savannah—Through the
Carolinas—To Washington City—Move to Louisville, Kentucky—Home

Chapter IX.
TENTH INFANTRY.
Organization at Iowa City—Move to St. Louis—To Cape Girardeau—Winter Quarters at
Bird's Point—Skirmish near Charleston, Missouri—Campaign of New Madrid—Of
Island No. Ten—Move to Vicinity of Fort Pillow—Siege of Corinth—Battle of Iuka—
Battle of Corinth—Campaign in Mississippi—Yazoo Pass Expedition—Vicksburg
Campaign—Battle Or Champion Hills—Siege—The Jackson Campaign—March to
Tennessee—Battle of Missionary Ridge—Home on Veteran Furlough—Return to the
Front—March on Savannah—Through the Carolinas—Move to Arkansas—Home

Chapter X.
TWELFTH INFANTRY.
Rendezvous at Dubuque—Sickness at Benton Barracks—Fort Henry—Fort Donelson—
Shiloh— The Regiment Captured—Brief Account of its History in Captivity—
Exchanged—Reorganization— Move to Rolla, Missouri—Join the Army under Grant
Operating against Vicksburg—Then, the Army of Observation, under Sherman—Siege of
Jackson—In Camp near Vicksburg—Veteran Furlough— Return to the Theater of War—
Active Operations— Battle near Tupelo, Mississippi—Two Companies of the Regiment
Defeat Four Hundred rebels at month of White River, Arkansas— Regiment Posted at
Holly Springs—Severe March through Arkansas—Campaign in Missouri—Move to
Nashville—Siege and Battle—The Mobile Campaign under Canby—Subsequent History

Chapter XI.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY,
Organization in the Fall of 1861—Detachment sent on Frontier Service—Winter
Quarters—Move to the Theater of War—Fort Henry—Battle of Fort Donelson—Battle of
Shiloh—The Regiment Captured—Reorganization—A Long Period of Quiet, at
Columbus, Kentucky—Down the Mississippi—The Meridian Raid—Sent to the
Department of the Gulf—The Red River Expedition—Capture of Fort De Russey—Battle
of Pleasant Hill—Retreat—Battle of Bayou De Glaize—Affair of Lake Chicot—
Campaigning East of the Mississippi—Battle of Tupelo—Of Old Town—The Oxford
Raid—Move to Missouri—Surrounded at Pilot Knob—Remarkable Retreat on Rolla—
Pursuit of Price—Return to Iowa for Discharge—Mustered out—The "Residuary
Battalion"—Colonel William T. Shaw

Chapter XII.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
Organized at Camp McClellan—" Starvation" Era !—The Army Blue—Benton
Barracks—Jefferson City—First Campaigning—" Providence Deserted"—A Winter of
Joy and Sadness— Move to the Front—Battle of Shiloh—Colonel M. M. Crocker—
Siege of Corinth—Active Operations—Battle of Iuka—Battle of Corinth—Mississippi
Central Campaign—Lake Providence—Campaign of Vicksburg—Expedition to Monroe,
Louisiana—Quiet at Vicksburg—The Meridian Raid—Home Oh Veteran Furlough—The
Atlanta Campaign—Nickajack Creek—Subsequent History of the Regiment—
Personalities—Disbanded

Chapter XIII.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
Marcellus M. Crocker, the First Colonel of the Regiment—Rendezvous at Davenport—
Armed at St. Louis—Winter Quarters at Jefferson City—Move to Pittsburg Landing—
Drill—Battle of Shiloh—Siege of Corinth—Movements in the Field,—Battle of
Corinth—Campaign in Mississippi—Lake Providence—A Small Canal and a Great
Inundation—Operations of the Command during Siege of Vicksburg—"Crocker's
Greyhounds"—Winter at Vicksburg— The Meridian Raid—" Thirty Days in Iowa"—
Again at the Front—The Atlanta Campaign— Kenesaw Mountain—Nickajack Creek—
Battle of Atlanta, July 21st, 1864-The Battle the next Day—Last Flanking Movement of
the Campaign—Pursuit of Hood— March to the Sea—To Washington City—Mustered
out at Louisville—Last Camp, at Davenport

