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- Oct 24, 2019
Hey folks, for sometime Iv'e wondered about Iowa during the Civil War. Mainly as it pertains to its southern border with Missouri.
In 1864 there was a raid by Bushwhackers into Davis County. From what I read on Wiki this happend more than once. Seeing that Northern Missouri is Where Bill Anderson died, Iv'e got to imagine there had to be more than one raid into Southern Iowa.
Thoughts?
Sporadically, Confederate partisans and bushwhackers raided Iowa. One such incursion in the fall of 1864 was designed to disrupt the reelection of Abraham Lincoln. Near the Missouri border, many Iowans were pro-slavery, anti-Lincoln Confederate sympathizers, and they provided a safe haven for guerrillas. On October 12, 1864, a dozen raiders disguised as Union soldiers terrorized Davis County, where they looted residences and kidnapped and murdered three Iowans near Bloomfield.
In 1864 there was a raid by Bushwhackers into Davis County. From what I read on Wiki this happend more than once. Seeing that Northern Missouri is Where Bill Anderson died, Iv'e got to imagine there had to be more than one raid into Southern Iowa.
Thoughts?
Sporadically, Confederate partisans and bushwhackers raided Iowa. One such incursion in the fall of 1864 was designed to disrupt the reelection of Abraham Lincoln. Near the Missouri border, many Iowans were pro-slavery, anti-Lincoln Confederate sympathizers, and they provided a safe haven for guerrillas. On October 12, 1864, a dozen raiders disguised as Union soldiers terrorized Davis County, where they looted residences and kidnapped and murdered three Iowans near Bloomfield.