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Language A language of the resource English history Treynor https://archive.councilbluffslibrary.org/files/original/8db1a9ab222bc14d910fffaf24ee6be7.pdf fc574ffcd439112dd5248b6b33e5e3aa PDF Text Text ��l CoLoNEL vV1LLIA11 H. K1Ns:.1AN ��HISTORY OF THE RECOVERY AND FINA L I NTERMENT OF THE REMAINS OF .. . . . ... ... . CO L.\~ . H. KINSMAN ====AND THE==== ERECTION AN D UNVEILING OF THE KINS MA N MONU- MENT AT COUNCIL BLUFFS, I0 w A, MA y I 7, I 90 2 ... . . . . . .I I ��Introductory. Following is a history of the recovery and final interment at Council Bluffs, Iowa, of t he remains of Col. vV. H. K insman, Twenty-third Iowa, and the erection and unveiling of the Kinsman monument on .M ay 17, 1902. The matter is practically a reprint of the story as it appeared in the columns of the Daily Nonpareil. Jt b egins with t he time when the search fo r Colonel K insman's remains was renewed under the direction of General Dodge. and continues with the account of the search, the recovery, the transportation o f the remains to Council Bluffs, their reception and interment with military honors, the monument fun d, t he erection and the unveiling of the monument in Fairview cemete:-y with appropriate ceremonies, on May 17, 1902, that being t he thirty-ninth anniversary of the death of Colonel Kinsman. ��COLONEL KINSMAN'S GRAVE. RENEWED EFFORTS TO LOCATE IT O N THE BATTLEFIELD.-THE RE:MAINS MAY TH EN BE BROUGHT TO THIS ClTY.-\.VAS IN COMMAND OF THE TWENTYTf-IIRD IOWA WHEN KILLED.-HAD ENLIS'fED WI'fH GENERAL DOD GE FOR THE CIVIL WAR- SWORD PRESERVED IN COUNCIL BLUFFS G. A. R. HALL. Efforts to locate the graYe of Col. VI/. H . Kinsman are to be renewed and if the spot is located it is likely that the bones of the dead soldier will be brought to Council Bluffs for interment. Colonel K insman, when he fell in battle at Black river bridge near Vicksburg on May 17, 1863, expressed the wish that he be buried where he fel l. The request was complied with and he was laid to rest beneath a tree on the battlefield. The exact location of the.grave was afterwards forgotten , and on several occasions efforts to locate it have been without avail. T he matter is now to be taken up by General Grenville M. Dodge. W. H. Kinsman was in the real estate business in Council Bluffs when the civil war began. Like others he felt inspired to go to the front for the preservation of the union, and went out with the Fourth Iowa infantry, first as second lieutenant and afterwards as captain, and by the time of his death he had attained to the colonelcy of the Twenty-third Iowa. TO SEARCH FOR LOST GRAVE. General Dodge makes known his intention to search for the grave of Colonel Kinsman in a letter to Charles Aldrich of the state historical department at Des Moines, and says he will take the matter up this fall with the purpose of carrying the search to a successful conclusion. At the time of his death Colonel Kinsman was in the command of General Dodge and the General has been interested in all the efforts that have been made to locate the lost grave and bring the remains back to Iowa. The grave was marked when new, but the mark soon disappeared, and the resting place of the gallant soldier became �8 COL. W. H. KINS:\l AN '.\IE'.\IORIAL. unknown. Henry Dean o f Des i\Ioines and a legislat ive commission, together with General Dodge, have searched hereto fore for the spot in vain, but this time the General expects to devote so much time to his mission that the spot will be discovered. Mr. Dean was among those who buried Colonel Kinsman . hut when he undertook to locate the spot so many years afterward he was baffled and had to g ive it up. If the grave is located the bones will be taken up and brought back to Iowa for interment. and it is thought that it will be the desire of General Dodge to bring them to this city. S WORD IN G. A. R. HALL. All veterans of the civil war living in Council Bl uffs take a11 interest in the search for the lost g rave of Colonel K insma n. Abe Lincoln post has hanging in its hall a sword that belonged to Colonel Kinsman when he was serving in the capacity of lieutenant. After the dee.th of the Colonel it came into the possession oi Captain Kirscht, now deceased. Captain K irscht sent it to relatives of the dead Colonel in V irginia, thinking they would like it as a keepsake, but it was immediately returned, the Virginian relatives still manifesting a dislike for the union soldier to this extent. This was some years ago, however. The sword was then g iven by Captain Kirscht to Joh n Lindt, with the understanding that it should be placed in the keeping of the G. A. R. post, and it is now there. The furt her understanding was had with Mr. Lindt that in case the Grand Army post should disband o r anything happen to th e organization he should have the sword at his disposal. It is now the wish of Mr. Lindt, in case o f the post's dissolutio n. that the sword be sent to Mr. A ldrich to be added to the state's historical collection at the capitol at Des Moines.-Nonpareil, Sept. 12 , r9or. �COL. W. H. KINSMAN J\IEMORIAL. 9 COLONEL KINSMAN'S GRAVE LOCATED. REMAINS ENROUTE TO THIS CITY FOR INTERMENT.DISCOVERY DUE: TO GENERAL DODGE'S INTEREST.IS HERE TO GREET CASKET OF FORMER COMRADE.-SENT TWO VETERANS TO FIND GRAVE IN i\lISSISSIPPI.- LIEUTENANT STRAIGHT AND COMRADE JESSE TRUITT RETURNING WITH THE REMAINS.- !\T A Y ARRIVE TODAY. General Grenville ::vI. Dodge, who arrived yesterday for a visit to bis hon1e city,_ has just received word of the location of the grave of Col. vV. H. Kinsman, the gallant commander of t he Twenty-third Iowa regiment, whose resting place on a southern battlefield ha5 been unknown for many years. Colonel Kinsman's body has been disinterred and is now enroute to this city, where General Dodge plans to have it buried with all the honors clue the noted warrior. The remains are expected to arrive either today or tomorrow and will be placed in the receiving vault at Fairview cemetery until arrangements are made for the final interment. DUE TO GENERAL DODGE. It is due entirely to the energy and patriotism of General Dodge that the unknown grave of Colonel Kinsman has at last been found so that the body of the famous Council Bluffs soldier may rest finally in the city which was his home before he enlisted in the ~ervice of his. country. This is the second attempt General Dodge has made to locate the body of Colonel Kinsman, the first having been several years ago, since which uns~1c­ cessf ul search General Dodge has ever been hopeful of locat111g the lonely grave. A short time ago General Dodge learned that J. A. Straight of Washington, D. C., formerly of this city and a lieutenant in the Twenty-third Iowa regiment under Colonel Kinsman, and Jesse Truitt of \!Vinterset, also a veteran who had seen service in the same regiment, had assisted in the burial of Colonel Kinsman and were certain they could locate the grave. General Dodge sent them south about a week ago, and they have tele- �IO COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEllIORIAL. graphed him here that the grave was easily located by them and that they are now enroute to the city with the casket. COLONEL KINSMAN'S HEROIC DEATH. Colonel Kinsman fell at Black river bridg e in J\li ssissippi not far from V icksburg, May 17, 1863. He was at th e head of his regiment and was about to mount the enemy's battlement, when he fell with a mortal wound in his breast. It was Colon el Kinsman's dying request that he should he buried near where he fell and he v.;as accorded a grave there on the battlefield. A board marked his resting place, but it disappeared in a few yea rs and then all visible trace of the g rave was lost. Not ti II Lieu tenant Straight an.cl his comrade, Jesse Truitt, visited the o ld battl_efi eld a week ago, was its location discovered. They have advised General Dodge in their telegram that th e grave was readily found by them in the yard of an o ld farm house near Black bayou, Miss., which had been used as a hospital by the Twentythird Iowa regiment during its campaign in that vicinity. General Dodge had not had time yesterday to consult with any of his comrades in Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R., concerning the arrangements for the burial of Colonel Kinsman here and consequently could not make anv definite announcement in regard to the funeral. 1t is prob~ble, hmvever, that the casket when it arrives will be placed temporarily in a receiving vault and kept there until May 17, next spring, the thirty-ninth anniversary of the battle in which the gallant Iowa officer fell, when, as General Dodge suggests, the remains will be consigned to their last resting place with all due honor. OLD REGIMENTS MAY COME. It is probable that the surviving veterans of the old Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments will be invited to meet in this city on that day and assist in the high tribute that will then be paid their famous comrade. Both of these regiments have just claims on Colonel Kinsman as he en listed in the Fourth under General Dodge and ha<l been placed in command of the Twenty-third about nine months before his death. Colonel Kinsman first came to this county in the early days as a school teacher and was for several years employed in Hazel Dell township. He enlisted in the frontier guard company �COL. W. Fl.. KINSl\IAN ME:-.10RIAL. 11 raised by General Dodge in the latter part o f the 'so's. T hat was o n e of, if not th e first state militia company ever o rganized in I owa. General D odge \\'as captain of t hat compa ny and Colo nel Kinsman o ne of its lieutenants . Colo nel Benton of the T\\'en ty-ninth Io\\'a having been the other commissioned officer. The Cou nc il B luffs company ente red the Fourth Io\\'a regiment raised by Gener a l Dodge. \\'ho was appointed its colonel, as Company B o n July 3, 1861. Colonel Kinsman later became captain o f Company B. On August 2, 1862, he was appointed li eutenant-colo nel of the T\\'e nty-third Iowa regim ent a nd on Scptembe1- 9, the same year, rose to the rank of colonel of the r egiment. A NONPA REIL CORRESPONDENT. Concerning Colo nel Kinsman, Col. J ohn H. Keatley, no w o f vVash ington, D. C., says in an early history of Pottawattamie co1111ty : "The na m e of Colonel Kinsman is the especial property of Counc il B luffs. His remains r est in an unkno wn grave in Miss issippi, whe r e he fell at the B lack r iver bridge. H e came to the cou nty as a school t ea cher, and obtained employment in H azc l Dell. Few knew his o rigin , but he rapidly made fri ends a nd took part in the correspondence in the Nonpa r eil, attracting attention by th e quaintness a nd humor of some of his parag raphs. A m ong the first to o ffer his services to t he coun try, and cloomecl to lose his life on the battlefield, his gallant career has in vested his m e mo ry "·it!1 a halo that t ime will never dispel.">Jon pareil , Nov. 18, 19 01. �12 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. COLONEL KINSMAN'S REMAINS HERE. WILL BE PLACED IN VAULT TODAY WITH ALL HONORS. -MILITARY AND CIVIC PROCESSION TO FORM AT TWO P. M.-GENERAL DODGE COMPLETES FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS.-PLANS TO ERECT SUITABLE 1vIONU.MENT FOR THE HERO.- TO BE APPROPRIATELY DEDICATED MAY 17, 1902.-FOURTH AND TWENTYTHlRD IOWA REGIMENTS :MAY MEET HERE TH EN TO ASSIST IN FINAL INTERMENT. After forty years' absence, thirty-eight of which were passed in an unknown unnamed southern grave, all that is mortal of Col. vVilliam H . Kinsman, rests once more in his home city. Forty years ago young Kinsman, full of life, full of hope and ambition, went forth to battle for his chosen country as a lieutenant in the first Council Bluffs company in the Fourth Iowa regiment under comman<l of Col. Grenville M. Dodge. He rose rapidly in command until he .had attained th e rank of colonel of the Twentythird Iowa regiment, in the lead of which regiment he fell mortally wounded at Black river bridge, Mississippi, May 17, 1863. Buried there during the excitement and hurry of war, his grave was soon unmarked and unknown. Years passed without its discovery, though several attempts were made to find his remains and bring the body back to Iowa. Yesterday, however, a small box arrived in the city by express from Vicksburg, Miss. It contained all that remains on earth of Col. William H. K insman. Today in a handsome casket it will be taken with all the honors of war and peace to the cemetery where it is to rest forever amid those who cherish the memory of the great hero. Maj.-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, the friend of his youth, whose noble devotion even after years of death, has brought all this about. To him, great and good as he is, this act of patriotism to country and loyalty to comrade, will ever be a bright spot in the history of his wonderful life. CERE:MONIES FOR TODAY. As soon as General Dodge was advised yesterday morning of the arrival of Co!onel Kinsman's remains, he issued the following letter, which fully explains the arrangements for the �funeral procession and services that are to be held today in honor of the noted dead, whose memory all Council Bluffs, all To\\'a, especially re,·eres: ··council Bluffs, lo\\'a, Nov. 18, 1901.- (To the Editor of The Nonparei l.)-Dear Sir: The remains of Col. W. H . Kinsman have been found by Lieut. J. A. Straight and J esse Tntitt of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry, who \\'ere with him when he d ied in battle at Black bayou bridge, Mississippi. The remains arc now in the city and will be taken to Fairview cemetery Tuesday, November 19, at 2 o'clock p. 111., and deposited in the vaul t of Hon. \Vatter I. S mith , who has kindly tendered it for that purpose. "The ceremonies are in charge o f Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R ., of this city, ancl I extend to all soldiers and sailors of the civil and Spani sh wars, and all organizations of this city a cordial invitation to take part in honoring the memory of our distinguished citizen and soldier. "It has been arranged that the Dodge Light Guard, the High School Cadets, Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R., U nion Veteran Legion and such other organizations and citizens as desire to take part, shall assemble at Lunkley's undertaking establishment on upper Broadway tomorrO\\' at 2 p. m. "The only ceremonies at this time will be the army ritual at the vault, as it is intended hereafter to erect a suitable monument to Colonel Kinsman, and at that time it is expected that his comrades of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa infantry will be present and aid in his final burial. "John Lindt of Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R., will act as marshal on the occasion and application should be made to him by any person requiring any furth er information. ''The pallbearers for Colonel K insman will be three non commi s~ionecl officers of the Dodge L ig ht Guard, three 11011commissionecl officers of the H irrh School Cadets. and the honor::. ary pallbearers will be four comrades of Abe Lincoln. G. A. R. post, four comrades of the Union Veteran Legion (the officers of these organizations being requested to· make the selection), and the following citizens: Hon. John Beresheim, John Beno, P. C. DeVol and Leonard Everett. I am, yours truly, GRE~VTLLE ~I. DooGE." �14 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORI AL . ORDER OF PROCESSION. In accordance with the above letter from General Dodge, marshal of the day, John Lindt, yesterday afternoon announced the following order of the funeral procession, which will march from Lunkley's on upper Broadway to Fairview cemetery. Marshal Lindt has arranged for the march to start promptly at z o'clock and requests all societies desiring places in the procession to report to him at Lunkley's by I :45 p. m. T he order o f the procession is as follows : Platoon of Police. ·wall McFadden's Drum Corps. Maj. Gen. Grenville M. Dodge and 1\farshal Joh n Lindt in Carriage. Dodge Light Guard. High School Cadets. Hearse, with Guard of Active Pallbearers, Afoot. Honorary Pallbearers-Four Citizens, Four Members of Abe Lincoln Post, G. A. R., and Four Members of Union Veteran L egion, all Afoot. Abe Lincoln Post No. 29, G. A. R. Union Veteran Leg ion, E ncampment No. 8. All Other Veteran Soldiers, Sailors and !vlarines of the Civil and Spanish-American Vl/ars. Woman's Relief Corps of Abe L incoln Post. City 0 fficials. Civic O rganizations. Citizens Afoot and in Carriages. Capt. M. A. Tinley of the Dodge Light Guard announced last evening the selection of the following non-commissioned officer:; of his company, in accordance with the request of General Dodge, to act as pallbearers for the remains of Colonel Kinsm'1n today: . Sergeant Green, S ergeant S. E. Anderson, Corporal Peterson. On the same detail Capt. Carl P ryor of the H igh School Cadets has named Sergeant Van Order, Sergeant Robertson and Corporal Schnorr. The honorary pallbearers from the G. A. R. post and the U nion Veteran encampment were not selected last evening. The box containing all that remains of Colonel Kinsman's body, as stated in the letters of Lieutenant Straight and Comrade Jesse Truitt, arrived in the city yesterday morning. It came by the Adams express from Vickburg, M iss., nearby Black �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 15 bayou, and was unaccompanied save for another and small er box which contains relics of Colonel Kinsman and the place where he was killed, gathered' by the two veterans who located the lost grave. GRAVE LOCATERS NOT HERE. After recovering the remains and forwarding them to this city, Lieutenant Straight returned to his home in \i\Tashington and Jesse Truitt came back to his home at \i\Tinterset. They were both in Colonel K insman's regiment, the Twenty-third Iowa, and assisted in his burial. Lieutenant Straight was for several years a resident of Council Bluffs and while here married the adopted daughter of the late D. C. Bloomer. In accordance with the suggestion of the two veterans, who did such excell en t work in recovering the remains, the box was not opened and was taken at once from John Lindt's office, to which it had been directed by request of General Dodge, to Lunkley's undertaking establishment on upper Broadway. There, as soon as General Dodge had made a personal selection of a handsome hbck broadcloth casket, the precious little box was deposited in its final resting place. The box, as it came from Black bayou, is but two· and a half feet long and fourteen inches square, but it contains every bit of all that now remains of Colonel Kinsman's body and the coffin in which he was first buried. as explained in the letters of Lieutenant Straight and Comrade Truitt. INSCRIPTION ON CASKET. On the casket has been placed a silver plate upon which Genera I Dodge has had the following inscription engraved: BORN 1834 WILLIAM I-I. KINSMAN COLONEL TWENTY-THIRD IOWA INFANTRY KILLED IN BATTLE AT BLACK BAYOU, i\lISS., MAY 17, 1863 When it came to preparing the inscription for the plate yesterday it was discovered that no one in the city had any �16 COL. W. H. KINSMAN 1v1ElV10RIAL. record of the date of birth of Colonel Kinsman, so li ttle was known here of his early history until he came to Council Bluffs shortly before the outbreak of the civil war. General Dodge, however, hacl some years ago written an article on the life of his former comrade in the first militia company of Council Bluffs, and bad placed it among the records of the State Historica l society at Des Moines. A telegram to Curator A ldrich brought the reply that General Dodge's article showed that Colonel Kinsman was born at Cornwallis, Kings county, Nova Scotia, in T834, but the exact date in the year was not given. COLONEL KINSMAN'S SWORD. The sword which Colonel Kinsman wore during the early part oi his service in the army is now among the highly treasured relics of Abe Lincoln post of this city and occupies an honored place in a glass case in its hall in the Everett block. This sword was presented to the post by J ohn Lindt, to whom it was given by Captain Kirscht several years ago. Colonel K insman post of Des Moines, which was named after the gallant Council Bluffs colonel whose remains are now to be buried here, is believed to possess the sword that he wore when stricken with the rebel bullets at Black bayou. The Des Moines post has made several efforts to locate the grave of Colonel K insman that the remains might be buried in the capitol city, but were never able to succeed. HOW GRAVE WAS FOUND. LIEUTENANT STRAIGHT AND JESSE TRUITT TELL OF THEIR SEARCH. General Dodge yesterday received the following letter from Lieut. J. A. Straight of \i\Tashington, D. C., and Jesse Truitt of Winterset, Iowa, which gives an excellent description of their search for the Jost grave of Colonel Kinsman; their success in finding the remains; certainty of identification , and the shipment to this city for final interment: "War Department, Vicksburg National lVI ilitary Park Commission, Vicksburg, Miss., Nov. 15, 19or.-(:Maj. Gen . G. M. �COL. \V. H. KI?\Si\IAN '.\IEMORIAL. 17 Doclg-c, Council Bluffs, Ia.)-Dear General: I have just ret11rnccl fro m Black river bridge, having been successful in finding- the ren1ains of our friend, Colonel Kinsman. 1\fr. Truitt will leave fo r Iowa on the 1 T p. m. train tonight. "\Ve have boxed all that remains of the Colonel, packing it with as much care as was possible under the conditions and we sug-gest that a coffin be ready to in close the box just as we have shipped , so that the funeral arrangements may be concluded at the proper Lime, without changing from the present box. ··we fou nd it difficult to locate the grave at first, as a change hacl been made in the road . the house had been burned from which o ur measurements had been taken and the two witness trees fro m which I had meas ured to the grave had been cut down an cl the stu mps destroyed; old buildings had been erected some thirty yea rs ago in their immediate p~oximity to the grave, and a cistern or sin k had been dug, the dirt having been thrown out, partly o n Lop of the grave, thus making it impossible to trace fro111 landmarks I had designated; thus it became necessary to trench the ground around the entire area between. the old road and t he ground as I remembered it. ·· we fina lly fou nd his body u nderneath the cistern wall in part, after havi ng discovered the roots of t he old trees and we have secured the larger portion of the anatomy, together with the teeth in perfect condition, a large portion of the head and the important larger bones of the am1s and legs, some buttons and port ions of his boots. I also found his pipe, which I remember his smoking the night previous to the battle. F rom the fact that the body has lain partly in water for the last seventeen years, Lhe most of eac h year would of n ecessity destroy the bultons and other insig n ia, if he had them on at the time of his death. "One thing i\Ir. Truitt and myself, as well as ;\fr. Oldham, a lso of the Twenty-third. are positive that we have all that is left of Colonel Kinsman, confirms me in saying that we have been t·m inenlly successful and fortunate in securing as much of his remains as we have. ··r have secured some shells and other relics from the immediate locality where the Colonel fell and have cut several canes as mementos of the identical spot on which he received his death wo und on the breastworks. �18 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MElvIORIAL. "I have seen it stated by some one in the Des l\loines Register that Colonel Kinsman was buried on the spot where he received his death wound, but this is a mistake, as every member of the Twenty-third infantry present on that day knew so well. His first wound was received within twenty feet of the top of the banks of the Black river, the bullet passing through his body and through the sword belt. The regiment left him lying upon the ground and he overtook the boys after they had passed through the bayou and had mounted the rifle pits, the enemy retreating. Some stray shots struck him as he rushed through the bayou and up the breastworks, while he was waving his sword urging the boys onward, the second shot passing through the sword belt from an opposite direction and through the body. This shot was fired by some Tennessee troops as they were leaving the rifle pits on the retreat. "VI e found the spot upon which he fell, the trees still sta ncling under which he was carried by myself and others so that he might lie in the shade until the hospital corps should come upon the ground to take him away. In the course of an hour after he was borne by four of the strongest members of the Twenty-third to the open pasture lot adjoining the residence of Colonel i\Iarshall, where he died in the evening and was buried within a few feet of the stretcher on which he lay. I have taken the liberty of repeating this story so that you may cause the same to be correctly given ont to the newspapers of Iowa. "I passed over the entire line of breastworks today with Colonel Marshall, the owner of the plantation on which this battle took place, and I find a large portion of the same in much the same condition as ·when we fought that memorable battle. I have had potograpl1s made of the same in sections so that the comrades of the Twenty-third and Fourth Iowa who may wish can have copies thereof, showing the line of breastworks and the ground over which the Twenty-third made such a valiant charge. The ground is now in cotton and the cotton hills are about as rough as they were on the memorable 17th of May. "With the kindest wishes for yourself and all the comrades, we subscribe ourselves, yours truly, J. A. STRAIGHT, JESSE TRUITT." �COL. W. 1-1. KINSMAN !\ilE~IORI AL. 19 LETTER TO CAPTAIN LINDT . FURTHER EXPLAINS THE FINDING OF COLONEL KINSMAN"S REl\I:\INS. The following letter was also received yesterday by Capt. John L indt, in whose care the remains of Colonel K insman were expressed to this city, from Lieut. J. A. Straight : "'November 16, 19o i.-(Capt. J ohn Lindt, Council Bluffs, fa.)-!\Iy Dear Comrade: I have dispatched by express the remains of Colonel K insman last night directed to your care. \ 1Ve did not enclose them in casket for the reason that we had no means of obtaining one e..-xcept we came to Vicksburg, and after having packed them securely in the box we thought best to ship direct to you, leaving the comrades at Council Blu ffs discretion as to the k ind of casket they would have for the final entombment of what is left of our comrade. "I wish to add so111e additional information to what I gave in my letter directed to General Dodge last evening, as to t he history of the burying of Colonel Kinsman on May 18, 1863, that appears to my m ind as proper to be incorporated as a part of the history o f th e case, and I do so because of the general impression t hat has existed among the people of Iowa as to the spot where Colonel Kinsman fell. "The commissioner formerly sent to the battle grou nd, some years ago, labored under the impression t hat our colonel was buried at the spot where he received his mortal wound a nd they dug over a space something less than half an acre, under the impression that they would find the body at that point. Colonel l\f arshall, the owner of U1e plantation, gave this committee considerable credit for energy and ability in the way of excavation, but as they were at least a half mile from the true location of the body, their energy was expended for naught. "Alongside o f the g rave of Colonel Kinsman was buried on the same day the body of l\ir. Lyon, the sutler of the Twentythi rd, a nd his body was taken up and returned to Iowa within a sh ort time after the close of the war. We fo und this empty grave on the east side o f where we found the remains of Colonel Kinsman. thus proving beyond a doubt t hat our m easurements and �COL. W. H . KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 20 landmarks made in the memorandum book th irty-eight years ago were correct. "vVe hope that your post will move in the matter of erecting a suitable monument, not too expensive, but neat and appropriate to the death of so good a man as our brave colonel, and that t he unveiling o f the same be made a subject for reunion on the r7th of May next, and that a special effort be made to have every living member of t he Fourth Iowa, as well as the Twentythird, present on that occasion. "I know you will appreciate the fact that General Dodge should be given all honor for the determined effort he has made to secure the remains of Colonel Kinsman. He has shown surpassing love for his friend of the early wa1· time and seems to have given his heart's best love to the young man that he took such pride in when he enlisted in the Fourth Iowa, in 1861, and afterwards became a captain in that regiment. "Council Bluffs can afford to honor the Colonel by rendering all the assistance needed to erect the monument as a mark of respect to one of their most honored soldier boys. Fraternally yours, J. A . STHAIGHT." NOTICES FOR FUNERAL. G. A. R.-All members of Abe L incoln post No. 29, G. A . R., will meet at post headquarters on the 19th day of November, at r :30 p. m ., for the purpose of acting as escort in charge of the remains of Colonel Kinsman of the Fourth and Twentythird Iowa infantry, and place same in vault in Fairview cemetery. A large attendance is desired. All the W. R. C. and all old soldiers, sailors and marines of the wars of the Un ited States are most earnestly requested to turn out with us on th is occasion. GEORGE Attest: Enwrn J. ABBOTT, B. MILES, S. v. c. Adjutant. U . V. L.- All comrades of Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran Legion, will meet at G. A. R. hall today at 1 :30 p. rn. to escort the remains of Colonel Kinsman, Twenty-third Iowa �COL. 'vV. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. infantry, to Fairview cemetery. assembling. 21 Comrades will be prompt m Vi/. H . SPERA, Commander. \V. S. RrcE, Adjutant. All members of Dodge Light Guards are hereby ordered to report at the armory at I o'clock sharp, this afternoon. An invitation is also extended to all veterans of the Spanish-American war to march with the guards today at the funeral of Col. Vl . H . K insman. M. A. TINLEY, Captain. \V. R. C.- All members of Abe Lincoln Relief Corps No. will report at G. A. R. hall at I :30 p. m. this 19th day of K ove111 ber, and join A be Lincoln post as escort to the remains of Colonel Kinsman . A full attendance is desired. MARY H . AnnOTT, P resident. FAVOURETTE \VEATHERBEE, Secretary. -Nonpareil, Nov. 19, 1901. 