Historian Kenneth Lyftogt introduces us to the volunteer soldiers of the Pioneer Grays and Cedar Falls Reserves infantry companies and in turn examines Iowa鈥檚 role in the Civil War. Many of these soldiers served the Union for the duration of the war, from the early fighting in Missouri to Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Sherman鈥檚 destructive marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. Their letters home are Lyftogt鈥檚 primary sources, as are editorials and articles published in the Cedar Falls Gazette.
Acknowledgments
1. A Town on the Cedar
2. The Pioneer Greys
3. Missouri
4. Home in Cedar Falls
5. Shiloh
6. The Cedar Falls Reserves
7. Vicksburg
8. A Third Summer
9. Chattanooga
10. Atlanta
11. Marching through Georgia
12. Triumph and Tragedy
Epilogue
Notes
References
Index
