From Blue Mills to Columbia: Cedar Falls and the Civil War

From Blue Mills to Columbia: Cedar Falls and the Civil War
ISBN-10
1587296721
ISBN-13
9781587296727
Category
History
Pages
200
Language
English
Published
2007-09-01
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
Author
Kenneth Lyftogt

Description

Historian Kenneth Lyftogt introduces us to the volunteer soldiers of the Pioneer Grays and Cedar Falls Reserves infantry companies and in turn examines Iowa’s role in the Civil War. Many of these soldiers served the Union for the duration of the war, from the early fighting in Missouri to Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Sherman’s destructive marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. Their letters home are Lyftogt’s primary sources, as are editorials and articles published in the Cedar Falls Gazette.

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