Of intolerable grievances from a fanatical faction whichīy 1861, many military companies had been organized in Dubuque: the DUBUQUE CITY GUARDS, Turner Rifle Company, GOVERNOR'S GREYS, JACKSON GUARDS, DUBUQUE LIGHT HORSE GUARDS, UNION GUARDS, DUBUQUE LIGHT ARTILLERY, and the WASHINGTON GUARDS. Them to obey its own behests and to submit to the infliction Lincoln seems to know of but one course to pursue,Īnd that is to provoke a conflict between the governmentĪnd its disaffected people, for the purpose of coercing Of its vengeance but the government as administeredīy Mr. Measures first before resorting to the exercise

(6)Ī parental government would have tried remedial A different plan should be taken and remedial measures taken. The Herald argued that while the government had a right to reinforce Fort Sumter, other circumstances overshadowed such a right. Life and property, and the beginning of revolution which willĮnd in the destruction of the government and of course of the We anticipate it will be a bloody one - destructive of We shall probably have the result of the conflict in Charleston The doctrine of the 'irrepressible conflict.' We have but The South, consequent upon the persistency (sic) of theĪdministration to hold Fort Sumter and to carry into effect War has probably been commenced between the North and The DUBUQUE HERALD consistently expressed the view that the country was unnecessarily headed for war. After debate, the resolutions were unanimously adopted and forwarded to Congress. The resolutions declared that the people were unalterably attached to the Union that there was no natural conflict between the two sections and that the Crittenden Compromise or some other practical proposition should be adopted. While these men met, the secretary read the Crittenden resolutions and the meeting heard a strong Union appeal by John D. Hannibal EMERSON-were chosen to write resolutions. Warner LEWIS was named chairperson and William W.

This meeting was held at the Dubuque court house. (2)Ī call signed by about one-hundred citizens appeared about the middle of January, 1861, for a meeting of Halleck, commanding the Western Department in early 1862, wanted maps, he had to purchase them from a St. It possessed few accurate maps of the South.

The Union Army had no general staff, no strategic plans, and no program of mobilization. All but one of the heads of the eight army bureaus had been in service since the War of 1812. One third of its officers resigned to serve with their friends in the South. (1) In 1861 most of the 16,000-man United States army was scattered among seventy-nine frontier posts west of the MISSISSIPPI RIVER. The Civil War was a glaring example of getting into a war before being prepared for it. This appeared in the Dubuque Herald on Apunder the title: 'A War Relic-The Price of Negroes.'ĭear Bro-I sold all of the negroes yesterday that were advertised,Įxcept Mary and her chuld, and they brought:-Įxpress and Herald Jan 12, 1861. Letters from slave dealers depict the sale of humans as one might expect the trade in cattle. For an excellent background, read chapters 1-9 of James McPherson's Pulitzer Prize winning book Battle Cry of Freedom or Reflections on the Civil War by Bruce Catton.Ĭertainly one of the reasons was the use of slavery in the agricultural South. The American Civil War was a struggle fought within the United States from 1861 until 1865 with complex political, economic, psychological and social causes. Thirty-eighth Iowa Volunteer Infantry (4 November 1862/Dubuque) – Vicksburg, Red RiverĮxcavated portion of lead 'IOWA' state pin from the Civil War.ĬIVIL WAR. Thirty-second Iowa Volunteer Infantry (6 October 1862/Dubuque) – Red River, Mobile

Twenty-seventh Iowa Volunteer Infantry (3 October 1862/Dubuque) – Vicksburg, Red River Twelfth Iowa Volunteer Infantry (17 October-25 November 1861/Dubuque) – Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, Shiloh Third Battery Iowa Light Artillery (24 September 1861/Dubuque) – Sugar Creek (MO), Pea Ridge, Helena, Little Rock, Arkadelphia (AR) Ninth Iowa Volunteer Infantry (2-24 September 1861/Dubuque) – Pea Ridge, Vicksburg, Jackson, Lookout Mountain (TN), Missionary Ridge, March to the Sea THE RECORD OF CIVIL WAR SERVICE OF THE IOWA NATIONAL GUARD For a list of burials (many with GPS coordinates) of Civil War veterans see ĭAUGHTERS OF UNION VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR

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