180 HONORING COLONEL KINSMAN. Council Bluffs is today honored by having committed to its guardianship the sacred remains of the gallant Colonel Kinsman. The story of how he loved the flag more than life, of how his comrades laid him at rest on the southern field, and how after tht> many years have passed they have now brought him back to his beloved and loving Iowa is told in another column and will be read with thrilling interest by all. This afternoon the various military and civic organizations of the city, all soldiers and sailors, whether members of local organizations or not, are invited to take the places provided for them in the procession, in which all other patriotic citizens are a lso urged to join, to escort with clue honor the casket to the receiving vault. No appeal is neccessary to the patriotic heart of Council B luffs to thus give befitting recognition of the honor conferred upon it in being entrusted with such a sacred charge and to pay due tribute to the service and sacrifice of such a hero. �22 COL. W. H . KINSMAN lVlEMORIAL. Added interest in the event is caused by the presence of General Dodge whose generous m inistration of love for his comrade of camp and field has resulted in the searching out of the southern g rave and the removal of the body to the o ld northern home. He is busying himself with arrangements for a permanent memorial for the fallen hero and in such plans and purposes he will be given the ready support of the patriotic citizens of Council Bluffs.-Editorial, Nonpareil, Nov. 19, r9or. ALL HONORS TO THE NOBLE HERO. REMAINS OF COL. W. H. KINSMAN PLACED IN TOMB.IMPRESSIVE MILITARY AND CIVIC ESCORT TO THE HEARSE.-NEARLY ONE HUNDRED OLD SOLDIERS MARCH TO CEMETERY.-GENERAL DODGE LEADS HIS COMRADES IN ARMS.- G. A. R. RITUAL READ OVER FLAG-COVERED CASKET.-COLONEL KINS?IIAN"S REMAINS TO REST IN SMITH FAMILY VAULT UNTIL MONUMENT IS COMPLETED NEXT MAY. Though thirty-eight years have passed since Col. William H. Kinsman fell at the head of his regiment, the Twenty-third Iowa, in the battle of Black bayou, the last stand of the confederates before retreating to V icksburg, Council Bluffs yesterday carried his remains to Fairview with all the honors as if the hero had just gone to his reward. With one of the most imposing processions of young and veteran soldiers ever seen in the c ity, the remains were borne to the cemetery and placed in the tomb. This, however, was not a final tribute to the gallant Council Bluffs colonel, for on May 17, 1902, the thirty-ninth anniversary of his death in battle, it is proposed to dedicate a handsome monument near which his remains may rest forever, placed there by the survivors of the Fourth and Twenty-t hird Iowa regiments, who knew him best as a comrade in arms for his chosen country. All the arrangements for the funeral as planned by Maj.Gen . Grenville M. Dodge, were carried out in excellent manner �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 23 yesterday by the participants. l\fonday morning's Nonpareil gave the first news to the people o f Council Bluffs that Colonel Kinsma n's remains had been located and were enroute to this city for in term ent. A nd under the energetic leadership of General Dodge but a clay was required to prepare one of the best tributes ever rendered a returning hero, even though he had lain cold in death for nearly forty years. · LIKE A "MEMORIAL DAY. The home-coming of Colonel K insman was the occasion of a second memorial day scene here for this year. Despite the short notice that had of necessity been given of the arrival of Colonel Kinsman's remains, nearly 100 old soldiers came forth for the last march with their former comrade. A detail from the Dodge Light Guards and a full company of the High School Cadets were also on hand to pay tribute to the hero who· had p receded them years ago as an officer of the first military company ever organized in Council Bluffs. City officials also came to attest their regard for the noble dead. A ll people paused in reverence as the solemn cortege passed. Thus all honor and g lory was here rendered to the hero, whose memory has been cherished already a generation. CASKET 'WRAPPED IN FLAG. \i\frapped in the flag for which he had so nobly fought for and died, the casket containing all the mortal remains of Colonel IGnsman was viewed by scores o f people as it lay in state at Lunklcy's morgue yesterday morning and up to the hour of the fun eral in the afternoon. On the casket were placed magnolia leaves and cotton blossoms picked recently close by where the gallant Colonel fell mortally wounded as he was leading his regiment against the enemy. The sword which young Kinsman wore as he went to the front, a lieutenant in the first company to enter the war from Council Bltiffs, also lay on the casket until it entered the tomb, when the sword was again returned to its place of honor in the hall of A be Lincoln post. Soon after 2 o'clock the active pallbearers, non-commissioned officers each from the Dodge L ight Guard and the High School Cadets tenderly bore the casket_ from the morgue and �COL. W. H. KINSMAN lVIEMORIAL. placed it in the waiting hearse. As they passed the honor guard of militiamen at present arms and the group of waiting citizens in the short walk to the funeral car, it was a scene most impressive of the reunited country, an event brought about by such heroes as the one thus honored. BORNE BY THE BLUE AND GRAY. On the right of the casket were the three guardsmen clad in the blue of the north, wh ile on the left side walked the three cadets clad in the gray of the south, all however g iving shoulder to the precious burden which they gently bore. Looking down the street a little further one could see the long lin e of old veterans of the civil war, who had nobly fought that the country might not grow less; glancing in another direction could be seen the young veterans who had fought that the country might grow greater; and another turn of the eyes brought to view the you thful cadets, well drilled that they may defend this reunited and greater country. Such was the lesson in patriotism that General Dodge by his generosity and love of country and of comrade, made it possible to. be taught in this city yesterday. None better can be conceived. PROCESSION MOVED SLOWLY When the casket had been safely placed in the hearse for its last ride, marshal of the day, Captain John Lindt, gave the command for the proce::sion to march and the long column slowly moved westward on. Broadway to Bryant street, thence east on Bryant to the Oakland route to Fairview cemetery. The solemn procession was headed by a platoon of policemen under command of Capt. Dixon Denny. Then came Wallace McFadden's fife and drum corps softly playing a martial funeral march. It is interesting to note that Wallace McFadden, as the old soldiers say, "drummed up" the company in this city with which young Kinsman started for the war. That was Company B of the olcl Fourth Iowa, o f which regiment G1·enville M. Dodge was colonel before his subsequent promotions. GENERAL DODGE IN LINE. Maj. Gen. Grenville l\II. Dodge and Marshal John Lindt in a carriage occupied the place of honor in the procession , next in �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 25 line. .Aside from General Dodge's great interest and success in having the lo ng lost g rave of Colo nel Kinsman located and the remains brought to his home city for final interment, his presence yesterday was most fitting. It was as a lieutenant under Captain Dodge that Kinsman first donned a uniform in the service of his state. That was in the original Dodge Light Guard, the first militia company ever organized in western Iowa. .As a lieutenant under Colonel Dodge. Kinsman enlisted for his country. As a captain he fought beside Colonel Dodge at Pea Ridge. As a lieutenant-colonel he served in the south with Brigad ier-General Dodge. As a colonel he died, now to be brought to his last resting place by !: is still faithful friend, :\lajor-Genernl Dodge. Capt. :\I. A . Tinley and Lieutenant .Mather of the Dodge Light Guard follo\\"ed the carriage of their generous benefactor and after them came a firing squad from the Dodge Light Guard under command of s~rgcant \"an Order. T he High School Cadets were nC'xt in line under command of Capt. Carl Pryor. T hey made an excellent showing in their \i\T est Point uniforms, white leggings ancl belts. HE:\RSE AND PALLBEA RERS. The hearse with the flag-enfolded casket followed the cadets. Close by the funeral car, on either side, marched the active pallbearers, Sergeant Thomas Rutherford, Sergeant Anderson and Corporal Peterson from the Dodge L ight Guard and Sergeant Van O rder, Sergeant Robertson and Corporal Schnorr of the High School Cadets. Beside the active pallbearers marched the twelve honorary pallbearers. They were as follows : Four citizens chosen by Gen eral Dodge, Hon. J ohn Beresheim, John Beno, P. C. DeVol and Leonard Everett; four members of Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R.; Captain Seth Craig, who was the first commander of Company B and who was succeeded as captain by Lieutenant Kinsman; H. J. Chambers, J. W. Davis and 'vV. H. Woodring; four members of Union Veteran Legion, Encampment No. 8, R . N. J\'1crriam and F . l\f. Dalton, who were members of Company B with Captai n Kinsman: Robert Beecroft and L. Sherwood . �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. Abe Lincoln post No. 29, Grand Army of the Republic, of which General Dodge is commander, came after the hearse, with its colors furled with the badge of mourning. Encampment No. 8 of the Union Veteran Legion, of which General Dodge is also an honorary member, was next in line with its battle Aag also draped. Other veterans of the civil war joined with these two commands. Vv'illiam Campbell, who was a member of Company B with Kinsman, was among the veterans in line yesterday. OVER EIGHTY VETERANS l\ fARCHED. 1 A ltogether over eighty old soldiers participated in the march to the cemetery. It was the best showing made by the veterans for a number of years and considering the age and infirmities of the men racked by war, the long march behind his remains to their last resting place in the cemetery was a remarkable tribute to the comrade of forty years ago. Carriages with members of the \iVoman's Relief corps of Abe Lincoln post followed the veterans, and then came several carriages with lVIayor Jennings, and members of the city council and municipal officers. Quite a number of carriages of private citizens brought up the rear guard of the procession. CASKE'l' IN SMITH VAULT. 'W hen the procession reached Fairview it proceeded at once to the Smith family vault, which Congressman vValter I. Smith of this city kindly offered as a temporary resting p1ace for Colonel Kinsman's casket until the monument to be erected has been completed for the final interment next May. On the walk leading to the doorway of the tomb the flag covered casket was rested for the brief burial service of the G. A. R. ritual. Capt. John Lindt stood at the head of the casket and read the portion of the ritual assigned to the commander of the post, while Adjutant Edwin J. Abbott acted as chaplain and offered the prayer of the ritual and benediction, at the foot of the casket. On· the high embankments on either side of the walk were grouped the pallbearers, veterans and citizens, while near by Captain Lindt stood General Dodge, his head bowed in deep g rief. The whole scene was a picture worthy of the painting, while the beauty and impressiveness of the simple ceremony of the veterans will always be remembered by those present. �COL. W. H. KINSMAN ME:MORIAL. 27 COI\lRADES' LAST TRTB liT ES. In the close of the service, Comrade D . K. \i\Titter placed a wreath of evergreen 011 t he casket, saying: .. O n behalf of the post I g ive this tribute, a symbol of undying love fo r the comrade of the war." Comrade E . ~k\1Vill ia m s followed, and in placing a bunch o f white roses on the casket. said: "Symbol of purity, we o ffer at this lowly grave a rose. l\fay future generations emulate the unselfish devotion of even the lowliest of our heroes." Comrade George L. :\fartin placed the laurel wreath on the cask et , saying: '"Last token of affection from comrades in arms, we crown these remains with the symbol of victory." SOLDIER'S FAREWELL SALUTE. The fir ing squad of the Dodge Light Guard then fired the three farew ell volleys and bugler J. Rosenfeld softly blowed "Taps." Then, to the muffled roll of the drums, the casket was slowly carried into the vault where it is to remain until the people of Council Bluffs and Iowa have erected a substantial monument, beneath wh ich all that is mortal of Colonel K insman will rest forever. Back to the city of the living slowly came the procession with its empty hearse. B ut Colonel Kinsman still lives ever in the memories of all Council Bluffs. A PUPIL OF KINSMAN. WRITES TO GENERAL DODGE MEMORIES OF HER TEACHER. General Dodge yesterday received the following Jetter from a former pupil of the late Colonel K insman while he 'Nas a school teacher in Council Bluffs before entering the army. The letter follows: " Council Bluffs, Ia., No·v. 19, 19or.-(Gen. G. M. Dodge, Council Bl uffs, Ia.)-Dear Sir: Thinking it may interest you , 1 �COL. W. H. KI NSMAN MEMORI AL. submit to your attention the following recollections o f vV. H. K insman: "Years ago William H. Kinsman taught for a term a school in Council Bluffs in a building, an old. two-story frame, which stood at the corner of the intersection (southeast) of P ierce and Stutsman streets. I am sure that three of my older sisters were under his tutorship at that time for a short period. I think that he boarded and roomed with the family of J. B. Stutsman, now of H arlan, Ia., whose residence was next, north of the o ld school house. " Mr. Kinsman was very kind to children. Often he carried me on his shoulder, while overseeing the boys in their play, and I have recollections of kisses given me by him. He must then have been between 25 and 30 years of age, and I was 4 or 5, a rosy-cheeked maid, possessed of an ever-recurring laugh which was the source of great annoyance to me as attracting much unwelcome attention. This laugh may have been the bo nd of interest between us, as he was possessed of a laugh as spontaneous if a little less irrepressible. "Colonel Kinsman possessed considerable dramatic talent, and it was his custom on F riday afternoon to delight his pupils by giving exhibitions of his ability along that line. The reci tation frequent ly call~d for, and heartily given by him, was one in which he personated an inebriate craving liquor. He would don a ragged coat, a battered high hat, with broken crown, through which his hair protruded and had, sometimes in pocket and sometimes in his hand, a large, empty, brown bottle to which he addressed his speech at times. "The teacher was induced to g ive this recitation at noon, sometimes. Then the play g round would be cleared and every one would gather in a circle around the master to witn ess his clever personation. In th is recitation the climax was reached when the actor, extend ing his bottle, appealed in heartrending tones; "Give me rum! Give me rum!" I can re111embe1· t hat just before he neared the climax the younger members of his audience were so tilled with nervous terror as to edge through the crowd to reach a position near the door, or to hide under desks in case he turned his attention in their direction. �COL. W. H. KINSfliIAN ?\IEMORIAL. "Not understanding the uses for, or reason in the assumption of dramatic character, and Colonel Kinsman's personations being so true to life, I could not always harmo nize my impressions of him as seen in some of those assumed characters with impressions I liked better to entertain of him as a kindly, courteous, affable gentleman. beloved by his pupils. "Among the many men and women of Council Bluffs there must remain a few who were his pupils, although many, very many who made up the circle, and were transfixed by his eloquence, have, like him, passed into the great beyond. "After many years of rest in an unknown grave, to his remains will be shown the honor due to the hero, a nd his ashes "·ill be interred where friends may lay a flower upon his tomb in memory of teacher, dramatist, or soldier-hero. "All honor, also, to the great-souled man whose efforts have rescued Colonel Kinsman's ashes from obscurity and given to Council Bluffs h er own. Krns7'1AN's LnTLE FRIEND." -Nonpareil , Nov. 20, 19or. COlVIMANDER DODGE. NOW AT THE HEAD OF ABE LINCOLN G. A. R. POST.COLONEL KINSMA N !1 IONUMENT IS PLANNED.-TO BE GRANITE SHAFT TWENTY FEET IN HEIGHT.FINANCE CO.MMITTEE, JOHN LINDT. GEORGE CARSON. THEO. GUITTAR, \ VM. MOORE AND EDWIN ]. ABBOTT. 1 l\fajor-General Grenville ?vI. Dodge was installed last evening as commander of Abe Lincoln post No. 29, Grand Army of the Republic, of this city. The installation ceremony by which the distinguished soldier was placed in command of the G. A. R. post was made an elaborate affair and was participated in by nearly the full membership of Abe Lincoln post and vVoman's Relief corps. After General Dodge had been inducted into the office of commander, which is the highest position within the gift of the �30 COL. W. H. KINSiVIAN M E lVIORI AL. post, he addressed his comrades in a short but heartfelt speech in which he extended his sincere thanks for the additional honor that had been accorded him. DODGE AND i\I'KINLEY. One of the most touching parts of General Dodge's address was the relating of his last talk with the late Preside nt ~1IcKin l ey , who held General Dodge as one of his closest fri ends and advisors. The last meeting o f the two occurred at \!Vashington du ring the dedication of the Logan monument in Iowa circl e. General Dodge was president o f th e commission that had charge o f the erection of the memorial to General Logan, which. by the way, is one of the finest equestrian statues in the national capital and stands upon the most elaborate and handsomest pedestal in that city. President McKinley had planned to leave on his trip to the P acific coast before the Logan dedication cere m o nies last spring, but at the request of General Dodge he remained in Washington and delivered the principal address at the dedication. which was the last exercise of the kind in wh ich the m a rtyred president participated. THE KI NSMAN MONUMENT. General Dodge then presented his plans for the Colonel K insman monument, and in doing so exhibited a drawing of the memorial he suggested as most suitable to erect. The proposed monument consists of a round gran ite shaft encircled b y a winding flag. The shaft is placed on a broad gra nite base and rises in a total heighth of twenty feet to a cannon ba ll of granite, which forms the apex· of the shaft. On one side of the base will be placed a bronze bust medallion of Colon el Kinsman. General Dodge also suggests the idea of inscribing o n bronze plates o n the other sides of the base of the K insman monument the names of all members o f the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa infan try reg iments, who still sleep in Hnknown g raves. This monument meets with the hearty and unanimous approval of the post a s the proper and fitting nwmorial for Colonel K insman . The post then proceeded to vest in its commander, General Dodge, the authority to appoint a committe o f five to manage the finances of the Colonel Kinsman monument. General Dodge, a fter clue consideration, announced the selection of the following �COL. vV. H . KINS1vIAN MEl\lORIAL. 31 members of the committee: John L indt, Judge George Carson, Theodore Guittar, \i\Tilliam i\foore and Edwin J. Abbott. COM~UTTEE \VILL HUSTLE. This committee will proceed at once to arrange its plans for raising monument funds, which ·will require about $2,000 or $2,500. An energetic and rapid canvass for the fund will be commenced in a few days as the plan is to have the monument ready for dedication on 1'1ay 17, 1902, the thirty-ninth anniversary of Colonel Kinsman's death in battle. This is but six months distant and the committee realizes that it will have to hurry. At the close of the installation ceremonies and the adoption of the Kinsman mon ument proposal of General Dodge, a banquet \Vas spread for the members of the post by the ladies of the Relief corps. The new commander was given the seat of honor at the head of the table and there surrounded by a few of the surviving members of his old regiment, the Fourth Iowa, while the remainder of the banquet tables were fill ed with other veterans a nd W. R. C. members, a jolly camp fire reunion was held for an hour or more. W. R. C. THANKS GENERAL. During the feast, l\ [rs. Mary H . A bbott, president of the vVoman's Relief corps of Abe Lincoln post, extended an address of thanks to General Dodge on behalf of her corps for his many kindnesses to that organization. In his reply, General Dodge took occasion to remark that if it had not been for the women in the civil war, he was in serious doubt wheth er the union army would have been successful. The following resolution was also adopted by Abe Lincoln post last evening: Hesolved, That the thanks of Abe Lincoln, post, G. A. R., of Council Bluffs, Iowa, are hereby extended to Lieut. J. A. Straight and J essie Truitt o f the Twenty-third Iowa infantry for their successful efforts in find ing and transmitting to this city the remains of Col. W. H. Kinsman. Resolved, That this post accept with pleasure the war relics gathered on the battlefield of Black river bayou where Colonel Kinsman fell, and our thanks are extended to Lieut. J . .-\. B4152a �32 COL. W. H. KINS.MAN MEMORIAL. S traig ht and J esse T ruitt for their thoughtfulness 111 gathering these relics and forwarding them to us. Resolved, T hat a copy of these resolutio ns be sen t to L ieut. J. A. Straight, Washington, D. C. , and to Jesse Truitt. \ Vin terset, Iowa, and a copy furni shed the press.-0fonparcil. ~ ov. 24, 1901. CALL MADE BY GENERAL DODGE. TO MY CO::'vlRADES. "Council B luffs, Ia., Nov. 26, 19o r.-To rdy Comrades of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa Infantry: T he remains of vV. H . Kinsman of Council Bluffs, Ia., who was a lieutenant and captain in Company B, F ou rth Iowa infantry, and lieutena ntcolonel and colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry, have been recovered by Lieut. J. A. Straight and J esse Tru itt of the Twenty-third Iowa, and are now d eposited in a vault in Fairview cemetery in this city. "It is intended to erect a suitable monument to his memory, and it is my wish that every li ving comrade o f the two regirnents in which he so gallantly served, should have an opport unity to aid in the erection of the monument, no matter ho w small the amount. The names of every one of you should appear in honoring the memory of your comrade and commander, and you should also be present at the unveiling of the mo nument on l\tiay 17, 1902. "As the contract for the monument must be made imm ediately, in order to have it completed in time, your donations should be prompt and fo rwarded to E . J. Abbott, adjutant A be L incoln post, G. A . R., Council B luffs, Ja. The comrades w ho see this are requested to inform all comrades of their acquaintance in their reg iment. G R ENVILLE M. D ODGE." �COL. \V. H. KINSi\ IAN :\IEJ.\IO RI AL. 33 COLONEL W. H. KINSMAN. TNC I DEKTS IN '!'HE LIFE OF THE GALLANT OFFJ CER.C:\I NED FIRST PR0'.\11.i\ENCE ON THE NONPAREJL.\\' :\R Tl:\IE PAPERS TELL OF HIS GALL:\N'l' RECORD. - \\'t\S BELO\'ED BY :\LL HIS CO:\IRADES. - HIS C :\ REER AS ·\ '.'iE\\'SP:\PER \\'RITER.-IIONORED BY ALL. Sailo r. lawyer. teache r, newspaper writer , soklie r- lhose we re th e various occupa tio ns that \i\Tilliam H. K ins man had pu ri- uecl in t he s hort space o r twenty-nine years, whic h was his age at the time he met a he ro's death leading his regiment at Black bavou, ~1issi ss i ppi . In each he had shown himself to be a leader amongst those of his class, just as h e proved himself to be foremost a111011g his comrades in arms in the noble fight to preserve the u11io 11. A fo reigner by birth , having been born in Nova Scotia in 1834, no native son of America was more loyal than he lo the s tars and stripes of hi s adopted count ry. i \ sailo r for several years in his youth, he did not give up his ambitio n for a professiona l life and as soon as he had the fun ds and opportunity at his command, bega n his education at an academ y in New Y ork. Then filled with a desire to become a lawyer, he accepted a n offer to study law in a Clevela nd , 0., office, s ubseq uent ly coming to Council B lu ffs and here gaining admission to the bar in 1858. H TS NEWSPAPER CAREER. Not having the means to pursue the practice o f his profession at that time, he turned to accept a position as instructor in I he public schools o f this cou nty. He also he re began a s ho rt newspaper career in whic h he gave evidences of great t alent in his letters to The Nonpareil from Pike's Peak, where he sought, but fo und not, a fortune in the gold fields, and from \Vashington, where he spent the winter before the war in government service and in studying at d ose range the problems that were then threate ning to disrupt the unio n, to preser ve which he gave his life. �34 COL. W. H . KINSMAN MEMORI AL. Such in brief is the history of the hero whose remains. after nearly forty years in an unknown grave, have at last bee n returned to the city from which he went forth to battle fo r his chosen country. Last week this city rendered all ho nor to t he home-coming all that now remains of its distingui shed dead. Now it will raise an appropriate monument to the me mory of Colonel K insman and then place his remains in a perpetual a nd honored resting place on the thirty-ninth anniversary of his death at Black bayou, Mississippi, May 17, 1863. A ll of t his revival of interest in the g allant Council Bluffs colo nel has been brought about through the generous and persistent loyalty of Maj .-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge to the friend o f his youth. To him and the faithful comrades, Lieut. J. A Straight o f \.Vashing ton, D . C., and Jesse Truitt of Winterset, Iowa, whom he se nt to Mississippi recently in search again for the long lost grave of their former commander, is due the credit for this g reat a nd good deed. of ON THE NONPAREIL. During his life in Council B luffs Colonel K in sman was prominently connected with The Daily Nonpareil as an editorial and news writer. In 1859, while he was in the rush o f gold seekers to Colorado, he wrote a number of interesting letters concerning the Pike's Peak country. Returning fro m Colo rado, not having bettered his fortune, young K insman d ecided to become a \ i\Tashington newspaper correspondent, and in December of 1859 started for the national capital with a commission to write weekly letters to The Nonpareil in addition to his duties as a government employe. H is \i\Tashington letters, which were excellent descriptions of the historic scenes then being enacted at the national capital, are even now lively read ing . while his well worded sketches of the city of Washington a re worthy of careful study. When the war became certain Kinsman gave up his newspaper ambition and returned to Council B luffs to JO tn the "Council Bluffs Guards," which was organ ized by his still faithful friend, General Dodge. I N COUNCIL BLUFFS GUARDS. The Nonpareil o f May 18, 1861, tells o f the re-organization o f this company, which was one of the first militia companies fo rmed in the state, and of its vounteering as a member o f the �COL. W. H. KINSMAN :MEMO RIAL. 35 Fourth Iowa infantry regiment then called out by Governor Kirkwood. The first officers of this company on its muster into the government service in 1861 were: Captain, Grenville M. Dodge; first lieutenant, J. F . Hopper; second lieutenant, C. C. Rice. Though Kinsman does not appear among the first commissioned officers of the company, his great popularity among his comrades is shown by the fact that he was forthwith chosen president of the civil organization of the company. After the promotion of Captain Dodge to the colonelcy of the Fourth regiment, the Council B luffs Guards, which was by that time known as Company B, elected a new set of officers on July 5, 1861, wh ile still in camp just south of the city. At that time Kinsman was awarded his first shoulder straps, being chosen second lieutenant of the company. Dr. S. H. Craig, who is still a resident of this city, was named as captain, and D . A. vVheeler first lieutenant. In reporting this election of officers of Company B, The Nonpareil of the following day said of Kinsman: "He is a young gentleman of indomitable energy, · does everything he undertakes and knows no half way." HIS PROPHETIC TOAST. The truth of this assertion was fully demonstrated in his army career and the manner in which he met his death on the battlefield. At a banquet following the company election, Lieutenant Kinsman responded to the toast, "The American Union," with the sentiment, "It must and shall be preserved." Even after his regiment had left Council Bluffs on its way to the front, Kinsman frequently sent newsy letters to The Nonpareil of life in camp. In a letter thus writen while he ·was at Camp Lyons, near Rolla, M o., under date of October 5, 186r, he wrote the following touching tribute to the noble women of this city who were then generously looking after the comfort o f the soldiers and sending to them at camp many remembrances of home: HIGH TRIBUTE TO LADIES. "V c are thankful to the patriotic ladies of CoLtncil Bluffs for the noble efforts they are making to sustain and encourage their citizen soldiery. Goel bless the American women of 1861. 1/ �COL. W. H . KINSMAN MEMORIAL. - - - - --- History has a b right page in store for them, and the co ming generations all along down the ages of time will do them reverence. "The boys of Company B send their love to the g-irls a nd their best regards to the old folks at home and say t hey an: g-oing back to celebrate next Fourth of July with them-tak ing along the flag the ladies gave us- torn and blood-stained it may be, but still floating as proudly as when first its beautiful folds \\'ere unfurled over the heads of its fair donors at Camp 1'.irkwood. The dear old flag, though insulted and spit upon by traitors, is still the banner of a mighty nation and so it will be for a thousand years to come." The hig h regard in which Lieutenant Kinsman was held by the members of his own company and all the soldiers who kn ew him, is clearly shown by the fo llowing ex tract fro m a le tt er written by " H. M. B .," which was publ ished in Tile Nonpareil of October i9, i86r: MOST POPULAR OFFICER. "You know I am not a candidate for promotion a nd consequently I don't make a business o f flatterin g officers. B ut I must be permitted to deviate from my rule in the ca~c o f Lieutenant (now Captain) Kinsman. He is the most popular officer that I know. There is not a man in the co mpany who docs not like him, and when the captain's office becam e vacant he was elected captain without a dissenting voice. J\ nd well has he earned his promotion, fo r if there is any officer in th is regi m ent who studies the comfort and welfare o f his men it is Captain K insman ("Bob," when he's not in uniform). The men know this, have evidences of it all the time and like him because they believe he cares for them." Captain K insman proved his bravery and tact as a n officer at the battle of Pea Ridge, which lasted from l\l a rch 6 to 8 inclusive, 1862,-at Pea Ridge, A rkansas, where the Fourth I owa fought its first hard fight and won everlasting g lo ry. In that battle Colonel Dodge was in command o f the first brigade o f the Fourth division of the union army, and in his official report of the fi g ht, wh ich also won a brigadier general's sta r fo r Colo nel Dodge, he especially commended the gal lantry of Captain Kinsman and his company as follows : �COL. W. H. KINSMAN :MEMORIAL. 