Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa July 17, 1900 NEWS OF VICINITY WEST LIBERTY West Liberty, July 17- Miss Freda Wittig, of Davenport, is the guest of her relatives, Mr and Mrs. Wm. Burger...Miss Wintermyer, who has been visiting her during the past week has returned to her home in Muscatine...Miss Zephyr Wright was a passenger to Muscatine Saturday...Mrs. Hunter, of West Branch, is visiting at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Zipp...Mrs. Victor Cogshell and daughter, Eva, came up from Cedar Rapids Saturday for a visit with friends and relatives here...Mrs. Walker, of Charles City, who has been visiting Mrs. Lizzie Jones, was a passenger to Atalisa last week...Miss Mabel Stoker left last week for a visit with relatives in West Branch and Iowa City...Sam Kirby was a West Branch visitor Sunday...Mrs. Fahey returned to her home at Muscatine after a brief visit with relatives here...Mr. Sanders was a business visitor in Centerdale yesterday...Frank Brock, of Iowa City, was a West Liberty visitor last week...Mrs. Louisa Heald and children returned to her home in Cone, after a pleasant visitor here...Mr.and Mrs. Wm. Ady returned home Monday evening after a pleasant visit at Belle Plaine with their daughter Lucy...Jim Parkes, who has been very ill, is much better... Bert Hogue and sister Mabel left Friday morning for Webster City where they will visit old friends...Miss Maude Darner of Springdale is the guest of her friend, Miss Ida Mitchell. ELDRIDGE Eldridge, July 16- The farmers are all stacking barley this week...Our ball club played the McCausland team Sunday afternoon...M.H. Calderwood has announced himself as a candidate for supervisor on the Republican ticket. He will receive the vote of this township in the convention...Lingtning struck one of Bert Quinn's barley shocks last Friday morning and buried it up during a heavy rain...Hans Denker is laying the foundation for his new saloon...Thomas Bawden, of Davenport, was a visitor here Friday...Dan Stevens is going to run two threshing machines this fall...W.P. Neil, of Long Grove, was here Saturday evening...The people here were shocked to hear of the sudden death of Senator Gear. He was admired by members of both parties. LeCLAIRE LeClaire, Iowa, July 17-Milton Wright of Chicago spent Sunday with his mother in this city...Mrs. Lizzie Nesbit is slowly recovering from her recent illness...Miss Hilda Rathmann returned again to Davenport the first of the week to resume her studies at the Teachers Institute which is being held at that place...Hugo Lambach, of Davenport, spent Sunday with relatives and friends in LeClaire..... Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

PUBLIC METTING AND RESOLUTIONS The news of the surrender of Fort Sumter was received in Davenport on Monday, April 16, causing the most intense excitement.  The Gazette and Democrat united in issuing an "extra" giving an account of the affair.  A great crowd gathered in front of the Gazette office and impatiently awaited the publication, while the steamer, "W. L. Ewing" laid nearly two hours at the wharf awaiting the issue before proceeding on her trip.  A public meeting was called for LeClaire hall Tuesday evening, and amost enthusiastic crowd assembled in pursuance of the call, filling the hall to overflowing.  During the whole meeting, which continued until a late hour, the feeling was one of irrepressible enthusiasm.  The speakers were, Attorney Genreal Nourse, of Des Moines; Gov. Kirkwood, Hon. William Vandever, Hon. James J. Lindley, Hon.  Jacob Butler, Judge Booth, Judge Dillon, Dr. Keith and Rev. Mr. Collier.  Mayor French was chairman of the meeting and Add. H. Sanders and D. N. Richardson, secretaries.  Gov. Kirkwood said that he had been called out of a sick bed at home by a messenger, who said that dispatches were awaiting him from the president.  He could not find them in Iowa City, and thinking that they might have been received in Davenport and forwarded to Des Moines, he came here to find out so as to lose no time, knowing that the people were eager to have him do his duty.  He said that he would not call together the legislature as it would involve great expense and considerable delay, and he thought he could get along without them.  At all events he would take the responsibility to trying.  The enlistment and starting away of the regiment would probably involve about $10,000 expense, but he would raise this sum, and at once, if he had to pledge every dollar of his own property.  He would see that the expenses were paid till the regiment was handed over to the government. John Collins, H. Ramming, D. E. Ture, William T. Clark and John N. Rogers were appointed a committee on resolutions and reported the following: "Resolved.  That in the existing state of things in our country, in which the citizens of a section have arryed themselves in open and armed rebellion against the federal government, every true lover of his country is imperatively called upon to rally around the standard of the Union, and to do all that in him lies to maintain its just authority against the assaults of treason from whatever quarter. "Resolved, That we, the citizens of Davenport, gratefully acknowledging our indebtedness to the union of these states for whatever we, in common with our fellow countrymen, possess, if honor abroad is prosperity at home, do hereby pledge to that union in this its hour of peril and disaster, our steadfast and unalterable loyalty and support. "Resolved, That as the maintenance of law is the prime object and first duty of every government, we will to the utmost of our ability sustain the efforts of the Federal administration to enforce the laws of the land, and to put down resistance to the same; and that we will indignantly frown upon any attempt to throw obstacles in its path, or to detract from its just authority from whatever source arising." Scott county was represented in almost every regiment from the state that went into the service.  It this connection is compiled from the adjutant-general's report a list of men from this county, and when possible short sketches of the various regiments.  The record is an honorable one. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

