Thomas L. Green ~ West Union, Iowa
Davenport Daily Leader
Davenport, Scott, Iowa
May 23, 1902
Where Iowa Soldiers Fought
Battle of Wilson's Creek - August 10, 1861
Battle of Blue Mills - September 27, 1861
Battle of Belmont (Grant's first battle) - November 7, 1861
Charge of Fort Donelson - February 16, 1862
Battle of Pea Ridge - March 7 and 8 1862
Battle of Shiloh - April 6 and 7, 1862.
Battle of Iuka - September 19, 1862
Battle of Corinth and the Hatchie - October 3 and 4, 1862
Battle of Hartville - December 11, 1862
Defense of Springfield - January 8, 1863
Battle of Champion Hills - May 16, 1863
Battle of Black River Bridge - May 17, 1863
Fall of Vicksburg - May 22, 1863
Battle of Milliken's Bend - June 5, 1863
Battle of Helena - July 4, 1863
Storming of Missionary Ridge - November 24 and 25, 1863
Red River Campaign - Spring of 1864
Steele's March on Camden - Spring of 1864
Battles for Atlanta - Summer of 1864
Battle of Tupelo - July 14, 1864
Sherman's March to the Sea - December, 1864
Battle of Allatoona - October 5, 1864
Battle of Franklin - November 30, 1864
Battle of Nashville - December 15 and 16, 1864
In the Shenandoah Valley - Summer and autumn of 1864
Sherman in the Carolinas - January and April, 1865
Battle for Mobile (which closed the war) - April, 1865
Iowa News for Iowans
Livery Barn of William Benson and Contents Destroyed
Morning Sun, May 23 - Fire last night destroyed William Benson's livery stable. The loss is $4500, insurance $2500.
Indian Charged with Murder Killed Squaw, It is Alleged - Caught After Long Chase. Sioux City, May 23 - Walking Shield, a Sioux brave, charged with the brutal murder of a squaw named Ghost Face Bear, has been captured by the Indian police on the Rosebud reservation. United States marshals had chased him for over 150 miles.
Thrown Twenty Feet by a Horse
Marshalltown, May 23 - An accident that may result in his death occurred to Chester Dawson at Albion, this county, yesterday. Dawson, who is about 18 years of age, was assisting in corralling some horses, when one of them ran
over him while going at a terrific pace. Dawson was thrown twenty feet and when picked up was unconscious. Three physicians were summoned and an examination showed the skull had been badly fractured and his left ear was almost torn off, while he was otherwise bruised. The skull was trephined and several small particles of bone were removed. The doctors think he can not recover.
"Mother of Mt Ayr" Celebrates
Mt. Ayr, May 23 - Mrs. Laura Lucina Stiles Dunning celebrated her 87th
birthday here yesterday. She has been a resident of Mt. Ayr since 1855. Her
husband died in 1877. Of the children of Mr. and Mrs. Dunning,Walter Dunning
is a capitalist of Denver, Colo; Frank Dunning is president of the Citizens'
bank of Bedford; Day Dunning is president of the Citizens' bank of Mt. Ayr.
These three came here with their parents in 1855. Charles B. Dunning, born
here in December, 1855, died in 1880. Mrs. Dunning may fittingley be called "the mother of Mt. Ayr."
Brief Iowa News
- Benjamin Thomas, aged 94, has just died at Floris of smallpox.
- Thomas L. Green has been appointed postmaster at West Union.
- C.P. Thompson of Union, took morphine with suicidal intent. He may not recover.
- Pat Mullan, a Cedar Falls teamster, was seriously injured in a collision
with an electric car.
- Fred Blockley of Glidden was struck by lightning. He was unconscious for
some time but will recover.
- George H. Woodson, a colored lawyer, presided over the deliberations of
the Mahaska county republicans convention.
- The body of John Halliman of Mt. Pleasant was found in the road near that
town. Heart failure was the cause of death.
- The dead body of John McCullough was found in a room in a Sioux City
hotel. He had been dead some time when discovered.
- Tim Donahue, an old citizen and well known character of Eldora, died at
the Hardin county poor farm at the age of 100 years.
- Paul Syverson wandered away from his father's home in Inwood Thursday and
is still missing. It is feared he is not in his right mind.
- Mrs. D.J. Patton of Hampton, wife of Representative Patton of Franklin
county, died suddenly. Heart trouble was the cause of her death.
- George Murray, a traveling smoke-stack painter, fell from a smoke stack at
Ottumwa and was probably fatally injured. He fell about forty feet.
- John Seymour, a member of a Milwaukee train crew, was killed by the cars
at Rockwell City. His body was taken to Indianola, his late home, for
interment.
- Dr. J. B. Masterson, a well known druggist of Albion has been arrested on
a charge of insanity. It is said his condition is due to the excessive use
of morphine.
- O.P. Beebe, who once was president of the Sioux City Trades and Labor
assembly and a leader in organized labor circles in the state died at
Albuquerque, N.M. of consumption.
- A tree under which B.E. Thompson of Wapello took refuge with his team
during a thunder storm was struck by lightning. Mr. Thompson was rendered
unconscious and his team ran away.
- Charles Peterson, the farmer who disappeared from near Boone several days
ago, has returned home. His mind appears to be affected and he can give no
lucid account of his wanderings. He will probably recover his mental equilibrium
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