Iowa colonels and regiments
Subtitle: being a history of Iowa regiments in the war of the rebellion; and containing a description of the battles in which they have fought.
By: By Captain A. A. Stuart.
Publisher: Mills & co.
Published: 1865
Place of publication: Des Moines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 656
Subjects: Iowa -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories -- Iowa; Iowa -- Biography; Iowa -- Militia
Description: John Adair M'Dowell went to California in 1849 and settled in Monterey. In 1851, he was elected mayor of Monterey and then returned to Iowa in 1852. John Edwards went to California in 1849. He was elected as an alcalde before the state government was formed. In 1852 he moved to Iowa. The brief biographies concentrated on their activities during the Civil War.