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Camp Fire Tribute to Iowa Regiments at Lincoln Opera House
Veterans from the Eighth, Nineteenth and Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry attend a packed reunion at the Lincoln opera house. Col. Crossley summarizes their war histories while speakers recall Shiloh and Prairie Grove, praising courage, patriotism, and ongoing comradery.
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D. D. Proper
Omaha
J. B. Leake
Mr. Proper
W. B. Bell
W. R. Sawhill
Kelley
Murphy
Nineteenth Regiment
Wilma Row
Messrs
Adams
Cocklin
Palmer
Neal
Sherman
Alberson
McHenry
Iowa
United States
Melean
Eighth Lone Infantry
Missouri
Springfield
Eighth
St. Louis
Pittsburg Landing
Tenn
Pittsburg
Tennessee
Polk
Shiloh
Eighth Lown
Eighth Iown
Aes
Flowa
Nineteenth
Benton Barracks
Vesinsdeil
Rolla
Heron
Pratrient
Samuel McFarland
Bates
Prairie Grove
Herron
Color McFarland
Towa
John
Fayette
Byville
Hiinois Creeks
G Hindman