Chapter XIV.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY,
Organization at Keokuk—Move to the Front—Battle of Shiloh—The Siege of Corinth—
Quiet— A Midsummer's Campaign—Bathe of Iuka—Battle of Corinth—The Central
Mississippi Campaign— Winter at "Memphis and Below"—The Campaigns of
Vicksburg and of Jackson—A March in Hot Weather—Repose—The March to and from
Meridian—Home on Veteran Furlough—Return to the Theater of War—Kenesaw
Mountain—Nickajack Creek—The Battle of Atlanta July 22d—The Siege—The Last of
the Flanking Movements—Pursuit of Hood—The Campaign of Savannah—" Slashing
through the Carolinas"—At the National Capital—Mustered out

Chapter XV.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
Organization—Immediately move to the Theater of War—Battle of Shiloh—
Reconnaissance to Purdy— Form Part of the IOWA Brigade—Siege of Corinth—Active
Operations around Bolivar, Tennessee— Battle of Iuka—Pursuit of Price—Battle of
Corinth—Pursuit of the Rebels—The Central Mississippi Campaign—Return to
Tennessee—Move to Louisiana—The Campaign of Vicksburg—The Louisiana
Expedition—Quiet—The Meridian Raid—Veteran Furlough—Rejoin the Army—The
Atlanta Campaign—Battle of Kenesaw Mountain— Battle of Atlanta, July 21st—July
22d—The Regiment Captured—Its Subsequent History

Chapter XVI.
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.
Organization of the Regiment—Haste to Reach the Front—Goes by Water to Hamburg,
Tennessee— Siege of Corinth—Battle of Iuka—Battle of Corinth General Rosecrans'
Congratulatory Order—A Hard Working Winter—Yazoo Pass Expedition—The
Vicksburg Campaign—Battle of Jackson— Champion's Hill—Combat at Fort Hill-Battle
of Chattanooga—Surrender at Tilton, Georgia— Remarkable Defense of Resaca by
Colonel Wever—

Chapter XVII.
EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY
Organization at Clinton—Ordered to Missouri—Defense of Springfield—Active
Campaigning in Arkansas—March to Fort Smith—On Garrison Duty

Chapter XVIII.
NINETEENTH INFANTRY
Organized during the Summer of 1862—Campaign in Missouri and Arkansas—Battle of
Prairie Grove—Return to Missouri—Active Operations in that State—Join the Army
under Grant Beleaguering Vicksburg—Active Operations after the Capitulation—Long
Period of Quiet at Brownsville—Evacuate that Place and Return to New Orleans Meeting
of the Regiment with its Prisoners Captured the Year Before—Move to Florida—To
Mississippi—The Campaign of Mobile under Canby—Homeward Bound

Chapter XIX.
TWENTIETH INFANTRY.
Enrolled in the Counties of Scott and Linn—Move to Benton Barracks—March into
Arkansas—The Battle of Prairie Grove—Encampment on the Field—Return to
Missouri—Active Operations there—Embark for Vicksburg—Take Position in the Line
of Investment—Capture of Yazoo City—Join the Army of the Gulf—Combat of Sterling
Fallen-Embark for Texas—The Occupation of Brownsville—Adventures on the "High
Seas"—Evacuation of Brownsville—Capture of Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan—Again in
Louisiana—In Arkansas—The Mobile Campaign—Mustered out—Home Again

Chapter XX.
FIRST CAVALRY.
Fitz Henry Warren, its First Colonel—Organization—Move to St. Louis—Operations in
Missouri—Battle of Prairie Grove—Capture of Van Barren, Arkansas—On Duty in
Missouri—Move to Pilot Knob—March into Arkansas—Capture of Little Rock—"
Winter Quarters"—The Arkansas Campaign—Move to Texas-General Custer, Hero of
the Lash!

Chapter XXI.
SECOND CAVALRY.
Rendezvous at Davenport—Move to St. Louis—Bird's Point—New Madrid—Island No.
Ten— Siege of Corinth—Battle of Farmington—Raids—Rattle of Iuka—Battle of
Corinth—Raids and Combats— The Grierson Raid—Battle of Moscow—Operations
during the Winter of 1863-Operations during the Summer of 1864—Battle of Tupelo—
Old Town Creek—Expedition to Oxford—Move to Reenforce General Thomas—
Combats, by Day and Night—Battle of Franklin—Of Nashville—March to Huntsville—
"Roll of Honor"

