This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Pattison Classification: Military Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/ok.2ADE/4371 Message Board Post: NEBRASKA ADVERTISER. Vol. VI, No. 11. September 19, 1861, page 3 column 2.--"EDITORS SOLDIERING".--We were pleased to meet in our city the past week, J. W. Pattison, Editor of the "Iowaian" of Sidney, Iowa, and Mr. Irwin, Editor of the Falls City "Broad Axe" of Falls City, Nebraska. They were on the "expedition". The former, first Lieutenant of the "Sidney Greys" and the latter, a member of the "Falls City Guards". Both, of course, sound Union men, and full of fight. N.B.: The Iowa House of Representatives suspended their regular order of business, on Feb. 6, 1862, so that they could learn about the tense situation existing in Fremont county at that time. Governor Kirkwood warned the group that treachery was also involved, because there were people living there who were not really what they appeared to be. (To find this posting, type in "finding more biographical" in the SEARCH space above, and ENTER.") J. W. Pattison was not a "sound Union man". It is my opinion that the above illustrates what the Governor was referring to. John W. Pattison's "Southwest Iowan" later became known as one of Iowa's worst Copperhead newspapers. Perhaps there were hidden reasons for his group being called the "Sidney Greys". Men for the North were known as the "Blues".--W.F.