Inscribed first edition of the Civil War years in this small Iowa community. 191 pages. Hardcover with dust jacket. Iowa State University Press (ISBN 0813813999).

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

History

Lyftogt, Kenneth L.

Americas

Iowa State Pr

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".

University Of Iowa Press

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.

Matthew Mark Trumbull was a Londoner who immigrated at the age of twenty. Within ten years of his arrival in America, he had become a lawyer in Butler County, Iowa; two years later a member of the state legislature; and two years after that a captain in the Union Army. This biography details the amazing life of this remarkable man.

Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War

Biographies & Memoirs

Historical

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

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

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

Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War