Chapter XXII
THIRD CAVALRY.
Organization—Move to Missouri—Two Parts of the Regiment Separated from each
other—Account of the Detachment under Lieutenant Colonel Caldwell—History of the
Regiment Resumed—Campaign of Pea Ridge—March through Arkansas—Operations
about Helena—Colonel Bussey takes Command of the Cavalry of the Army Investing
Vicksburg—Operations on that Field—Again in Arkansas—The Regiment Reunited—
Campaigning in 1864 The Campaign of Missouri—The Wilson Raid—Mustered out

Chapter XXIII.
FOURTH CAVALRY.
Organization at ''Camp Harlan," near Mount Pleasant—Join the Army of the Southwest—
March through Arkansas, to Helena—Encamped near Helena about Nine Months—
Operations of the Regiment during this Period—The Campaign of Vicksburg—Capture
of Jackson—Raids—Reenlistment of the Regiment—The Meridian Raid—Veteran
Furlough—Expedition under Sturgis—Expeditions under General A. J. Smith, first to
Tupelo, second to the Tallahatchee—The Campaign in Missouri—The Raid under
General Wilson—Mustered out—Home

Chapter XXIV.
FIFTH CAVALRY.
An Account of the Command, Previously to its Organization as an Iowa Regiment—
Becomes the Fifth Iowa Cavalry—Operations in Kentucky, from the Base of Fort
Heiman—Engagement at Paris— Affair near Lockridge's Mills—Death of Major
Beernstein—Active Operations—Garrison Fort Donelson—Move to Murfreesboro—
Pursuit of Wheeler—Important Expedition under Major Young— Various Movements—
Home on Veteran Furlough—Return to Nashville—The Rousseau Raid— General
McCook's Raid—Battle of Jonesboro— Return to Nashville—Operations on Duck
River— Brilliant Exploit by Major Young—Battle of Nashville—The Wilson Raid—
Conclusion

Chapter XXV.
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY.
Organization—A Winter in Missouri—Battle of Hartsville—Down the Mississippi—
Assigned to the Thirteenth Army Corps—The Battle of Port Gibson—Battle of the Big
Black River—The Assault on the Works of Vicksburg—The Siege—The Second
Campaign of Jackson-Campaigning in Louisiana—In Texas—Again in Louisiana—In
Arkansas—Tennessee—Once more in Louisiana—The Campaign of Mobile—
Conclusion

Chapter XXVI.
TWENTY-SECOND INFANTRY.
Organization at Iowa City—Move to St. Louis—To Rolla—Embark at St. Genevieve for
the Front—Join the Thirteenth Army Corps—Battle of Port Gibson—The Assault upon
the Enemy Works at Vicksburg—The Siege—The Jackson Campaign—Campaign in
Louisiana—In Texas—Voyage to Fortress Monroe—In the Trenches before Petersburg—
Move to Washington—To the Shenandoah Valley—Battle of Winchester—Of Fisher's
Mill—Of Cedar Creek—Move to Savannah, Georgia—To North Carolina—Conclusion

Chapter XXVII.
TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY.
Organization at Des Moines—Move to the "Front"—Campaign in Missouri—Join
General Grant's Army—Battle of Port Gibson—Battle Or Black River Bridge—Colonel
Kinsman slain—Battle Milliken's Bend—Siege of Vicksburg—Campaign in Louisiana—
Voyage Texas Return—Move up Red River to Reinforce Banks—Campaign in
Arkansas—Campaign of Mobile—Again in Texas—Mustered out—Disbanded at
Davenport

Chapter XXVIII.
TWENTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
Called the Temperance Regiment—Rendezvous near Muscatine—Embark for Helena,
Arkansas—The Campaign against Vicksburg—Battle of Port Gibson—Active
Campaigning—Battle of Champion Hills—Siege of Vicksburg—The Red River
Expedition—Battle Of Sabine Cross Roads—A Voyage by Sea. to Fortress Monroe,
Virginia—With General Philip Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley—Battle of
Winchester—Battle Of Fisher's Hill—Cedar Creek—Again in the South—Home

Chapter XXIX.
TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
Organization at Mount Pleasant—Move to Helena-General Sherman's Unsuccessful
Attack on Vicksburg—The Army Moves against Arkansas Post—Its Capture—The
Campaigns of Vicksburg and Jackson—General Sherman's March to Chattanooga—The
Regiment Engaged on Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and at Ringgold—A Quiet
Winter—The Atlanta Campaign—That of Savannah—The March through the
Carolinas—The Capture of Colombia—March on Northward—Home

