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Excerpt from Roster of the Fourth Iowa Cavalry Veteran Volunteers, 1861-1865: An Appendix to the Story of a Cavalry Regiment
The regiment was organized by special authority of the War Department, obtained by the urgent request of Governor Kirk wood and the personal in?uence of James Harlan, then United States Senator from Iowa. In the early part of the war the War Department was willing to accept only a few regiments of cav alty, and it was felt as a kind of triumph when an order for the raising of this regiment was received.
Its camp was immediately established (october 17, 1861) at Mt. Pleasant, the home of Senator Harlan and of the proposed colonel, and was named Camp Harlan. This was a series of bar racks and horse sheds at the western edge of the town, and as the equipping of the regiment was slow, the government finding it exceedingly difficult to obtain even a portion of the vast sup plies then required, the camp became winter quarters.
All the original enlistments and nearly all of those of recruits were made for three years or during the war, but a few recruits sent to the regiment in 186 3 and 1864 were enlisted for one year As given in this roster all enlistments are for three years if not otherwise stated.
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The regiment was organized by special authority of the War Department, obtained by the urgent request of Governor Kirk wood and the personal in?uence of James Harlan, then United States Senator from Iowa. In the early part of the war the War Department was willing to accept only a few regiments of cav alty, and it was felt as a kind of triumph when an order for the raising of this regiment was received.
Its camp was immediately established (october 17, 1861) at Mt. Pleasant, the home of Senator Harlan and of the proposed colonel, and was named Camp Harlan. This was a series of bar racks and horse sheds at the western edge of the town, and as the equipping of the regiment was slow, the government finding it exceedingly difficult to obtain even a portion of the vast sup plies then required, the camp became winter quarters.
All the original enlistments and nearly all of those of recruits were made for three years or during the war, but a few recruits sent to the regiment in 186 3 and 1864 were enlisted for one year As given in this roster all enlistments are for three years if not otherwise stated.
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Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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William Forse Scott
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Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.4 cm
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