[BroJoeK]

DiogenesLamp: "I recall you saying Iowa Militia wanted to take up arms against the other slave states, but did it not occur to them to attack the closest slave state?"

Certainly nothing like that was posted on this thread.
Can you point to where that was claimed?

[DiogenesLamp]

Certainly nothing like that was posted on this thread. Can you point to where that was claimed?

gandalftb wrote:

"When Fort Sumter was fired on, the early Iowa regiments were self financed with gray uniforms. They didn’t think of being a part of the Union Army, they planned to attack the Confederacy on their own."