The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1861-10-17
Number of Iowa Troops.

In au editorial last week We statcG
that the number of Iowa troops in regi
mcnts formed and forming amounted tc
$4,000 From further investigations We
are satisfied that the number was under
stated. Ii cluding the Iowa lst, the State
has ten infantry regiments in active ser.
vice Nine of these regiments are in ac
tive service, Nine of these regiments
are in Missouri aud Kentucky The llth
infantry regiment now rendezvouins al
Davenport contains l 100 men and the
18th at Dubuque, which is about full,
contains 1000 men. The three cavalry
regiments number in ali about 5000. 1t
viii be remembered that there are two
regiments Of State troops under Coils
John Edwards aud Morled ge, now in
Missouri. Two regiments likewise for
Forts Randall aud Leavenworth, are rails.
ed but not in rendezvous. One regiment
Of lancers is in process Of organization.
Two regiments at least have gone to Ne
bra>ka, Wisconsin, Illinois and Missouri,
aud become identified with the troops of
those States. Three full companies Of
Iowa boys went into the Nebraska reei-
ment, aud from the eastern portion of the
State, whole companies have gone off aud
been merged in the regiments of other
states-to say nothiny about individuals
from nearly every organised county
who have enlisted in regiments out Of
the State. The 10Th Missouri has three
companies of Iowans il it, The Kansas
troops are plen,ifully in'ermixed with
Iowa men. A cavalry company. lately
organized at Fort Dod-e, Of vhich our
old friend +. A. Strat,on is Captain md
our former fellew citizen G. W. Bassett
is Lieutenant, has gone off to Washing
ton Let US recspitula,e
Ten re sgiments in Missouri. including lst 10000
The llIh regiment at Davenport, LOO
The l2th " Dubuque, 1000
Two regiments State troops, Coils Edwards
and Morledge. $500
Three cavalry regiments. $500
Two regiment, gone into othe. States. 1000
One regiment iancers 1000
Two regiments for Randall and Leaven.
worth, 1000
Here then are TWENTY THREE THOU.
SAND TWO HUNDRED IowANs who have
enlisted iu the service Of their country
aud State. If the computation We hayo
made errs, the error is in understanding
We have not taken into account the i'm
promptu military combinations formed in
the eastern part of the State to cooper.
ate with Col Moore in northeastern Mo
La :he counties bordering on Missouri,
every able bodied man may be said to be
ia active service, whether he is at home
or away with a regiment For weeks,
guerilla bands of secessionists. and even
rel el armies, have been kept from sys-
teuatic depredatons on Iowans and their
property, by the activity displayed in
part by border men who belong to no reg
ular military organization. These men,
if taken into account, would swell the
number of our soldiers to TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND!
1t is easy then to see from the above
figures, that the drafting agitation. start.
ed at the Adjutant Generals Office at Da
venport, was premature. The State has
already furnished thousands of troops
more than the General Government has
demanded On the volunteer soldiery OF
the United States the preservation of the
Union depends. Patriotism, and no,
drafting, will save the Government.-L
'oo State Regis's,.