of
Muscatine County Iowa
1911
| History of Muscatine County Iowa 1911 | |
Source: History of Muscatine County Iowa, Volume I, 1911, pages 128-129
MUSCATINE EAGER FOR THE FRAY. It may truthfully be recorded, that when the citizens of Muscatine county fully awoke to the terrible significance of the firing on Fort Sumter, there was not an able-bodied man of any importance in the community who was not ready and willing, yea, eager to meet upon the field of battle the enemies of his country and fight for her honor, her integrity and the union of the states for all time. And to her lasting fame and pride it is a matter of enduring history that during the whole struggle of the federal government for supremacy, not once was the draft put into execution in Muscatine county to fill the quota of her troops; on the contrary there were more volunteers for the army from this county than asked for or required.
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