IOWA PAID NO BOUNTY "Iowa paid no bounty on account of the men she placed in the field.  In some instances toward the close of the war, bounty to a comparatively small amount was paid by cities and towns.  On only one occasion, that of the call of July 18, 1864, was a draft made in Iowa.  This did not occur on account of her proper liability, as established by previous ruling of the war departments to supply men under that call, but grew out of the great necessity that there existed for raising men.  The government insisted on temporarily setting aside in part the former rule of settlements and enforcing a draft in all cases where subdistricts in any of the states should be found deficient in their supply of men.  In no instance was Iowa, as a whole, found to be indebted to the general government for men on a settlement of her quota account." Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

IOWA TROOPS RE-ENLISTED "In the veteran re-enlistments that distinguished the closing months of 1863 above all other periods of re-enlistments for the nationa armies, the Iowa three years' men who were relatively more numerous than those of any other state, were prompt to set the example of volunteering for another of equal length, thereby adding many thousands to the great army of those who gave this renewed and practical assurance that the cause of the Union should not be left without defenders.  In all the important movements of 1864 and 1865 by which the confederacy was penetrated in every quarter and its military power finally overthrown, the Iowa troops took part.  Their drumbeat was heard on the banks of every great river of the south, from the Potomac to the Rio Grande, and everywhere they rendered the same faithful and devoted service, maintaining on all occasions their wonted reputation for valor in the field and endurance on the march. "Two Iowa three-year cavalry regiments were employed during their whole term of service in the operations that were in progress from 1863 to 1866 against the hostile Indians of the western plains.  A portion of these men were among the last of the volunteer troops mustered out of service.  The state also supplied a considerable number of men to the navy who took part in most of the naval operations prosecuted against the confederate power on the Atlantic and Gulf coasts and the rivers of the west. "The people of Iowa were early and constant workers in the sanitary field, and by their liberal gifts and personal efforts for the benefit of the soldiery placed their state in the front rank of those who became distinguished for their exhibitions of patriotic benevolence during the period covered by the war.  Agents appointed by the governor were stationed at points convenient for rendering assistance to the sick and needy soldiers of the state, while others were employed in visiting from time to time hospitals, camps and armies in the field, and doing whatever the circumstances rendered possible for the health and comfort of such of the Iowa soldiery as might be found there. "At the beginning of the war the population of Iowa included about 150,000 men, presumably liable to military service.  The state raised for general service thirty-nine regiments of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry, and four companies of artillery, composed of three years' men, one regiment of infantry composed of three months' men, and four regiments and one battalion of infantry composed of 100 days' men.  The original enlistments in these various organizations including 1,727 men raised by draft, numbered a little more than 69,000.  The re-enlistments, including upward of 7,000 veterans, numbered very nearly 8,000.  The enlistments in the reuglar army and navy, and organizations of other states will, if added, raise the total to upward of 80,000.  The number of men who under special enlistments and as militia took part at different times in the operations on the exposed borders of the state was probably as many as 5,000. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

IOWA'S BORDERS THREATENED "The state, while engaged in efforts to discharge her duty in connection with the common emergency, was compelled to make separate and large provision for the security of her own borders.  On the south she was threatened with invasion by the secessionists of Missouri, while on the west and northwest there was danger of incursuions by bands of hostile Indians now freed from the usual restraint imposed by garrisons of regular troops at the frontier posts.  For border defense the governor was authorized to raise two regiments of infantry, a squadron-not less than five companies- of cavalry, and a battalion-not less than three companies- of artillery.  Only mounted troops were enlisted, however, for this service; but in times of special danger, or when calls were made by the Unionists of northern Missouri against their disloyal enemies, large numbers of militia on foot turned out (often) and remained in the field until the necessity for their service had passed. "The first order for the Iowa volunteers to move to the field was received June 13th.  It was issued by General Lyon, then commanding the United States forces in Missouri.  The First and Second infantry immediately embarked in steamboats and moved to Hannibal.  Some two weeks later the Third infantry was ordered to the same point.  These three, together with many others of the earlier organized Iowa regiments, rendered their first field service in Missouri.  The First infantry formed a part of the little army with which General Lyon moved on Springfield and fought the bloody battle of Wilson's Creek.  It received unqualified praise for its gallant bearing on the field.  In the following month (September) the Third Iowa with very slight support fought with honor the sanguinary engagement of Blue Mills landing; and in November the Seventh Iowa, as a part of a force commanded by General Grant, greatly distinguished itself in the battle of Belmont, where it poured out its blood like water-losing more than half of the men it took into action.  The initial operations in which the battles referred to took place were followed by the more important movements led by General Curtis of this state and other commanders, which resulted in defeating the armies defending the chief strategic lines held by the confederates in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas, and compelling their withdrawal from much of the territory previously controlled by them in those states.  In these and many other movements down to the grand culminating campaign by which Vicksburg was captured and the confederacy permanently severed on the line of the Mississippi river, Iowa troops took a part in steadily increasing numbers.  In the investment and siege of Vicksburg the state was represented by thirty regiments and two batteries, in addition to which eight regiments and one battery were employed on the outposts of the besieging army.  The brilliancy of their exploits on the many fields where they served won for them the highest meed of praise both in military and civil circles.  Multiplied were the terms in which expression was given to this sentiment, but these words of one of the journals of a neighboring state-'The Iowa troops have been heroes among heroes'-embodies the spirit of all. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

