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MILITARY RECORD 33

A committee of the General Assembly of
Iowa, then in session, was sent to the battle-
field to care for the wounded; and on its return
to Des Moines it carried the flag that had been
used in the famous charge. The flag was pre-
sented to the House to be hung near the Speak-
er's desk till the close of the session, when it
was to be turned over to the State Historical
Society for permanent preservation.²⁸

Lieutenant "Weaver was with the regiment
throughout its service from June 13, 1861, to
the capture of Fort Donelson. He was on rail-,
r-oad guard duty in Missouri from June to
October and in St. Louis from October to
February. From October 2nd to 12th he took
part in an expedition to Charleston, the na-
ture of which is not specially described.²⁰ In a
letter to Mrs. "Weaver, written from Fort Don-
elson, February 19, 1862, he gives a vivid and
detailed account of the part played by the
Second Iowa in the assault.

According to Lieutenant Weaver's descrip-
tion the regiment landed four miles below the
fort during the night of the 13th, and the next
morning ^u bright and early .... started
over the hills in fine spirits, to the scene of
bloody conflict. We were ordered by our Gen-
eral Smith to the extreme left of the grand
army [which] encircled this indescribable
stronghold of secession. The morning of the



	MILITARY RECORD 33 A committee of the General Assembly of Iowa, then in session, was sent to the battle- field to care for the wounded; and on its return to Des Moines it carried the flag that had been used in the famous charge. The flag was pre- sented to the House to be hung near the Speak- er's desk till the close of the session, when it was to be turned over to the State Historical Society for permanent preservation.²⁸ Lieutenant "Weaver was with the regiment throughout its service from June 13, 1861, to the capture of Fort Donelson. He was on rail-, r-oad guard duty in Missouri from June to October and in St. Louis from October to February. From October 2nd to 12th he took part in an expedition to Charleston, the na- ture of which is not specially described.²⁰ In a letter to Mrs. "Weaver, written from Fort Don- elson, February 19, 1862, he gives a vivid and detailed account of the part played by the Second Iowa in the assault. According to Lieutenant Weaver's descrip- tion the regiment landed four miles below the fort during the night of the 13th, and the next morning ^u bright and early .... started over the hills in fine spirits, to the scene of bloody conflict. We were ordered by our Gen- eral Smith to the extreme left of the grand army [which] encircled this indescribable stronghold of secession. The morning of the