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Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 43 (search)
yed and overawed-- Then swelling loud as an Archangel's trump, Or shrill winds piping o'er the stormy flood, It thundered back from far Pacific's coast. Come to the tombs by mourning millions thronged Beneath the oak of weeping. Glorious dead Fame's cemetery holds no hero dust More dearly honored in sublime repose. Pale ashes, with a nation's tears bedewed, And fanned by sighs as numerous as the winds, The laurels that you nurture shall be green And bloom forever round the precious urns Of Baker and of Lyon. Fortune smiled Upon them, casting from her ample lap, Her lavish stores of fame and wealth and ease, And wooed them to repose. Though sweet her song, She sang unheeded. Honor, fortune, life They offered freely on their country's shrine, In the red heat and fury of the fight, Deeming the dearest jewels of the world Were nought when weighed against the nation's life. He who led our faltering ranks Up the ambuscaded banks-- He who poured his heart's red rain Over Springfield's
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 4. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 333 (search)
Honor to the Second Iowa.--The following despatch from Major-Gen. Halleck, is honor enough for the Iowa Second: St. Louis, February 19, 1862. Adjutant-Gen. N. B. Baker: The Second Iowa infantry proved themselves the bravest of the brave! They had the honor of leading the column which entered Fort Donelson. H. W. Halleck, Major-General An Iowa regiment has a rule that any man who utters an oath shall read a chapter in the Bible. It is said that several have got nearly through the Old Testament.--Dubuque Times.
The Daily Dispatch: September 14, 1861., [Electronic resource], Lowa Politics. (search)
Lowa Politics. --The Union party of lowa met in convention at Des Moines on the 28th ult., and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, N. B. Baker, of Clinton; for Lieut. Governor, Col. Dewey, of Henry county; for Supreme Judge, Rufus Noble, of Clayton county. Mr. Baker was the last Democratic Governor of New Hampshire. He has been a resident of Iowa for several years, and is now Adjutant General of the State. The other two gentlemen on the ticket are Republicans. Lowa Politics. --The Union party of lowa met in convention at Des Moines on the 28th ult., and nominated the following ticket: For Governor, N. B. Baker, of Clinton; for Lieut. Governor, Col. Dewey, of Henry county; for Supreme Judge, Rufus Noble, of Clayton county. Mr. Baker was the last Democratic Governor of New Hampshire. He has been a resident of Iowa for several years, and is now Adjutant General of the State. The other two gentlemen on the ticket are Republicans.