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EORTY YEARS AGO.Thousands of citizens of Kossuth, who now enjoy the blessings of peace and prosperity, can hardly realize that it was only forty years ago when the inhabitants of this section were in the height of excitement over the Indian situation.The earrent nmnber of 11 ic Annals of Iowa contains a well written article on the ,llowa Northern Border Bri-gade,! by W. IT. Ingham, who was the captain of Company A. A fine steel engraved portrait of Mr. Ingham appears as the frontispiece and another of Quartermaster Lewis IT. Smith also embellishes the work. The sketch of the stockade at Iowa Lake, erected by Major Williams while the captain of Company B in 1862-3 recalls to the memory of the writer several nights spent in the barracks, when as a lad lie accompanied his father with loads of grain and provisions for the soldiers. The picture of the fort fit Es-fchervillc, erected by Capl. Ingham’s company, is a realistic one. It is fromthe only photograph ever taken of the works and shows about twenty-five of the soldiers outside of the works, in line for the camera to do its work.The article is of historic value for the full account of the organization and equipment of the brigade and for the detailed facts concerning the protection rendered the inhabitants of northwestern Iowa during and subsequent to the Indian uprising and massacre of 1862-3. The complete roster of the brigade is given. Besides the names of Quartermaster Smith and Oapt. Ingham, there are bub few of those who are still alive and living Ur the county at this time. II. F. Watson, J. R, Armstrong, August Zahlton, Jacob Altwegg, J. G. Green, .John I legally, A. J.,I ones, Henry Patterson, Tlios. Hobi.son and i Mike Smith are all that remain as Vesidents at the present time.
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Algona Advance
Algona, Iowa, US
Fri, Oct 17, 1902
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