Service
The 2nd Iowa Cavalry was organized at Davenport, Iowa and mustered in at Camp Joe Holt for three years of Federal service between August 30 and September 28, 1861. Among other engagements, the Regiment took part in the Grierson Raid through Mississippi in April 1863, being detached from the main column (6th and 7th Illinois Cavalry) after a few days to decoy the Confederate pursuit. The regiment was mustered out of Federal service on September 19, 1865.
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Famous quotes containing the word service:
“I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching. How far off, how cool, how chaste the persons look, begirt each one with a precinct or sanctuary!”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Sigmund Freud (1856–1939)
“O good old man, how well in thee appears
The constant service of the antique world,
When service sweat for duty, not for meed!”
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