37 COLONEL DODGE'S CO MMENDATION. "Company B, Fourth Iowa, under Captain Kinsman, with two companies of the Twenty-fourth lVIissouri, were on the 7th ordered to the extreme left of the division to hold our left flank and check the enemy upon the high hill. He did this very effectively that clay and rendered us very efficient service." Captain Kinsman returned. to Council Bluffs on a furlough the latter part of July, i862, and The Nonpareil of August 2, 1862, says of him: "Captain W. H. Kinsman addressed a large assembly of citizens a few evenings since in front of the Pacific house. He detailed at considerable length the movements of the Army of the Southwest. Captain Kinsman was repeatedly and heartily applauded during his address. He left for the east this morning. \i\lhilst here he was met by the hearty congratulations of his nmnerous friends, all of whom wish him a hearty godspeed in whatever field of duty he may be called to serve his country." BECOMES LIEUTENANT-COLONEL. On August i6, 1862, The Nonpareil tells of the ·further advancement of t he Council Bluffs officer, as follows: "The Des Moines Register says that Captain vV. H. Kinsman of Council Bluffs has been appointed lieutenant-colonel of the western (Twenty-third) regiment. Colonel Kinsman was attached in a responsible position to the Fourth Iowa infantry and was with that regiment in all its sharp experiences from Rolla through Pea Ridge to Helena. He earned promotion and it !:as been conferred." Undoubtedly the last time Colonel Kinsman ever visited Council Bluffs alive is recorded in the following item from The Nonpareil of September 2, 1862 : LAST VISIT TO COUNCIL BLUFFS. "Lieutenant-Colo nel Kinsman of the Twenty-third Iowa arrived here on Sunday direct from Helena. The colonel returned to Des Moin es this morning to assist in the organization of his regimen t." The Twenty-third Iowa infantry was organized at Des Moines with Colonel Dewey in command and then proceeded south through St. Louis in the fall of 1862. On the death of �COL. W. H. KINSMAN lVlEMORIAL. Colonel Dewey, Kinsman was at once appointed colonel of the Twenty-third. That he continued to be held in high regard by th e rank and fi le of his command is again demonstrated by the fo llo wing extract from a letter from Corporal Lawrence C. Smith of this city, which was published in The Nonpareil of 11ay 5, r863, j ust twelve days before Colonel Kinsman fell in battle at B lack river bridge, the last stand of the rebels before retreating to Vicksburg: LOVED BY HIS COMRADES. "Our good Colonel Kinsman has just arrived and I tell you we are all g lad to see him again and mean to keep him this t ime. 'Ne are following the rebels up on Black river, where we expect to have the main Vicksburg fight and take it." Another soldier's letter in T he Nonpareil of July tells of the death of Corporal Smith, who was a son of S . iVL Smith of this city, at Milliken's road, Louisiana, July 18, 1863. Corporal Smith after learning of the death of his commande1- at Black river, said to him: "A better man never lived," which sentence seemed to express the heartfelt sentiment of every soldier of the Twenty-third regiment. The war time files of The Nonpareil are rather incomplete and the papers of the two months just following Colonel Kinsman's death are missing, consequeptly the public expressions of the time concerning his demise have not been accessible for this sketch of the gallant officer, whom all the country honors. IN COLONEL KINS.MAN'S DAY. The bringing home of Colonel K insman's remains calls forth the following interesting and reminiscent communication from The Nonpareil's correspondent at Onawa: "Onawa, Ia., Nov. 23.-To The Nonpareil: T he Nonpareil of November 19, containing the news of the arrival of Colonel W. H. K insman's remains at Council Bluffs, seemed like an echo of the past to some of the old timers of Onawa. The first two men from Monona county to enlist in the civil war of the rebellion were vV. A. Fairchild and Theodore F. Sanderson, who enlisted in Company B, Fourth Iowa Volunteers. The Fourth Iowa and its gallant officers and men will always hold a warm �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 39 place in the hearts of the survivors of the civil war. No officer was ever held in more esteem than Colonel K insman by officers and men. V1/ . A. Fairchild, one of the members of Company B, Fourth I o wa, received a furlough on account of sickness, and died on his way home at Sidney, Iowa, and is buried in the Onawa cemetery. Theodore Sanderson, the other member, served thro ugh the war, returned home and is still living in good health. ''The Nonpareil was the only daily paper published in western Iowa at that time and its columns contained the first news of all the g reat battles. The vVestern Stage company ran a line then from Council Bluffs to Sioux City,. and the stage stayed over night at the Onawa house, in Onawa. It usually arrived about 6 p. m. (if the roads were good), but in bad weather its arrival was delayed until 9, 10, or even 12 o'clock. The citizens chipped in and subscribed for one copy of The Nonpareil. On the arrival of the stage at the postoffice, which was in a general store, the postmaster hastily unlocked the pouch, found The Nonpareil and threw it over the railing, where some person who was a good reader with strong lungs proceeded to read the entire paper aloud, the office in the meantime being crowded with people, anxious to hear the first news from the front. 'All quiet on the Potomac,' was the favorite head line, and it was good for most every day o f the week. The reader was frequc::ntl y interrupted by the listeners, who criticised the generals and a discussion was always in p rogress as to the best methods of conducting the war and putting dowll' th e rebellion. The board of strategy was always in continuous session at the postoffice, and most every man considered himself competent to bring the war to a successful close inside of sixty days. They were all generals in those days. Wonder how the people would like to wait fifteen or tvventy hours now for news? Great is the progress of civilization and the daily nt:wspaper is the advance agent." DES l\ilOINES PAPER'S TRIBUTE. T he Des Moines R egister, in its leading editorial of last \N ednesclay, speaks of "Colonel K insman's Good Record," as follows: • "The civil war veterans of Iowa unitedly congratulate and thank Gen . G. M . Dodge on the successful result of his effort �40 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEl\·IORIAL. - -- - - -- - - - - -- ·- - --. to find the body of Col. 'William H. Kinsman, who was killed in the charge which closed the battle of Black river bridge. :\lay 17, 1863. Colonel Kinsman was born in Nova Scotia in 1834. He came to the United States when he was about twenty years of age, and as soon as he had earned sufficient funds to pay expenses he entered the Columbia County (New York) academy. He left that institution in 1857 to attend a course of law lectures at Cleveland, 0. The next year he came west and located at Council Bluffs, after walking across the state. He had no money when he reached that town, but he had the elements which amount to more than money in the gain ing and holding of friendships. He engaged in the practice of law, taught school and wrote for the press until the Pike's Peak gold fever excitement induced him to seek his fortunes there. It is said that he made the trip on foot, and retu rned after a yea1·'s absence without loss or gain in wealth, and resumed his practice and newspaper work. "At the beginn ing of the civil war, Colonel K insman assisted in recruiting the first company that went from Pottawattam ie county to the battlefields of 1861. General Dodge was elected captain to that Company B o f the Fourth Iowa infantry, and Kinsman was elected se::cond lieutenant of the company. It was in that company and regiment that the friendship was formed that resulted in Colonel Kinsman's body being brought to Council Bluffs to be buried in the old home city. Captain Dodge was commissioned colonel of the recriment at its on2·an iza"' ~· tion, and L ieutenant Kinsman was promoted to captain soon afterward. In July, 1862, Captain Kinsman was appointed adjutant-general to Gen. G. M . Dodge, b ut he declined t he commission and remained with his regiment until he was promoted to the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry in A ugust, 1862. He joined that regiment in Des Moines, and served with it until the death of Colonel Dewey promoted h im to the colonelcy of the regiment. During the fo llowing winter the Twenty-third Iowa infantry was attached to the army of southeast Missouri, but early in the spring it arrived at Millikery's Bend and became a portion of the army that captured Vicksburg. Port Gibson was the regiment's first battle, and there it lost six killed and twenty-five wounded. The regimen~ �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 41 was in the reserve at Champion's Hill, but gained distinguished honors in the battle of Black river bridge, in which it had more than IOO killed and wounded, including Colonel K insman, who was killed while lead ing the charge with his regiment. He was s hot through the abdomen soon after the regiment started on the charge, and felled to the ground, but he promptly sprang to his feet and said: 'They have not killed me yet,' and again led and encouraged the regiment in the charge. Soon afterward he was shot through the lungs, and said to the members of the regim ent nearest to him: 'Go on, go on, I can not go with you further, and added: 'Bury me on the battlefield, and tell my frien ds I did not falter.' "The material facts herein were gleaned from Capt. A. A . Stuart's 'Iowa Colonels and Regiments,' which was written soon after the war and before there was time to gain all t he information that should have appeared in the work. All the reports agree that Colonel K insman was a model soldier, and that fa ct is furt her indicated by th e effo rts of t he Io·..va legislature to find his body and have it brought back to the state he honored, and by the final d etermination of Gen. G. M. Dodge that the bod y should be found- a determination that resulted in finding the body and giving it burial in the state he loved and served with unusual distinction in the g reatest war in t he world's history." CURATOR ALDRICH'S INTEREST. The follo wing clay the Des rvioines paper, which has shown great interest in Colonel Kinsman, owing to the D es Moines G. A . R. post h aving adopted the name of the gallant colonel, says : "Curator Charles Aldrich of the state historical department, was much gratified to read in the H.egister yesterday morning of the s uccessful search for the remains of Col. ·William H . Kinsman, t he gallant Iowa soldier who fell at Big Black river bridge, M iss., during the engagement there of the Twenty-third Iowa. 1\fr. A ldrich received word fro m Gen. G. l\1[. Dodge about six weeks ago that the General proposed to institute another search for the soldier's remains and believed he would be successful. Forthcoming numbers o f the Iowa A nnals will be made to tell the s tory of how the• g rave was found by two of the comrades who helped bury the fallen hero, at his own requ est, where he �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. fell. His request is peculiarly pathetic when it is recalled that he was without a family or relatives in this state, that he was a Nova Scotian, and that he had been forced to newspaper and manual labor at Council Bluffs, before the war, because he could not afford to practice the profession which he had struggled for years to enter, the law. General Dodge regarded him as the typical soldier, and during the thirty-eight and one-half years that his bones have rested in an unknown grave in the south the veterans of the north who fought with him have longed to bring them to Iowa for burial."-Nonpareil, Nov. 25, 19or. NOvV FOR MONUMENT. FUND FOR KINSlVIAN MEMORIAL TO BE RAISED.- COMMITTEES WILL SOON BEGIN TO HUSTLE FOR CASH.GENERAL DODGE SECURES HERO'S FA1''11LY HISTORY. - GALLANT COLONEL CAME OF DISTINGUISHED STOCK-FORMER COMRADES ARE. INTERESTED. Now that the busy holiday season has passed, the committees in charge of raising the funds necessary for the Colonel Kinsman monument, am:ounce that they will begin an active campaign to secure the money needed for carrying out the plans of General Dodge in regard to the shaft that is to be erected here to the memory of the gallant office1· of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments and the unknown dead of those civil war commands. As has before been stated, it is proposed to have the monument ready for dedi<:ation at a reunion of the survivors of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments in Council Bluffs on May 17 of this year, the thirty-ninth anniversary of the clay Colonel Kinsman fell fighting tlt the head of his regiment at Black bayou bridge, Miss. General Dodge, who was the first colonel of the old Fourth Iowa, intends to return to h is home in this city for the reunion and will take a leading part in placing the remains of Colonel Kinsman, which were recently removed �COL. W. H. KINS .MAN ~IEMORIAL. 43 here from an unknow n g rave on the Black bayou battlefield through his untiring efforts to d iscover them, in their fina l resting place o f ho nor beneath the monument. T HE KINSMAN MONUMENT. According to the design suggested by General Dodge on his visit to this city last November when the Kinsman remains were brought here, and accepted by Ahe Lincoln, G. A. R. post of this city, the Kinsman monument will be a most imposing shaft of simple. yet beautiful design. It will cost about $2,500 to complete its erection and that sum will now have to be rapidly raised in o rder to have the monument completed by May 17. T he mo n ument will be about twenty feet in height and in general outline will consist of a rou nd g ranite shaft placed on a broad square base also of g ranite. T he shaft will be surmounted by a granite cannon ball and will be encircled by a flag, made prominent by polished granite, winding from top to bottom. On one side of the base will be a bronze medallion of Colonel Kinsman and it is probable that bronze plates will be placed on the. other sides bearing the names of the members of the old Fourth and Twen ty-third lO\·Va regiments who still lie in unknown graves o n southern battle fie lds. A revival of the g reat interest which has been shown here in Colonel K insman's history since the discovery of his remains, is now expected to aid in securing the funds for the monument to the sailor, lawyer, school teacher, newspaper man, soldier, hero. Already several hundred dollars have been subscribed fo r the monume;t. For Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R., of this city, $100 has been pledged; for Council Bluffs encampment No. 8, Union Veteran's Legion, $50. K insman post, G. A. R. of Des Moines, which was named in honor o f the g allant Iowa colonel, has a lso con t ributed $ t oo to·warcl the monument. T he veterans and the citizens committees have not announced their pla ns for raisi ng the money as yet, but the latter will undoubtedly carry out General Dodge's suggestion that the children of the public schools be given an opportunity to contribute, even if not more than a penny apiece, toward the monument for the former Council Bluffs teacher as well as soldier. The following letters now for the first time make public the fami ly history of Colonel Kinsman, who came to Cou ncil Bluffs �44 COL. \V. H. KINS:\IAN MEMORIAL. alon e in the latter part o f the 'so's and had n ever he re revealed much of his own history: "New York- The Nonpareil, Conncil Bluffs, Ia.: I en c lose you an interesting letter relating to Colonel Kinsman fro m J. S . Jamison of Pittsburg, who was an excellent soldier and a memb er of the Fourth Iowa . Every soldier o f that regime n t will recog nize and remember him. I think upon reading his lette r you will find it worthy o f publication. Very truly yours, G. l\1. DODGE." KINSMAN'S RELATIVES FOUND. M r. Jamison's letter, which is dated at his ho m e, 800 Penn avenue, Pittsburg, Pa., is as follows: "I thank you for your k ind remembrance in sending m e a notice of the recovery of th e remains of that b rave and h eroic comrade, Col. vVilliam H . K insman, from the battlefield of Vicksburg, Miss., where he died so gloriously, leading the Twenty-third Iowa into victory. Yes, surely e very surviving member of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa infantry should contribute something towards d efraying the expenses o f a monument to the memory of him who died that the nati o n mig ht live. "About a year ago I was introduced to a lady nam ed K insman in this city, her culture and dignity Jed m e to belie ve that she sprung from a good stock of people, and my thou g hts went back to 1861 and the image of Captain K insman o f the Fourth Iowa seemed to be reflected in the fac e and features of t his noble woman, and I asked the question if they were related. She sa id: 'I will see.' Leaving m e for a moment sh e soon returned with a book in her hand, entitled 'The Kinsman Family.' T urning over the leaves and examining the record, ' Y es,' she said, 'here it is,' an<l she read : '· ' \Villiam Henry, son of Theodorus Kinsman, born July rr . 1832; graduated from Claverack acad e my, in C lave rac k, Columbia county, N ew York, about 1857; studied law, admitted to practice in Council B l11ffs, Ia. W hen the war broke ou t joined the army, rose to th e rank of colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry, and fell in battk near Vicksburg, M iss., !\IIay 18, r863, in Grant's army.' "I then told her of my pleasant recollections of him and how. after I had come in contact with him, especially when our �COL. W. H. KINS:.\JAN i\IEi\IORI AL. 45 regiment, t he Fourth Iowa, was in camp at Council Bluffs, where I was d etailed from the ranks of my company as clerk in the adjutant's office, and, although I was a private soldier and he a captain, few men in the regiment treated me with more uniform kindness and courtesy than Captain K insman. He was such a clean -cut, straightforward man and so vigorous and energetic as a sold ier, that he always appeared to me to be a natural born leader, and I became g reatly attached to him, and he in t urn seemed to be interested in me. FA:MILY A DISTI NGUISHED ONE. " \i\Then I received your notice I went immediately to see M iss K insman and she seemed greatly interested, and again the gen ealogical record was consulted. \ i\T c spent an hour picking out the mo!:-t distinguished men in the record, tracing the famil y from 1634 to 1875, but not one could we find in this long line of ancestry who died so gloriously on the altar of his country as Col. 'W illiam H. Kinsman. l\fany of them had been hig h in the co11ncils o f the nation and quite a number had fou g ht under v\Tashington in the war of the revolution and the war of the rebellion. Several names appeared on the rolls of the army of the union, o ne in particular, Josiah Burnham Kinsman, who served without pay or commission on Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's staff as aide-de-camp, until for meritorious service at the taking of Fort Jackson and St. P hilip, President L incoln, unsolicited, commissioned him a lieutenant- colonel in t he regular army. For his su ccessful expedition and capture of the city of Thebodeauxville, in southwest Louisiana, and the rescue of its union citizens; his expedition from New Orleans to JVIississippi and the capture o f the noted rebel steamer 'Gray Cloud,' afterwards renamed the 'Kinsman;' also for his recovery and capture of $ 80,000 in silver from t he enemy, he was promoted to be colonel, brigadiergenera l and major-general of volunteers. "This distinguished member of the K insman famil y s hould be looked up, and informed of this mo nument to be erected to one o f his own na me and family. I hope he is still living and can be found. He was born in 1824, is therefore in his 77t h year of age. He entered the service from Boston , :M ass., studied law with Benj. F . B utler, and b ecame a s hining light in his pro- �COL. \V. H. KINSi\I.·\N MEMORIAL. fession . \i\Till you kindly forward me a dozen o r so o f t hose notices to distribute among the Kinsmans, they o ught to be interested. DATE OF KINSMAN'S DEATH. "According to my diary, Colonel K ins man must have been killed at Black river bridge, as the enemy were driven from that position, on the 18th of May, the date g iven as the day he was killed. I have a memorandum of every day's operations of S herman's corps, from the time we left M illiken's Bend until the d ay Vicksburg surenclered. I was on duty every day and have a complete history of the campaign, written fro m a p1·ivate soldier's standpoint, and looking over those m emorable events, how proud I feel that I had the honor of taking part in that crowning achievement of General Grant's. "Think of it! That army of 55,000 men, cutting loose fro m its base of supplies, and attacking a fortified army of 70,000, marching eighteen days on quarter ratio ns, figh t ing fiv e battles with Pemherton's army, which was better armed and equipped than we were, and at last, capturing V icksburg, that G ib raltar of the Mississippi, ·w ith 32,000 prisoners. Not in a ll the history of the war is there any such record o f so brilliant achievement, and why was it so? .Because that army was composed of the men of the northwest, of whom Logan declared in congress would hew their way throug h to the G ulf of Mexico, and here they were at it, and Logan was there as one of their most brilliant and determined leaders. "Just then Lee with his rebel host was vanquished a t Gettysburg, but in that engagement only one regiment west o f the Mississippi took part, the First M innesota, but t rue to its instincts of valor and patriotism, that moved the spirits and hearts of the men of the north and west; they charged into the angle with 25 2 chivalrous men, a nd stood that storm of shot and shell until 229 of their number were killed a nd wounded. IOWA TROOPS NEVER FAILED. "How glad I am I served in ai1 Iowa regiment. T hat young and feeble commo nwealth, in i861 sent strong and valiant men to the front, and I believe there is not a single instance on r ecord where Iowa troops fa iled to do their du ty. They h elped to open �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 47 the great Mississippi and carry the flag with Sherman down to the sea. Our regiment, I believe, has the record of marching lO,ooo miles, and engaging in battles too numerous to mention. Its ranks were full of men as brave as Kinsman, but how sad to think how few of us are left. The generation of men that put down that gigantic rebellion did even more than that for their country, more than a generation since the close of that great conflict, has furnished presidents, governors, legislators, orators and historians and great leaders in business and manufacturing. "VV"ithout complaint, after we had conquered the rebellion and freed the slaves, we took up the burden of taxation, and the work of healing up the nation's wounds, but our work is nearly finished. vVith the closing of the life of our distinguished comraclc, \Villiam McKinley. comes the closing period of a finished work, of our generation that lifted man into a higher plane, and establi shed the American nation on a foundation so firm that no power o n earth can shake it, and gave to the American union a name above every other name in the family of nations. "1\'ever in the history of the world did any generation achieve a work of such magnitude and importance. But we have almost finished our task. One by one we vvill drop off, and soon all pass away, but what we did in our day and generation will shine on the pages of history, growing brighter and brighter until t1111e shall be no more. "These few scattering thoughts have come to my mind in connenion with your laudable undertaking to honor and bless the mi:mory of one of your old regiment of soldiers who always loved and esteemed you, and I hope you will overlook the length and imperfections of this letter, and consider it the sentiments of an overflowing heart of one ·who loved his country, and dearly cherishes the memory of those who fought and died for its prosperity. Very truly, J. C. JAMISON, Late of Company E, Fourth Iowa Infantry." HOW REMAINS WERE FOUND. In a letter to Capt. John Lindt of this city, Col. J. A. Straight. now of Washington, D. C., who was sent to Mississippi by General Dodge last November to locate the Kinsman grave, says in furth er explanation of his discovery : �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MElVIORIAL. "I have Colonel Kinsman's pipe we follnd in the grave, which I remember his smoking the night before his death, and it was buried in his pocket. I will send it to you. "The cannon balls I shipped you were directly from the ground over which we charged, and very near the spot we first mounted the banks of Black river. "Comrade Truitt took home with him a bunch o f canes c ut from the exact spot on which Colonel Kinsman fell the second time on the breastworks, and I helped to carry him under the tree, where he lay until the boys brought the stretch er to carry him to the hospital, or the place where he died that evening-. "My memorandum made at the time he was buried \\"aS the final cause of finding his rema ins. The fence had been m oved out about sixty feet; the two witness trees, one twenty-five feel southwest, the other fifteen feet northwest, were both cut down and a building erected over the one southwest, and the remain s of the other, only a stump, hard to recognize. "Comrades T ruitt and Oldham thought he was buried southeast of the house and had been digging one day off in that direction before I arrived there. \i\fhen I told them they were wrong they hardly believed me, but I insisted they were wrong and so began work within fifteen feet of where we finally found his grave. M r. Lyon's (sutier) grave was close by and we found it very easily after we found the Colonel's grave. "I hope you will plan to have a reunion about May 17 next of the Fourth and Twenty-third at the Bluffs. I believe it will meet the hearty concurrence of all the boys. Fraternally yours, J. A . STRAIGHT." FORMER COMRADES INTERESTED. Among the scores of letters received by General Dodge from veterans of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments, the following shows the great interest that the old soldiers of those commands take in the recovery of Colonel Kinsman's remains and the proposed monument to h is memory: "Beaver City, Neb., Nov. 21, 1901.-Gen. G. l\L Dodge.) Dear Sir: I see by the papers that you have been instrumental in finding the remains of Col. vV. H. Kinsman of the Twentythird Iowa, who was killed at Black river bridge, Mississippi, �COL. W. H. K I NS :.\L-\N .ME :'llORI.'\L. 49 l\fay 17, 1863. and that they \\'ill be b uri ed with suitable hono rs May 17, 1902. Now, I served ,,·ith Colon el Kinsman while he was a member o f th e T\\'cnty-thircl and have g reat respect for his mem ory and shall be at Council Bl u ffs on the day nam ed if the infirmities of old age will permit me to do so. But there are other members of that regimen t scattered a ll over Nebraska who would like to be there. If rates can be secured o n the railroads every member of that regim ent living a nd able to attend will be there. T here is probably not a man who was a member o f that regiment ,,·ho does not have a hig-h esteem fo r the b rave colonel who fell at Black river bridge. Of course you know n othing of me, but I have kno\\'n you these n~any years. If I am not mistaken, we both attended th e academy at Newbury, V t. , at the same time, more tha n fift y years ago. I raised Company F, Twenty-th ird Iowa, and was in command of that company till after K insman's cl ea t h. 1-I e and I were intimate fri ends. Perhaps I am the last of the o rig inal captains of that regiment. Yours truly, c. G. GEOHGE." "Farnam. Neb.-(Ge11 . G. :.I. Dodge, Cou ncil Bluffs, Ia.)D ear Comrade: I have just read about your recovering the body o f my beloved Colonel K insman. I belonged to the Twenty-third Iowa and my father and three brothers were in hi s co mpany in the old Fourth Iowa. I was wounded the day K insm an was killed, anr! I wi ll h e at Council Bluffs on the day h is remains will be laid to rest if Goel spares my life. I hope vve will all live to meet on that day to pay our last respects to one o f the bravest and best m en we had in th e whole a rmy. \i\Tith my best wishes fo r yot1, I remain yours in F . C. and L. , c. BRADSHAW, Company C, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry." - Nonpareil , Jan. 6, 1902. �50 COL. vV. H . Kll\S;\lAN ?vlEMORI AL. FOR KINSMAN FUND. COMMITTEE TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE :\[():'(U:\TE!\T.CANVASS BEGINS IN EARNEST THIS \VEE l(.-Cl\"IL WAR VETERANS ARE GREATLY INTERESTED .- LETTERS CO i'vCE FRO!vl OREGON. PENl\SYLV.Al'\ 1:\. K.\NSAS.- CITIZENS ~'vCUST RESPOND LIBER:\LLY. This is the week that the Kinsman m onu m e nt fun d committees have set aside for an active can vass to raise the m o n ey necessary for the memorial that General Grenville }.f. Dodge has proposed his home city should erect for one of it~ most distinguished dead, Col. \Vi lliam H . K insman. .r\ bou t $2.000 is needed to secure a monument of the design adoptccl b y Gen eral Dodge and the veteran sold ier organ iza tions and th e money must be fo rthcoming at o n ce that t h e monum ent may be ready for dedication on May 17, the thirty-nin th ann ive rsa ry of the hero's death, while leadi ng a charge o f his n.:giment, the Twentythird Iowa, against the enemy at B lack river, }fississippi. At a recent joint session o f th e soldiers and the c itizens' c.ommittees, a sub-committee of two veterans and two civilians was appointed to take active charge o f th e solicitatio n for th e monument fu nds. T his committee, which has full auth ority to solicit and receive contributions fo r the memorial, cons ists o f t he fo llowing members: Captain Seth H. Cra ig . W illiam Moore. Emmet Tinley. Spencer Smith. That the veterans o f the civil war are doing their full share toward th e memorial for their former comrade and fo r th e unknown dead of the Fourth and th e Twenty- third Iowa regim ents, is shown by the scores o f letters that Edwin J. Abbott, th e secretary of the soldiers' committee, is receiving from all over th1:: country. wherever a mem ber o f those famous Iowa regim ents may reside. These letters come fro m far-away Oregon . Pennsylvan ia, Kansas, and nearly every state in the m idd le west. The veterans as a rule, however, are n o t blessed with great wealth and though they contribute their mites w ith all th e lib- �COL. W. H . KINS.MAN 1vIEMORIAL. 