Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1870-09-15

as being most hotly contested; which
told to the land that beyond the Mis-
sissippi were soldiers, young in SER
vice, yet gallant in action; which lift
ed up the harts of the earnest and
dropping spirits of the despondent;
which gave to Iowa fame for ma
tional fidelity which has never been
obscnrcd, and placed her i'll the line
Of Commonwealths of the North
west, high among the highest, as she
offered as her part Of the commenc-
ing military history of the Republic
the gallant deeds of the Iowa First
at Wilson's Creek. They never fail
ed nor faltered. Fresh from their
homes, they impressed the influence
of their daring on the rising soldiers
of the State, they gave the reputa-
ton Of their name to its military rec
J ords, and there will be told in histo-
| rics of the war, long after they have
gone, the legends of the men of Iowa
| who fought on the field were Lyon
fell. With the result Of this battle
the standing of the State in connec-
tion with the war was established.
and those in other commands, nerved
to bravery and urged to high deeds
by the example thus nobly made for
them, with generous emulation stroye
to rival their achievements, and fas-
ten more firmly the distinction
which had been SO happily gained
The bravery Of the Seventh Iowa, be-
fore the close Of the first year Of the
war, in the battle of Belmont, gave
renewed assurance Of that prowess
which commanded confidence. and
fixed in the public mind conviction
of success.
While doubt still fingered, and
while forebodings, not difficult of re-
alization, imagined failure, the thun-
der of the guns of another engage
ment filled the air, and from another
field near the banks of the Cumber-
land the happy tidings were waited to
the West Of a charge which complet-
ed the victory Of Donelson, and
gave to our State renewed, and to an
Iowa regiment the well-won honor
of being called in orders '.the bravest
of the brave"
| AT the distance of years we can
look withimpartial judgment and tell
of the deeds of her sons with pride
and honest satisfaction. The march
cs Of the war most known in its
history, especially in the West. found
their battalions conspicuous in the
front. Bulletins sent home from bat
ties the name Of many of her sons
marked W ithhonorable mention. and,
too often. bore to friends the notice
of a heroic heath, while, in siegcs of
long duration, they labored with the
! rest.
Besides the five regiments called
out for special service in 1864, and
the Goth Regiment of Colored Troops
made mp largely herc-all Of which
were OF great cfficiency-thcrc were
mustered in from the State of Iowa
forty regiments OF Infantry, nine reg.
iments Of cavalry, and four batteries
ofartilfery. Time is not given me
to tell of the fields on which they
fought, or of the deeds which sent
their fame to history. In the beginning
they were where Lyon at Springfield
gave his life. They led the column
i'll the charge at Donelson. They
were under that murderous fire at
Shiloh which, beyond the musketry
and cannonading of any other action,
left its myraid marks ON every tree.
They were at Chickasaw Bayou in a
| fight as fearful as any in the war; at
Mission Ridge and Pea Ridge they
triumphantly won new rewards; at
Belmont the work OF making name
for Iowa's soldiers was completed
and their reputation for heroic gal
lantry was sustained. They receiv.
ed merited praise for intrepid con.
duct in the terrible struggles att Corintt
. and Iuka. AT Mobile they aided il
capturing the strongholds of the en-
emy, and, on the ramparts where onl,
stars and bars had waved, unfurles
the banner of the Union; climbing tn,
heights of Lookout Mountain, a vic
tory was won among the clouds
which made the battle famous to al!
time; at Atlanta, in fight after fight
and march after march, under the
leadership Of that great captain or
whom they gladly staked their all and
won, and who is with us here to-day
they struck down the columns Of the
advancing enemy and gaineslthe grea,
battle OF July -, 1864 In this ac-
ton one fell who was beyond fear
and above reproach who won your
hearts by his courtesy, and, by his in.
fiuence, drew from you deeds of val
or. Mcpherson died.-"a noble
youth in his last hour
by the plain words Of an humble pri-
vate, and with his head resting on an
Iowa soldiers arm. One Of fthe three
corps most heavily engaged there
was led by an Iowa soldier. The
State claims the fame Of Grenvi'le NJ.
Dodge. ah h&
I AT Vicksburg, in many encounters
they beat the foe, and on the Nations
natal day sent to the North the IT,
dings Of new triumphs. AT Nash
ville-as we speak the name there
comes to us the memery Of that solid
soldier who knew no State but the
United States, and who died nlourn-
ed by his Army and the National
Nashville, with Thomas, like the rock
which stands the storm, they were
inviMible. In the campaigns of
Louisiana, cheerful amid disaster and
hopeful in trouble, they ever upheld
the honor Of the flag, In toilsome
labors and marches in Arkansas and
Missouri they bore active part; on
the field of Prairie Groye they re-
mcmbered the State Of their love and
added to her fame, at Helena, on Ju-
IN / qv.aiuSf Suncrinr uunhnrS Ind or