Recollections with the Third Iowa Regiment
CHAPTER I.
The "uprising" in Iowa--Patriotism of the people--The Third Regiment--Its character and composition--Spirit and ideas of its members--Our colonel--Our visit to Camp Ellsworth and the First Iowa--The Second and First Iowa advance into Missouri--Our quarters--Our ideas of our treatment--Poor fare, and what some of us "did about it"--Our duties--Complaints about pay--Our arms--We go into camp--Our first camp experience--We chafe exceedingly under the yoke of discipline--Marching orders 13