IOWA RALLIES TO THE COLORS "Whether in the prompitude of her responses to the calls made on her by the general government, in the courage and constancy of her soldiery in the filed," said Colonel A. P. Wood, of Dubuque, upon one occasion, "or in the wisdom and efficiency with which her civil administration was conducted during the trying period covered by the war of the rebillion, Iowas proved herself the peer of any loyal state.  The proclamation of her governor, Samuel J. Kirkwood, responsive to that of the president calling for volunteers to comprise her first regiment, was issued on the fourth day after the fall of Sumter.  At the end of only a single week men enough were reported to be in quarters (mostly in the vicinity of their own homes) to fill the regiment.  These, however, were hardly more than a tithe of the number who had been offered by company commanders for acceptance under the president's call.  So urgent were these offers that the governor requested on the 24th of April permission to organize an additional regiment.  While awaiting the answer to this request he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments.  In a short time he was notified that both of these would be accepted.  Soon after the completion of the second and third regiments, which was near the close of May, the adjutant general of the state reported that upward of 170 companies had been tendered to the governor to serve against the enemies of the Union. "Much difficulty and considerable delay occurred in fitting these regiments for the field.  For the First infantry a complete outfit-not uniform-of clothing was extemporized-principally by the volunteered labor of loyal women in the different towns, from material of various colors and qualities obtained within the limits of the state.  The same was done in part for the Second infantry.  Meantime an extra session of the general assembly had been called by the governor to convene on May 15th.  With but little delay that body authorized a loan of $800,000 to meet the extraordinary expenses incurred and to be incurred by the executive department in consequence of the new emergency.  A wealthy merchant of the state-Ex-Governor Merrill, then a resident of McGregor-immediately took from the governor a contract to supply a complete outfit of clothing for the three regiments organized, agreeing to receive, should the governor so elect, his pay therefor in state bonds at par.  This contract he executed to the letter, and a portion of the clothing, which was manufactured in Boston to his order, was delivered at Keokuk, the place at which the troops had rendezvoused, in exactly one month from the day on which the contract had been entered into.  The remainder arrived only a few days later.  This clothing was delivered to the regiments, but was subsequently condemned by the government for the reason that its color was gray, and blue had been adopted as the color to be worn by national troops. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L FAMILY=

THE PRESIDENT'S PROCLAMATION President Lincoln announced, April 15, 1861, that the execution of the laws of the union had been obstructed in South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas by "combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law."  He called out the militia to the number of 75,000.  Seeing that the insurgents had not dispersed in the states named and that the inhabitants of Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee had joined them, he issued this proclamation, August 16, 1861: "Whereas, on the 15th day of April, 1861, the president of the United Staes, in view of an insurrection against laws, constitution and government of the United States, which has broken out within the states of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas, and in pursuance of the provisions of the act entitled, 'An act to provide for calling forth the militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasionsm and to repeal the act now in force for that purpose,' approved February 28, 1795, did call forth the militia to suppress said insurrection and cause the laws of the Union to be duly executed and the insurgents having failed to disperse by the time directed by the president; and whereas such insurrection has since broken out and yet exists within the states of Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas; and whereas, the insurgents in all the said states claim to act under the authority thereof, and such claim is not disclaimed or repudiated by the persons exercising the functions of government in such state or states, or in the part or parts thereof in which combinations exist, nor has any such insurrection been suppressed by said states: "Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, president of the United States, in pursuance of an act of congress approved July 13, 1861, do hereby declare that the inhabitants of the said states of Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Florida (except the inhabitants of that part of Virginia lying west of the Alleghany Mountains, and of such other parts of that state and the other states hereinbefore named as may maintain a loyal adhesion to the Union and the constitution or may be from time to time occupied and controlled by the forces of the United States engaged in the dispersion of said insurgents), are in a state of insurrection against the United States; and that all commercial intercourse between the same and the inhabitants thereof, with the exceptions aforesaid, and the citizens of other states and other parts of the United States, is unlawful, and will remain unlawful until such insurrection shall cease or has been suppressed; that all goods and chattels, wares and merchandisem coming from any of said states with the exception aforesaid, into other parts of the United States, without the special license and permission of the president, through the secretary of the treasury, or proceeding to any said states, with the exceptions aforesaid, by land or water, together with the vessel or vehicle conveying the same or conveying persons to or from said states, with said exceptions, will be forfeited to the United States; and that from and after fifteen days from the issuing of this proclamation, all ships and vessels belonging in whole or in part to any citizen or inhabitant of any of said states with said exceptions found at sea or in any port of the United States will be forfeited to the United States, and I hereby enjoin upon all district attorneys, marshals and officers of the revenue and of the military and naval forces of the United States, to be vigilant in the execution of said act, and in the enforcement of the penalties and forfeitures imposed or declared by it; leaving any party who may think himself aggrived thereby to his application to the secretary of the treasury for the remission of any penalty of forteiture, which the said secretary is authorized by law to grant if, in his judgment, the special circumstances in any case shall require such remission. "In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this sixteenth day of August, in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, and of the independence of the United States of America the eighty-sixth year.                                                                                                                 "Abraham Lincoln." Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

Fay, Have you tried contacting the cemetery to see who purchased the plot? I found the married name of a daughter of a gg-aunt that way. Dick May you live to be a hundred, with an extra year to repent. (Irish proverb) ----- Original Message ----- From: <fayjan@aol.com> To: <IASCOTT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 3:44 PM Subject: [IASCOTT] 1920 Probate GEORGE SCHLODFELDT Nisse/Harwig Mort. records Apr 27, Daily Times says "the only heirs were nieces and nephews". "Charles Grilk is probating attorney". We would really like to clinch our understanding with the names of the nieces and nephews. Is it possible to find the probate record with those names (some persons may have been in Germany). Another possibility is; he was buried in lot #2 of the Mt.Joy Cemetery, on 4-25-20, by Nissen & Hart Funeral Home. We know Runge's has old records. Are Nissen & Hart records still available anywhere that might show relatives? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.386 / Virus Database: 218 - Release Date: 9/9/02

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Hagedorn, Schlotfeldt Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/920.1 Message Board Post: If any of Peter Hagedorn and Eliza's descendants read this, I would like to share information about the Schlotfeldt ancestors of Mary Schlotfeldt, wife of Peter's brother, Christian.