51 erality of m illionaires, the receipts from the letters cannot be counted on to be more than a nest egg for t he fund which must be raised in this city, the home of the hero and of the faithful friend of both, i\Jaj. Gen. Grenville :\I. Dodge. LETTERS FROM THE VETERANS. Jn order to give some idea of the great interest t hat the old soldiers are taking in t he recovery of Colonel K insman's remains from the long lost southern g rave, t heir reburial here and the proposition to erect a monument in this city to his memory, t he follo,,·ing letters are worthy of reading, as they but voice the sentiment of c\0zens of such communications that are now received by i\lr. Abbott: "Medford, Ore., Jan. 8, r902.- (Comrade Abbott.)-Dear Sir : I received a letter f:·om Capt. J. H. \ i\T a Iker of Company F, Twenty-third Iowa infantry, which informed me that the remains of Colonel Kinsman had been found and brought to Council Bluffs, that all members of the Twenty-third Iowa are renuested to contribute someth ino· towards a monument which '1 l:> would be unveiled next l\Iay 17, and t hat all members of t he Fot1rth and Twenty-third infant r~r are invited to be present. "The clay of the fight I was told that Colonel Kinsman fell in front of and at t he center of his reo-iment ::i , but I saw him fa ll the last time. He fe ll in front of Company F about t he center of the company and ten steps ahead. He fell forward, striking the ground with his right s houlder; he tumed on his back and I thought he was shot dead, but he lived, I think, about fou rteen hours. That was a long time ago, but the battles the Twentythird was in arc as fresh in my mind as if it was yesterday. I was commanding Company F on the 17th clay of May, 1863. That was a sad day fo r the Tvventy-lhircl. As soon as Colonel Kinsman fell Colonel Glasgow jumped in front of his regiment and cheered the boys on in the charge. The r ebs held their works until we were almos t over their works and right among them. "I have the Aag that belonged to the Sixty-first Tennessee rebel infantry. I took it from the hand of the color bearer; then I didn't go but a little ways until I got shot in my left ankle. It was only a flesh wou nd. Of course, it stopped me for a short t ime-. �COL. W. H. KINSi'vlAN ~'fEMORJAL. "I would like to l)e at the unveiling of the monument o f Colonel Kinsman on the r7th of n ext rday, but I am so far away I don't think I can be there. However, I will inclose postoffice order for $1. I will soon be 69 years o ld , so you see my time will soon be up. I am getting the sum o f $6 per monthas little as they g ive any one. VI/. RAWL! :'\GS , Late Captai n Company F, Twenty-third Iowa.'' "Des ;'-.,Ioines, D ec. 6, r901.- (E. J. Abbott, Cou ncil Bluffs. Ia.)-Dear Sir: Enclosed find $1 as my contribution ro l he monument of Colonel Kinsman; would make it many times larger if I were able. f was a very warm fri end o f K in sman's and he was the best friend I ever had in the Twenty-th ird Iowa. In the fall of '62 I was sen ior warden of P io n eer !\ o . 22. A . F. and A. M., and about September IO assisted in giving K insman his third degree in Masom-y, then walked to camp with him (about two and a half miles) that night. From that time o n we were very warm friends . "I am ly ing sick at the home of mv son in Des !\i[oines with heart trouble and dropsy. and have been totally blind for nearly three years. I am 67 years old, my wife is over 60 : were marritd before the war; th e government is giving me a pension o f $u a month and we are trying our best to live on it. WrLLl/\M !\[ERRTLL. First P rivate, then Sergeant Major, then Second L ie ute nant Company E, then First Lieutenant and Regimental Quartermaster ." -Nonpareil, Jan. 21, 1902. MONUMENT COMMITTEE. WILL MAKE THOROUGH CANVASS FOR KJNS:\·!A N MEMORIAL FUND TODAY. Early this morning the joint com mittee consisting of two members from the citizens' committee and two members from the Abe Lincoln post committee that were appointed for the purpose of soliciting funds for the erection of a monument in this city over the grave o f Col. W . H. Kinsman, will start out �COL. W. H. KINS.MAN ME lVlO RI AL. 53 to <lo th eir first active work of soliciting fund s and by nig ht 1t is C'xpectecl that a large portion of the $2,000 n ecessary for the monument will have been raised. Th e comm ittee, which consists o f Emm et Tinley, Capt. Seth H. Craig, Spencer Smith and \l\filliam Moore, had expected to begi n active canvassing last week, but were delayed by 1111avoiclable circumstances and the work will now be pushed as rapidl y as possible. It is expected that a ll the money which it wil l be possible to raise by subscription will be secured today, and if there is th en a deficiency in the amount d esired other plans will probably b e outlined to m eet it. T here a re several organizatio ns in the city that are expected to contribute $100 each and it is b elieved that this, together with individual subscriptions, wil l very nearly make the d esired amount. Edwin J . A bbott expects also to soon have several hundred dol!ars o n ha nd from subscriptions which he is receiving from old sold iers, comrades a nd members o f the Fourth a nd Twentythir<l Iowa regiments. Wh ile practically all the o ld veterans who knew the gallant Colonel Kinsman are sending in subscri ptions. yet the g reater part of them are necessarily small, but r-.fr. A bbott hopes to raise between $JOO and $400 in this manner. Accordin g to the plans that have so far been arranged the monumen t will be dedicated o n ·May 17, the ann iversary of the day on which Colonel K insman lost his life while charg ing with his regim ent, the Twenty-third Iowa infan try, at Black river bayou in M ississippi. If th ese p lans are carried out it will be necessary to push the work of securing fu nds fo r the erection of the m o nument as rapidly as possible, but the committees are confident that this can be clone if they meet with the hearty response in securing subscriptions that th e cause deserves.-Nonpareil, J an . :2 1 , 1902. M ONEY FOR MONUMENT. KI NSMAN MEMORIAL COMMI'l'TEE MEETING \VITH LIBERAL SUBSCRIPTIONS. The jo int committee consisting o f Emmet Tin ley, Capt. Seth H . Craig. Spencer Smith and \Villiam Moore, which was chosen from the citizens· committee and the Abe L incoln post commit- ... ~ �54 COL. W. H. KI~S:'l!AN :\IE:\IORI:\L. tee, appointed for the ptirposc o f raising funds fo r the e rection of a suitable montiment oyer the grave of Col. Vlilliam I l. Kinsman in this city, has been doing some very active soliciti11g the past two days. The comm ittee members repo rt t hat so far they have met with a very encouraging response from the ptiblic. U p to the present time th e comm ittee has co11fin ccl its wo rk entirely among the business men of the city and expect to haYc the b us iness district completely canva ssed within a clay o r two . Th e merchants have been liberal in their subscriptions . O n e suhsci-iption for $50 was received, while a number of $ro subscriptions each have been received, increasing the total arnount that has be en subscribed to elate to a very encourag ing amount. In addition to the subscriptions from the busin ess m e n it is expected that several hundred dollars will also be raised by small individual subscriptions. T h e Dodge Light Guard and one or two other organizations about the city are also expected to make liberal subscriptio ns, while the subscriptions that are already coming in from the o ld veterans of the Fourth and Twenty-third regiments will increase th e total amount several hundred dollars. Superintendent Clifford. who has charge of th e subscription that is to be taken up fro m the school children o f the city, has beeu somewhat delayed in his plans by his p resent illness, but the collection will he taken up some time next month and is expected to reach a very appreciable amount. The committee is confident that the entir·e amount des ired can now be raised entirely by subscription . The cost of the monument will be approxima tely $I ,300 and it is desired to raise this amount immediately to ins ure its completion and erection b v ?vfay 17, on which date, the anni versary of the d eath o f Colon el K in sman, it will be formall y dedicated at a g ra nd reu nion o f the veterans of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa reg iments. In addition to the cost of th e monum ent it is estimated that there will be additional expenses, aggregating several hundred dollars, hut this can be raised after the first cost of th<' m onument has b een full y subscribed. The comm ittee expects to complete its labors within a few days.---Nonpareil, Jan. 3J, r902. �COL. \V. H. KINS:\IAN MElvfORIAL. SS RELICS OF COLONEL KINS:fvIAN. SPENCER Si\IITI-I P RESENTS TWO TACTIC BOOKS TO G. A. n.. POST. At the social m eeting of .-\be Lincoln post, G. A. R., and vV. R. C. last evening, Spencer S mith presented the post with two army tactic books which ,,·ere found in Colonel Kinsman's effects after he was ki lled at B lack river bayou, :M iss., :May 17, 1863. Colonel Kinsman, having no known relatives, all of his property was sent to his fr iends in this city after his death and here m id at auct ion for souven irs. In t hat way M r. Smith came in t::> possession of the two books on tactics, which were formerly stucl.ied by t he gallant colon el of the Twenty-third Iowa· regiment, in whose memory Council Bluffs is now a bout to erect a fitting memorial m onument In making the presentation l\fr. Smith addressed the veterans at some kngt h recalling numerous incidents of the war and relating the circumstances of his possession o f the hig hly valued relics of Colonel Kinsman. In re~pon se on behalf of the post, Judge Carson appropriately replied and expressed the t hanks of the veterans for the souvenirs o f t heir hono red comrade. The sorial session was concluded "1th a prog ram of music and a very enj oyable lunch.-Nonpareil, Feb. 2, 1902. K INSMAN F UND SJ:vIALL . ONLY H:\LF OF N ECESSA R Y ~'10NUMENT MONEY RAISED . CONTRIBUTIONS DISAPPOINTING. T h e various committees having in charge the work of raising iuncls for th e K insman memorial monument which it is purpo~cd to erect over the g rave o f Col. \N . H. Kinsman in t his city, report that s ince the first wave of enthusiasm has passed away that contributions are not comnig in as rapidly as could be desi red. T he collection which was taken by the school children and which amounted to on ly about $30 was so1nething- of a disappointment t o the committee, and leaves an additional burden �56 COL. W. H. KINS~lAN :"dEMORIAL. on their hands of raising still more money than they were expecting would be necessary. At the present tim e about one-half of the n ecessary $1.200 for ~he purchase of the monument is in sight, and the comm ittee fee- ls that if the monument is to be in place by t.fay 17. th e anniversary of Colonel Kinsman'~ death in battle . and at which time it is hoped that the monument will be unve il ed at a re unio n to be held in this city of the old veterans of hi s regiments, the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa . that there will have to be m o re s ubstantial interest manifested on the part o f the public. The committe is at present contemplating further plans for raising the money, and will again begin active operations within a few days.-Nonpareil. Feb . 23, 1902. FOR THE UNVEILING. PREPARING FOR KINSMAN MONUl\1IENT DEDICATION.GENERAL DODGE AND GOVERNOR CUMi\HNS TO BE PRESENT.-MORE MONEY NEEDED IN THE t.IE:vrORIAL FUND.-CONTRIBUTIONS COMING IN SLOWLY. -I.E'l'TERS OF COLONEL KINSMAN FOUND IN STATE FILES AT DES MOINES. Contributions for the Kinsman monument continue to come in slowly, but nevertheless the fund is gradually growing and it is now almost assured that the necessary amount \Yill soon be at hand for the ·completion and dedication of the m emorial on May T7, the thirty-ninth anniversary of the death in battle of the gallant Council Bluffs warrio r. The old soldiers have been doing their full share toward the monument, especially the veterans of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments, K insman having been a captain of the Council Bluffs company in the former under General (then Colonel) Grenville lVL Dodge, and was colonel of the latter regiment when he fell in battl e at Black river bayou, M iss. It is expected that the citizens' committee wi!l soon resume an active canvass to complete the fund. Something over half of the amount needed has already been raised �COL. W. H. KINSMAN 1\'lEMORIAL. 57 and it is now desi1·ed to secure the remainder as soon as possible for the decl ication is to occur in a littl e over two months. KINSr...IAN POST LOYAL. :Members of Kinsman post, Grand Army of the Republic. of Des :'doines, who are members of the Twenty-third Iowa, and others, have through the efforts of Comrade Jas. H. Dean just sent an additional contribution of $52 for the monument of the famous Iowa colonel, whose name it bears, to Edwin J. Abbott, the treasurer of the soldiers' fund. \Vhen the monument was suggested by General Dodge on his visit to his home here last November, the Des Moines post was among the fi rst contributors toward the fund, $100 having then been subscribed in its name. As a furth er evidence of the great interest that has been aroused in Des l\lfoines and throughout the state in the recovery of Colonel Kinsman's remains after being nearly forty years in an unknown southern grave, the K insman post will at its m eeting tomorrow evening in Des Moines choose a delegation to represent it at the unveiling of the Kinsman monument here I'\fay .17. On that date hundreds of civil war veterans will come to Council Bluffs . especially the surviving m embers of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments, who· are planning a reunion here at the dedication of the monument, which is to be erected in honor o f the unknown dead' of the t\vo regiments as \\'ell as a tribute to Colonel Kinsman's memory. DISTINGUISHED GUESTS. :\laj.-Gcn . Grenville l\I. Dodge, who is now president of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee, and is the greatest of the surviving civil war officers, is p lanning to attend the unveiling of the monument in which he has shown such great and generous interest. Governor A. B. Cummins is expected to attend and he will probably deliver one of the principal addresses. Commander George Metzger of Davenport, head of the Iowa department of the G. A. R., will also be here, and Congressman J. A. T. Hull of Des '.\lf oines is likewise expected. When Colonel Kinsman's remains were brought to this c-ity from Mississippi, where they had been found last fall by former comrades searching the old battlefield at the request of G<'neral Dodge. but little was known of the Council Bluffs hero. �58 COL. W. H. KI N S~IAN ~·.IE~I O RI:\L. save a few incidents of his career as a school teacher and nC\YSpaperman in Council Bluffs. and a brief record o f hi s army service. The recovery of the remains and the propositi o n to er e:ct a monument in honor of Colonel Kinsman at o nce in st illed a general search and study of the li fe a nd character of the remarkable ma n. T he latest fragment of his interesting- career a~ a soldier has been found among the musty record s a t the state house in Des :'doin es, where se\·eral letters writte n by Colonel K insman are still on file. O ne of these letters in particular reveals som eth ing o f the fierce energy and enthusia sm that burned in the soul o f thi s remarkable young Iowa commander. Jt \\'as written January 3, 1863, to Governor Sam uel J. l..: irk\\'ood. and a sk ed hi s aid in getting P resident Lincol n to g ive him comma n d o f a brigade of Iowa troops, in whose a bility. as the letter indi ca tes, h e had supreme confidence. He \\·as sick of red tape and iner tness that prevailed and desired to act independently. fo llowing the course of St11art and some o f the other rebel commanders, of th e effectiveness of whose operations he was thoroughly convinced. The letter to Governor Kirkwood follovvs : LETTER TO KIRKWOOD. "Headquarters Twenty-th ird Iowa Infantry, Camp o n C urrent River, 1V[o., Jan. 3, 1863.- H on. S. J. Kirkwood, G overnor of Iowa.-Dear Governor: I have written to P resident L in coln to g ive me an Iowa brigade of five regiments and four batteries to ac:t independently in this southwestern r egion. I suppose it is rather a bold request for a young man who has had the eagles on his shoulders only a month . I don't care a snap for th e star of a brig adier any furth er than as it will g ive me a bette r chance to serve my country. I know what I can do. I want to march a nd fight a ll the time-Sundays sometimes excepted-till the rebellion is dead. I will scourg e the Philistines with a rod o f iron. They cannot trap me; they cannot surprise me; th ey cannot whip me. I don't want my hands tied and I don't want three or four o r half dozen brigade division commanders for 5,000 men. This is the style, you know, and it is all wrong. "My brigade sho 11Id be full fiv e regim ents and four six-gun batteries. The colonels ancl th e captains of th e batt e rie~ sh o uld rep ort immediately to me without anv int crve nin~ red tape. I �COL. \V. H. Kl NS:\IAN ME?IIORIAL. 59 \\'Ot1ld mo ve my brigade ;it any time, night or day, in twenty mi 1111 tes. I could beat the rebels at t heir own game. I would run th em clo\\'n with my l o \\'a g reyhounds and gobble them up. \ Vhen o ne fight \\'as o ver and one squad whipped, I would start off after a no t her instead of laying around six \\'eeks to write home ho\\' g reat a victory I had gained. In short. I can do more to crush o u t and destro~· this rebellion. with t he little 'Brigade army' I have asked for than most army corps have done or \\'ill clo. T hi s, you say, is boasting. lt is not. I am no boaster. If I don"t do what 1 promise, T want my commission in stantly revokecl. HAD A GLORIOUS REGHvIENT. "I am sick o f red tape. I am suffering now from it. I have a r.;lorio us regiment here and no more show for a fight than Vallandig-ham has for getting lo heaven. To serve the country, our soldiers must light. I repeat it, they must light. L et me do my share. I know the ropes. i\{y life is worth nothing to me if my country goes to ruin. 'Strategy' is played out. It has cost us tens o f thousands of lives and hundreds of millions of money already. Give me th e m en I ask for and I will do my share, twice o ve1·, of killing or converting every rebel. Do not refuse to help me b ecause I am young. I am experienced and have the power t o mak e mv men love me, do all I ask of them and follow m e anywh ere. l ~va nt the Twenty-third for one regiment. The others l must get in I owa o r i\l issouri o r those Iowa regiments that have not gone south. (1 must have all Iowa troops) . The batteries I \\'ill raise and equip and I will make my army better tha n anv o ther in the service. Don"t latwh. I am in earnest. The pre.siclent will refer to you. Do what ~\'OU can fo r me. Tell him I am competent to the task of equipping. marching and fi g hting such a brigade as 1 ask for. (Jf you t hink I am). I know 1 a m. I shall love you just as well as I now do if you should no t see fit to help me at all, but I hope you will , for I want to see th is war wotmd up. and a brigade of men marching OYer this cou ntry as T will march them if I get a chance will infuse vigor into every department of the government. l want lo show U ncle Abe what men can do when they try. Stuart with his rebel cavalry has done wonders o n the Potomac. I with my patriotic infantry will beat all his feats on the ~Iiss i ssip pi. I am �60 COL. W . H. KINS .M AN ME~vfORir\L. loyal to th e core. I do not want an independent co mmand from any sinister purpose. I will report regula rly to th e president or General Hallack a nd o bey orders implicitly, but I must n ot be tied hand a nd foot. I must live off th e rebels. 1 mu st not ' want for supplies.' A rm m e wel l. G ive m e powder and lead a nd iron. I will keep going and keep supplied with the n ecessa ries o f life. N or will I harm o r rob a single loya l man o r wom a n. I will make these rebels help the government in stead of the government helping them by buying their corn and h ogs at rou nd prices. I have written enough, governo r. If you can h elp me, take hold with yotu- iron hand and iron will and I will s ucceed. Yours, as e ver, KCNS'.\T :\ ~ ... Colonel K insman, however. did not live to rea lize his a mb ition. He rema ined in the command of the Twen ty-third a nd in the spring of r863 took part in th e V icksb urg cam paign. He fell leading his regiment in th e magnificent ch a 1·ge of Lawler's brigade at Black river b ridg-e. He was wounded l\Iay 17 a ncl died on the following da_v. He was but 28 years o ld at hi s death. He had entered the service A ugust 8, 186r, as second lie utena nt in Company B o[ the Fourth regiment, under comman d of G r enville M. Dodge. October r r of t hat year he wa s mad e captain. August 2. 1862, h e was made licutenant-tolo ncl o f th e Twentythird infant ry, a nd December I o f the same yea 1- was comm issioned colonel of that regiment. TRIBu TE OF JUDGE BALDWI N. A wartim e letter· from Judge Caleb Ba ldw in , fath e r o i J o hn N . Baldwin of •his city, was a lso brou g ht to light w ith t h e Kinsman letters at Des Moines th is w eek. It was addressed to Govern or Kirkwood by Judge Baldwin, who was th en on Lil e g overnor's staff a nd had diarge o f a clist 1·i ct in so ull1\~' cstc n1 l o wa, to protect it from th e in cursio ns of g uerrillas and bus hwhackers. 1n t h e course of this letter M r. Ba ldwin speaks thus of Colonel K insman: '"W hat a noble d eath o ur young friend did die. A fter he had received his death wound. he again, by supe rhuman e ffo rt, placed himself at the head of his regim ent to cheer the m on and receive another death wound. K insman was a true soldi er, a devoted patriot, a good moral man. I tell you, govern o r . that �CO L. W. H. K INS i\IAN i\CEl\lORl:\L. 61 n o man fro m t hi s state has done so muc h to a dd t o its ho no r as thi s poor bu t brave b o~-. T ca nnot think o f him witho ut feelings o f the proudest and deepest e m o tio n. H is s wo r d is he r e and t o be offer ed fo r sale, as T underst a nd , w ith h is heart's bloo d d riC'cl a ll OYtr it." - -Konpare il. :'lfar ch 7, 19 02. H URRY WITH FUNDS . HARDL Y HALF ENOUGH FOR KT NSl\l:\ N l\10 NUME NT.D EDT CATIO N D AY OF l\IE::VIO RI AL BUT A MONTH ...\.\V A Y.- Bi\LAN CE :\JUST BE SECURED T H IS COl\II NG WEEK- AT L EAST $6oo STILL NEEDED TO INSURE T HE l'vfONUl\CE NT .-\ ND A BI G R EUNI ON OF IO \VA VETE R ANS. T he t \\'o committees appointed by General Dodge for the p ur pose of rais ing the funds n ecessary for the Kinsman m em o rial m o n ume nt ,,· h ic h is to be er ected o ver th e g rave of Col. vV. H. Kins m a n in t hi s c ity, will star t o u t next w eek o n the fina l ca nvass fo r fun ds. By th e end o f the \\·eek it is ho ped t hat t he e ntire $ 1 ,200 nccc!"sa r y can be secured. A m <.:ct ing o f t he two commi tt ees \\':l S called yest erday a t Sto n e & Ti n ley's ufnce for t he purpose o f ascer taining j ust how much m o ney had b een subscribed up to date. The m eeting was no t atte nded , h owevC:'r , e xcept by E m met T inley of the citizens' committee a nd J o hn Lindt a nd \N illia m 1\'ioor e o f the old solcli c rs' commi tt ee, w ho were the only o nes present. Conseq uent ly it was im possihle to tell just how muc h m o ney has so far been secured. T he members pr esent yesterday ha d s ubsc ri ptio ns fo r a bo ut $ 180 and it was esti mated tha t th e a bsent m e mbers had s ubscri ptio ns amo untin g to $300 , whic h wo uld bring the total a m o un t o n ha nd up to $300. LESS T HAN HALF ENOUGH . Thi s is less t han half of t he amo unt o f m o ney n ecessa r:' fo r t he monume nt, and as t he elate o n which it is to be dedicated is M a y 17, little more t ha n a month a head , t he committee has d ecided upon an active canvass for next week . P r evio us to the �COL. W. H . KI NSi\IAN i\IE ~'1 0RIAL. beginning of the canvass, however, another jo int meeting o f the committees will be held at which an effort will be made to have every member present, a nd plans for systematic and thorough work will be outlined. This meeting will be held at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon at the office of Stone & Tinley, and every member is urged by the heads of th e committees to be present. These co mmi ttees consist of John Lindt, Judge George Carson, T heodore G uitta1·, William ).foore and Edwin J. A l)bott. representing- .-\be LiJ1coln post No. 29, G. A. R., and Emmet T inl ey, Spe nce r S mith , Capt. Seth H . Craig and Supt. \•V. H. Clifford, composing the c itizens' committee. CANVASS NEXT WEEK. The subscriptions so far consist largely of small amounts from individuals, a lthough a number of the business houses o f the city have also contributed. Next week, howeve r , t he members of the committees will visit the jobbers, impl ement row, the public buildings of the city and make a most thorough and systematic canvass. This evening the matter will also be brought up before Abe Lincoln post. O ne hundred dollars has already been contribu ted for the post. but it is also planned for each m ember to subscribe whatever he feels able to do. I n this way it is hoped that at least $roo can be raised . The need o f a liberal response on the part of the bu siness men and citizens is urgent. Ma y 17, the anniversary o f the date on which Colonel K insman lost his life wh ile lead ing h is r egiment in a gallant charge at Black river b ridge . ).l[ ississ ippi. has been decided upon by General Dodge as the date o n which the monument ~hall be unveiled. REUNI ON AT STAKE. It will also be the occasion of a reunion in t his city of t he veterans of Colo nel K in sman's 1:wo r egiments, the Founh and Twenty-third Iowa, besides hundreds of other comrades and sold iers. Letters have a lready been rece ived here from a la rge number of veterans who wi ll be present at that time, and unless the mon ument is completed and in its place the whole affair will have to be declared off. As it now stands, the credit of t h e city is at stake. and members o f the committee declare th at t h ey �COL. W. H. KINS:\fAN ME?.IORIAL. mus t r eceive a liberal and prompt response to their solicit ations for funcls.-Nonpare il, April 5, 1902. J:VIONUMENT 1IAY FAIL. KINS?IIAN ~ l El\lORIAL PROJECT IS NOW IN A DOUBTFUL STATE.-NO ACTI VITY. Th e joint mee ting of the c itizens' and old soldiers' committee. in c harge of t he raising of the funds for the Kinsman memorial m o nume nt. ,,·hich was to have been held yesterday afternoon, failed to materialize, only o ne or two of the members being present. This leaves the project in a m o r e awkward position than ever, as it had been hoped that the committees might get together and raise t he remainde r of the funds t his week. \Vith li ttle over a month to inte1-vene befo r e the clay ~ et for rhe ded icatio n o f t he monument, May i7, and less than half of the funds already secured, the s uccess of the pla n seems just a trifle doubtful at present. That this opinion is being shared by others. and that t he reputation of Council Bluffs is at stake if the monume nt is not secured by the proper elate, is evident from the following fro m the Des i\Ioincs L eader : " Sol die rs at Council Bluffs inform comrades in Des Moines t hat they fear they will be unable to raise the requisite $2,500 for t he erect ion of a monument to Col. William H . Kinsman unless they r eceive mor e gencrot1s help from tht: veterans of his reg im ents, the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa, throughout the state. .-\bout $ i ,ooo remains to be raised to insure t he erection of a monum ent to the m e mo ry of Colonel K insman at Council Bluffs, and it is extremely <lesirable that t his money be secured imm ed iately . so that the monument may be dedicated at the time set by the soldiers at Council Bluffs and b.v General Dodge when the body was found at Black r iver bridge and brought to Io\\'a. Th is elate is i\Iay r7, t he anniversary o f the battle 111 which Colonel Kinsman fel l. " A nother effo r t \Yill probably be made during the week to get the committees together, and t o begin a n active campaign f0r the ncccs::ary iuncls.-Nonparcil. A pril 9. 1902 . �COL. W . H. KINS:\IAN :\lE ~lORI:\L. KJNSMAN SHAFT HERE. 11'10NU).JEN'f ARRlVES .-\ND \\'I LL BE READY F O R ING CERE::\lO NY ON i'vf !\Y 17. U~VEIL­ T he K insman monument is no\\' in the c ity. ready to be dedicated to the memo ry of the gallant Coun cil Bluffs colonel on Saturday, May 17, the thirty-ninth anniversary o f hi s death in battle leading his regiment, the Twenty-third TO \\'a, again st the confederates at Black ri ver bayou, :'viiss. The tall g ranite shaft with its broad base and bronze m edallion arrived in a special car yesterday. The monument will be finished at the marble works of Sheely & Lane on upper Broadway and the n taken to Fairview cemetery early next week fo r erection in t h e center of Soldiers' circle, the highest p oint in th e cemetery o n the b lu ffs. It is plann ed now to place Colonel Kinsman ·s casket in a vault beneath the monument, where it may rest forevci-. Maj.-Gen. Gren ville .i\I. Dodge, is expected to arrive in the city from New York next Monday or Tu esday and all arrangements for the erection of the mo nument and the attendant ceremonies will await his approval and suggestio n. It will be r ernl!mbererl that it was throug h Gen eral Dodge's fai thful fri e ndship that Colonel Kinsman's g rave was discove red o n t he sou thern battlefield last fall by two fo rmer comrades after being thirty-eight years unmarked and unknown. The remain s were at once brought to this city and on November c9, r902 . we're placed in the famil y vault of Congressman \ Valtc r I. S mith at Fairview cemetery with the honor of a large military fun e ra l. At that time General Dodge announced bis desire to h ave a suitable monument erected to Colon el Kinsman's m e m o ry a nd to have the remains finall y interred on May 17 , 1902, t he anniversary of his d eath. In this project General Dodge has been heartily assisted b y t he civilian and veteran committees which he appointed before leaving the city last fall and now the monument is ready for d edication. In honor of the high tribute to be paid th eir former comrade and officer, a reunion of the veterans of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments will be held in this city the day of th e dedication o f the Kinsman monument. K in srnan was a lieutenant and captain of the Council Bluffs company in the o ld .. �COL. vv·. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 65 Fourth Iowa under Colonel Dodge and was subsequently promoted to the colonelcy of the Twenty-third Iowa regiment, which position he held at the time of his death. As many veterans of these two regim ents as possibly can, are certain to make this city their Mecca on May 17. Kinsman post, G. A. R., of Des ?l'!oines, which was named in honor of the Council Bluffs colonel, will send a large delegation to attend the unveiling of the monument and a number of prominent G. A. R. men of the state are expecte:d to attend. State Commander George Metzger may be present and it is certain that his successor as the head of the Iowa G. A. R., John Lindt, of this city, will be on hand. The monument will make a most fitting addition to soldiers' circle at Fairview and will add greatly to the artistic features of the granite fort abutments that now guard the surrounding graves of the hero dead with the four big siege guns that saw service along with the veterans who now sleep peacefully close by the bronze mouths which once belched forth in war. On one side of the base of the Kinsman monument will be placed a bronze medallion bearing an excellent bust picture of Colonel Kinsman in uniform. Appropriate lettering and military decorations will be placed on other parts of the shaft, which is of beautiful design. General Dodge personally planned the monument and saw to its construction.- Nonpareil, :May 7, r902. STRAIGHT FOR ORATOR. FORMER COMRADE TO DELIVER EULOGY ON KINSMAN DAY.-BIG P ARADE IS PLANNED. Col. J . A. Straight of Washington, D. C., will deliver the eu logy at the Kinsman monument ceremonies Saturday, May 17. This was announced at a meeting of the Kinsman committees yesterday afternoon. Colonel Straight was a member o.f the fwenty-third Iowa regiment .with Colonel Kinsman and assisted in his burial on the southern battlefield. It was throug h the efforts of Straight, together with Jesse Truitt of Winterset, Ia., whom General Dodge sent to Mississippi, that the Kinsman grave was located last fall and the remains forwarded to this city for final interment. �66 COL. W. H. KINS~IA N ME?l'!ORI.'\L. General Dodge was selected by the committees to be c h airman of the day and many of the details of the exerc ises \\"ill await his arrival early next week. A lready a number o f veteran s of the old Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regim ents h ave sig nified their intentions to attend the reunion at the un veiling of the monument. They will also participate in th e parade, together with the civic a nd military socie ties of t he city , which have promised to turn out in full force. All societies o f the city . together with citizens generally, are invited to jo in in the parad e to the cemetery. The parade will form on t he south side of 13ayliss park at I :30 in the afternoon. It will proceed east on Willow a venue to Main street, north on lv[ain to Broadway, cast on B roadway to Second street, north on Second to \rVashington avenue, w est o n Washington avenue to Oakland avenue , thence to Fairv ie\\" cemetery. The exercises of the afternoon will be h eld at th e monumcn ; in Soldiers' circle. ln the evening of May t7 an open m eeting will be held at the G. A. R. hall, at which a ca mp fire of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa veterans will be the feat u re and General Dodge the p rincipal speaker. T he Kinsman committees will meet daily fro m n o w until the dedication of the monument in o rder to transact the n ecessary business and complete arrangemen ts fo r the un veiling- cercmonies. -Nonpareil, May 8, i 9 0 2 . KINSMAN POST COMIN G. DES MOINES SOLDIERS TO ATTEND l\iIONUMENT CEREMONIES AND BRING BATTLE FLAG. K insman post, G. A. R .. o f Des l\'[oines, has n otifi ed t h e Ki nsman memorial committee that it will attend the ino num en t unveiling ceremonies in this city next Saturday in a body and bring with it the old battle Aag o f the Twenty-third Iow a 1·egiment, of which Kinsman was colonel and in the lead o f which he was killed at Black river bayou thirty- nine years ago from the very day o n which his memory w ill be honored by the erectio n o f a handso nw monument in this city, his fo rm er h ome. �COL. W. H. KINS?vl AN ?-.! E::\lORIAL. !Vlarion Howard, a farmer, now residing near Saylor, who carried the Twenty-third Iowa flag in t he battle in which K insman lost his life, and who was one of the union soldiers to go to the aid of their fallen commander, will accompany Kin sman post to this city and again carry the sacred regimental colors. T he Des Moines post will arrive in the city at 12:55 Saturday afternoon over t h e Rock I sland in time to participate in all t he ceremonies. Edwin J. A bbott, secretary of the Kinsman monument committee, ha s just issued t he following letter to the comrades of th e Twenty-third and Fourth Iowa regiments: '·You a re especially invited to be present at Council Bluffs, Ia. , on Saturday, i\!Iay 17, and participate in the final interment of the remains of your well-beloved comrade and officer. Col. \Vm. 1-I. K insman, and witness the unveiling of the monument erected by his comrades and friends in the soldiers' burial spot in Fairview cemetery, in t his city. "Your old commander, Gen . Grenville M . Dodge, will be present on that occasio n and will be anxious to g reet all his old comrades of the Fourth and T wenty-third Iowa, and sends his personal in vitatio n for you to attend. " The processio n will form at 1 :30 p. m., and the exercises will be com pleted in time fo r you to leave by the evening t rain if you so desire." - Nonpa reil , May II, r902. GENERAL DODGE HERE. COMES TO ATTEND KINSMAN !vIONUl\.IENT UNVEILING.rvtET \<\' l'I'H COMl\IJ'l'TEES A N.D APPROVED PLANS.BIG PARADE JS PROPOSED FO R THE OCCASlON.Lr EUTE N r\NT STRAIGHT. EMMET TINLEY AND J. W. DEWEESE TO DELIVER THE ADDRESSES.- WILL BE A HO LIDAY. 1vlaj .-Gen . Grenville l\J. Dodge. who is one of t he three surviv ing union army <.'ommanders of the civil war, arrived at his home in this city y'esterclay, coming direct from his business offices in ~ew York dty, and at once beg an preparations for the �68 COL. W. H . KINS?vlAN MEMO RI AL. unveiling of the Kinsman monument Saturday of this week. Last evening there was an info rmal gathering o f m ember s of the local Kinsman committee at General Dodge's handsome home on Third street and the pla ns fo r the parade and p rogram were viewed and perfected. T hose present were Gene ral Dodge, John Lind t, the com ing commander of Iowa G. r\ . R ., i\Iayor Morgan, Judge George Carson, R. N. iVIerriam , a member of the Council Bluffs company of wh ich K insman was captain for a time in the Fourth Iowa regiment, which General Dodge recruited in this city and of which he was the first colo nel; Edwin J. Abbott, Spencer Smith, Emmet Tinley, Captain J\father and Lieutenants Paul I. Van Order and George L. Judson o f the Dodge L ight Guard, the namesake company of General Dodge. GENERAL DODGE IS PRESIDENT. General D odge was forthwith chosen a s president of the day for the Kinsman ceremonies and John Lindt was selected marshal of the day. It was then decided that L ie ut. J. A. Straight of Washin~on, who was with Co lonel K in sman wl~en he fell m ortally wounded at the battle of Black river bayou, Miss., May 17, 1863, and who assisted in the locatio n o f the Kinsman grave last fall, should be one of the principal speakers at the unveiling services. Emmet Tinley was a lso chosen to deliver a eulogy on the occasion and an invitatio n will be wired to ]. W. Deweese, general solicitor for the B . & M. at Lincoln, Neb., to also d eliver a short address. M r. D eweese was a member of Kinsman's r egiment, the Twenty-third Iowa. An invitation has been extended by the committee to General Glascoe of Burlington, to attend the Kinsman memorial meeting a nd take part in the program, he having succeeded K insman as colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa regiment after the death o f the latter. The committee yesterday received a lett er from General Glascoe in which he states his regrets over temporary illness preventing his attendance. " I knew Colonel K insman," he says in the letter, " so well and for so long a time that nothing but present ill health would stand in the way of attending yo ur meeting and saying nothing but praise as to the good quality and ability, which would be the truth in respect to m y brave soldier fri end and comrade." Rev. G . W. Snyder of the St. J ohn's English Lutheran church was chosen as chaplain for the clay. �COL. W. H . KINS MA N ME lVIORI AL. RECEPTIO N OF VET ERANS. As has been stated, Kinsma n post o f Des Moines will attend the dedication o f the mon umen t in a body and bring the battleAag of the Twenty-third Iowa regiment together with its drum corps. Abe L incoln post, G. A. R., and Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran Legion, \\'ill meet the Des Moines veterans in a body at th e Rock I sland depot Saturday morning at II :30 and escort them to th e G. :\. R. hall, where they may rest and where lunch will be scn·ecl by the 'Woman's Relief Corps to the visiting veterans. Th<' headquarters for the veterans of the old Fourth and Twc.:nty-third Iowa regimen ts will be at the Grand hotel, and there R. N. Merriam and \i\Till H . Campbell will look after the welfa re of the mem bers of their o ld regim ent, the Fourth Iowa, and Capt. L. B. Cousins wi ll assist Hugh \ i\T. Goss in entertai ni ng the members of the Twenty-third regiment, o f which lVIr. Goss is the only survivor in the city. iv[ AYOR 1'0 PROCL AIM H OL IDAY. On suggestio n o f the committee, Mayor l\llorgan will issue a proclamatio n asking that the b usiness Jiouses o f the city be closed from 1 to 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon and that the clay be generally observed as a memorial day. It is believed that the proclamation fo r the suspension of business for a few hours will be generally observed, as all in terest will then center at Fairview cemetery and the unveil ing exercises there. Last evening the committee p repared a rough draft of the format ion of the parade, \.vhich will form on the south side o f Bayliss park at I :30 Saturday afternoon and march promptly at 2 o'clock. It is earnestly desired that all the societies, both civic as well as military, in the city participate in the parade in honor of the Council Bluffs hero, and all o rganizations desirous of places in the li ne are requesteci to at once notify Edwin J. Abbott, secretary of the K insman committee. THE KINS1'.IAN PARADE. T he parade as pla nneci last evening will be about as fo llows : P latoon o f police, Marshal L indt and aides, band, president of the day, Majo r-General Dodge, with speakers a nd chaplain, in carriage; Dodge L ig h t Guard, H igh School Cadets, Twentythird Iowa battleAag and bearer, Kinsman G. A. R. post and �70 COL. W . H. KINS.\IAN ?vlE:\TORT:\L. drum corpc; of Des Moi nes. Fotlrth Iowa veteran s, Twen ty-third Iowa veterans, John L. :\loore camp, Iowa Society Army of the Philippines; Encampm ent >Jo. 8, U nion \'ctcran Legio n: Abe Lincoln post No. 29, G. i\. R., civic societ ies. \ Vall :\IcFadden drum corps, school children, mayo r and cou n c il and city and county officials in carriages, library board in carriages, c it y fire department, citizens in carriages.-Nonparci l :\lay I3, 1902. FOR KINSMAN DAY. EVERYTHING IN READINESS FOR TO.\TORROW.-.\lONUMENT ALREADY ERECTED IN CEl\lETERY.-ORDERS ISSUED FOR THE PARADE AND EXERCISES.-C ENERAL DOD GE ANNOUNCES THE UNVEILING CEREMGNY.-l'vIARSHAL LINDT GIVES LINE OF :\!ARCH. The Kinsman monument was placed in pos1t1on in the center of soldiers' circle, Fairview cemetery, yesterday afternoon and is now ready for the dedication Saturday. The monument will be covered with canvas today and not be exposed to public gaze until the unveiling ceremony of tomorrow. Situated .as it is on one of the highest points of the bluffs, Lh e monum ent which is itself twenty feet high makes a most commanding spectacle and seems a fittin g tribute to the gallan t Council B lu ffs sold ier in whose memory it was erected. vVith the placing of the monument stones in position yesterday, everything is now in readiness for the ceremonies of tomorrow. General Dodge, who will be president of the day, and Grand Ma1-shal Lindt having also completed their arrangements for the program and parade. Indications are that several hundred veterans of the civil war, particularly those of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa r egiments, will attend the unveiling of the monument and the ceremon ies are certain to attract as many h undred other visitors to the city. W ith favorable weather, the occasion promises to be a most inspiring one. In event of ra iny weather, arrangements have been made to hold the program at the Doh any theater, so that rain or shine, the ceremonies are to occur. �COL. W. H. KINSMAN :\rEMORIAL. 71 THE KINSl\1AN 7-.IONUMENT. The Kinsman monument has been constructed according to the d esign proposed by General Dodge on· his visit to this · city last '.'\ ovcrnber when the remains of Colonel Kinsman were brought here from the l\Iississippi battlefield where they had laid unknown for nearly thirty-nine years. The total height of the monu ment is twenty feet, the greater portion of which is a rounded shaft of gra v gran ite placed on a broad base of the same stone. The shaft is eighteen inches in diameter at the base and tapers slightly to the top on which rests a large granite ball. Carved on the shaft is an American flag which encircles the rounded column from near the top to the base. The flag is brought into prominence by being polished in contrast with the rougher portion of the shaft. T he cap block beneath the shaft has a border of large stars and below is the main g ranite block of the base which bears the inscription and the bronze medallion of Colo nel K insma n. The medallion is a life size bas-relief bust of Colonel Kinsman in full uniform and shows him wearing a full beard as he did at the time of his death. Just above the medallion which faces the." south, is carved the words "Col. \i\Tilliam H. Kinsman ." Beneath the medallio n is inscribed "Born July I I, 1834. Cornwallis- Nova Scotia. Killed in Battle of Black River Bayou, fvfay 17, 1863." On the \vest side of this block is inscribed '"Erected bv his comrades and the citizens and school children o f Council. Bluffs, Iowa, :May 17, y902. The east side has this inscription, "Teacher in the public school of Council B luffs, lieutenant and captain, Co. B, Fourth Iowa Infantry, lieutenant-colonel and colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry." The north side of the block is blank. On the next stone are carved crossed sabres. The base stone is four foot, ten inches square and bears the name "Kinsman" in large raised letters. The proclamation of Mayor Morgan requesting the merchants of the city to close their places of business from I o'clock, the hours of the services at the cemetery, tomorrow afternoon, has met with general approval and there is every indicatio n that the request will be universally observed. All the visitors to the city will be at the cemetery during those hours and business will be practically at a standstill in any event and the merchants are disposed to observe the closing request, especially as it is the desire of General Dodge. �72 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEi\[QRIAL. INSTRUCTIONS TO VETERANS. Edwin J . Abbott, sec-retary of the Kinsman commi ttee, yesterday issued the following general order and instructions to all old soldiers and sailors and visiting comrades concerning the Kinsman memorial: "The headquarters of Kinsman post of Des ·Moines will b e at Grand Army hall on Pearl s treet. "The Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa will rendezvo us at the Grand hotel. "Other visiting comrades will meet at G. A. R. hall and j o in Abe Lincoln post. "Comrades R. N . Merriam and \V. H. Campbell, Company B, Fourth Iowa, will receive me mbers of the Fourth Iowa regiment, and Comrade Hugh Vv'. Goss of the Twenty-third Iowa, assisted by Capt. L. B. Cousins. will receive the Twenty- third Iowa. These comrades will attend to their wants and assi!511 them positions in lin e, etc. "The vV. R. C., Abe Lincoln corps No. 180, will se rve free refreshments to visiting comrades in the G. A . R. hall at noon of the 17th inst." In case o f rain on the afternoon of the 17th inst., the organizations will proceed without forming in line to Dohany's opera house, where the marshal and his aides will assign them seats, and the exercises attending the unveiling of the monument will be held there instead of at F airview cemetery. ORDER OF PARADE. John Lindt, who is grand marshal of the day, o rde rs the procession to form at I :.30 p. m. tomorrow with the r ight of the column resting on Sixth street and vVillow avenue. The line of march will be from Sixth street to Main on Willow avenue, north on Main to Oakland avenue by way of Washington avenue, up Oakland avenue to Fairview cemetery. The parade will form in the following order and on the return from the cemetery the organizations will again form in the same order and march to G. A . R. hall on Pearl street where they will be disban ded: Police. Grand Marshal John Lindt and Aides. Band. �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 73 :Major-General Grenville .M. Dodge. P resident of the Day, Chaplain and Speakers in Carriages. Dodge Light Guard. H igh School Cadets. Kinsman Post, G. A. R., D es Moines. Fourth and Tv\·enty-third Iowa Veterans. 1 l\ foore Post. Iowa Society National A rm y of the P hilippines. U nion Veteran Legion, Encampment No. 8. Abe Lincoln Post No. 29, G. A. R. Veteran Soldiers and Sailors. Civic Societies. McFadden Drum Corps. Children of Public Schools. Mayor, Council and City Officials in Carriages. Public Library T rustees in Carriages. F ire Department. Citizens in Carriages. UNVEILING CEREMONIES. Iv[aj.-Gen. G renville ~VI. Dodge, the president of the day, has arranged the fa llowing order of the exercises at the unveiling of the Kinsman monument at Fairview cemetery, the exercises to commence as soon as the parade has been formed about soldiers' circle: Prayer ............... .. . .. .. .. . . . .. . Rev. George vV. Snyder Song ................... . .. . . . . ...... . Dudley Buck Quartet Remarks by President o f the Day, General Dodge, and unveiling; o f m9 nument. At unveiling, band •..vill play "Star Spangled Banner," the quartet will lead in singing and the whole audience will join. Address .. ....... .. ...... .. ... . .. ..... . ... . .. Emmet T inley Song .......... .. ... ... ..... ....... ... Dudley Buck Quartet Eulogy by Lieut. ]. A. Straight of the Twenty-third Iowa Infan try, \i\lashington, D . C. Song . ........ ......... ... . . . . .. ... ... Dudley Buck Quartet Address . ..... ........... . ... .. ..... . ................ · J. vV. Deweese. Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, Lincoln, N eb. "America" .... ... ... .. ............ ... .... . . . .... . ... Band Benediction. �74 COL. W. H. K l NS.M ..\ N .\11·:.\I () f{ I :\ L. G. A. R. A)l"D U . V. L. XOTICES. Geo. B . :\liles, commander of .-\be Lincoln po~t :-.: o . 29. G. A. R., together with the post adjutant. Edwin J .. \hhott, yesterday issued the foll owing o rder to th e members of :\be Lincoln post concerning K in sman day: "You will report at post headq uarte rs o n Saturd ay. :- Jay 17, at 11 a. m. sharp, to act as escort to Kinsman post of Dl·s :- ro ines and other visiting comrades. You will also report at same place at 1 :15 sharp to take part in the parade and attend the u1weiling of the Col. \•V. H . Kinsman m onume nt. L.:nio 11 \ ·eteran Lq:~· ion No. 8, Abe Lincoln corps No. 180, W. J ~. C., and a ll o ld soldiers a nd sailors are invited to participate with us on thi s 1)ccasion." John i\L Harden, colonel conunancling- Encampment "'t\n. 8, union Veteran Legion, and ..-\ djutant L. Sherwood, have also issued the following order for its participation in the Kinsman day ceremonies a nd parade: "Encampment No. 8. U nion V eteran Leg-io n. is r equ ested to meet at vV. 0 . vV. hall Saturday m orning, i\fay 17. at 10:30 sharp, to go to the R ock Tsland depot to meet K in sman post, G. A. R., of Des "'.\Ioines an<I to act as its escort to G. A. R . hall; also to take part in the parade at r :30 for the final interment of the remains of Col. W. H . K insman at Fairview cemetery.'' vVall McFadden requests the m embers o f his drum corps to be at the G. A. R. hall to morrow mo rning at 1 r o'cloc k to p repare fo r participation in the parade. THE STORY TOLD IN STONE. The unveiling and dedication of the K in sman m o num ent mark today as an histori c o ne. The story thus told in sto n e is not to be read only by those who now look on its lines. but also by their chi ldren and their children's children. The t r ibute thus paid to the gallant personality of loyalty is most worthily bestowed, fo r Colonel Kinsman gave his all fo r his coun try a n d gave it bravely and cheerfully, but the story told in ston e is m ore than that o f personal patri otism and sacrifi ce. In ho n o ring- and preserving the memory o f h is courage and ficlclity th ere is the �COL. \V. H. KINS1'1AN MEMORIAL. 75 honoring and the preserving of the grand American ideals which found living form in him. It is not alone a lasting remin der of the virtues of him whose n ame is so lovingly engraved upon it. but an inspiration which will be felt by generations yet unborn to imitate those virtues which cause his memory to be so gracefully wreathed. Such a monument does more for the living than for the dead. There is no measure nor balance which can tell the exten t of the helpful inspirations which will go forth from this ston e in ever wideni ng circles in the great ocean of human act1v1ty. It is a tribute, but is is more than a tribute. It is a memory, but it is more than a memory. It is a lesson, but it is more than a lesson. It is an inspiration gathering its strength from the great achievements of yesterday and girding itself with faith in the greater possibilities of tomorrow, causing the heart of childh ood and of o ld age a like to beat the quicker at the sight o f the o ld flag , and to feel keener thrill o f joy in giving answer co whatever call of duty comes.-Nonpareil Editorial , May 17, ;:902. COLONEL vV. H. KINSMAN. HISTORY OF THE GALLANT COUNCIL BLUFFS SOLDIER. -STORY OF THE L ONG SEARCH FOR HIS UNKNOWN CRAVE.-THE FUNERAL SERVICES HELD HERE LAST NOVEl\lBER.- HOW GENERAL DODGE HAS REMAINED FAITHFUL THROUGH ALL YEARS TO HIS YOUNG SOLDIER FRIEND. A recent number of the Annals of Iowa, which is published by the historical department of the state, contained an excellent sketch of Colonel Kinsman's life written b v his faithful fr iend, l\Iaj.-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. A.ccompa1~ying the sketch was also published the picture of Colonel Kinsman, ·which is presen ted in today's Nonpareil. This picture in itself is highly treasured, being on e of the few pictures that now remain of the gallant soldier, the o riginal photograph being in possession of General Dodge. �COL. W. H. KINS:\L\N ?vTEMORT:\L. Following is the General Dodge sketch in full as it appeared in the Annals of Iowa: COLONEL WILLIAM H . KINS;\·CAN. BY GEN. GHENVILLE M. DODGE. "William H. Kinsman was born in Nova Scotia, K ings county, in the town of Cornwallis, in 1834. His father was Theodorus Kinsman, a small farmer, and his mother th e daughter of an old sea captain. Young Kinsman went to sea, shipping as cabin boy at the age of r5. He remained at sea for o ver four years. saving his money. Soon after his return home he came to Columbia county, N . Y., where he attended an academy for two years, and then went to Cleveland, Ohio, where he engaged in writing local eilitorials for a newspaper, attending a Jaw school during the time he remained in that city, in which he took a full course of lectures. In the spring of 1858 he enter ed the law office of Clinton & Baldwin, Council Bluffs, to complete his studies. On the motion of Judge Baldwin he was admitted to prnctice at the October term, 1858. "In 1859 he caught the gold fever,and took his knapsack and all the rations he could can-y, and tramped from Council Bluffs to Pike's Peak, some six hundred or more miles, where he engaged in any kind of labor he could find to do. He located a placer mine, which he worked for a short time. During his tramp to and stay in Colorado, he corresponded with The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, writing very sensible, practical letters, under the nom de plume o f "Jack Taffrail." In the winter of 1859 he returned to Council Bluffs, and taught a short term of school in t~at city. He then visited Washington City as the correspondent of sundry newspapers, but remained only a few months. Returning to Council Bluffs, he formed a co-partnership w it h the Hon. D . C. Bloomer. In July, 1860, he commenced the practice of his profession. "I first became acquainted with Kinsman when he entered the law office o f Clinton & Baldwin. I soon discovered he was a young man of energy, intelligence and great ambition, and �COL. W . H. KINS.tlIAN MEMORIAL. 77 that be took a lively part in political and all other matters that interested the city and state. I induced him to join the Council B luffs Guards, which he entered as a private, taking a great interest in the company. His stay with them, of course, was short, but as soon as he returned to Council Bluffs in r86o he again joined, and, if I recollect rightly, was made second lieutenant. It was uphill work maintaining an independent military company o f fifty or more members in a small town, without any aid from the state, or local encouragement whatever. The company was kept alive through patriotism and the desire of those who belonged to it to become drilled and efficient soldiers. It took a good deal of urging to get mcmy young men to· join the company, as they had to furni sh their own uniforms, which many of them could not afford to do, and many of the older citizens, instead of encouraging, opposed it. It was the only company in the western part of the state. Perhaps there was one, certainly not more than two, in the eastern part of the state. The effort was looked upon as foolish, and it was difficult to raise funds necessary to maintain the company. Kinsman, in his enthusiasm, induced many to join it. "In the political campaign o f 1860 Kinsman was also very active. It fell to my lot to take part in the thorough organization of the republican side of politics on the Missouri slope. The party there was unorganized; in fact, a republican. was looked upon rather as an outlaw than a citizen, as that portion of Iowa was settled mostly from the south and by the Mormons. The Baldwins, Mr. Bloomer, K insman and other prominent citizens took an active part in the campaign, thus giving us a creditable standing. Kinsman was very aggressive and got into personal conflicts, saying things that brought upon him considerable criticism. He was absolutely devoted to me, and ready to do an ything I asked him, no matter what the resurt might be, or the consequences to himself, and I therefore became much attached to him before the war. "In 1861, as soon as it became evident that the south would secede, I called the Council Bluffs Guards together, and informed them that in case of war I proposed to take part, and that I thought it was our duty to make known our decision in the matter, also to offer our services to the governor. Kinsman very �{• COL. \V. H. Kll\S:\IAN :\IE:\IORIAL. eloquently seconded my little talk. being aggressin: and determined, and absolutely demanding of every loyal person present that he take up arms for his govern ment. \ Vhen the \' Ole was taken the entire company aut horized me to offer thei r scn·iccs to the governor, and I think Kinsman was about the happiest man at their action that I ever met. This, I think. was the first company offered to the governor, alt hough it is possible that u nc in the eastern part of the state was offered fi rst. T he records s how that the govenor decl ined to accept us, stating that as it was the only company in western Iowa, and located near two frontiers, Missouri on the sout h and the Indians 011 th e..· n o r t h a nd west, he felt that the settlers there needed its protc<.:lil)11. T he action of the governor induced me to offer my service,_ personally to the U nited States government, being deter m ined to e nter the service. Learning this t he governor placed me 011 his staff, and sent me on special duty to Washington and other places. When I left the Bluffs I promised the company, especially Kinsman, that I would use all my endeavors to have it accepted as part of one of the regiments being raised in the state. :\ s soon as I was made colonel. and authorized to raise the Fourth Iowa, I immediately notified .Lieutenants Craig and Kinsman, and gave them authority to fill out the roll for Company 13 and recruit it to its full strength. In a short time I heard that they had it full, and when I returned to the Bluffs the company was ready to be mustered in. Kinsman was mustered with his company (B) as second lieutenant, but soon rose to become its captain, the first lieutenant, P. A. \Vheeler, having been made regimental quartcrn1aster, and Captain S. H. Craig, on accou nt of phys ical disability, having been compelled to resign. Ki nsman was promoted to the captaincy October 10, i861, at Rolla, iVI issou ri. He ll'as a very efficient officer, very sangui ne, and rath er restive under strict discipline. He thought if a sold ier could s ho ulder a llluskct and shoot it, that was about all that shou ld be required of him. I le had not then learned what was necessary to prepare a n1a11 for battle, and he felt that mv severe drilling- and disciplining of the regiment was uncalled for, as did most ~f the regiment; but none of the men ever protested openly. Kins man, who probably was as near or nearer to me than an y other man in the regiment. often talked to me about it, and always arrived at �COL. \V. H. KINSi\l.-\N MEMORIAL. 79 the conclusion that I must be right, but still he could not understand the necessity. He moved along in the campaign from Rolla to Pea Ridge, doing his full duty, and always anxious to aid m e. I could call upon him for any work, whether it was that of a soldier. clerk or correspondent, and I think he watched m e more carefully and took more interest in me than I did in myself. He could not well stand the slow movements of F remont, or the great delay in obtaining the proper equipment, clothing, etc., for the regiment. He wanted to take the short road to everything, which, of course, would have been the long one. In the preliminary fights on our march south, up to the great battle of Pea Ridge, I noticed that he was very active, very anxious to get to the front , and that the sound of a cannon or a gun stirred him immediately. "During all this time he kept in correspondence with the h o me loca l paper, The Council Bluffs Nonpareil, giving every movement, every detail and every item that would be of interest to the people at hom e. He was especially sympathetic over the great amount of sickness and the many deaths that occurred in lhe regiment at Rolla. 'fhe Fourth Iowa was mostly made up of country boys, and they had almost every known disease while in camp that winter at Rolla. At one time nearly half the regi1T1ent was clown. ' ' !