Excerpt from Iowa in War Times This book is not a book of biography - neither is it a book of incidents. The sincere effort has been made to prepare an enduring history of great events of Iowa during the war period. If 'there is any art in the book it has been the art of condensing. Men have been largely passed over - leav ing the story of their deeds to speak for them. No other plan for a single volume seemed possible - and a book beyond a single volume could not be issued at a price desirable for the public. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.