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: SCHLOTFELDT, SCHLODTFELDT, SCHLOTFELT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2372 Message Board Post: We have searched for years to find the link of our SCHLOTFELDT family with the George "SCHLODTFELDT" who "fell" or "jumped" from the Government Bridge at Rock Island Apr 22, 1920. (He lived on Scott Street in Davenport) (Stories in 4-23 and 4-27 Daily Times) We are now sure we have linked him to our 2nd Great Grandfather's brother in Klein Flintbek, Germany. The 1915 Scott County census shows the name spelled correctly, age exact, etc. The Apr 27, Daily Times says "the only heirs were nieces and nephews". "Charles Grilk is probating attorney". We would really like to clinch our understanding with the names of the nieces and nephews. Is it possible to find the probate record with those names (some persons may have been in Germany). Another possibility is; he was buried in lot #2 of the Mt.Joy Cemetery, on 4-25-20, by Nissen & Hart Funeral Home. We know Runge's has old records. Are Nissen & Hart records still available anywhere that might show relatives? (My family lived in the Butler Twp. McCausland, Gambril area of Scott County, I am now in Arizona) Georges census spelling is correct, news reports and cemetery records are not. Many thanks. (Mr.) Fay Schlotfeldt

This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: KROEGER/SCHLOTFELDT Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Yl.2ADE/2252.2 Message Board Post: Magdalena was my Great-Grandmother's sister. (Margaret "Anna" Kroeger Schlotfeldt, wife of Henry F.) Magdalena's parents were Hans Kroeger who came from Preetz,S-H, Germany with wife Dorothe Margareta "Dora" Kroeger and their 8 children on the bark Harriet 9 June 1847 out of Hamburg. Hans died shortly after arriving (or maybe on ship) we figure. Dora remarried Henry C.F. Blocker, Feb. 2, 1848 in Davenport. and had 2 daughters, Julia and Maria. We don't know where Hans is buried, and don't know his parents names at this point. If you find them we would like to know. Fay

