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Title Page here
Dedication, Acknowledgment, Introduction here
I — General Remarks 11
II - Speculation 15
III - Organization
         Petition
         Remonstrance
18
26
29
IV - Early Political Methods 33
V - Miscellaneous Topics 38
VI - In Defense of the Flag
     Second Infantry
     Sixth Infantry
     Seventh Infantry
     Eighth Infantry
     Thirteenth Infantry
     Fifteenth Infantry
     Seventeenth Infantry
     Eighteenth Infantry
     Twenty-second Infantry
     Thirty-sixth Infantry
     Thirty-seventh Infantry (Graybeard Regiment)
     Forty-sixth Infantry
     Forty-eighth Infantry
     First Cavalry
     Second Cavalry
     Third Cavalry
     Fourth Cavalry
     Seventh Cavalry
     Third Battery
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47
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6- continued -
The Draft
Military Organizations

List of Soldiers Residing in Monroe County Who Enlisted from other Localities.
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75
76

6- continued
     The Soldier Dead in Oak View Cemetery, Albia, Iowa
    (list of all veterans buried in the cemetery, includes date of death, if known.)

81
6 - continued - History of the First Iowa Cavalry 83
6 - continued - History of the Sixth Iowa Infantry - sketch by H. Hickenlooper, a member of the regiment.
    Missionary Ridge
96
101
6 - continued - History of the Thirty-sixth Iowa Infantry - sketch written by Josiah T. Young, a member of the regiment.
    Battle of Helena, July 4, 1863
    Capture of Little Rock
    Camden Expedition - with description of Camp Ford prison
102
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110
6 - continued - History of the Twenty-second Iowa Infantry 115
7 - Railroads 129

8 - The Press - Josiah T. Young

133
144
9 - County Government
    Sheriffs | Probate Judges | Clerks of the District Court |
    Circuit Judge | County Auditor | Treasurer | Recorder |
    School Superintendent | County Attorney | Coroner |
    Monroe County in the General Assembly |
    Monroe County Agricultural Society | The Albia Post-Office
154
10 - Banks and Bank Failures 166
11 - Judge Lynch and Criminal Matters 171
12 - Miscellaneous Topics
      Strikes | "The Deep Snow" | Nationality | Methods of Farming
183
12 - Miscellaneous Topics
      Roads and Road-Working | Fashions, Dress and Love-Making |
     The "Hairy Nation"
196
13 - Early Joys and Sorrows
      The Charivari | An Interesting Find | Bee-Hunting | The Log-Cabin |
    The "Hoedown" | Camp-Meetings and Water-Melons |
     Embryo Villages | The "Water-Witch" |
209
13 - Early Joys and Sorrows
      Schools and School-Teachers |Soap Creek Jurisprudence|
      Some Pioneer Episodes | Pioneer Fogyism |
218
14 - The County Jail and County Finances 234
15 - The Methodist Episcopal Church
      The Presbyterian Church | Report of Judicial Committee |
      The Associate Presbyterians ("Seceders") | The Covenanters |
      The United Presbyterians | The Cumberland Presbyterians |
      The Christian Church | The United Brethren Church | The Dunkers |
      The Baptist Church | The African American Episcopal Church |
      Grace Episcopal Church | The Roman Catholics |
      The Society of Friends | The Monroe County Holiness Association |
237
16 - Average Crop Yield of Monroe County for 1895, and Other Statistical Items.
     Bee Culture | Political | Manufacturing |
280
17 - Towns and Villages
    Albia | Avery | Hynes City | Foster | Blakesburg | Hilton |
    Melrose | Stacyville | Frederic | Hiteman
296
18 - Some Battles with the "Hairy Nation."
    How a Sixth Cavalry Boy Got His Whisky |
    The Oldest Citizen Born on Iowa Soil |
    Yankee Pumpkins as Parlor Sets |
    Some Early Milling Exploits | Old Documents |
322
19 - Educational 329
20 - The Mining Industry 331
21 - Railway Casualties 345
22 - The Independent Club Guards 348
23 - Horse-Breeding 353
24 - The 1896 Canvass 355
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