Benjamin F. Gue

Name: History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/Volume 2 — Chapter IV
Author: Benjamin F. Gue

History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

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“History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century/Volume 2 — Chapter IV”, published in 1903, is a work by Benjamin F. Gue. It explores elements such as Iowa, volunteers and State.

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ The courage with which he and his followers met their fate, demonstrated the fact that there were those at the North who were so earnestly devoted to the emancipation of the slaves that they were willing to give their lives for the freedom of the oppressed, as in the war of the American Revolution. The martyrdom of John Brown and his band had won the admiration of the friends of liberty throughout the whole civilized world and had convinced the most sagacious defenders of the slave system in the South, that the war upon American slavery would never cease until the institution was overthrown. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ Could it have been known in the beginning of the Civil War that Iowa would be called upon for more soldiers than Washington had under his command in the War of the Revolution; for four times as many as General Scott led in the War with Mexico, our people would have been paralyzed with horror. But as the war progressed with varying fortune through the long months and years, our people learned to endure its sacrifices, and like soldiers in battle, nerve themselves to do their duty at any cost. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ The people of the rebellious States believe that after a brief conflict they would be able to establish a new government and an independent nation. The people of the loyal States were confident that the insurrection would be speedily suppressed by the army, navy and the volunteer soldiers.
Iowa had no military organization with the exception of a few independent companies and no laws providing for efficient equipment or muster of the State militia. As early as January, 1861, when the country seemed to be drifting toward civil war, these companies began to prepare for the dreaded emergency. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ The long marches beneath the burning sun, the chilling blasts of winter storms, camping at night without shelter amid rain and sleet and sinking exhausted by the wayside, the wary months in camp amid the deadly malaria of swamp, wasting away with disease in dreary hospitals, the indescribable horrors of the battlefield where every form of mutilation rends the human body, the hasty burial in unmarked graves, the hideous tortures of prison life. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ Union men in the northern counties of Missouri were often driven from their homes and sought refuge in Iowa with their families. In counties where the Union men were in the majority, they retaliated by driving out Rebels, who sheltered them. This condition of affairs was stirring up civil war in our own State. In order to meet this emergency a military district was formed known as the “Western Division of Iowa,” and troops were raised for service in this territory and the adjoining counties of Missouri, if necessary. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ Soon after the beginning of the war, our State was threatened with invasion by Missouri Rebels on the south and by Sioux Indians on the west and north. It was found much easier to find men to protect the frontier than to secure arms for their use. The calls upon the General Government for arms from every section of the loyal States for the troops being mustered into the service, could not be at once supplied. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ They are not to be frightened into abandoning their principles by bluster or bravado. You may depend upon them to sustain you to the utmost in their power in preserving peace, if that can be fairly done, and in preserving the Union in any event and at whatever cost. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ Whereas, The President of the United States has appealed to all loyal citizens to aid the efforts to maintain the honor, integrity and existence of the National Union, and suppress treason and rebellion against the Federal Government ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ That, anticipating further calls for troops in the near future, he had accepted enough volunteers to make up another regiment, which was ordered into quarters in the counties where the companies enlisted. He also said that enough companies had been tendered to make five additional regiments. In anticipation of further calls for troops from time to time the Governor had recommended that all companies thus raised should keep up their organizations and devote as much time to drill as they could spare without interfering with their ordinary business. ”

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Benjamin F. Gue, History of Iowa From the Earliest Times to the Beginning of the Twentieth Century… (1903)

“ Public meetings were held and intense enthusiasm prevailed throughout the State; party lines were forgotten and in a few weeks more companies were raised and offered than could be accepted. General McKean, a graduate of West Point Military Academy, was called upon by the Governor to aid in organizing the First Regiment of Iowa Volunteers. J. F. Bates was appointed colonel; W. H. Merritt, lieutenant-colonel; Asbury B. Porter, major, and G. W. Waldron, adjutant. Young men from all occupations hastened to enlist ”

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