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Title: Reminiscences of the Twenty-second Iowa volunteer infantry, giving its organization, marches, skirmishes, battles, and sieges, as taken from the diary of Lieutenant S.C. Jones of Company A
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Jones, S. C. (Samuel Calvin), 1838-1932
Subjects: Iowa infantry. 22d regt., 1862-1865. (from old catalog) United States -- History Civil war, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Ia. inf. 22d. (from old catalog)
Publisher: Iowa City, Iowa
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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poured out, and so it was. March 19th. We have received orders to be readyto start down the river at a moments notice. This hasbeen one of our most healthy camping grounds. It ishigh and shady and the water is good. March 26. Seven companies of our Regiment wentdown the river on aboat on the 22nd inst., and the otherthree embark today. We are on our way farther south.We passed Cape Gerardeau on the Missouri side. Wepassed Cairo before day, and Island No. 10 at noon ofthe 27th. Reached Memphis at noon of the 28th.We, the three companies, joined the other seven here.Colonel Stone marched us up through the city and backto our boat to give us a little exercise, and to let the cit-izens know that there were still a few more Yankeeson their way to take ))art in tlie little disturbance down Captain C. F. LovelaceWas our first Quartermaster. After the fall of Vicksburg he waspromoted to Captain Commissary of Subsistence, transferred tothe Army of the Tennessee, and to more responsible duties.
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Asst Surg. W. A. DinwiddieCapt. C. F. Lovelace Sergt Maj. Geo. A. RemleySurgeon J. C. Shrader IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY 25 South. It proved to be excellent exercise for us afterbeing cramped on the boat so long. We started down the river on the 29th, 11a. m.,reached Helena, 4 p. m. Here we met some of theTwenty-fourth Iowa. We lay over night at Helena.We were transferred to the boat, John Grosbeck, andstarted at 11 oclock on the 30th. We anticipated beingattacked from the river banks as we proceededdown, but were not molested. Boats loaded withtroops were frequently fired on from the shore by Con-federate cavalry and artillery, which often caused lossof life to the men and damage to the boats. We landed at Millikens Bend (or Landing), Louisi-ana, twenty miles by water above Vicksburg or sevenby land. There had been a town here, but rebel guer-rillas so infested the place that it was burned down byshells from our gunboats. At this time there is nosign that there ever was a house here. Th

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