Crocker Brigade Reunion History Highlights in Iowa
The Crocker Brigade association formed June 9 1881 in Muscatine at the court house with 22 members. Reunions followed in Washington Cedar Rapids Iowa City Davenport and Council Bluffs with notable events including flag returns, guest generals, and the Emsee club quartet.
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Crocker Brigade
Muscatine
Crocker Brigade Association
Court House
H. C. Adams
16Th
Iowa
Belknap
Govan
Baren R. Sherman
Sanders
Gran
Iowa City
Gresham
A. Tuckenlooper
Capture of the 16th and Iowa reunion highlights
Reunions across Iowa from 1891 to 1898 are recounted with emphasis on Des Moines Ottumwa Marshalltown Jefferson and Keokuk gatherings. Gen Add H Sanders of Davenport figures prominently alongside the Sixteenth Regiment at Atlanta and the later Soldiers Home visit. The Atlanta defeat details show a stubborn defense and eventual capture, with praise for the regiment's steadiness and its later commemoration by veterans groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Des Moines
General Crocker
Ottumwa
Iowa
Marshalltown
Jefferson
Keokuk
General Belknap
Atlanta
Sanders
16Th
Cedar Rapids
Sherman Elected President At Association Meeting
H. Rood was named temporary chairman and John H. Munroe acted as secretary. The Honorable Buren R. Sherman was chosen president for the coming year.
Frances A Denham Named Local G A R Leader
Mrs Frances A Denham current president of the Ladies G A R Circle and corresponding secretary of the state department, born in this county in 1848, has long resided here and played a leading role in local veteran circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances A. Denham
G. A. R. Circle
State Department
Noted Iowa Civil War Hero Colonel Crocker
The piece recounts Colonel Crocker of the Iowa Thirteenth Brigade, his rise under Governor Kirkwood, his valor at Shiloh, the Decatur leave due to ill health, and his final years in New Mexico and Washington. It honors his warfare genius, despite illness, and his enduring kindness and memory among Iowa troops.
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Thirteenth
Iowa
Shiloh
Crocker
Decatur
New Mexico
War Department
Stanton
Atte
States
National Capital
Willard’s
Alabama
One Fare Round Trip to Cleveland via Nickel Plate Road
Round trip fare of $8.50 to Cleveland via Nickel Plate Road on September 26 and 27 with extended return to October 28 by ticket deposit in Cleveland. First class equipment and service. Three daily trains from Chicago Passenger Station Harrison St. and 5th Ave. Inquiries to John Y. Calahan General Agent 113 Adams Street Chicago.
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Cleveland
Nickel Plate Road
Chicago
Harrison St
5Th Ave
John Y. Calahan
Adams Street
Col Cornelius Cadle Civil War Adjutant General Veteran
Cornelius Cadle of Cincinnati born May 22 1836 in New York City served in the 11th Iowa Infantry and Crocker's Iowa Brigade. He fought in Shiloh Vicksburg Atlanta and the Carolinas, was brevetted colonel, later chaired the Shiloh park commission, and held Loyal Legion and G A R affiliations.
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Col
Cornelius Cadle
New York City
Muscatine
Bloomington
Co. H
Ben Beach
11Th
Iowa Infantry
Shiloh
Hare
McClernand
Crocker
Iowa
Cadle
Corinth
Army of the
Atlanta
17Th Army Corps
Frank P. Blair
Carolinas
Bentonville
Wager Swayne
Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
War Department
Shiloh National Military Park Commission
Ohio
Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States
Ransom Post
St. Louis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Benjamin Beach
Jacob Bowman
W. H. Crocker
Peter A. Esmail
W. S. Fultz
Robt. Henderson
J. M. Kean
E. B. Lewis
S. H. McCoy
G. O. Morgridge
J. H. Munroe
John T. Parker
H. H. Rood
B. R. Sherman
W. T. Shiffer
E. G. Stephens
Thos. Sullivan
W. M. Twigg
John Welch
B. R. Wintermute
Col. H
Col. Reod
John H. Munroe
M. A. Higley
Washington
D. C. Govan
Marianna
Arkansas
15Th
Atalanta
Lanta
General Sanders
Cape
Cap
Ture
Add H. Sanders
Davenport
McPherson
Powell's Battery
Giles A. Smith
Col. Sanders
Gen. Smith
Texas
Sixteenth
Thireenth
Smith
Company A
Jesse Lucas
Andersonville
R. S. McNutt
Stingies
S. G. Stein
Pine Street
Savings Bank
Capitalist
Kirkwood
Lil Health
Cincinnati
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