The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Tuesday Morning September 9, 1862 Part 3 The Attack on Fort Donelson Iowa has a life interesting Fort Donelson, won by the gallant charge of the Second Regiment and the scarcely less eminent bravery of the Seventh, and Fourteenth, at the attack which subjugated that Tennessee rebel stronghold to Federal authority. Our readers will therefore be especially interested in the following extract from a letter written to the Cincinnati Commercial, by a. L. McKinney, Chaplain of the 71st Ohio, in which he recounts how the rebels sought to recapture the fort-but did'nt (sic) quite do it. The Federal force at the fort was 155 men in all, of the 71st Ohio, and these were surprised on the 25th ult., by a summons to surrender by a force of 750 rebels under Col. Woodward, who had succeeded in getting a few of his men within the Federal lines by a skillful ruse, capturing eight of the pickets and with one field piece appeared in front of our unprepared forces. The letter says: The first warning we had of their approach was their appearance in force not to exceed half a mile from our camp. The 'long roll' sounded, and the men were in line in a few moments. A flag of truce was sent in by the rebels, and a surrender demanded. Major J. H. Hart commanding our forces, said that they should have a reply in thirty minutes. The commissioned officers were then called into headquarters, and the question put: Shall we surrender? The unanimous and firm reply was, 'No!' 'We fight.' This reply was made known to Lieut. Col. Martin, the bearer of the flag of truce, who returned to the rebel lines. In less than ten minutes another flag was sent in , accompanied by Col. Woodward, who again demanded the surrender of the fort, offering the most honorable terms (?) and protesting his reluctance to hurt us. On being asked by Major Hart if we might have the privilege of verifying his statements as to the strength of his forces, he very promptly and politely answered 'ye! s.' Capt. McConnell was accordingly deputed to pass along his lines and ascertain the facts and report; twenty minutes being given to make the 'reconnaissance.' The Captain, after as thorough examination as time would permit, reported that the enemy, in his opinion, did not number of 400 or possibly 500, and one small cannon, (which was captured from our boys at Clarksville) and that we could whip them. Col. Woodward, however informed him that he had part of his forces posted south of our camp, but that the twenty minutes were nearly up; hence no time was left to ascertain the fact. The rebel regimental flag was partially concealed form our view, and as we supposed it would be employed as a signal by them, we sent a flag of truce demanding that their colors be placed where they could be plainly seen by us. They complied and planted them in full view. We tied our flagstaff to the forward wheels of a howitzer resolved not to strike it without a desperate struggle. At about th! ree o'clock P. M. the rebel cavalry raised the yell and charged in fine style down the hill, lying east of our entrenchments into the ravine and up the hill, and a portion of them up Main street, north of our position, which brought them in range of our musketry, when a terrible fire was opened on them by our boys, unhorsing a number, killing and wounding a number of horses and men. It was during this heavy musketry that col. Woodward's horse fell dead under him, struck by three bullets. The chivalrous colonel did some fine crawling for about twenty feet to escape the shot directed toward him. A bullet broke the skin slightly on the side of his head. Notwithstanding their leader was down, on dashed those of the charging column yet in their saddles till they reached Spring street when they wheeled to the left at right angles still coming at a furious speed and receiving our fire at every opening between the houses till they reached College street, down which they essayed to m! ake a charge directly upon our earthworks, but the second platoon of company B, Capt. McConnell's, poured into them such a galling fire, that they were again repulsed and scattered in the wildest confusion. I saw more than a score of riderless horses careering over the hills and through the ravines." "from the time the enemy made the attack till he was repulsed and entirely driven off, was about one hour, thought the sharp firing did not continue more than thirty minutes. The rebel loss from all that we can gather, as information is constantly coming in, will not fall short of thirty killed and wounded. We took no prisoners as it was imprudent for any of our troops to leave the earth works, as our force was too small. Not a man among us was hurt. This is accounted for in the security of our entrenchment." Work having been sent to Fort Henry for re-inforcements (sic), Col. Lorre, of the 5th Iowa cavalry arrived at Donelson the next morning with 130 men, started in pursuit of the enemy, overtook him at Cumberland Iron Works a distance of seven miles, attacked them in strong position, charged a battery and drove the rebels from their cannon and rendered it useless before retiring. After waiting a renewal of the fight for an hour, Col. Lorre retired, having lost fifteen or twenty men killed and wounded. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Tuesday Morning September 9, 1862 Part 2 Military Exemption for Friends or Quakers It will be observed that numbers of petitions have been presented to our Legislature from members of the Society of Friends, asking exemption from military duty, on the ground that they cannot conscientiously engage in warfare. From the beginning, this highly respectable, and in some portions of our country numerous body of Christians, has held a consistent testimony against wars and fightings. In no instance that we are aware of, has there ever been any swerving from this if a single congregation in Philadelphia is excepted. During our revolutionary contest, a small fraction of the body in that city took the ground that defensive warfare was admissible, acted accordingly, and always after were denied association by the original society. In holding to their views, the Friends have borne contumely, have often been rudely despoiled of their property, and have endured patiently the burdens imposed, never failing in any other instance to come fully up to their requirements a citizens, and always manifesting an intense love for Republican institutions, and a willingness to sacrifice almost everything except the cherished principle of non-resistance. State laws, where they exist in large numbers, have g! enerally been so framed of latter years, as to afford them relief from military duty, and the desires of an earnest and God-fearing people have been gratified. From the general respect which they inspire in all their intercourse with the rest of the world, and from their elevated moral and religious character, the sympathy of their fellow men has been secured, and a cordial acquiescence has been awarded to the exemption of the Quaker from the absolute bearing of arms. Indeed, it is universally conceded that he of the broad brim and drab clothing, would, in a regiment, be an anomaly, not to be reconciled. In putting down this rebellion it is a remarkable fact, that in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, where the Friends congregate in the greatest numbers, measures for the relief of the suffering soldiers appear to have an intensity of which hardly any other portion of our Union can boast. We believe there is a more unreserved yielding up of private resources for the welfare of the soldiers in Philadelphia and its vicinity than any other part of our country-a great deal of that unostentatious kind of work which is based upon the principle of not letting the left hand know what the right hand doeth-and this, we as honestly believe, comes from the Quaker leaven so freely interspersed through the community, always quick to recognize the call of the suffering, and ever ready to bind up the broken heart. Young men occasionally unfetter themselves and step into the ranks, in obedience to what they consider their country's call. Sorrowfully their seniors look after them, their career is e! arnestly and prayerfully watched, but reproach (it cannot fail to have been noticed in this contest) scarcely, if ever, reaches the end of the tongue. Solemn words of advice, as to consistent moral conduct, have been uttered in our hearing, to such as have enlisted, by counselors from whom reproof would have come likewise had reproof been in the heart. The language was full to overflowing with tenderness, such only as Friends inspired by the deepest emotion can use: but, but-there is ceased. The wanderers from the fold evidently were not cast-aways; and for this state of feeling, the reader, probably can find a reason. There are a number o Friends in Iowa. In Cedar, in Henry, in Marshall and in Muscatine counties, quite large congregations. We cannot help entertaining the hope that their petitions to the Legislature will meet with favorable consideration. As a people forced into the ranks, they cannot fight. In the army as men, voluntarily there, none would do the work better, for whatever they perform, as a general rule, is done strictly from a sense of duty. They are no eleventh-hour men in the enunciations of their views-not they. From the organization of the society down to the present moment, their utterances as to engaging in war have been the same. Let favorable and considerate legislation in their behalf obtain also in Iowa. ~~~ There is a rebellion among the English Quakers. The youthful fair of the sect have banded together in opposition to the poke bonnet and scant skirt. Crinoline of moderate periphery now surrounds their frames, and flowers and ribbons are invading precincts of the drab. The elders are moved to lamentations, and, through their organ, "The British Friend," urge plaintive remonstrances. The young men among them are also exciting consternation by joining rifle corps. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