Chapter XXX.
TWENTY-SIXTH INFANTRY
Organized at Clinton—Stove to St. Louis—To Helena—The Battle of Chickasaw
Bayou—The Capture of Arkansas Post-The Campaign of Vicksburg—Of Jackson—
Affair of Cherokee—Battles of Lookout Mountain, Missionary Ridge, and Ringgold—
Winter in Alabama—Campaign of Atlanta—March to Savannah—Capture of
Columbia—March to Washington City—Conclusion

Chapter XXXI.
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
Rendezvous at Dubuque—Campaign in Minnesota—The Campaign under General Grant
into Mississippi—New Year's Day Chase of Forrest—A Winter of Suffering—The Little
Rock Campaign—Return to Memphis—The Expedition to Meridian, Mississippi—Red
River Expedition—Battle of Yellow Bayou—General A. J. Smith's Campaign against
Forrest—Battles of Tupelo and Old Town Creek—March to Oxford—Again at
Memphis—Join the Army under General Thomas—Battle of Nashville—General
Canby's Campaign against Mobile—Home Again

Chapter XXXII.
TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
Organization at Iowa City—First Encampment, near Helena, Arkansas—A Hard
March—Expedition to Duvall's Bluff—The Vicksburg Campaign—Battle of Port Gibson
Champion Hills-Jackson- Mississippi—Red River Expedition—An Ocean Voyage—
Sheridan's Shenandoah Valley Campaign— Battle Or Cedar Creek—Voyage to
Savannah, Georgia.

Chapter XXXIII.
TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY
Organized at Council Bluffs—March to St. Joseph, Missouri—St. Louis—Columbus,
Kentucky—Helena, Arkansas—The White River Expedition—The Yazoo Pass
Expedition—The Battle of Helena—March to Little Rock—Camden Expedition—The
Battle of Terre Noire-Retreat—" City Guards"—Mobile Campaign—Move to Texas—
Homeward Bound

Chapter XXXIV.
THIRTIETH INFANTRY
Organized at Keokuk—Move to Helena—Battle of Chickasaw Bayou—Arkansas Post—
The Greenville Expedition—Campaign of Vicksburg—Colonel Abbott Slain—Campaign
of Jackson—A Summer's Quiet—The Affair of Cherokee—Colonel Torrence Killed—
March to the Relief of the Army of the Cumberland—Battle Or Chattanooga—Battle of
Ringgold—Winter Quarters-Campaign of Atlanta—March in Pursuit of Hood—The
March to the Sea—Through the Carolina's-A Railroad Accident—Disbanded

Chapter XXXV.
THIRTY-FIRST INFANTRY.
Organized at Davenport—Move to Helena—Engaged in the Battles of Chickasaw Bayou
and Arkansas Post—Encampment near Young's Point-Greenville Expedition—The
Vicksburg Campaign—Siege of Jackson—Affair of Canton—Campaign of
Chattanooga—Campaign of Atlanta—Battle of Resaca-Battle of Dallas—Siege of
Atlanta-Jonesboro—Lovejoy—March to Savannah—From Savannah to Washington—To
Iowa—Conclusion

Chapter XXXVI.
THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY.
Organization—The Regiment Separated in Detachments—History of the Detachment
under Major Eberhart—History of Command under Colonel Scott—His Evacuation of
New Madrid—His Trial and Acquittal—Campaign in Mississippi—The whole Command
at last Together—Colonel Scott's Congratulatory Order—Major-General B. F. Butler—
Major General N. P. Banks—The Disastrous Red River Expedition—Battle Of Pleasant
Hill-Retreat—Services of the Regiment after the Red River Campaign

Chapter XXXVII.
THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY
Samuel A. Rice—Organization of his Regiment—Provost Guard at St. Louis—Proceed
to Columbus, Kentucky—To Helena, Arkansas—Expedition against Fort Pemberton—
The Battle Or Helena—The Little Rock Campaign—The Southwestern Expedition—
Battle of Jenkins' Ferry—Death of General Rice—Regiment at Little Rock—March to
Van Buren and Return—Campaign of Mobile—Mustered out

