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Some time ago I put up a post asking about the rifles carried by the Second Iowa, and now I finally have an answer thanks to Bill Adams, who kindly looked it up for the Corinth battle. 52nd Illinois – Enfield Rifle .577 cal. 2nd Iowa – M1842 rifled musket .69 cal. 7th Iowa – […]
Guns of the Second Iowa & Hackleman’s Brigade
July 30th, 2012 · No Comments
Categories: Arms & Armament · Campaigns & Battles · Civil War Research · Military History · Strategy & Tactics
Tags: · 1842 Rifled Musket, corinth, Hackelman's brigade, Second Iowa, Will Holden
On the Skirmish Line Outside Atlanta With William Holden
May 26th, 2012 · 1 Comment
Sorry for the gap in posting—I have been down with a nasty G-I bug most of the week. I’ve been wanting to post parts of another William Holden letter I acquired, one of which I have posted already. Holden, an Iowa farm boy, was by 1864 and experienced soldier and held the rank of first […]
Categories: Anecdotes · Civil War Individuals · Letters · Military History · Strategy & Tactics
Tags: · atlanta, Second Iowa, sharpshooters, skirmish line, William Holden
William Holden, Second Iowa
February 18th, 2012 · 2 Comments
I have some letters from William Holden, a soldier with the Second Iowa. An ardent abolitionist who lived in Ottumwa, the 22-year-old Holden signed up at the beginning of the conflict and stayed on until the end, re-enlisting in December, 1863. Serving in the Western armies, he fought in almost all the major battles of […]
Categories: Civil War Memory · Civil War Research · Military History · Political History · Spotlight On An Individual · Western Theater
Tags: · abolition, Copperheads, Second Iowa, William Holden
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