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Reminiscences of the Bar and Early Iowa War Service
The piece recalls the Iowa county court’s adjournment at news of Fort Sumter, the formation of a three month Iowa regiment, and the 2nd Iowa Infantry Company II. It highlights Lt. N. I. Chipman and other lawyers who served, with notes on BE I Ludington and local bar life in 1856 Washington.
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Tring
Fort Sumter
Ouristrict
N. I. Chipman
Chipman
California
Crawfordsville
al I
Washington
I. Ludington
Groendycke
G. G. Bennett
Deadwood
South Dakota
Samuel Russell