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Tag Archives: Iowa
Draft Dilemma in Poweshiek County: The Murder of the Marshals
Emerging Civil War welcomes guest author David Connon Amid mounting Union Army death counts in summer 1864, Iowa had its first draft. Three men didn’t report for duty on October 1, so the provost marshal in Grinnell sent two deputy … Continue reading
Posted in Civilian, Common Soldier, Personalities
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, conscription, Copperhead, David Connon, Democratic Rangers, Democrats, draft, Fayette County Pioneer, Grinnell Iowa, Iowa, J.B. Grinnell, John Gharkey, Keokuk County, Muscatine Courier, Newspapers, peace democrats, Poweshiek County, Provost Marshall, Republicans, Samuel J. Kirkwood, Union draft, William M. Stone
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U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men
The following was passed along by ECW’s friend William Underhill, one of the stalwart keeper’s of Ulysses S. Grant’s flame as a member of the Friends of Grant Cottage, the organization that staffs the site where Grant died in upstate … Continue reading
Posted in Newspapers, Politics, Primary Sources, Reconstruction, Slavery
Tagged Elections, Grant Cottage, Iowa, Iowa State Weekly Register, Slaves, suffrage, U.S. Grant, Voting, William Underhill
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Day Five: Shiloh
Part twelve in a series The swhrrrr of cicadas rises and falls like the heartbeat of the battlefield. I stand on the edge of Shiloh’s peach orchard, gazing through the trees at nothing in particular in the far distance. There’s … Continue reading
Fame at Shiloh
I think of her standing there, right arm outstretched, pen in hand, the tip not quite daring to touch the granite obelisk. Her left hand hangs back behind her, her fingers poised daintily, helping her balance. She is “Fame,” twelve … Continue reading
Posted in Battlefields & Historic Places, Monuments
Tagged Fame, Iowa, Iowa monument, Iowans, Shiloh, Shiloh National Battlefield
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