\ t the battle of Pea Ridge I was instructed to· make a detail of three companies to hold the extreme left of Colonel Carr's division, which was ;.he Pea Ridge mountain. This ridge divided General Curtis' army, Colonel Carr's division occupying ground to the east and north of the mountain and facing General P rice's army-General Davis with his division occupying the west and south sides of the mountain, fronting General Van Dorn. This m ou ntain made a division of V3.n Darn's army, and h e made a fatal mistake in dividing his force and sending part under Price to attack our 1·car, giving us the short interior line, while his liue was so 1011g and his divisions so far apart that h e could no t reinforce either division of his army by details from another. They were not in close touch throughout the battle. Van Dom's a rmy was fully <louble that of Curtis, and if he had attacked with his whole force fro m the west, there is no doubt that we would have had a mu ch harder struggle and probably a different result. �So COL. W. H. KINS:. L-\N .ME~TORIAL. As that detail was to be away from me, o ut of my rea ch. and it was necessary to depend upon the judgment o f the o ffi ce r commanding, I selected Captain K insman with his o wn company and two companies of the Twenty-fourth :\Iissouri. Kins m a n in his repo rt says that his command was stretch ed out across the south end of the mou ntain as skirmishers, and the en emy tho ug ht they were a whole regiment, and when opposed they were opposed o nly by skirmishers. They held their positio n th ro ug h o ut the first day and had only one man wounded. Going over thei r front the next day he found eleven dead, shot with mu sk et balls. There were some Indians with the enemy who shot arro w s. L ike all the rest of the officers and men of the Fourth, h e h ad no sleep fo r th e two nights. I find in my official report th e fo llo wing on hi s action that day: Company B, under Captain Kin sman, with two companies o f the Twenty-fourth Missouri, were on the 7th ordered lo the extreme left o f the division, to hold our left flank and check th e enemy upo n the high hill-Pea Ridge. He d id this ve ry effectively that clay ancl re ndered very efficient service. "He joined the regiment again about 5 o'clock that e v en ing and took part in the final charge that day o rde red by General Curtis in person. Gt neral Curti:; speaks o f his ch arge as fo ll o ws: As I came up the Fourth Iowa was falling back fo r cartridges, in line, dressing on their colors, in perfect order. S upposin g wiL h my reinfo rcements I could entirely regain our lost ground, I o rde rccl the regime nt to halt and face about. Colo nel D o dge came up, explaining the want o f cartridges, and informed o f my purpose, he o rdered a bayonet charge, and they moved again with s teady n e rve to their former pos ition, whe re the gallant N inth was ready to s uppo rt th e m. Thes e two regimen ts wo n imperisha ble fame . "The Fourth Iowa had h eld its position all da~1 , but the Second brigade posted at Elkhorn tavern had b een driven back early in th e afternoon leaving my brigad e un suppo rted o n e ith er flank, and the enemy had passed clear around me and into my r ear, a nd I did no t discover it until out o f ammunition. My adjutant, Gen. Jam es A . vVilliamson, in going for ammun itio n r an into a rebel regiment in m y rear, where the F irst brigade had been posted. This, of course, forced me to withdraw my brig ade and join o ur line in our rear, and it was while o n this m o v e m ent that I m et General Curtis, and the action described in his report took p lace. The regim ent h eard the conversation between General �COL. W. H. KINS1'vlAN ME'MORIAL. 81 Curtis and myself. and when I gave the order they started as one man, cheering, and regained our former position, but the enemy had retired from the field in our front. "A fter this battle Captain Kinsman came to me and called m y attention to the fact that the regiment next morning was intact, with not a man missing except its killed and wounded, and in a very fri ~ ndly and complimentary way said that he no•v appreciated all the work they had had to do in the past year, and what it meant. In fact the whole Fourth Iowa learned then the value of discipline and drill. They saw other regiments, when they lost their officers, melt away, but the Fourth Iowa, with not a field officer left, never had a straggler. As I left the regiment soon after the battle of P ea R idge, I had no further personal contact with K insman, though he kept up an occasional correspondence with me, showing a great regard for and imerest in me until his death. Soon after I left the regiment, upon my application, he was made an assistant adjutant-general, it being my intention to place him on my staff, but he declined this, and December I, 1862, accepted a commission as lieutenant-colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry. I have no personal knowledge of his services in that regiment, except as gathered from his letters. He unfortunately had a difference with his brigade commander, General Davidson, when they were in Missouri. It came from his allowing his men to forage when they had been without rations for several days on the march to Vv est P lains. l\i o. In February, 1863, he was summoned before a court martial, which convened in St. Louis in March, and did not return to his regiment for duty until after it had r eached Raymond on the march to Jackson. This was a great disappointment and r egret, and he felt it very keenly, and it no doubt was the cause of his determination when he rejoined the regiment to atone for it by his daring and bravery, as shown in the battles that foll owed. Concerning his services \Yith the Twenty-third regiment, I take the liberty of quoting a letter from a chum of his before the war, who was a school teacher, correspondent and lawyer, like himself, and who was his comrade in the Twentv-third. and whose brother was a member of Captain Kinsman's c.ompany, B, Fourth Iowa-Lieut. J. A. Straight. He writes: On the death of Col. Wm. Dewey in Dece mber, r862, L ieutenantColonel Kin sman was promoted to the colonelcy, and became the idol �COL. W . H. KINSMAN ME1'l0RIAL. of the regiment. He never had an enemy in the organizat io n. :\ most thorough discipli narian, and a hale and hearty friend to c ,·ery soldier, he, of course, was popular. He always led his hoys- ne,·er fo llowed. In a long and exceedingly hard marching campaign in \ I issouri. in the winter of i862-3, owing to the distance from suppl ics and no iorage or supplies in the sparsely settled country, the r egiment was 0 11 sl im rations for over two weeks, and reduced to parched corn fflr tw o or three days . Some of th e Company E boys discove red some hogs near camp and they wer e captured, also a very poor cow, which went into t h e camp k ettles. General Davidson sent for Colonel Kinsman and $a id so me ,·c ry wrath y things about his Iowa boys, and their jayhawking ways, whic h Kinsman resented with such fervor that General Da,·idson ordered hi111 under a rrest, and on the ret urn of the command t o 1\ rcadia. \fo .. h e was called before a court martial at St. L o uis in 1·farch, and after a d i-agging trial of two weeks or longer he was res tored to duty. the scnlencc. a>< I now recollect, being a reprimand by General Curtis ior conduct unbecoming a subordinate officer. '!'he regiment had gone down to V icksburg. and Colonel Kinsman rejoined it while o n the march from Bru in sburg, Miss.. to Jackson, the fi rst week in l\fay, 1863. near the battldidcl of Port Gibson, in which his regiment had taken a prominent part. He marched with the regiment through mud and sl ush to Jackson. c o mmanded it at Champion hill, where they captured many pris oners by a succession of charges under heavy artillery fire, and double-quickc<l from C h ampion hill battleground to E dwards' Station, where we bivouacked t h e night of May 16, 1863. '!'hat night, while the dash ing !-a in wa s drenc hin g U '.'; to the s ki n, and we huddled close together. we talked long after t h e middle of the n ig h t. and h e said. "I ha ve ord ers to march at daylight and attack the en emy (Johnnies) whenever and wherever we find them. I may be killed but if I live and the Twenty-th ird will follow me, and I know it will , we will s how the people at home (in Iowa) that it is one of the best and bravest r egiments that ever left the state, and I shall wear a star. But something tells me that I shall be severely wounded, and I want you. if it should be, to sec that my sword and watc h and o ther t hings are sent to .M r. Bloomer, who will know what to do with them;" and while resting next morning under the river bank. to which point he had been ordered by General Lawler, brigade commander , he again s aid to me: " I expect to be shot down ri gh t up o n this bank," pointing behind him t o the high bank which sheltered us. but added in a tone of voice h eard for several feet around us, " but the Twenty-third wil l get there just the same- don't st o p for the dead and wounded; you must take t hose b r eastworks." The Twenty- third was ly ing with bayonets fixed . and loaded g uns, s tripped to the lightest runn ing weight. undei- t he ha nk of Black ri ver, which at that point coursed cast and west. Company i\ was o n the right wing, <ind had orders, a t ;i g iven s ignal. to mount the bank without firin g a gun and double- quick across an ope n cotton field to a point in the brcastw•)rks about 500 yards distant. whe re a b:1you some �COL. W. H. KINSMAN '.\ lE'.\lORIAL. twe nt y yards wide passed throug h the line of rifle-pits. This su bjected t he regimen t to a flank a nd enfilading fi re from Gcncrnls F re nch and Bowen's l\I issouri d ivisions, whic h occu pied the l ine of field works on our righ t flank. From the ti me we mounted t he bank we were subjected to a murderous fire from 6,ooo veteran '.\lissouri and Arkansas troops, and the artillery fire of tweh·e guns in our front supported by two brigach:s of Tenncsseeans and Alabamians. The order of Colonel Kinsman wa~ by signal (rernodng his hat). and he was stripped of c,·e rythin~ except his sword-belt and rc,·oh·er, ready to mount the bank, which was a perpendicular rise of four to fi,·e feet, and when the order fro m General Lawler came, wi thout a momen t's hesitation he raised his hat and was the l'irst man to mount the bank, t he balance of his regiment followi ng an insta nt later. T here was no no ise or confusion; every 1na11 knew what was expected of him, and no t a n o rder was issued. The regiment formed a passable line and moved off o n a double-quick without firini:: a gun. The first volley fired from t he wor ks on our right found Colonel Kinsman about thirty feet from t he top of the bank. He had turned around facing the regiment as he was aligning it by motions, and urging it forward, and he was struck with a minic ball in the left side. piercing the sword-belt, near t he center of the belt, and fell, turning completely around. I stopped by him a minute o r less. gave him a ca nteen of coffee, a nd some cotton to staunch his wound, a nd lefL him ly ing in a cotton ro w, which was a slig ht protectio n fr om t he bullets of t he c ne111y. bu t he im patie ntl y o rdcn:d me to leave him atl(l go to t he rcg- i1m: nl. 1 o ,·ertook the regim e nt as it was wa ding ac ross the bayou, ru n ning- O\·cr gro und strewn wit h the wounded a nd dead of 111y regime nt . 1\ s we were fir ing our first volley into the enemy after gaining the rifle- pit~. Colonel Kinsman came rushing by us. shouting... Give 'cm hell. boys !.. wnving his naked sword and looking very pale, as H he were making a death struggle with his wound. The enemy was retreating pell mell in great disorder. and the ,·ery last ,·olley I can remember a s fired hy them in our direction caught our colonel once more while he wa ~ i- ho utinir on the top of the enemy's rifle-pits-this time on the rig-Ill !'iclc and about two inches higher than the first shot. both ~hot ,; ha,·ing- pas sed through his body and out. He fell upon the enemy's hn: a ~ t worki;. and as they had ceased firing and were surrendering to our fcircc ~ nil along the line, and the balance of o ur division were passing 11,·er the breastworks to cut off the retreat across the river. several of the s li~htly wounded members of the Twenty-third gathered around him. 11 c was tenderly borne to the shade of a tree close by unLil stretchers c oulcl he procured. when he was carried to the hospital tent near Lhe railroad track in the rear or General Ho,·ey's di,·ision. Ile was !\hot the s econd time about 11 a. m. and it was between 12 a nd t p. m. when he wa~ examined by the surgeons at the hospital tent or tree. and during thb time he s hook hands with the boys as they came to ~cc him. asking aft('r t he WlHlnclcd. a nd when told o r S utler Jo hn Lyon havi ng been ki ll ed, he :;aid, ''I a m so sorry: T told him not to go wi th t he boys. but �COL. W. H. KINSMAN ME .MORI:\L. he was a brave man and would go." vVhen the surgeo ns told him he had only a s lim chance to live. he said. ·-r11 ta ke that c hance. as I don't want to leave my brave boys," and the n added, '"didn"t th ey s urpri se the J ohnny-rebs? and didn' t yo u SC'e the m run up th e cotton-batting on their bayonets?" and thus he talked at times as the pain increased. Finally, about midnight the 17th of May, he began to grow wo rse, and about 10 a. m. next day passed away. He asked us t o bury him unde r the live oak tree, where he was lying on a cot under a te nt- fl y, and on the evening of the 18th of May, 1863, about sundown, with a fe w o f his n ea rest friend s present, he was laid away to his final rest, within about 100 feet of the railroad track. General McClernand; commander of the Thirtee nth Army Corps, said in his report of the battle: "Among the kil led is C o lo nel Kinsman, Twenty-third Iowa, who fell mortally wounde d while leadin g his regiment upon the ene my's works." General Carr, commanding the Fourth division of the corps, and an eye-witness, said: ·'A murderous crossfire was opened on our men as they moved forward on the run. It was here that the gallant Kinsman o f the Twe nty- third Iowa lost his life. He received a fatal wound in the abdomen, but still kept o n until ano ther through his chest bro ught him to the ground." His last words, as I now remember them, were: '"Tell the boys I died happy. I fell at the head of my regiment, doing my du ty . Bury me here on the field of my last battle." "Kinsman's comrades of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa, and his fri ends in Council Bluffs, were very desirous that his remains should be brought back to his home in Iowa, and considerable correspondence occurred. The difficulty seemed to be to find some one who knew and could designate the spot whe re he was buried. Finally, in the spring of 1884, Lieut. N. E. Ridenour of the Twenty-third, editor of The Page County D e mocrat, who had taken great personal interest in the matter, and who had appealed to the state legislature in that behalf, but they not acting, he, together with the Rev. A. G. Barton, went to the Black river bayou battle-ground, east of Vicksburg, with the view of bringing back to Iowa Colonel Kinsman's remains; but the changes in the country since the war made it imposs ible to locate it. They returned g reatly disappointed, and their disappointment was shared by all of Kinsman's friends who had looked forward confidently to their bringing his remains with them. Lieutenant Straight in his letter to me says he thinks he can find the grave, and during the coming autumn I shall try to have one more effort made to bring his remains to Iowa to b e buried at �COL. W. H . KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 85 his home with his comrades, where he can be properly honored, a nd the memory of his deeds perpetuated." SEARCH FOR KINSMAN GRAVE. SEVERAL VAIN ATTEMPTS HAD BEEN MADE TO RECOVER THE REMAINS. Prior to the successful location last fall, several attempts had been made by former comrades to discover Colonel Kinsman's grave for the purpose of either erecting a suitable monument thereon or bringing the remains back to Iowa for suitable interment here. Colonel Kinsman having been buried in the heat of a fierce campaign and while the troops were still under fire on the battlefield, his interment was necessarily a hasty one. The regiment soon after moved on toward Vicksburg, and in the excitement of the battle, the location of the grave was not firmly fixed in the minds of soldiers, nor had they time to erect more than a board marker, which was soon destroyed. Thus Colonel Kinsman's grave became one of the "unknown." In the early 'Sos the veterans of the Twenty-third regiment and especially Kinsman G. A. R. post of Des Moines, endeavored to interest the state legislature in making an appropriation for a search of the Black river bayou battlefield for Colonel Kinsman's remains, but the legislators failed to respond. In I884 General Dodge sent Lieut. N. E. Ridenour and Rev. A. G. Barton to Mississippi to search for Colonel Kinsman's grave, and paid all their expenses. They dug over a considerable portion of the B lack river bayou battlefield, but failed to fi nd any traces of the Kinsman remains and had to return home in disappointment. It subsequently developed that they made the error of believing that Colonel Kinsman had been buried just where he fell in battle, which was not the case, as he did not die until the following night and was buried close by the field hospital tent to which he had been removed. Last summer General Dodge wrote an article concerning Colonel Kinsman and remarked that his grave was still unlocated. This statement met the eye of Lieut. J. A. Straight of Washington, who was a member of the Twenty-third Iowa regi- �86 COL. \\-_ H. KINS\! AN \lE\1 0 RL\ L. ment and who had helped bury l(insman. 1:-I e at o n ce \Hote General Dodge that h e was certain h e could find t h e g rave. About the same time J esse Truitt of \ V in te rse t also w rote to General Dodge that h e was s ure he could find Colo n e l l(insman's remains. General Dodge t h ereupon offe red to pay the expenses of the searching party a nd about th e middle of last N ovember Lieutenant Straight and hi s form e r com rad es . Jesse Truitt and O ldham. met at Vicksburg, just east of t h e B lac k 1-ivcr bayou battlefield, and proceeded o n their miss io n . The story of the search and the recovery of the remains has been g iven in previous issues o f The Nonpareil.-Nonparcil , :\lay i7, 1902. KINSMAN :MONUMENT. WILL BE UNVEILED TODAY WITH DUE CEREtvfONY.- EXERCISES AT SOLDIERS' CIRCLE IN FAIRVIEW.-CIVIC AND MILITARY P ARADE TO CE METER Y.-SEVERAL HUNDRED VISITORS ARE EXPECTED TO .-\ TTEND.MANY VETER.'\NS A RE COMING. MAYO R'S PROCLAMATION. " vVh ereas, T he ceremonies of the unveiling- o f the m o nument erected to the memory of Colonel K insman have b een arranged for Saturday afternoon and it is fitting and proper that thi s city. his home when he r esponded to the call in d e fense of our country, should show respect to the memorv of o n e who so nobly died; . "Therefore, I, Dell G. :Morgan, mayor, call upo n all our citizens to attend the exercises at the unveiling of the monument and upon our business men to close their places of business upon that day between the hours of r and 4 o 'cl ock p. 111 . , and that the day be generally observed as memorial day. DELL G . 110RG1\N, :;\[a yor." INSTRUCTIONS TO VETERANS. The following instructions issued by th e Kin sman cornmittee should be read and observed by all old soldiers and sailors · and visiting veterans today : �COL. W. H. KINSMAN :MEMORIAL. "The headquarters of Kinsman post of D es Moines will be at Grand Anny hall on Pearl street. "Th e Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa will rendezvous at the Grand hotel. "Other visiting comrades will meet at G. A. R. hall and join Abe Lincoln post. "Comrades R . N. Ivierriam and vV. H. Campbell, Company B, Fourth Iowa, will receive members of the Fourth Iowa regiment. and Comrade Hugh \~T . Goss of the Twenty-th ird Iowa, assisted by Capt. L. B . Cousins, will receive the Twenty-third Iowa. These comrades will attend to their wants and assign them positil)llS in line, etc. "The \V. R. C., Abe Lincoln corps No. 180, will serve free refreshments to visiting comrades in the G. A. R. hall at noon. "In case o f rain this afternoo~1, the organizations will proceed without forming in line to Dohany's opera house, where the marshal and his a ides will assign them seats, and the exercises attending the unveiling of the monument, will be held there instead of at Fairview cemetery." ORDER OF PARADE. John Lindt, grand marshal of the day, orders the procession to form promptly at 1 :30 p. m. with the right of the column resting on Sixth street and \i\Tillow avenue. The line of march will be from Sixth street to Main on Willow avenue, north on I\lai n to Oakland avenue by way of \i\Tashington avenue, up Oakland avenue to Fairview cemetery. The parade will form in the following order and on the return from the cemetery the organizations will again form in the same order and march to G. A. R. hall on Pearl street where they will be disbanded: Police. Grand Marshal John Lindt and Aides. Band. i.\Iaj.-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge. President of the Day, Chaplain and Speakers in Carriages. Dodge Light Guard. High School Cadets. Kinsman Post, G. A. R., Des Moines. Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa Veterans. i'vioore Post, Iowa Society _Tational Army of the Philippines. i_ �88 COL. W. H. KINS~[ AN ME!\IORIAL. U nio n Veteran Legion. Encampme nt No. 8. Abe L incoln Post To. 29, G. A. R. V etera n Soldiers and Sailo rs . Civic Societies. McFadden Drum Corps. Children of P ubl ic Schoo ls . Mayor, Council and City O fficia ls in Ca rriag·es. Public Library Trustees in Carriages. Fire Department. C itizens in Ca rriages. UNVEILING CEREMONI ES. Niaj.-Gea. Grenville M . Dodge, the president of the day, has arranged the following o rder of the exerci ses at the unveiling of the Kinsman monument at Fa irview cem etery, the exercises to comm ence as soon as the parade has bee n fo rmed about soldiers' circle: P rayer . ........ .. . . . ................ R ev . George \N . S nyder Song . . .. . .... . .. . . . . . . . . . . . ...... . ... Dudley Buck Qua rtet Remarks by President o f the Day, General Dodge, and unveiling o f monument. At unveiling band will play "Star Spangled Ba nner ," t he quartet will lead in singing and the whole audi ence will j o in. A ddress ... .. ... ... .. . .................. . .... Emmet Tin ley Song . .. . . . . ..... . .......... . ......... Dudley Buck Quartet Eulogy by Lieut. ]. A . S traig ht of the Twenty-third Iowa Infantry , Washington. D . C. Address . .. .. .... .... ..... . . ... ......... . .. . . · · · · · · · · J. W. Deweese, Twenty-third Iowa Infan try, Lincol n, Neb. "An1erica". . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Band Bene<l iction. Every possible arrang ement was completed yesterday for the dedication o f the Kinsman mon ument today even to securing a prediction from the weather bureau for a fair day. If the weather man fails to keep his word, however, the exercises w ill be held in the Dohany theater instead of at the soldi ers' circle in Fairview cemetery, where the monum ent is located. T her e is every ind ication that several hundred veterans and visitors will arrive in the city this morning to attend the unveiling o f the K insman ��90 COL. W. H . KINS:\1i\N :\IE:\TORI:\L. square; constructed of gray granite, with bronze bas-1·elief medallion. KI NS:.\·IAN POST COMIN G. Kinsman post, G. A. R., of De~ ;...roines, ,,·ill arrive t his morning at JI :30 over the H.ock Island with fro m fifty to scve11 tyfive members. They will be met at the Rock Island c ity depot on South Main street by Abe Lincoln G. r\. R. post and Encampment ?\o. 8, U nion Veteran L egion, of this city , head ed by McFadden's drum corps, and marched to the G. A . R. hall, which will be the headquarters o f K insman post. The Des ~vioines post will probably bring its own drum corps and may also have with it the Twent>r-third Iowa reg im ental Rag. whi ch is now one of the civil war relics at the state capitol. tvlarion Howard of Saylor, who carried the Rag at B lack ri ve r bayou when Colonel K insman was killed . is expected to accompany Kinsman post, and. if the state custodian allows the sacred Rag to leave its glass case fo r the trip, he will carry it again in the parade today. Lieut. J. A. Straight who is to deliver th e eulogy at the unveiling exercises, will arrive in th e city this m o rning fro m his home at \i\/ashington, and J. \V. Deweese. another Twenty-third regiment veteran who is o n the program, is to come fr o m Lincoln, Neb., this morning . :..rr. Deweese is one o f th e general attorneys for the B. & :rvr. division o f the Burlingto n route in reO'iNebraska. Veterans of the old Fourth and Twentv-thi1·cl • ::::> ments began arriving yesterday and at least 100 of the veterans of the two reg iments are expected. The fact t hat less than 5 00 survivors of the two regiments could be found during the solicitation for funds for the m onument, shows too plainly th e rapid passing away of the civil war heroes and explains the small number of those veterans who will be here today. G. A. R. ORDERS. George B . Miles, commander of Abe L incoln post No. 29, G. A. R., has issued the following orders to his command for today : "You will report at post headquarters o n Saturday, Ivlay 17, at I I a. m. sharp, to act as escort to K insman post of Des Moines and other visiting comrades. You •..vill also report at same place at I :15 sharp to take part in the parade and attend �COL. w. H. KINSrvIAN :MEMORIAL. 91 the unveiling of the Col. vV. H. Kinsman monument. U nion Veteran Legion No. 8, Abe Lincoln corps No. 18o, Vv. R. C. , and all old soldiers and sailors are invited to participate with us on this occasion." U. V. L. ORDERS. John M. Harden, colonel commanding Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran Legion, has also ·issued the following order for his command: "Encampment No. 8, Union Veteran Legion, is requested to m eet at vV. 0. \V. hall Saturday morning, May 17, at 10:30 sharp, to go to the Rock Island depot to meet K insman post, G. A. R., of Des Moines, and to act as its escort to G. A . R. hall; also to take part in the parade at I :30 for the final interment of the remains of Col. V./. H. K insman at Fairview cemetery." \Vallace McFadden desires the members of his drum corps to report at th e G . .'\. R. hall at I I o'clock this morning. TWENTY-THIRD VETERANS. TW0 ARRIVED YESTERDAY TO ATTEND KINSMAN MEMORIAL. J. R. v\lilcox, who was a sergeant in the Twenty-third Iowa. Colonel Kinsman's old regiment during the civil war, and M. A. Tucker, who also served in the same regiment, arrived in the city yesterday from Beattie, Kas., to attend the dedication of the Ki nsman memorial monument today. Both of the men were in the regiment, fighting close to Kinsman when that gallant officer fell at Black river bayou, May 17, 1863. Sergeant vVilcox was shot in the mouth at the time, but the wound did not prove serious. "Colonel K insman fell twice after receiving the fatal shot," cJeclarecl Sergeant Wilcox yesterday . he having been close to his commanding officer when the latter fell. "vVhen the bullet first struck him, he fell to the ground, but clambering to his feet he again started forward, vvaving his sword above his head and shouti ng: 'Forward, boys! \i\T e'll get them yet!' An instant later he dropped to the ground for the second and last time." �92 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. Both of the old veterans will participate in the exercises today and remain over to greet their old comrades of the Twentythird regiment.-Nonpareil. ~Jay 17, 1902. RELICS OF COLONEL KINSMAN. LIEUTENANT STRAIGHT PRESENTS ABE LINCOLN POST WITH BEST COLLECTION KNOWN. Lieut. J. A. Straight of Washington, D. C., to whose effort was largely due the finding of Colonel Kinsman's remains at Black river bayou, Miss., last fall, yesterday presented to Abe Lincoln post of this city several relics that we1·e also found in the grave of Colonel Kinsmanr at the time his remains were recovered. Among these is the pipe which Colonel Kinsman smoked the night before his death and which was his constant companion during the two years of his service. Another was what is known in army parlance as a "housewife." This consisted of a little pocket in which were carried needles, thread and other things of a similar nature for which a soldier in army life frequently finds considerable use. This pocket was made by Miss Mary Bloomer of this city and presented to Colonel Kinsman, a similar one having also been made by her and presented to Lieutenant Straight at the same time. T he two pockets were made from ribbons which Miss Bloomer had formerly worn about her neck and also from pieces of dresses belonging to Mrs. Bloomer. The remains of Colonel Kinsman's boots, which were also found almost intact, are among the relics thus presented to Abe Lincoln post. In addition to these are a number of photographs which Lieutenant Straight had taken just after he had discovered the remains of his colonel last fall, showing the location of the grave and other important places. These relics will hereafter be among the most priceless possessions of Abe Lincoln post, G. A. R., in this city. It now develops that Abe Lincoln post has the largest and really the only collection of Kinsman relics known. Kinsman post No. 7 of Des Moines, which when it o rganized in 1877 �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 93 adopted the name of Kinsman, has not a single relic of their namesake commander. It bad been thought here that Kinsman post possessed the sword which Colonel IGnsman carried when he was killed, but J. D. McGarrauth, commander of K insman post of Des 'M oines, declared when in the city yesterday that his post d id not have it. The sword which Abe L incoln post has is the one which the ladies of this city presented to K insman while he was a lieutenant in the Council Bluffs company in the Fourth regiment. This sword he did not carry as colonel, but where that blade is seems to be a mystery.-Nonpareil, May 18, 1902. MARCH FOR KINSMAN. \"l AR VETERANS ONCE MORE LINE UP FOR OLD COL- ONEL.- APPROPRI ATE PARADE TO THE MONUMENT U NVEILING.-MANY FORMER COMRADES ATTEND THE EXERCISES. - FOURTH AND TWENTY-THIRD IO'vVA VETERANS IN EVIDENCE.-OLD BATTLE FLAG WAS CARRIED. Could Col. William H. Kinsman, when he fell at the battle of Black river bayou May 17, 1863, gallantly fighting for his country, have been granted a view down the vista of intervening years to May 17, 1902, and have seen the long procession of comrades and veterans, both old and young, together with all classes of citizens who marched yesterday afternoon to his final resting place at soldiers' circle, Fairview cemetery, that they might pay further tribute to his memory in the unveiling of a magnificent monument erected by his former comrades and fellow citizens, he might have had additional cause for uttering the dying words, "Tell the boys I die happy, I fell at the head of my regiment doing my <luty," and he would ce1·tainly have offered no objections to such a resting place in his home city, though he did say in the voice of a hero, "Bury me on the field of battle." Colonel K insman did remain buried on the field of battle for thirty-nine long years, during which time his grave became an unknown. vVith the discovery of the remains and �94 COL. \V. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. the transformation of the battlefield into a reunited country, no more fitting tribute could be paid to the gallant Kinsman than that which was tendered his memory yesterday. WAS A FINE. PARADE. The procession yesterday afternoon was o n e o f lhe most laudable features of the ceremonies attending upon the unve iling of the Kinsman monument. It was participated in n ot o nly by surviving members of Colonel K ins man's o ld regim en ts, the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa, but by o ld veteran~ from all of the surrounding states, the veterans o f the late Span is h- A m erican war, by the cadets, who may have an oppo1i:unity to emulate Colonel Kinsman's noble example, as well as by civil officials an".! citizens in general. While the parade may have lacked in the g litte r a nd pomp of some military pageant oi today, yet it is doubtful if there was ever a parade held in which the participants thought less of the appearance they might make and more of the real object for which the procession was held than that of yesterday. There was not a veteran in the procession that would not \Jave completed the line of march to the monument even had h e known that in so doing it would be his last march. For that r eason, if for no other, the procession was really imposing. As the old veterans, many of whom were so old and feeble as to hardly be able to complete the line of march, passed slowly down. the street, it was only too apparent that a deep devotion was still cherished by the old soldiers for their long s ince d e parted comrade. TWENTY-THIRD VETERANS. There were over 150 veterans of the civil war in the procession yesterday, wl1ich is about the largest gathc1·i11g of these sold iers ever seen in this city since many of the same ones marched away to war with Kinsman and the Fourth Iovva under command of the then Colonel Dodge. Thirty-five of the veterans in line yesterday were s urvivors of Colonel Kinsman's O\.Vtl regiment, the Twenty-third Iowa, which was r ecruited at Des Moines. These were: Joseph A . Straight, lie utenant, Company E, Eugene, Ore.; J. vV. Deweese, sergeant, Company G, Lincoln, Neb.; J. A. Strain, Company G; T. G . Stewart, Company G, Des Moines; Joe Gourley, Company F; M. A. Tucker, Company K; �COL. W. H. KINSMAN :..rEtvIORIAL. 95 David Henderson. Company E, Loveland ; Hugh Vv. Goss, Company E, Council Bluffs; James R. Wilcox, color sergeant, Company C; \Villiam Porter, Company G; August Seaman, Company I; J. L. i\'1iller, Company F, Des Moines; M. W . Patterson, Company F; Jasper Long, Company F; E. P. Ashford, Company A, Rondell, S. D .; L.B. McAlpin, color sergeant, Company F; C. G. George, Company F; J. E. Irwin, Company F; Thomas C. Small, Company K; \i\T. T . Cameron, Company D; J. K. Draton, Company C, Carlisle, vVarren county; A ustin \Varnock, Company C, Carlisle, vVarren county; T . J. Saylor, Company E, Des Moines; F. ;\[. Howard, regimental color sergeant, Company C, Des Moines; \i\filliam Z. Swallow, Company E, Booneville; John C. Hanes, Company A, \i\Taukee; F . IvI. Hutchens, Company A, Booneville; S . H. Anhelo, Company C, Des Moines; J. J. Draper, Company G, Des Moines; J. I-I. Lowman, Company G. Griswold; J. N. Flemmin, Company G, Randolph, Neb. ; James I-I. Dean, Company C, Des Moines; George W. Entreville, Company B, Des l\loines; Joel Taft, Company C, Des 1'.foines; J . J. Wildsie, Company C, Des Moines. FOURTH IOWA VETERANS. The old J-ourth Iowa regiment also lays just claim to Kinsman, since he enlisted in that command and served with it as lieutenan t and captain of Company B a considerabe portion of his war activity. Tvventy-one veterans of the Fourth reg iment, headed by the forme r colonel, General Dodge, likewise marched in the Kinsman procession yesterday. They were: Grenville M . Dodge, colonel, Council Bluffs; S. H. Craig, captain, Company E. Council B luffs; H. G. Ankeny, captain, Company Fl , Corning; .E. Y. Burrg:an, Company H; S. F. Stiles, quartermaster sergeant; William McFadden, Company B, Cou ncil Bluffs; Vv. H . Davy Campbell, Company F; G. Vv. Tucker, Company B, Persia; R . H. Merriam, Company B; B. F. \iValton. Company B, Little Sioux; v\Tilliam Bixter, Company H, Corning; A . \i\T . Ames, Company H, A fton; Sturgis \i\Tilliams, Company A, Percival ; Clark D. Lawrence, Company H. Corning: John P . Finley, Company D, Gering; Hugh \iV. Goss. Company B: J. vV. Tree, Corning; J . F. Hopper, Company A, Omaha: James \i\'ebster, Company H, Corning; Scott Rice. Dodge battery; Frank Dalton, Company B. �96 COL. \V. H. K I .NS.\!AN :\lE;'\IQRIAL. The parade was ca rried o ut as it had bee n p l a n11 ~ d without a hitch. Early in the a ft ernoon the partic ipan ts galhc rcd about Bayliss park waiting for the formation of the lin e of march. The procession, however, did not make its fin al start for the cemetery until a fter 2 o'clock. The train o n the Rock I sla11d road being nearly two ho urs late a nd the boys not havin g had dinn e r , a n opportunity was given them to par take of the lun ch prepared by the members of Abe L incoln Corps, Ko. 180 \V. R. C., who beside feeding K insman post, provided fo r about o ne hundred and fifty other volunteers who were present. vVh c n o nce started, however, the line of march to the m o nume n t was cove red without a sing le mishap or marring feature. At the head of the line of march was a detail o f pol ice under the com mand of Captain ?vfaltby of the ni g h t fo rce. Th e deta il included Officers McKinley, J. vV. K irk, H cnry Leucl1. :\nbrcy K irk and Conrad Distman. The members of th e detail were dressed in their new unifo rms a nd presented an except iona lly good appearance at the head o f the process io n. MARSHAL AND HIS AIDES. • Following the police detail came th e marshal o f th e day, John Lindt, the com ing comma nder o f the Iowa department, G. A. R., accompanied by hi s a ides, Capt. L. B . Cousins, Lieut. J. Q . A nderson, Li eut. D o na ld Macrae . jr., and Lie ut. George Van B runt. Wh ether o r not it was intentional, neve rtheless :\£arshal Lindt and his aides, dressed in the uniform s of their respective branches o r the m iltary. presented a rather unique appearance, representing as they did, t he soldier o f e very late war of th e U nited States. Marshal Lindt was dressed in the uniform o f an army officer of t he civil war and decorate d ,~ith the various embl ems of the G. A . R.; Captain Cou s ins was in plain citizen's clothes; Lieutenant Anderso n in the blue uniform o f the Natio nal G ua rd, such as was conspicuous in the SpanishA merican war in Cuba; Dr. Donald Macrae wore the kahki unifo rm with which he and others saw service in the P hilippines, while Lieutenant Van Brunt o f the High School Cadets wore t he reg ulatio n cadet g rey similar to the co nfederate uniforms o f the civil war. Foll owing the marshal and his aides came Smith's union band, wh ich furni shed music fo r t he day, a nd then the carriages containing the officers a nd speakers of the day . �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 97 GENERAL DODGE IN LINE. In the first carriage was Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, to whose efforts were largely due the ceremonies of yesterday, and who had been selected as the president of the clay; Lieut. J. A. Straight of \i\lashington, D. C., an old member of the Twentythird infantry, and to whose efforts was largely due the finding of Colonel Kinsman's remains; J. W. Deweese of Lincoln, Neb., also a member of the Twenty-third Iowa regiment, and Emmet Tinley of this city. The last three were the speakers for the day. In the second carriage were Rev. G. W . Snyder, a member of the Sixteenth Ohio, ·who had been chosen chaplain for the day; A. ?vl. Bonham of this city, a member of Company K, Fifty-fifth Illinois; James Widner of Corning, a member of Company H, Fourth Iowa; B. S . Dawson of this city, a member of Company L, Second Illinois; Edwin J. Abbott of this city, adjutant of Abe Lincoln post. Mr. Abbott carried the old sword of Colonel Kinsman, worn when he was a lieutenant, and now the property of Abe Lincoln post. In the third carriage were the members of the Dudley Buck quartet, who furnished the vocal music at the unveiling, consisting o f Postmaster I. 1vL Treynor, J. H. Simms, W. S. Rigdon and C. B. Aitchison. Spencer Smith also rode in this carriage. DODGE LIGHT GUARD. Following came the Dodge Light Guard under command of Captain Mather and the High School Cadets under the command of Captain Pryor. Then came McFadden's drum corps of ten members, and drum corps of Kinsman post, of Des Moines. Kinsman post No. 7, G. A. R., of Des Moines, came next in line and the surviving members of the Twentythird and Fourth Iowa regiments. In all there were forty-nine old veterans in this division. The Kinsman post was in command of Comrnander J. D . McGarrugh. At its head marched Color Bearer Robert McNulty, carrying the colors of bis post, while at his side marched Color Serg-eant Marion Howard of the old Twenty-third Iowa, carrying th~ battle-scarred flag of the Twenty-third regiment. TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT FLAG. Though this is not the flag that was carried at Black river �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEil l O RL\L. bayou, that having b een destroyed, it is. ncvcrthcks,;. the one that the regiment brought out o f serv ice \\'itli it. The flag is one of the treasured relics in the battl<.:flag- casc at the state capitol and permission to bring it h ere was secured on ly after th e greatest difficulty, as the flag is n early i11 pieces. i\Iarion Howard, who carried the Twenty-third reg im e nt flag in the parade yesterday, was the color se rgeant of the regiment for eleven months under appointment by Colon d Kinsman. He was wounded at Champion hill, the clay hdo re Black river, and consequently did not carr;· the colors 111 that battle. He now resides at Kee ne, nea1· Des :\lo ines. Among the other members of Kinsman post to co me front Des l'vloi nes yesterday for the m o nument un\'cilin g \\'<.:re: J. J. Wildsie, Twenty-third lowa; George C. Sim,;. Fourth Iowa; Jerry vVilliams, Twenty-third lo\\'a : J oe l Taft. Twcntythird Iowa; Robert McNulty, Fourth lo\\a; J. R. Cra\\slww, Twenty-third Iowa; J. L. l\·[illcr. Twenty-third Iowa: J. \V. Stewart, Twenty-third Iowa; ]. H . Dean. Twenty-third lowa; Robert Howard, Twenty-third Jowa; T. J. Saylor. T\\'cnty-third Iowa; Elija Trent. Twenty-third lowa ; G. Vv. Entrevilk . T\\·enty-third Iowa; C. ·H. Gro~s. Twenty-third Towa: D. S . :\lcQt1iston, Twenty-third Iowa; J. J. Draper, Twenty-third [owa; Sheppe 'vV. Betts, Twenty-third lowa; C. :\,f. C hristian, Twentythird Iowa. O th er vete~ans from Des i\Joines: F. P. >.!organ, Forty-seventh Iowa; F. M. Hutchinson, Twenty-third lowa: John Lowman, Twenty-third Iowa; S. H. Angelo. Twenty- third Iowa; J. K. Deaton, Twenty-th ird Iowa; r\. vVarnuck. Twentythird Iowa; Jol111 C. Hanes, Twenty-third Iowa. PHILIPPLNE VETERANS. Following the old veterans were the members nf Camp John L. Moore of this city, Iowa A rmy of the Philippines. many of them wearing the khaki uniforms in which th ey saw service in the Philippines. The n ext in line were the members of the U nion Veteran Legion No. 8, Abe Lincoln post No. 29, G. :\. R .. of this city, together with other veteran soldiers and sailors. Ninety-eight old soldiers marched in this division. Then came the carri:~ges bearing the members of the Women's Relief corps. citizens and the officials of the city. I_ �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMOIUAL. 99 In the first of these latter carriages were lVlayor Morgan, Alder men Lougee, Lovett and McDonald. In the seconcl carriage were A ldermen Casper, Fleming, Huber and Tinley, while in t he third carriage were A lderman Olson, C ity Clerk Phillips, C ity Solicitor Snyder and Chief of Police Tibbits. In the fourth carriage were the members of the library board , con sisting of P resident iVI. F. Rohrer. Finley Burke, W . S. Baird and Eel Troutman. Th e line was formed on \:Villow avenue, the head of the column resting at the c.orner of vVillow avenue and Pearl street and extending back on 'Willow avenue to Sixth street and north o n S ixth s treet. The procession moved east on \Villow avenue to Main street, no rth o n l'viain street to \Vashington avenue, up vVashington avenue to Oakland avenue and thence to Fairview cemetery. At the gates of the cemetery the detail of police, the Dodge Lig ht Guard and the High School Cadets opened ranks, pe rmitting the remainder of the column to pass through. The military companies then took a short route to the soldiers' circle, where they were assigned to positions about the monument. At the close o f the services t he procession was again formed and marched back to the G. A. R. hall, where the participants broke ranks.- Nonparcil. ~lay 18. 1902. MONUMENT UNVEILED. KTNSMAN SHAFT DULY PRESENTED TO THE PUBLIC.MAJ O R GENERAL DODGE WAS P RESIDENT OF THE DA Y.-SEES THAT HIS CHERISHED HOPE IS REALIZED.- COLONEL KINS.MAN'S REMAINS lN HONO RED GR :\ \IE GUARDED BY A STATELY MONU:MEN'l'. The scene yesterday afternoon at Fairvic\\' cemetery at the unvei ling of the Kinsman memo rial monument following the parade was o ne that will be long remembered by the several t h ousands present, and especially by t he old veterans, the natural enviro nments and the solemnity of the services being such as to make it most impressive. �100 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. Situated as the monument is, on the high est point of a narrow ridge of bluffs, the very image of hundreds of southern battlefields whose steep sides have been dyed with the crimson blood of the union and confederate soldiers alike, the monument seems almost like a memorial not to one hero alone, but to thousands of others who gave up their lives while charg ing up the side of just such a bluff as the one on which the m o nume nt now stands. The beautiful view that is to be had fr o m the monument extending for miles in all directions, is also an epitome of the nation for which the civil war heroes gave their lives. The monument is also happily situated no t only with a view to making it a most beautiful memorial for the gallant Colonel Kinsman, but also as it should be, in the center of t he circle in which are buried other comrades and veterans of the civil war. The monument standing as it does in the center of th e soldiers' circle, surrounded by the heavy stone battlements at the compass points of which are the four large guns, is given a military atmosphere that would otherwise be impossible. Standing also as it does. in the very center of the soldiers' burying circle it sheds alike its lustre over the graves of the dead comrades buried there, just as did the noble !ife of the man to whom it was erected, cast a lustre about his comrades on the field of battle. SCENE AT THE MONU:MENT. To the charm of these natural environments yesterday was added the presence of several thousand people who had gathered to witness the ceremony of the unveiling of the monument. On a stand erected at the south side of the stone bulwarks surrounding the monument, sat the prominent speakers and visitors of the day. These included Maj.-Gen. Grenville M. Dodge, president of the day; Lieut. J. A. Straight, J. W. Deweese, Emmet Tinley, all of whom delivered addresses; Rev. G. \V. Snyder, chaplain of the day, Spencer Smith, members of the Dudley Buck quartet and others. Grouped about the interio1· of the battlements were the old soldiers and veterans, city officials and others, while lined up about the outside of the stone embankments were the High School Cadets, Dodge Light Guard, members of Camp John L. Moore Philippine veterans, together with carriages and thousands of visitors. So great was the crowd when the services began, that the entire summit of the bluff on which �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MBtvfOlUAL. IOI the soldiers' circle and the K insman monument is situated was covered to its very edges with people. From the center of this imposing assemblage rose the shaft of the monument veiled in the stars and stripes of the national emblem. The services immediately preceding the unveiling of the monument were simple and unostentatious. The assemblage was called to order by General Dodge a nd the services were opened with prayer by the Rev. G. W . Snyder in which he asked for the perpetuity of the nation for which Colonel Kinsman had given his life. The prayer was follovved with the singing of "America" by the Dudley Buck quartet. GENERAL DODGE'S INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. General Dodge then, as president of the day and as a close personal friend of Colonel Kinsman, delivered a few introductory remarks in which he said: ":\[y Comrades, Friends and Citizens: We meet here to honor and commemorate a comrade, whom I have known probably longer and better than any one here present, and one very dear to me. It is not, however, my intention to speak to you of him. I paid my tribute to him in official reports that are a matter o f record and within the year, but before his body was found, wrote my recollection of him that were published in the January number of the Annals of Iowa. There are others present who will pay eloquent tribute to his memory. "It is a great pleasure and satisfaction to me to see so many of his comra<les, friends, citizens and school children present, and I wish to impress upon them the lesson that this day teaches. It is thirty-nine years ago today since our comrade fell in battle, and after long search his comrades have rescued his remains · from the field of battle and planted them here and erected this simple but appropriate monument to his memory, proving that no matter how humbfo the position of a soldier whose loyalty to his country determined him to defend it, that his acts and his services have never been forgotten. To these young people who are here before me, let me assure them that if ever their country calls it should be not only a duty but a pleasure for them ta respond. as our comrade K insman· did, and they like him will be remembered and honored, and if he could speak to you today he would say to you that, above all things, 'Loyalty to one's �102 COL. W. H. KI NS?.1AN MEMORIAL. country is one o f the citizen's fir st duty. It is th<: la w of both God and man,' and should never for one mome n t be fo rg-ottcn. "I wish, on behalf of the comrades, o f the citizens, o f the friends and scholars, to thank most cordia lly Li('ut. J. A . Straight , Jesse Truitt and Comrade O ldham o f the Twcnt~· - third Iowa, for their labor of love which resulted in the locatin g and sending the remains of Colonel K in sman to his h ome. i\ rr. O ldham died soon after his return fro m V icksburg. I wish al so to thank the firm of Sheely & Lane o f this city, th e manufacturers of the simple but beautiful mo nument we have e rected in this appropriate spot. "The shaft has wound around it the Star Spangkcl Banner, the banner that was carried in the celebrated charge at B lack river bayou, where the brave and g allant Twenty-third Iowa, led by the intrepid Colonel Kinsman, won a g reat victory, Kin sman laying down his life upon th e enemy's entre nchments. "As we unveil the m o nument the bancl will play the "Star Spangled Banner, the quartet will lead and the audi ence jo in in singing that national tune." MONU .M ENT UNVEILED. As the large assemblage led h y the hand and t h e riuartet joined in the singing of "The Spangled Banner," Ccncral Dodge gave the signal and the large A m erican Aag that had veiled the monument was dropped to the ground, disclosing to vi ew the beautiful granite shaft and the bronze medallio n o f Colo n el K insman. F ew of those present had as vet seen the shaft. and as the flags dropped to the ground , the view thus g iven of the monument created vigorous applause. The monument proved all that has been said of it. M ade of Vermont granite and standing twenty feet high o n a base four feet and ten inches square, it makes a most imposing memorial. The g reater part o f the monument consists of a tall g ranite shaft, eig htee n inch es in d iameter on the top of which is a granite ball. Encircling the shaft is a carved flag hig hly polished. O n th e fo ur sides of the cap stone on which the shaft rests are carved the C. A. R. badge. O n the south side of the next ston e belo w is the life sized basrelief bust of Colon el K in sman, showing him in full uniform. Above the medallion is inscribed "Col. vVilliam H. Kinsman," and below, "Born July 11, 1832, CornwalJis, Nova Scotia. K illed �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 103 in battle o f Black R iver Bayon, May 17, 1863." On the west side is the inscription. " E rected by his comrades and the citizens and school children o f Council Bluffs, Iowa, May 17, 190 2." On the east side is the inscription, "Teacher in the public school of Council Bluffs, lieutenant and captain Company B, Fourth Iowa infantry, lieutenant-colo nel and colonel of the Twenty-third Iowa infantry," while the north side is blank. On the stone just below and o n the side o n which the m edallion is fastened is carved t\vo crossed sabers, while o n che next stone below is the name "Kinsman," in large raised letters. The monument is in seven pieces. It was made in the east after designs furni shed by General Dodge and is in every respect a most beautiful memorial. T he lettering and erection was done by Sheely & Lane of this city. D uring th e ceremony of unveiling and for some time previo us the weather which had been hot and sultry during the fore pa rt of the afternoon. became threatening and a large number o f people hastily left the cemetery. Rain fell for several minutes and a few large hailstones. T he program, however, was carried o ut as had been planned. lnmwdiately following the unveiling, E mmet T inley delivered th e fi rst address. Even as he was speaking the weather became more and more threatening, the clouds gatherin g in <lark masses in the west, and lig htning occasionally p iercing th e sky. In consideration of the other speakers yet to fo llow, M r. Tinley left o ut parts of his speech, but his address was nevertheless most appropriate and polished and was received with vigoro us applause. ADDRESS BY EM .M ET TIN LEY. " Toda v our city mourns and rejoices. l\.fourns for her dead so11 a 11 c1 reJo ices in the glory of his death. \i\Tith solemn reverence \\'e shed ou r tears and breathe om purest prayers at the foot o f this shaft and with joyous acclaim we congratulate ourselves fo r the rich inherita nce of his life and death. The orator is expected to tell the story of battle and its hero to our pleasant edification and instni ction. And, indeed. he should have little difficulty with such a theme as the death of a. brave soldier. But we, whose ears have never heard the awful thunders of war and whose eves have never witnessed the dreadful scenes of such hum an c.onAicts, are poorly prepared to meet the requirements of occasions of this character. Words from the inexperienced , so �104 COL. \V. H. K I NS:VI AN :v! EMOR I:\L. lamentably fail, as to be merely an apology for the m o re approp riate messenger. "Forty-two years ago 'vV. H . Kinsman lived in his quiet way as our citizen. Thirty-nine years ago Colo nel }.;: in s111an died the h ero of o ur city and state. The remembran ce o f thosl' few years o f his life is prolific with th e gratitude o f ma ny of o ur pcopk for his good deeds. T he g lo ry of his death illumines a di sta nt page in the everlasting calendar of fame , so g ratifyin g to the p ride of o ur commonwealth. As teacher, as editor and as lawyer. m uch might be said, yet but little that is distinctively his fo rtun e. In these three greatest o f avenues for human endeavo r he left lasting marks of his character. '"With the first call for troops he registered the scr o ll of his patriotism, and wh en Company B o f the Fourth Iowa began the making of history the pen was in the hand of K insman . " \V"ho can measme his sacrifice for hi s coun try? \Vho will venture to speak of his regrets, as he beheld the ruins o f his ambition in a professional life. He was just beginnin g the practice of the law. U ndo ubtecll v he cherished the same hopes and ambitions of every other y~u ng lawyer. I-lis dreams we1·e as r oseate, hi:; phantasma as wondrous as those of his successors of this generation. The fame of his d reams and the ambit io n o f l~is hopes were sacrificed to his cou nt ry and he abandoned th e bar to become a soldier. What impulse b ut patriotism cou ld thus revolutionize human hopes and endeavor. "DeTocqueville divides patriotism into two classes, patriotism of instinct and patrio tism o f reason. One an inn ate passion which induces causeless sacri fice and inordinate action; th e other, intelligent recognition of duty. O ne, the child of se ntime nt; the other, the progency of the intellect. Eac h the result of the extremely potential human faculties- emotio n o r reason. Instinct prompts the fearless defense of domicil e in w hich we have no interest, w hile reason impells the greatest o f human sacrifice for home a nd country in which we have a n interest. This analysis o f patriotism does not imply that selfishness dom inat es the motives of intelligent men-hut rather, that inter est marsha ls the fo rces of the reason, intensifying our e ffort in be half of country. "American patriotism is induced by both causes. The in- �COL. W. H. KINStvIAN MEMORIAL. 105 stinct and reason; the heart and the brain. A combination of the emotions of instinct and the serious thoughtfulness of intelligence. In its development, fear, hope, avarice, pride, duty and responsibility are important factors. It is when we consider the inspiring character of American patriotism that we can understand the irresistible force of American arms. For he is, indeed, ' a monstrosity who can understand and enjoy the grand privileges of our government and hesitate when his life is required for the defense of that government. "I cannot, in the few moments allotted to me, follow the short yet glorious career of om hero. The story of his life from October 10th, 186r, to May 17th, 1863, is the history of the Fourth and Twenty-third Iowa regiments, and the history of these r egiments is the history of the great war. From Rolla to Black river bridge, from captain to colonel, is the story of our hero's life and death. "Of this history, so replete with glory and heroic genius, I will claim your attention to the account of his part in the great battle at Pea Ridge by his loyal friend, our honored citizen, the 11ero of that great battle, General Dodge: "'At the battle of Pea Ridge I was instructed to make a detail of three companies to hold the extreme left of Colonel Carr's division. which was the Pea Ridge mountain. This ridge divided General Curtis' army, Colonel Carr's division occupying ground to the east and north of the mountain and facing General Price's .army-General Davis with his division occupying the west and south sides of the mountain, fronting Gen. Van Dorn. This mounta in made a division of Van Dom's army, and he made a fatal mistake in dividing his force and sending part under Price to attack our rear, giving us the short interior line, while his line was so long and his divisions so far apart that he could not reinforce either division of his army by details from another. They were not in close touch throughout the battle. Van Dorn's army was fully double that of Curtis, and if he had attacked with his whole force from the west, there is no doubt that he would have had a much harder struggle and probably a different result. As that detail was to be away from me, out of my reach, and it was necessary to depend upon the judgment of the officer command.ing, I selected Colonel Kinsman with his own company and two �106 COL. W. H. KI NSMA N ME ~tORl i\L . companies of the Twe nty-fo urth !vlissouri. J(in srna n 111 his report says that his command was s tretc hed Ollt acros~ th e south end o f the m ount ain as skirmis he rs, and the e n e my t h o ug-ht they were a whole regiment. and when o ppos<:<l th ey w <:re o ppo sed only by s kirmishe rs. They h eld their positio n throug ho ut the first day and had o nly o n e m a n wo unded. Goin g over t he ir front the nex t day he found ele ve n clead, s h ot with mus k e t balls. The re we re some Indians \\'ith t h<: e n e my who s h o t a rro ws. Like all the rest of the offi cers and m e n o f the 1'ourth. he had no slee p for two nights. I fin d in m y o fiicial re po rt th e fo llo win g on his action that clay : "'Company B, under Captain Kin s man, wi t h two companies o f the Twenty-fourth M issouri , were o n t he 7th o rclc rc <i to the extreme left of the divis ion , to ho ld our left flank and c h eck the e nem y upon the hig h hill- Pea R idg e. H e did this ve ry effectively that day and re nde red ve r y e ffi cie nt servi ce. "He joined the reg ime nt a g ain abo ut 5 ocloc k tha t e ve ning and took part in the final charge th a t day o rd e red h y G eneral C urtis in p erson. G e neral C urtis speak s o f thi ~ c harge a s fo llo ws : " ' As 1 came up t he Fourth I o wa was falling back fo r cartridg es, in line, dressing on their co lo rs . in pe rfect o rde r. S upposing with m y reinforcem e nts I co uld e ntirely r egain o ur lost g ro und, I o rde red th e regime nt to halt and fa ce abo ut. Colo nel Dodge came up, e xplaining the want o f cart ridges, an d info rmed o f m y purpose, h e o rde red a bayo n e t c harge, and th ey m oved ag ain with s teady nerve to their fo rm e r p osit io n. w h e re t he gallant N int h was ready t o s u ppo rt th e m. These t wo regim ents won imperishable fam e. "'After the battle Captain Kinsman came to m e a nd called my atten t io n t o t h e fa ct that t he reg im e nt nex t m o rning was intact, w ith not a m a n missing exce p t its kill ed a ncl w o unclecl. and in a ver y fri e ndly a nd complimentary way said t h at h e: n o w appreciated all th e work they had had to d o in t h e p ast y ear. a nd w hat it m eant. In fact , the wh o le F ourth I o wa learn ed then t he value o f discipline and drill. They s aw oth e r regime n ts, when t h ey lost t h eir officers, m elt away, but the Fourth I owa , wi t h not a fi eld officer left, ne ve r had a strag gler.' " T h e loyal ty o f Gen eral Dodge to his fri e nd in rest o ring hi s bones t o the soil o f his hom e a nd erectin g this monume nt to �COL. W. H. K INSMAN MEMORIAL. 