The Daily Gazette Davenport, Iowa Tuesday Morning September 9, 1862 (Part 1) Local Matters. Sheep coming Into Iowa.-A drove of a thousand head of sheep passed through town yesterday morning, on their way to that great centre of sheep growing in Iowa-Poweshiek county. We learn that 1, 500 more are coming this week. They are all from Illinois. Not the Man.-It having been reported in Der Demokrat that a citizen who had once walked to Pike's Peak and back had claimed and obtained exemption from military duty on account of physical inability. Mr. Henry Tilden, who did walk to Pike's Peak and home again, was at once fixed upon by a circle of indignant acquaintances as "the man". Mr. Tilden resides a short distance from the city, is a subscriber to the Daily Gazette, which he receives on the morning of its issue through the kindness of a friend on the M. & M. R. R. Failing for two days to receive his usual supply of news, Mr. T. came to town yesterday to inquire the cause. Imagine his surprise when he learned that he was tabooed as a "sneak," and that his carrier friend positively refused to do aught for one who would try to dodge the draft. The following note from commissioner Thompson's clerk completely exonerates Mr. Tilden, and restores to him all the privileges of honest and patriotic citizenship; the perusal of the Gazette of course included: Henry Tilden has not made application to have his name stricken from the rolls or any account whatever, nor has he been in the office to my knowledge before this time, when he asked for this statement of facts.~~ A. J. Smith, Clerk. Davenport, Sept. 8, 1862. Prepare for the Fair.-There is little danger that any of our readers will fail to remember that the Scott County Agricultural Fair commences its exhibition on the 22d Inst., nor that there will be crowds of people in attendance from neighboring counties in Iowa and from the contiguous region of Illinois, all anxious to see some evidence of the boasted skill and enterprise of Scott county farmers. There is danger, however, that very many will forget that whether the fair does credit to or reflects disgrace upon our agriculturists depends upon the individual efforts of those who are most deeply interested in having a successful exhibition-upon the farmers, and upon the farmers' wives, and sons, and daughters, those who till the soil and ply willing fingers at home, and who know well how to exhibit the products of filed, and garden, and dairy. If our readers want a good fair they must work for it. Let every citizen of Scott county, whether a resident of country or town, see wha! t can be found on the farm, in the shop, office or home which can be sent to the fair to increase its interest and variety. Married. At LeClaire on Sunday, the 7th inst., at the residence of the bride's mother, by Ambrose Shirley, Esq., H. H. King, U.S.A. to Maria L. Marks. By Rev. D. H. Paul, on the 13th ult., at the residence of the bride's father, in Winfield Twp., Mr. Henry C. Highley, and Miss Emily Goodwin, all of this county. Died. September 5, Elizabeth Lucy; daughter of Francis H. and Mary Fitzpatrick, aged ten months and twenty-one days. Montreal papers please copy. ~~~~~~*~~~~~~ Elaine Rathmann ACC Scott Co, IAGenWeb Project List Adm: *IA-CIVIL-WAR *IA-DANES

THE CALL FOR TROOPS On the 16th of April, four days following the assault on Fort Sumter, Governor Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, received the following telegram from Simon Cameron, secretary of war: "Call made on you by tonight's mail for one regiment of militia for immediate service." That very day the governor proclaimed to the people of Iowa that the nation was imperiled and invoked the aid of every loyal citizen in the state.  The telegram above alluded to was received at Davenport.  The governor was then residing at Iowa City, but there was no telegraphic communication in those days between the two cities. It was important that the dispatch should reach the eyes of the governor at once and General Vandever, then a civilian, volunteered to take the message to Iowa City.  The governor was found on his farm outside the city by the self-appointed messenger, dressed in homespun and working in the field.  Reading the dispatch Governor Kirkwood expressed extreme suprise and exclaimed:  "Why, the president wants a whole regiment of men!  Do you suppose I can raise so many as that, Mr. Vandever?"  When ten Iowa regiments were offered a few days later the question was answered. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

THE REBELLION OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES John Brown, who declared and honestly believed himself chosen of the Lord to strike the shackles from the southern slave, was hanged on the gallows at Charlestown, near Harper's Ferry, Virginia, on the 2d day of December, 1859, as a penalty for his misguided attempt to cause an uprising of the blacks in the vicinity of Harper's Ferry, where he and his small band of followers had forcibly taken possession of the United States arsenal.  This event caused a furor of excitement in the south and events that made for internecine strife and the bloodiest civil war on record were hastened at a furious speed toward Fort Sumter, where the shot was fired that echoed its baleful significance throughout the hills and vales of Christendom.  The walls of Fort Sumter were battered by the rebel guns at Charleston, South Carolina, by the would-be assassins of the Union on the morning of April 12, 1861, and in twenty-four hours thereafter new of the world-momentous action had reached every accessible corner of the United States.  In the south the portentous message was generally received with boisterous demonstrations of joy and the belief on the part of the masses that the day would soon come for their deliverance from the "northern yoke" and that their "peculiar institution" was to be perpetuated under the constitution and laws of a new confederacy of states.  In the north a different feeling possessed the people.  The firing on Fort Sumter was looked upon with anger and sadness, and the determination was at once formed to uphold the integrity of the Union and the perpetuity of its institutions.  It was then that Abraham Lincoln began his great work of preserving the Union. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

I have just added the following file to the Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project Pages: Burials Removed from St. Mary's Cemetery to Holy Family Cemetery Abstracted from: Directory of Interments Holy Family Cemetery, Davenport, Iowa, Vol I Winter 1988 By Gary Koenig http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/stmaryscem.htm Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

