Manuscript Register
Collection Dates: 1861 -- 1862
25 items
Shares a box with MsC collections 9 --18
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Posted to Internet: July 2002
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The 1st Iowa Cavalry
was mustered into service in September 1861 and Colonel Fitz Henry Warren
was its first commander. The 1st Cavalry was ordered to Benton Barracks in
Saint Louis, Missouri. From there they were sent into the field. They were
engaged in patrolling much of Missouri against rebel guerrillas and jayhawkers.
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