Chapter XXXVIII.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
Rendezvous at Burlington—Sickness in "Camp Lauman"—The Good Samaritans of
Burlington—Voyage to Helena—Chickasaw Bayou—Arkansas Post—Guard of Prison
Chicago—Rest at St. Louis—Haines' Bluff—In Louisiana—Morganza—In Texas—
Proficiency in Drill—Admiral Farragut—Capture Or Forts Gaines and Morgan-The
Regiment is Consolidated with the Thirty eighth—Canby's Campaign against Mobile—
Subsequent History of the Regiment

Chapter XXXIX.
THIRTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
Organized at Muscatine-Move to Cairo-Service in Illinois and Kentucky-Campaigns of
Vicksburg and Jackson-Operations in Tennessee-Red River Expedition-Brilliant Success
at Henderson's Hill-Battle of Old river Lake-Major John Commanding is Slain-Campaign
of Tupelo-Campaign of Missouri-Battle of Nashville-Colonel Hill Slain-Winter Quarters
in Northern Alabama-Campaign of Mobile-Conclusion

Chapter XL.
THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY.
Rendezvous at Keokuk—Ordered South—Stop at Columbus and Memphis—Helena—
The Yazoo Pass Expedition—Disease—Return of General Steele's ''Southern Campaign"-
Battle of Mark's Mill-The Regiment Captured—Its Organization Continued at Little
Rock

Chapter XLI.
"THE GRAY-BEARD REGIMENT."
The Thirty-Seventh Infantry Composed of Men more than Forty-five Years of Age—
Organized at Muscatine—Brief Account of its Services—Mustered out—The Question of
Bounty

Chapter XLII.
THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
"Camp Franklin"—Move to St. Louis—To Kentucky—Duty at New Madrid—Siege of
Vicksburg—Expedition to Yazoo City—Port Hudson—Sickness—Death of Colonel
Hughes—The Texas Expedition—Capture of Fort Morgan—consolidated with the
Thirty-fourth

Chapter XLIII.
FORTIETH INFANTRY
The last of the Three Years Infantry Regiments—" Copperheads"—The Formation of the
Regiment—Departure for Cairo—Long Stay at Columbus, Kentucky—Paducah—Join
the "Provisional Division" of the Sixteenth Army Corps—March to Little Rock—The
Camden Expedition—Retreat—Battle of Jenkins' Ferry—In the Indian Country—Home

Chapter XLIV
SIXTH CAVALRY
Organization—Rendezvous at Davenport—Campaigning against Indians—The Battle Of
White Stone Hill—The Regiment Remains in Service on the Frontier

Chapter XLV.
SEVENTH CAVALRY
Organized at Davenport—Its Field of Operations West of the Missouri River—It's Battles
and Services to the Close of 1865

Chapter XLVI.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
Organization at Davenport—Move to Nashville, Tennessee—Operations during the
Winter of 1863-Campaign of Atlanta—Of Nashville—The Croxton Raid—Death of
Colonel Dorr

Chapter XLVII
ARTILLERY.
Four Battery of Light Artillery Organized in the State—Account of their Organization—
Brief Mention of their History—Roster of their Officers

Chapter XLVIII.
THE IOWA REGIMENT OF COLORED TROOPS.
Organization of the Regiment at Keokuk—Brief Mention of its Services

Chapter XLIX.
NINTH CAVALRY.
The Last Three "Years" Regiment Recruited in Iowa—Resume of the State's
Contributions to the Armies of the Union—Organization of the Ninth Cavalry at
Davenport—Its Field of Operations in Arkansas

Chapter L
"ONE HUNDRED DAYS' MEN."
Four Regiments and Four Companies Recruited for One Hundred Days in the Summer of
1864-A Brief Account of the Organization and Services of these Troops

Chapter LI
THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY.
Organization at Des Moines—Mustered at Davenport—Battle of Parker's Cross Roads—
On Garrison Duty—The Campaign in Georgia under Sherman—The Defense of
Allatoona Lieutenant-Colonel Redfield Slain—"Sherman's March to the Sea"—Adjutant
Byers Lyric—March through the Carolinas—The Grand Review at Washington City—
Discharged

Chapter LII
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Organized at Davenport in the Summer of 1861—Campaigning under Fremont—Winter
Quarters—The Regiment Captured at Shiloh—Reorganization—Short Campaign in
Missouri—Vicksburg—Services in Tennessee—The Meridian Expedition Provost Guard
of Memphis-Defense of the City against Forrest's Attack—The Campaign of Mobile-The
Assault of Spanish Fort—The Collapse of the Rebellion—Subsequent History