Tag Archives: Iowa

Draft Dilemma in Poweshiek County: The Murder of the Marshals

Posted on March 29, 2018 by ECW Guest Post

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 →

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U.S. Grant Urges Iowans to Approve Suffrage for Black Men

Posted on May 26, 2017 by Emerging Civil War

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 →

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Day Five: Shiloh

Posted on May 29, 2015 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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Fame at Shiloh

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

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 →

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