107 hi s m emory has its counterpart at Pea Ridge. A monument, sir, more e nduring than this shaft o f granite was e rected by your dead fri end, proclaiming your fidelity, skill and genius. His e xpe rie nce and training unde r your command , made possible his achievem e nt. He possessed all the characteristics of a thorough soldier. vVith courage indo mita ble ; pe rseverance, defiant and consciousness of duty, s upreme. }le feared no consequence to himself, but in the pla n and maneuver o f battle his execution was for su ccess alone. He was cool o f temper, calculating and cletennined . Not animated by reckl ess bravado, yet was n ot deterred from necessary exposure for fea r of personal harm. H is concep>. ions o f a soldie r·s r rsponsibilities were of the highest o rd e r. He was a leader rather than a director. His commands were ·follow' rath er than 'go.' \!Vith him life was a lice nse for actio n , and not m e rel y a privilege for rest and ease. The force of his ene1·gy was spontaneous and steady to the e nd. . Tot a gradual d imming but only a slig ht flick e r from dazzling light o f his <lay to blackest nig ht. His former mortal wound served to increase his con scious ness t ha t his ho urs were few and his duties man:-, ancl with supreme generosity expended every mom ent for his country. "'\V hat is the meaning o f this ceremony? Merely an expression of 1·espect and g ratitude o f t h e fri ends and comrades of Colonel K insman? Let t;s hope t hat no one wi ll leave this sacred spot with such an idle tho ugh t. Far better to have left the b o nes o f t he ga llant K ins man to complete t he assimilation w ith th e soil sanctifi ed as the spot of his g lo rious death, than that his burial at home should furn ish the occasio n to indulge s uch a display of unpardonabl e va ni ty. This s haft, end urable as human skill can constuct, yet but temporary as compared w ith fame's eternal record, stands for the loyalty, t he devotion, the gratitude, the libe ra lity and t he patriotism of o ur people. It is Colonel Kinsman's monument. It is a loving C'xpression of the g rat itude and re membra nce o f his comrades a nd fri ends, yet it proclaims that, even in these days of extreme comme rcialism, O lli' cou ntry con1mancls our highest end eavor and most loyal devotion. "Tl proclaims the security of American patriotism . ' ·It proclaims the e te rnal confidence of o ur people in t h e constitution and t h e perpetu ity of the union. �1o8 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. "It proclaims the lasting loyalty of I o wa and he r people for Old Glory, which Kinsman loved and for which K ins man died. "Iowa-great and g lo rious Iowa,-'The hcarls o f whose people, like the rivers o f her borders, flow to an inseparable union,' made mo re glorious by the life a nd death o f Colonel Kinsman." Following, the quartet sang "Tentin g Tonight o n the Old Camp Ground." By the time · Lieut. J. A. Straight of \Vashin gton, r ose to delh·er the eulogy on his old comradc and officer , it was only too apparent that the weather was going to inte rfe re . He had not proceeded far with his address, wh en large drops of rain beg an to fall and continued to increase both in siz1: a nd number until a veritable rain storm was on. Spencer Smith. who was sitting on the platform, hastily secured an umbre lla which he held over Lieutenant Straight during th e remainde r o f his addres~, although at times the rain and hail threatened to put a stop to everything. The audience, howeve r, did not fare a s well as t~e speaker. While a number of them had umbrellas under which as many g athered as possible, a g reat many more had none, especially the old veterans, but th ese only gathered closer about the speakers and listened more attentively. Lieutenant Straight's address was a complete r eview of Colonel Kinsman's life, especially his war record, which :\Ir. Straight was well qualified to give, having been close in touch with Kinsman during his armv career. LIEUTENANT STRAIGHT'S EULO GY. "Friends and Fellow Citizens: We arc assembled this i7th of Ma/, A. D. 1902, to hono r the me mory of a belo ved brother :.ind comrade, who this day thirty-nine years ago freely gave his life, a sacrifice upo n th e altar o f his country that it might live to become the g reatest among the world's comitv of nations. "vVilliam H . Kinsman was born in the · yea r 183-t, in the province of Nova Scotia, county of Kings, and town o f Cornwallis. H is father- Thcoclorus Kinsman-was a s mall farmer and very poor in this world's goods, but he bequeathed his son a rugged constitution and honorable pa rentagc ,- the best g ifts that can be bestowed upon any soul under the broad canopy of �COL. W. H. KINSMAN ?l'fEMORIAL. 109 heaven! He trained him to labor, and instilled in him honest principles. His early education was limited to a few terms at the village school. At the age of fifteen he gained his father's consent to ship on a whaling vessel, and was absent upon a cruise about three and one-half years. He saved his earnings and upon his return went to an academy in Columbia county, New York, for two years, fitting himself for the duties of a school teacher. He then went to Cuyhoga county, Ohio, and taught a village school one term, taking up a course of reading in th<" text books looking towards the study of law, and in the evenings attended law lectures in the city of Cleveland. After two years of teaching and study in Oh io, he came to Council Bluffs, secured a situation as teacher in one of the schools of this city, known then as the Stutsman school, and also attached himself to the leading la·w firm of Council Bluffs-Clinton & Baldwin-as a law student; and his restless, active brain also inspired him to contribute editorials to 'The Nonpareil,' then a struggling infant in the editorial field. "In October, 1859, he was admitted to practice in the courts of Iowa, but "Continued teaching until the Pike's Peak excitement of that year begat a fever in his blood that he could resist no longer, and packing a knapsack with food and a change of clothing he tramped to the then celebrated camp of Cherry creek, where he took up a claim, mined for a few months, during which time he also wrote for 'The Rocky i\!Iountain News,' when it was first established, and eastern papers. He became interested in some congr essional action in the interest of a new territory , out of which grew the great state of Colorado, and was sen t with other delegates to Washington, in the vvinter of 185960, to further that object. At the close of the session he returned to Council Bluffs, and soon thereafter entered into partnership with the late Hon. D. C. Bloomer. He was a natural republican in his political views, and took an active part in the campaign o f 1860, which resulted in the election of Abraham. Lincoln. "When the great shadows of the civil war came upon us in 1861, and the wires flashed the intelligence to the excited and loyal people of this city that Sumpter had been fired upon, knots of men gathered upon the one street of Council Bluffs, whispering to each other in bated breath, fearing lest listening friend �llO COL. W. H. K l NS~ l t\N ~tE:'vlOR l :\ L. mig ht differ from fri e nd should they proclaim thL·ir loyalty, a ll hoping that the news thus proclaim e c\ wo u ld pr()n· fal :-:l'. A young man o f sta lwa rt fram e and clear bh1l' l'_\"<.:: L'111ngl'd fro m the office o f Hon. D. C. Bloom e r. (one o f the 1J ld timl' land marks of Br oadway) and announced in th e m ost po:-;itivl' mannl'r that 'if the m en of the souch had firnl upon Sumptn and the s tar spangled banner, he was r eady to go fo rth and ddc:11cl his adopted country with his life, if need bl'.' l n a few h o urs a company o f m e n was enrolled, and Gen. G. :\ I. Dodge l'kcll'd captain. a nd o ur he ro was o f that compan y. Telcg-rams w c:n· :-:1.· 11t by Judge Baldwin and others to the governor o f To wa. tc:ndcring tile services of those loyal and enthusiastic defenders of t li<: i r 1.."1 'll lll ry' s Aag, a nd that company became th e nucleus o f Co 111 pa1 1y I~ nf the Fourth Iowa. Pt\'l' lUOTIS.\I ADOPT ED. "'As we turn fo r a m o m e nt fro m the military history l)f t he man whose memory we revere, and toclay scd; t o honor . kt us think o f h im as a n ew compatriot. Born undl'r th e in flue nces and ins pirations o f a fo re ig n country a nd fla g . taugh t hy fond parents to revere the name of the ir sovereign. it wu uld h a Yc been but natural that this young man s hould consider we ll the s t ep he was taking. His nature was to Cl.ct upon t hL' i 111 pu bl·s nf his hear t, a nd his heart was patriot ic l o the core. r r l' loved :\ mcri ca fo r what it promi sed to the young- c it izen. Patriot is m "·ith him was not an idle dream, b u t a stern r eality, a fixed prin c iple in which his who le fife was to be a pa rt. He bd icvccl his adopted country was worth saving and he was r eady to clo h is part in that sav ing. To him there was bu t o ne duty- o ne plain p<lth to follow, and while with othe r s convr rs ing o n til e porte n t o f the dispatches and th e direful consequ e nces o f a c iv1·I war. h1: tu rned a nd \\'a lked into th e office, took d own a small tlag- t h at hung therr, walked to the pavement, and while wavi ng it in t h e breeze, with tea rs in his eyes, began calling fo r vol un teers to join him in defending that Aag agai nst all its e ne m ies. ' Twas t h u s h e was baptized into t hat vas t loyal a rm y o f patrio ts -' t wa s thus he became a n America n by second b irth. He wa s ho rn aga in, to go fort h a nd do and die fo r hi s bel oved, yet a dopt e d country, a nd Aag. Those of us who are so fo r tu nate as lo possess a portrait o f him taken in 186 1, will r e nect that it r epr ese nts t h e fac e o f a �COL. W. H. KINSMAN .MEMORIAL. 11 I gentle, blue-eyed young man whose every look suggests truth, confidence, and a desire for peace, and a life free from turmoil and dissension ; but those who followed him as their leader in company and regiment, know full well that underneath that peaceful brow and calm demeanor was an active, positive nature that a llowed no defeat-no turning aside from a fixed and una lterabl e law o f duty. He grasped the situation as it appeared to him and mastered it. He was born a soldier, with all that te rm implies, and yet a tender hearted man. MILIT:\RY HISTORY. "\i\lhen th e gallant men of the Fourth Iowa infantry with its co lonel -o ur h o no red presiding officer today- marched away from this city in 1861 , everyone of its thousands or more members were Ii ving e xamples of devoted patriotism. They marched forth to do or die for their country and the Aag presented to them b_v the lovi ng and patriotic ladies of Council Bluffs, with t h e prayers of lovi ng parents and fond maidens to cheer their brave hea rts. "One second lieutenant there was, however. who left in Iowa no kinclrecl . 110 home, no father or mother to pray for him o r wish him a safe return with wreaths of laurel on his brow ; but h e left h osts o f friends whose \.Varm hearts had found a place for the jovial, true h earted, earnest young man, and many kind words were bestowed upon him as he took his place in the line and marched away to the rattle of drums and the shrill notes of the fife. T hose o f us left behind upon that clay will never forget the thrill that pulsed through our being as our brothers and fri ends took up their line of march. vVould they ever come back to us ?-was murmured from lip to lip. and its echo now comes, -for veri ly there were many who never returned ! ' ' O ur secon d lieutenant soo n proved that he was fit for m<)re important duties and was made captain of his company soon after the Fourth arrived at Rolla. Mo., and at the great and hard fo ught ba ttle of I\:a R idge his devoted fri end and brigade commander, th en Col. G. :\.£. Dodge. gave him a detached command, and he performed his duty so wisely and successfully as to recei vc a comm endatory notice from his command er. The march from Pea Ridge to H elcna, Ark., broug ht out that character which stamped him as worthy of a higher place. and he was �112 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. offered an appointment as assistant adju tan t-genera l with the rank of captain. This he declined, saying he wanted to remain with his company, where he could take his share of the hardships and fighting. But he was very soon afterwards tendered the lieutenant-colonelcy of the Twenty-third infantry, which he accepted,-joining the regiment while it was in camp at Des :tvloincs, early in September, i862. From the very fi1-st he became a favorite with the boys of that regiment. His frank, generous ways won a place in their hearts at once, and from admiration at first they learned to love him later w ith a love that surpassed all favor-'in camp, or fi eld, or carnage wild, 'twas all the same, beloved was he.' "The death of Col. vVill iam Dewey. on November 30. 1862, at Patterson, Mo. , was followed by William FL Kinsman becoming colonel of his regiment. You, my fellow comrades, present today, may recall the joy with which t ha t event was welcomed. Every sold ier respected his late colonel, but t hey loved their new commander with a fervent love, and in return he bad learned to regard his soldiers with more than a comn1ander's solicitude. It was such a mutual love as will cause m en to suffer and c!ie for each other, if need be, and the first test came when his regiment was placed under arrest, at Houston, l\1[0. , for a breach of discipline. This breach of discipline consisted of foraging for something to stay their hunger a fter a three days march on one day's ration. General Davidson ordered the regiment under arrest, took away the colonel's sword, and ordered the regiment to carry their arms and baggage on the march,which they refused to do unless Colonel Kinsman was released. Colonel Kinsman was requested to order the regiment to march, which he declined to do while under arrest . A battery was then ordered into position to enforce the General's orders, and its officers and men declined to fire upon the Twenty-third. General Davidsqn then surrendered gracefully, releasing the regiment from arrest and placing the Colonel practically in command until its return to A rcadia, where Colonel Kinsman reported to General Curtis, and before a court martial was acquitted of all charges preferred against him. Thus was shown the mutual love that existed between the loved Colonel, in hi s effo1-ts to care for his soldiers and his men- who were ready to die rather than submit to his degradation for their sake . �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. ll3 "Our Colonel rettlrned to his comma11d during its march after crossing the Mississippi at Bruinsburg, on the eve of the battle of Port Gibson, which took place May I, 1863. His earnest desire to be present with his 'boys,' when: they should meet the enemy, caused him much anxiety. Leaving St. Louis about the 20th of April it was only by the most determined efforts and insistence that he secured transportation upon the transports to Milliken's Bend, the point of departure of General Grant's army in its circuitous approach to the rear of Vicksburg, and as the army had left and arrived at the river below, at Hard Times, it beca:11e necessary that he should wait for other forces or make his way across as best he might,. through the country held by the enemy, or hunt his way through lagoons, bayous and swamps on the west side of the river, until he could reach the steamers at Perkins' plantation. · With the ardor and determination ever his, he chose the latter expedient, and after rafting and walking over forty miles across the country reached Bruinsburg in time to cross the river at that point with the army that fought and won the victory at Magnolia church, now known as the battle of Port Gibson. In the march of the regiment that dark night of April 30, at about the hour of 1 r p. m., while feeling its way through a narrow gorge in those Mississippi hills, with Companies A and B deployed as skirmishers on each side of the road. the regiment well in advance of its supporting column, he related to some of his friends the hardships he had undergone to reach 'his boys' so as to be with them when they met the enemy, and before he had concluded his narrative a six-gun battery opened upon us with grape shot from the head of the defile, and that interesting story was closed. ''The beautiful first of May, with its magnolia blossoms, its s:nging of birds at early dawn, was ushered in with the roar of death dealing shells, the clashing of steel, the rattling of musketry and the charge of solid ranks of brave boys in blue against the solid masses of the brave men in gray, which stood like a wall in our pathway to the stronghold of Vicksburg. In the front rank of that successful charging column were the lads whose pride was to weave laurel wreaths for their brave and loved colonel. This important victory caused them to leave upon the open field twenty-four of their number killed and �114 COL. W. H. KINSMAN ME:\·lORIAL. wounded. The enemy retreated and the onward march was resumed. "From Raymond to Jackson in rain and mud it became part of the duty of his reg iment to move the siege guns a long with the column, and for fifteen miles in m11d 11p to axles. his patient sold iers tugged at the cable attached to the lead chain of those guns, and scarce a murmur was heard, although wading knee deep in the slush with the rain pouring d o wn stead ily the whole day. Such was the effective training- of the ever patient, attentive cornmander,- that no hard ship was too great to be endured for him. "On the evening of l\i[ay i6th, 1863, the Twenty-third arrived at Edwards' Station, after a most exciting charge after the retreating enemy from Champion hill, a distance o f severa l miles, in which many prisoners had been taken. Haversacks had been empty for several days, and being in the advance a ruse was effectually worked upon the enemy, so that several thousand rations were secured by means of a dispatch sent by one of our telegraphers to General Bowen at Vicksburg, to hun·y i-ations to Edwards' Station to meet Pcmberton's r eturning army. We enjoyed the rancid bacon, cow peas and pea bred with brown sugar for the first time, with a destructive relish. Our valiant Colonel remarked that it was the first issue of rations by the confederate commissary to Grant's victorious army. That night Colonel Kinsman r eceived orders to march at daybreak on the right of the railroad to near Smith's Station, move to the right and take post next to B lack river and await orders. It was my privilege to occupy a position on the bare ground, without blanket or cover, under an oak tree with the brave soldier whose mortal remains lie here, and we talked, as soldic 1·s will , of the loved ones at home, and the possible events that m ight happen on the morrow. We had been friends before the storm of war broke upon us; our lives had been upon parallel lines; and our sympathies had gone out to each other and we both felt that there might come to one or both of us a cup of sorrow in the near future. He said: 'The Twenty-third may suffer terribly tomorrow. I have asked to lead the column, and if there is a fight, we'll be in it, and I know my boys ·will never retreat. Some of us will die, and it may be you and I; God only knows ! If it �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. llS is ~o be so, I am ready to die for my country-the most glorious country under the sun.' ''At daylight the regiment was on the road, and after forcing the enemy's pickets back fo1- about three miles, moved to the bank o f Big B lack river, under cover of which the regiment worked its way to within two hundred feet of the left of the riflepits and breastworks of the enemy. The brigade, consisting of the Twenty-first, Twenty-second and Twenty-third Iowa regiments and the Eleventh Wisconsin, under command of Brig.Gen. M ichael Lawler, formed the attacking column, the Twentythird being in advance, the Twenty-first, Twenty-second and E leventh Wisconsin took position along the river bank further to the east. During the artillery fire which ensued, observations were made, and it was discovered through a negro that an open roadway through the breastworks existed at a point where a bayou left the cane-break, and that if a charge became necessary, that point must be made. This compelled the charging regiment to cross an open cotton field under the deathly fire of the enemy from the flank as well as front, and our brave hero was asked if he could make it successfully. He replied: 'My boys will follow where I lead. [ await your orders.' ;,The order came, and at a signal, like a cloud bursting from a clear sky, a solid line of brave boys in blue mounted the river bank without firing a gun, and flying as upon the wings of the wind across those cotton rows into the jaws of death-into the very rain of fire, of shot and shell, up against a solid line of brave men in g ray, with a torrent of musketry thick as hail-stones tearing their ranks upon the ldt flank, with men falling like leaves in autumn-yet ever onward went the bravest of the brave, until the bayou was crossed and the stro ng works were taken, the enemy flying, throwing their guns into the river, breaking them on the trees of the forest. only to escape as their last resort! But where \.Vas the brave commander? About fifty feet from the top of the river bank, while waving his sword and coolly ordering the regiment to be steady, double-quick, march, he was shot, a minie bullet passing through his sword belt. and entirely through his body from the left side, his face being turned towards his regiment as he was urging them into a rush upon the enemy's works. �II6 COL. W. H . KIN S:.IAN :.I El\fO RI AL. "He said to a comrade wh o stopped to a sk him wh t' re he was shot, ' I am all rig ht- go o n with th e b oys ! G ive m e your canteen; the Twenty-third will get there ! Go a ncl h elp th em!' and with his hand upon the bleeding wo und. proccccl cd to tear part of his shirt to staunch the flow o f blood . "The boys did get there, and a s th ey passed over th e L>rcastworks after passing throug h a bayou o f wa ter up to th eir a rmpits, leaving ninety o ffi cers and men scattered on the cotto n fi eld dead and wounded, their lo ved co mmande r , their wounded and dy ing colonel, with out coat, hat or swo rd-belt, cam e rushing across the bayou like as upo n the wings o f th e wind , a nd with his naked sword waving around his h ead , sh o utin g , ' ).l y brave boys ; I knew you would do it!' and while sho uting 'O n boys , on to the bridge,' a stray shot fro m som e T enn cssccan to th e rig ht o f him passed throug h his body from rig ht to left . "I happened t o b e o nly a few feet from 111111 wh en h e received this last sho t, and carried him unuer th e shad e o f a fri endly tree that stood in th e line o f breastwo rks, and was soon jo ined by tender hearts who did all they co uld to s ta un ch his death wounds and soften his dyin g pillo w as best they co uld . He was borne o n stretch er by fo m- o f his o wn b oys to th e bea utiful grounds around a planta tio n man sio n n ear b y, th e h o me o f Colon el lVlarsh all , then an officer o n Gen eral Pembcrto n' s staff, still living upon the o ld pla ntati on , where h e wa s te nde rl y cared for until the foll owin g day, wh en hi s soul too k its fli g ht to the P aradise of God. "We stood b e:>ide him as the ang el of dea th h o ve red over his rude couch and b ecko ned his soul away to Paradise. and we listened to catch those dying words- 'Tell th e b oys I die happy. I fell at the head of m y regiment d o ing m y dut y : bury m e on the field of battle.' U nder th e scorching rays o f the sou t hland sun, at the hour of 1 c a. m, o n the 18th day o f May, r863 , His life passed o ut o n t he unknown sea , A life that was pure as pure could be, While that martial tread o i his c o mrades was near And the threatening roa r o f the canno ns we h ear I said in my heart that o ur natio n mus t live Perpetua ted by the blood o f s uch lives a s his. ''The sun was sinking in a hank o f crimson cl o u ds b eyond the Vicksburg hills , and enshro ud ed in hi s unifo rm, w ith his �COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. 117 blanket wrapped closely about the form so loved in life, his rude coffin was lowered into his earthly tomb, under the spreading branches of a majestic old oak, and as the clods were falling upon his mortal remains, a few devoted friends and comrades were silently wiping tears of affection from their eyes, while from all around us came the groans of the wounded and prayers of the dying, ascending to the throne of the Ruler of all nations. As we marched away to resume the duties of soldiers once more, we thought: How little we reek, as day by day, A soldier dies and is laid away, How great the sorrow it brings to some heart Whose life, with his life, was a living part. "His devoted friend and comrade, Gen. G. NI. Dodge. caused his mouldering remains to be taken from southern soil in which he has laid entombed these thirty-nine years past, and his many friends have contributed of their substance to erect a suitable monument to his memory, that his example and worth as a soldier and citizen may be handed down to our children's children. No monumental pile can tell the true story of his sacrifice; no poet can sing the full meed of his praise. Though born on foreign soil, he was of America for his country, and died that it might continue to live. "Friends and Com rades, I can add no greater tribute to his memory at this clay than to close with the words written upon the battlefield after he was laid to rest : A more noble man never lived ; A braver man never died for his country; A more generous hearted man never wore shoulder-straps. than whose remains lie here, and in whose honor this monument has been erected." J. W . DEWEESE SPEAKS. Following this address the quartet sang "The Vacant Chair," and the closing address was made by J. W. Deweese, of Lincoln, Neb., a sergeant in Company G o f the old Twentythird Iowa. His address was short, being largely in the nature of a heart Lo heart talk with the old soldiers, which was thorough- ! J �II8 COL. W. H. KINSMAN MEMORIAL. ly e1~joyed by everyone of them, althoug h the rain continued to fall in big and frequent drops. i\lr. Deweese said in part: "I will have to call your attention to the fac t that there is a silver lining to all clouds, and while the cl o ud s thi s afternoon are dropping with rain , yet I know you will not mind t hat. None of you were sunshine soldiers ; you fought du ring the storm as well, and I know you will n ot mind th e rain this afternoon. ''It is good for us all to b e h ere. The d eep inte rest which I see depicted on every fa ce as I look about m e makes me realize that there is a love going out from ev e1-y soldier to our hero, Col. William H . Kinsman. This sp ea ks well for the people everywhere fo r it guarantees a sentiment that will forever insure the perpetuity o f o ur governme nt. "Colonel Kinsman was a brave soldier. In fa ct that chief characteristic of his soldier life was his ambition to be in the front, to be a lead er. T hi s made him one o f the m ost h e roic Fgures of the war." To prove this latter statement :'vfr. D e weese th en proceeded to relate a number o f incidents that had come under his observation during the war in which Colo nel Kinsman had figured in a most hero ic manner. In seve ral o f these incidents old veteran5 of Colonel Kinsman's reg iment w h o were present yesterday had themselves pa1-tic ipated and hi s speech was most heartily applauded. Following this latter address, Rev. Snycle 1- cle livcred the benediction, and the old comrades and veterans fo rming in line returned to the G. A . R. hall, where for the remainde r of the cifternoon and evening the o ld soldiers indulged in greeting comrades and recalling reminiscences o f war times. �COL. W. H. KINSMAN ME!vlORIAL. 119 CASUALTIES OF THE REGIMENT. WAR RECORD CLERK SHOWS KILLED AND WOUNDED O F THE TWENTY -T HIRD. At the request of participants in the ex ercises attenda nt upon the unveiling of the Kinsman memorial monument, ·war Record Clerk Stephens of Des i\J oin es has compiled a statement o f the casualti es that were suffered by the Twenty-third Iowa, Colonel Ki nsman's regim ent, at the battles of Port Gibson, l\'Iilliken's Bend, and fi na lly at Black river bridge, where Colonel Kinsman lost his life in a gallant charge. Altogether there were 157 casualties in the three battles. The su mmary as prepared by Clerk Steph ens is as follows: 1:1 ~o _,.. -·"' ,.. G) "'": a' "'0 '"d .,-o.., o,.. 5o.-· G) "'a' o.~ .!" ? : : Ki nsman . ....... • .. . . .. A········ · · · ···· · ··· ··· n ... . ... .. ...... . ··· ··· c ······ ... . .... . ...... . -~ ~"' ::o ~;:' ::"~ :;;· ... (!> : tll .., 0: '7l ~ 1:::1 <lo;" ..... "' :>;'- == 0 () = ; :;" "',. m- • &::>:l p.~ ... b::I ...o; (!> : : ."""" (Jr ..,b:i : "!?' -~ 6: c: ,,. 8 0 s (ii :::!(!) 0." ~~ tll "' = p. ""'p ~~ ·-; ~:::::.::::: :I~ 4 9 12 D ...... .. ............. . E ... . .... . ........ .. . . . IO G ..... . ... . . . ...... . .. . I-I .. . . . ............. . . . . I .. ..... .... ...... . ... . K ... . ... . .... . .. . ..... . 2 2 3 13 4 19 7 5 Totals . ... . ....... . . 8 18 Ir 79 2 2 I l 6 3 4 F · ········ · ············ 3 5 6 15 17 14 14 19 12 22 13 17 2 5 I 157 Ten soldiers killed at B lack river bridge with Colonel Kinsman were: Company A, Charles P . Miller, F . M. Burgett, Charles R. Moore; Company C, W illiam Harvey; Company G, William H . Stout, James Halpin ; Company I , James V.f. Bond; Company K, Irwin S. Benson, John A . Akins, Vv. A. J ohnson. _. �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections Subject The topic of the resource Council Bluffs local history Description An account of the resource Photographs and documents of the Council Bluffs Public Library Special Collections. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Special Collections Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. 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Title A name given to the resource Hitchcock House Eyed For Restoration Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Patching A Deteriorating Wall . . . will be a big step toward renovating the Hitchcock House. Discussing the project are, from left, Mayor Bill Worth, the Rev. Melvin Ammon and Michael Audino, director of the Southwest Iowa Planning Council. 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Title A name given to the resource Hitchcock House Eyed For Restoration Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource The Hitchcock House . . . sheltered escaped slaves who were making their way toward freedom on the Underground Railroad. The house at one time had a pivoting wall that led to a room where slaves hid from their pursuers. 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Title A name given to the resource Hite Center Subject The topic of the resource Local news Description An account of the resource Hite Center Mural Future Uncertain At Soon-To-Be Mini Mall September 9, 1984 O.G. 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Title A name given to the resource Hoagland Lumber Yard fire Description An account of the resource Hoagland Lumber yard fire at Seventh and South Main spread to the roof of the Ford Brothers Van and Storage warehouse next door north. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Nonpareil photos Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Photograph donated to the Library by the Council Bluffs Fire Department. 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