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Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States: War Papers (MOLLUS) – Iowa and Vermont

By Michael K. Shaffer · Originally published December 2018 · pp. 16–17

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Nearing the end of our yearlong examination of the MOLLUS Papers, five states remain, along with their respective collections. This month, accounts from the Iowa Commandery, volumes 55 & 56, along with Vermont, volume 57, mark our focus. Of note, also found within the Vermont collection, are miscellaneous papers from the District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Vermont book cover. Pennsylvania. As a reminder on the back- (also check http://suvcw.org/molground of this series, the first two lus/molid.htm) and at the Internet volumes of the Broadfoot 1990s Archives, http://bit.ly/2EVfpPC. reprint set, unnumbered, consist Researchers wishing to purof ‘Biographical Sketches of chase the printed set may do so Contributors,’ and ‘Companions.’ at Broadfoot Publishing, http:// The second volume offers hun- www.broadfootpublishing.com. dreds of photographs of the Remember to check WorldCat various members. The collected http://www.worldcat.org/ for help papers from the commanderies ap- in finding the Papers in a local lipear in the following order. Ohio, brary; search ISBN 1568370016. volumes 1-9; Illinois, 10-13D; Continued good luck in researchMissouri, vol. 14; Kansas, 15; ing the Civil War! Readers wishMaine, volumes 16-19; New York, ing to view all the articles in this 20-23; Indiana, 24; Nebraska, 25; series thus far can visit https:// Minnesota, 26-31; Rhode Island, issuu.com/mshaffe3. 32-41; District of Columbia, 4245; Wisconsin, 46-49; Michigan, Michael K. Shaffer is a Civil War 50-51; Massachusetts, 52-54; historian, author, lecturer, inIowa, 55-56; Vermont, 57; structor, and a member of the Pennsylvania, 58-59; California Society of Civil War Historians, the and Oregon, volume 60; and a Historians of the Civil War Western four-volume index completes the Theater, the Georgia Association Broadfoot set. of Historians, and the Georgia Next month, this column Writers Association. Readers will conclude the review of the may contact him at mkscdr11@ MOLLUS Papers, with a look gmail.com, or to request speakat Pennsylvania, California, and ing engagements, via his website Oregon. Digitized-versions of www.civilwarhistorian.net. Follow MOLLUS exist online at the organi- Michael on Facebook www.facezation’s website: http://suvcw.org/ book.com/michael.k.shaffer and mollus/warpapers/warpapers.htm Twitter @michaelkshaffer.

Vol. 1 (1893) Article/Author My First Campaign - By Colonel G. A. Hannaford

Vol. 2 (1898) Article/Author General McClellan - By LieutenantColonel Chas. A. Clark

Personal Recollections of 1861 - By General J. M. Tuttle

My Experience in Pope’s Retreat By First Lieutenant M. T. V. Bowman The Private - By Major E. H. Conger

Reminiscences of Prison Life and Escape - By Captain Milton Russell, Co. A, 51st IN Inf. U.S.V. Campaign of General Steele: Personal Reminiscences of F. M. Drake on the Campaign of General Steele through Arkansas to join General Banks on the Red River Expedition - By Brevet Brigadier General F. M. Drake My Campaigning with the Army of the Tennessee - By Major H. L. Swords Diary and Personal Recollections of the Second Grierson Raid through Tennessee and Mississippi, December, 1864, and January, 1865, and the General Wilson Raid through Alabama and Georgia during the moths of March and April, 1865 - By Captain F. S. Whiting First Year’s Medical History of the Twenty-Fourth Iowa - By Surgeon John F. Ely Sketches of the Thirteenth Iowa - By Adjutant H. H. Rood The Obedience and Courage of the Private Soldier, and the Fortitude of Officers and Men in the Field, in Hospital, and in Prison, with some Incidents of the War - By Brevet Major-General William W. Belknap The Martial Spirit a Factor of the Best National Life - By Chaplain A. L. Frisbie The Battle of Shiloh - By Colonel William T. Shaw Champion’s Hill - By Sergeant Charles L. Longley Generals Curtis and Crocker - By Hon. George G. Wright Lincoln and McClellan - By Captain William T. Rigby Memorial Exercises. General W. T. Sherman. In Memoriam. - By Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Gatch Memorial Exercises. General W. T. Sherman. Biographical and Historical Address - By Hon. William B. Allison General George H. Thomas - By Major F. H. Loring Six Months in the Third Cavalry Division Under Custer - By Companion W. G. Cummings The Loyal Legion - By LieutenantColonel G. A. Hannaford Our Order of the Loyal Legion - By Captain E. B. Soper Personal Reminiscences of Shiloh By Captain C. P. Searle Impressions of the Realities of War By Major George R. Skinner

