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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1902
Page
9
Eight companies of the 35th regiment are reported to have been raised from Muscatine County. The men enlist to serve in the regiment as part of the county’s contribution to the war effort. Local recruiters confirm the formations and names of the companies.
The Thirty-fifth Iowa Infantry known as Muscatine’s Own held a reunion in Muscatine. It recruited eight of ten companies locally, fought at Vicksburg and Red River campaigns, and earned a storied record. The roster notes its 1862 mustering at Camp Strong on Muscatine Island and lists officers and ranks. The banner chronicles key actions from Jackson to Spanish Fort.
The Crocker Iowa Brigade famed for valor in Shiloh and Atlanta remains united after the war. Its four regiments Eleventh Thirteenth Fifteenth and Sixteenth kept their organization through four brutal years. Eight hundred survivors in Muscatine with families form a remarkable reunion. Many members rose to top civil positions including Iowa Governor Secretary of War and a Supreme Court judge.
The article recalls Crocker’s Brigade and its alumni now guests at Muscatine. It notes their select origins from college, store, and farm, and offers a biography of Marcellus Monroe Crocker born February 6, 1820 in Indiana. Crocker attended West Point briefly before resigning to support his mother, later becoming a prominent Iowa lawyer and militia leader.
A member recounts Crocker’s Iowa town brigade formed by the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa infantry. It traces recruitment from Muscatine and surrounding counties, early mustering at Camp MacClellan, Benton barracks, Jefferson City, and journeys by steamboat toward the Vicksburg and Tennessee theaters, noting measles battles and regiment movements.
Col S G Hill born Greenwich R L in 1820 came to Muscatine in 1851 to run a planing mill. He joined the army, rose to colonel at age 42, led his brigade at various actions and was killed at the battle of Nashville Tennessee.
Keeler former Muscatine resident promoted to colonel on December 15, 1864. His son Fred was killed at Yellow Bayou, La., and son Rowland G. became a West Point graduate and lieutenant in the regular army. Col Hill, a strong disciplinarian, organized and led Company A then became major and colonel. the regiment’s first colonel S G Hill was killed in battle.
After the battle of Nashville Col. Hill was gazetted brigadier general in honor of his bravery before he died. W. S. Hill of this city is the only family member still residing here.
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