Davenport Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa March 22, 1900 THE TIMES 20TH CENTURY DIRECTORY Errors in Names and Locations and Any Changes From the Way the Names Appear in The Times, Including Removals, Must be Reported to the Office or the Directory Manager in The Times Building Within 48 Hours From This Evening, as These Names Will go in Book Form Then. MILLER (See Moeller and Mueller) Miller, Miss Adeline, r 805 Ainsworth Miller, Agnes wid Josiah r 10 Petersen blk Miller, Miss Alice N. r 1024 e 14th Miller, Alonza A. County Supt of Schools, ground fl Court House, rms 735 e 6th Miller, Andrew, wife Emma M., carp r 818 Perry Miller, Andrew D, wife Lizzie M. lab r 808 Judson Miller, Andrew P. wks P.J. Stelling & Co r 1002 w 5th Miller, Anna M, wid Christian, r 720 w 14th Miller, Miss Anna M, r 1002 w 5th Miller, Miss Annie r 708 w 7th Miller, Miss Annie, wks St. James Hotel Miller, Miss Annie M. r 720 w 14th Miller, August, wife Johanna r 315 e 2d Miller, Miss A May, seamstress r 618 w 14th Miller, Miss Barbara, r 1002 w 5th Miller, Charles C wife Alma clk Beiderbecke M. Co r 1318 Main Miller, Charles S, wife Flora J. blksmith r 1314 Fulton av Miller, Christian wks Knostman & P Furn Co r 720 w 14th Miller, Miss Clara wks Dav Pearl B Co r 805 Ainsworth Miller, Miss Dorothy, dom 204 Summit Miller, Edward wife Anna wks Phoenix Milling Co r 1107 w 3d Miller, Edward E, wife Fannie spec agt N. W. Mut Life Co r 330 e 6th Miller, Edward O dept mngr The Fair r 315 w 2d Miller, Elizabeth wid James r 1302 Perry Miller, Miss Ella M r 1941 Farnam Miller, Miss Emma wks R Krause Co r 808 Warren Miller, Miss E** r 1941 Farnam Miller, Miss Fannie r 724 Harrison Miller, Frank wife Mary packer Phoenix Milling Co r 711 w 9th Miller, Frank A wife Virginia r 1002 w 5th Miller, Frank H,. wife Caroline vice pres Beiderbecke- Miller Co r 1527 Brady Miller, Frank P, wife Emma M cooper r 1339 w 4th Miller, George B wife Mary bkpr r 710 w 3d Miller, George H, wife May B (Miller & Stolley) 1526 Harrison r 503 w 16th Miller, George H, clk Beiderbecke-M Co r 1527 Brady Miller, George M, driver C O D Steam Lndry r 720 w 14th Miller, G. Ferd wife Matilda r 711 w 9th Miller, Mrs. Hannah M r 312 Brown Miller, Harry, wife Nora r 903 w 8th Miller, Harry A wks Knostman & P Furn Co r 618 w 14th Miller, Miss Helen tchr Sch No 7 r Telegraph rd nr Pine Miller, Henry wife Jennie mach Arsenal r 1024 e 14th Miller, Henry Q wks Arsenal r 720 w 14th Miller, Miss Ida r 2213 w 2d Miller, Isaiah, wife Margaret mason r 1105 w 2d Miller, James M wife Maggie carp r 802 Case Miller, Miss Jennie clk Boston Store r 305 e 15th Miller, John wife Serti butcher Mengel Bros. r 415 Marquette Miller, John A, wife Fannie trav agt r F. 604 Brady Miller, John F, wife Nona saloon 110 Iowa r same Miller, John F, wife Mary E tinner r Fishertown Miller, John M wife Kate E blksmith C R I & P r 1342 1/2 w 4th Miller, John M wife Emma C salesman W S Holbrook r 809 w 15th Miller, Joseph bartndr r 414 e 2d Miller, Joseph, lab bds 1316 Perry Miller, Joseph A wife Elizabeth wks Brammer Mnfg Co r 1617 w 4th Miller, Joseph A wife Grace M bkpr r 522 College av Miller, Joseph A jr wks Christian Mueller & Sons r 1617 w 4th Miller, Miss Julia r Telegraph rd nr Pine Miller, Julius bds 212 Scott Miller, J Fred r 1941 Farnam Miller, Leopold, wife Mary A cigmnfr 1623 Iowa r same Miller, Miss Lizzie dressmkr r 1107 w 2d Miller, Miss Lucila, r 1527 Brady Miller, Maggie wid Wm nurse r 128 e 11th Miller, Miss Mamie r 312 e Front Miller, Marshall F wks Dav Pearl B Co r 618 w 14th Miller, Marshall H wife Annie brakeman r 618 w 14th Miller, Miss Mary wks N Kuhnen Co r 524 e 9th Miller, Mary wid Lorens r 2212 w 2d Miller, Miss Matilda r 1107 w 3d Miller, Minnie C wid Fred W r 808 Warren Miller, Moses, wife Daisy M fireman Glucose Co r 1748 w 6th Miller, Miss M Anna clk Boston Store, r 606 Warren Miller, Oscar E driver The Fair r 315 e 2d Miller, Otto butcher Dav Slaughter & R Co bds 1624 w 3d Miller, Peter, houseman 1607 South Miller, Preston (col) lab r 312 w 10th Miller, Richard wife Minnie wood carver r 805 Ainsworth Miller, Robert wife Annie blksmith C R I & P r 524 e 9th Miller, Robert T wife Georgetta vice pres Washburn-Halligan Coffee Co 115 e 2d r 1941 Farnam Miller, Mrs Sadie (col) r 426 e 3d Miller, Samuel (col) wife Mary tmstr r 2110 Cherry Miller, Sedecias E wife Clara B eng r 418 w 5th Miller, Severin, r Telegraph rd nr Pine Miller, Miss Sophia dom 730 e Locust Miller, S H vet surgeon 309 e 3d r Rock Island Ill. Miller, Miss Tena wks Dav Pearl B Co r 1107 e 3d Miller, Miss Thekla rms 329 w 3d Miller, Mrs. Tona r 330 e Front Miller, Ulysses G saloon 118 Division r same Miller, Wm wife Anna physician 724 Harrison r same Miller, Wm A wife Annie r 613 w 4th Miller, Wm A wife Emma J cond Tri-City Ry Co r 1015 Brady Miller, Wm H, pressman Republican r 708 w 7th Miller & Stolley (G Miller George Stolley) cigars 1526 Harrison Miller's Hotel Mrs M.F. Soteterau propr 712-714 w 2d Cathy Joynt Labath Scott Co, IA USGenWeb Project http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/index.htm

