CHAPTER 21 THE CIVIL WAR. DRED SCOTT IN DAVENPORT - JOHN BROWN AND COPPOC THE REFUGEE - THE CALL FOR TROOPS - IOWA'S RESPONSE - LOCAL ENTHUSISAM - SCOTT COUNTY SOLDIERS IN MANY REGIMENTS - PROVED THEMSELVES THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE - IOWA DRUM BEAT HEARD IN EVERY PORTION OF THE SOUTH - THE HONORED DEAD - UNAPPRECIATED ELOQUENCE - LITTLER'S FIREMEN  - SOME CLOTHES. Pictures included with this chapter are:  Fountain in Central Park  - Soldier's Monument, Davenport - Main Building, Iowa Soldiers' Orphans' Home - Clarissa C. Cook Home For The Friendless. >From the fact that Dr. Emerson, who owned "Dred" Scott, the slave whose name gives the title to one of the most famous and momentous decisions ever handed down by the United States supreme court, lived in Davenport and practiced his profession here, and also it being a matter of history that "Old John Brown" came to Davenport at one time and laid in a supply of provisions for his followers, makes any mention of these historic characters of more than the ordinary interest and for that reason newspaper extracts relating to them are here presented, one written by William A. Meese, of Moline, Illinois, and the other by Warren Teele, the latter appearing in the Half Century number of the Democrat. 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