Johnston’s Surrender to Sherman By Lieutenant-Colonel Geo. L. Godfrey

The Second Class Member, Who He is, and What He is For - By Frank A. Sherman The Legacy of the War - By Captain Buren R. Sherman

Grant From Point Pleasant to Riverside - By Chaplain James Marshall Military Discipline - By Captain E. L. Marsh General O. M. Mitchell, and His Brilliant March into the Heart of the Southern Confederacy - By Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Gatch

Vermont (1901) Article/Author From the Rapidan to Richmond By William L. Greenleaf

The Fall of Richmond - By Joel C. Baker The Colored Soldier in the War of the Rebellion - By E. Henry Powell The Element of Romance in Military History - By George C. Benedict

A Month on a Transport - By Joseph H. Goulding President McKinley - By William P. Dillingham

D.C. Supplement (1892) Historic Arlington. The Story of the National Cemetery - By Karl Decker and Angus McSween Maine Supplement (1916)

A Chapter From the History of Company D, Twelfth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, In the Union Brigade By Captain E. B. Soper Comparison of the Two Sides When the Struggle Began - By Lieutenant C. E. Cline The Women of the War - By Lieutenant J. F. Merry The Memories of the Camp Fire By Charles Mackenzie The Loyal Legion’s Day - By Chaplain A. L. Frisbie Hold the Fort! - By Captain John Q. Adams

Historical Address at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Maine Commandery - By Henry S. Burrage Maryland Supplement (1913)

The Fifteenth Iowa at Shiloh - By Captain James G. Day

New York Supplement (undated)

The Forager in Sherman’s Last Campaign - By Major Samuel Mahon Sumter Anniversary: Address of Welcome - By General D. B. Hillis

The Ordinance of 1787 and The War of 1861 - By Wager Swayne

Sumter Anniversary: Response - By Commander Rood

Ceremonies in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln

Lincoln, the Statesman - By George Whitlock Massachusetts Supplement (1915/1926) The Inspiration of the Loyal Legion - By Henry M. Rogers America in Two Wars - By Henry M. Rogers

Pennsylvania Supplement (1909)

Sumter Anniversary: Fort Sumter By Adjutant J. W. Muffly Sumter Anniversary: Address - By Captain E. B. Soper Sumter Anniversary: Recollections of Sumter Day - By The Commandery The Great American Civil War, as Sumter Anniversary: The Three distinguished from all the other Wars Months’ and the Three Years’ of History - By Adjutant Charles Volunteers of 1861 - By Captain Mackenzie Thomas Hedge Iowa’s Record. A Sketch of Iowa’s Sumter Anniversary: The Wives of

1865 - By Adjutant H. H. Rood Charge of the Light Brigade – Sumter Anniversary: From Camp to Colonel George W. Crosley Cottage - By Judge J. S. Woolson A Historic War Song. How and Sumter Anniversary: Keokuk in the where I wrote “Sherman’s March to Civil War - By Companion D. B. the Sea” - By S. H. M. Byers Hamill The Colored Man in the Civil War -

Major F. H. Loring Six Months in the Third Cavalry Division Under Custer - By Companion W. G. Cummings The Loyal Legion - By LieutenantColonel G. A. Hannaford

Campaign - By Major Samuel Mahon Sumter Anniversary: Address of Welcome - By General D. B. Hillis

War of 1861 - By Wager Swayne

Sumter Anniversary: Response - By Commander Rood

Ceremonies in Commemoration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Birth of Abraham Lincoln

Pennsylvania Supplement (1909)