OPPOC THE REFUGEE In coming to Davenport Barclay Coppoc was coming among friends he had made while serving as clerk in local stores.  After evading the extradition papers of Governor Wise of Virginia this young man enlisted in the war for the union and early in the struggle fell a victim to Missouri bushwhackers.  He was killed with other soldiers in the wreck of a train which went through a bridge which had been weakened by incediary fire. Colonel Wm. Penn Clark, formerly of Davenport, wrote a letter to the Des Moines Register in which he tells of a trip he made in March, 1859, from West Liberty to Davenport with John Brown and party who were taking twelve slaves captured in Missouri to freedom.  A freight car containing the slaves was attached to the train and placed directly back of the engine.  In this car were Brown and others of his adherents, all strongly armed.  Kagi, the writer and orator of the Brown movement, accompanied Col. Clark into a passenger coach to keep an eye on a man who had threatened to reveal to the United States officers the character of the freight in the car attached to the train when the train should reach Davenport.  It was the purpose of Clark and Kagi to overawe and keep this man quiet during the short stay the train made in this city.  Col. Clark says in his letter, "And this we did.  Kagi was thoroughly armed, as were all the white men with Brown, and the party could not have been arrested without bloodshed.  The conductor of the passenger train was a man named Jones, an Englishman, who, I believe, is dead.  He was in sympathy with the movement, and who knew how anxious I was to get the fugitives safely out of Iowa.  From a window of the old Burtis House I watched the train crossing the bridge over the Mississippi and felt greatly relieved when the train started on its journey to Chicago, where the negroes were safely landed the next morning." While the train stopped here Laurel Summers, United States marshal with a strong posse searched the passenger cars, but did not examine the freight car on the rear of the train.  At Chicago Allan Pinkerton, the famous detective, conducted the slaves to a waiting car which took them safely to Canada. Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L

JOHN BROWN'S VISIT "There was a great celebration of the 4th of July here in 1858," says Warren Teele, "most of the business houses of the town were closed and the people generally turned out to the picnic.  I was with Dalzell then, on the corner of Second and Perry.  I did not care to celebrate, and so I stayed at the store through the morning, though Dalzell urged me to close up and go out for a good time.  At last I said I would close at noon, one or two other houses having kept open till then, and I was waiting through the last few minutes before the hour of twelve when a stranger came in.  He was a well built man, with heavy beard and hair, quaint and old-fashioned in style, and very gray.  'Has thee any sidemeat?' he asked as I came to meet him.  'No,' I said, 'we are just out of sidemeat; but we have some very fine shoulders.'  'I did not ask thee for shoulders; I asked thee for sidemeat,' he said, not in an irritated tone, but steadily and composedly as though merely setting me right when I was wrong.  I was anxious to save the sale for somebody, if I could not for my own house, so I said, 'Wait, I think I can take you to a man who will sell you all the sidemeat you want, if you will come with me.'  He did not say a word, but was ready to go, so I locked the store and led him as fast as we could walk-I was afraid we should find the place closed-half a block south on Perry and then a block west through the alley to Burr & Swift's store, which stood just across the alley from the present station of the interurban road.  We were in time, and the sidemeat was satisfactory.  After it the stranger bought flour and other provisions, in all a bill of over $400, and paid the cash.  He went around the corner of Front street, toward Burrows & Prettyman's mill, and came back with a covered conestoga wagon; an immense big thing, with the high bed flaring forward and back like the ends of a scow, and the whole interior hooded under the cover.  He loaded in his provisions and drove away, saying not a word more than was necessary.  It was months later that we learned-Burr and Swift and I-that our customer was old John Brown, the liberator.,  He had the bottom of that wagon bed full of guns and pikes then, and he was on his way out to his rendezvous at Springdale. "The raid, capture, trial and execution of John Brown made a tremendous sensation here, where the great mass of the people sympathized with him.  The escape of one of the Coppocs, Springdale boys who were in his desperate little band at Harper's Ferry, gave great satisfaction here, and delighted me very much, for I was a John Brown man.  Eli Adams kept a bookstore on Brady street where the trunk store is now, between Second and Third.  One day Eli slipped me quietly upstairs, and there was Coppoc.  I know that at least one other man beside myself was admitted to see him, and I know that he was kept there at least four days.  The detectives and United States marshals were raking the country for him, and were right here in Davenport when he was hidden there; but they never got on his trail, and he got away.  The story of his escape from Harper's Ferry, and his wayfaring all the way to this city, is most thrilling, as it has been given in one of the magazines of thirty years ago, or more.  He was escorted out of Davenport and on to safety.  I do not remember his face so well, but his old leader had a physiognomy and a bearing that impressed me deeply, so that I shall never forget him, just as he looked.  I may add that the clue that brought the detectives to Davenport on Coppoc's scent was the address, 'Burr & Swift, Davenport, Iowa,' on a box found among the effects of John Brown that were captured at Harper's Ferry." Debbie Clough G-erischer G-erischer Family Web Site http://gerischer.rootsweb.com/ Assistant CC, Iowa Gen Web, Scott County http://www.celticcousins.net/scott/ List Manager for: IASCOTT-L * G-erischer-L * D-encker-L Fitzpatirck-L * V-lerebome-L * Huntington-L * Otis-L * Algar-L EIGS-L * Pickens-L * McNab-L * Patris-L - Rankin-L