Our Order of the Loyal Legion - By Sumter Anniversary: Fort Sumter December 2018 Captain E. B. Soper By Adjutant J. W. Muffly Personal Reminiscences of Shiloh Sumter Anniversary: Address - By By Captain C. P. Searle Captain E. B. Soper Vermont Impressions of the Realities of War Iowa - Sumter Anniversary: Recollections Vol. 1R. (1893) Vol.- 2By (1898) (1901) By Major George Skinner of Sumter Day The Article/Author Article/Author Article/Author Commandery My By Colonel General McClellan - By From the Rapidan to Richmond The First GreatCampaign American- Civil War, asG. Sumter Anniversary: TheLieutenantThree A. Hannaford from all the other Wars Colonel Chas.theA.Three ClarkYears’ By William L. Greenleaf distinguished Months’ and of History - By Adjutant Charles Volunteers of 1861 - By Captain Mackenzie Thomas Hedge Iowa’s Record. A Sketch of Iowa’s Sumter Anniversary: The Wives of Record the War of for1861 the - By the ByPope’s Mrs. M. A. Personalduring Recollections My Legioniers Experience- in Retreat The Fall of Richmond - By Joel C. Preservation the Union – 1861Higley General J. M.ofTuttle By First Lieutenant M. T. V. Baker 1865 - By Adjutant H. H. Rood Bowman Charge of the of Light Brigade Sumter Anniversary: From Camp to The Colored Soldier in the War of Reminiscences Prison Life–and The Private By Major E. H. Colonel-George W. Crosley Cottage - By Judge J. S. Woolson Escape By Captain Milton Russell, Conger the Rebellion - By E. Henry A Historic Song. How and Sumter Anniversary: Keokuk in the Powell Co. A, 51stWar IN Inf. U.S.V. where I wrote “Sherman’s March to Civil War -Surrender By Companion D. B. Campaign of General Steele: Johnston’s to Sherman The Element of Romance in the Sea” By S. H. M. Byers Hamill Personal Reminiscences of F. M. By Lieutenant-Colonel Geo. L. Military History - By George C. The Colored Man in the Civil War - Benedict Drake on the Campaign of General Godfrey By Captain Dan Matson Steele through Arkansas to join Fredericksburg - By Captain J. G. General Banks on the Red River Hutchison Expedition - By Brevet Brigadier General F. M. Drake General Lyon and the Fight for Missouri - By Captain J. S. Clark My Campaigning with the Army of The Second Class Member, Who A Month on a Transport - By Address Lieutenant the Tennessee - By Major H. L. He is, and- By What He is ForThomas - By Joseph H. Goulding HedgeA. Sherman Swords Frank Guntown andof the Tupelo - ByBy Joseph R President McKinley - By William Diary and Personal Recollections of The Legacy War Reed the Second Grierson Raid through Captain Buren R. Sherman P. Dillingham Tennessee and Mississippi, Abraham Lincoln: Some Phases of December, 1864, and January, 1865, His Character - By Lieutenant and the General Wilson Raid through Charles H. Robinson Alabama and Georgia during the Address - By Chaplain Frisbie moths of March and April, 1865 - By Address - By General F. M. Drake Captain F. S. Whiting A Glimpse of Lincoln’s Ancestry First Year’s Medical History of the Grant From Point to D.C. Supplement (1892) and Boyhood - ByPleasant C. L. Longley Twenty-Fourth Iowa - By Surgeon Riverside By Chaplain James National Cemeteries and National John F. Ely MarshallParks Military By3Major D. W. Page -of Sketches of the Thirteenth Iowa - By Reed Military Discipline - By Captain E. Historic Arlington. The Story of Adjutant H. H. Rood L. Marsh the National Cemetery - By Karl Prison Life, East and West - By Decker and Angus McSween Lieutenant A. H. Hazelett The Obedience and Courage of the General O. M.With Mitchell, and His Maine Supplement (1916) Campaigning the Sixth Maine Private Soldier, and the Fortitude of Brilliant March into the - By Colonel Charles A.Heart Clarkof the Officers and Men in the Field, in Southern - By Popular The BattleConfederacy of Cedar Creek: Hospital, and in Prison, with some Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Gatch History Refuted - By Captain E. D. Incidents of the War - By Brevet Hadley Major-General William W. Belknap Our Friend, the Enemy - By The Martial Spirit a Factor of the A Chapter From H. theSweeney History of Historical Address at the Fiftieth Captain Charles Best National Life - By Chaplain A. Company D,Growth Twelfth- By Iowa Infantry Anniversary of the Maine Patriotism a L. Frisbie Volunteers, In the Union Brigade Commandery - By Henry S. Lieutenant Charles H. Robinson By Captain E. B. Soper Burrage Ropes’ Attack Upon General The Battle of Shiloh - By Colonel Comparison the TwoJohn Sides Maryland Supplement (1913) Sherman - ByofCaptain S. William T. Shaw When the Struggle Began By Lothrop Lieutenant C. E. Cline Champion’s Hill - By Sergeant

Charles L. Longley Lieutenant J. F. Merry George Whitlock

Generals Curtis Crocker Memories of the Camp Fire Massachusetts Supplement Hon. George G. Wright By Charles Mackenzie (1915/1926)