BAKER, NATHANIEL B., ADJUTANT GENERAL OF IOWA - REPORT OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE STATE OF IOWA TO THE GOVERNOR, FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1861 [with leaflet "The Blind Man's Appeal"]

Des Moines, F.W. Palmer, State Printer, 1861. 1861. Hardcover . Book measures 5 1/2 x 8 3/4 inches, pp 24 + 494, absent the covers so Fair to Poor. Please accept As Is. First page is the title page (creased with corner loss). The remainder of the first (numbered) 24 pages are 12 pages of a general report including numbers of men, artillery, etc. + 10 pages of Military Department Rosters of Officers. This general report notes: "A state like ours, exposed along its Southern border for several hundred miles to invasions, by rebellious citizens of a neighboring state, and along a portion of its North-Western border by hostile Indians, should be thoroughly armed and ready to meet any emergency which should arise." The Roster of Officers begins with "Commander-in-Chief and Staff": [Governor] Samuel J. Kirkwood, Commander-in-Chief; Baker, Adjutant General; Culbertson, resigned Asst. Adjutant General; Price, Pay Master General; and (penned-in) J.C. Hughes, M.D. Surgeon General. Grenville M. Dodge, Colonel, 4th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry is of note amongst the officers. The 494 remaining pages (Appendices A through H) are roster lists of all companies of men and some brief formal reports/letters. Age, Residence, Nativity and Rank are noted for all men. Rejected Men and Additional Enlistments are noted below each company's roster. Listed are: the 1st through 14th Regiments of Volunteer Infantry, 1st through 4th Regiments of Cavalry (included in the 3rd - Fletcher's Battery Light Artillery), Sioux City Cavalry; 1st and 3rd Infantry lists of wounded, killed and missing; Surgeon General Hughes' Report (of killed and wounded, etc.); Report of Lindley and Parker to the Adjutant General (condition of the troops, details of their engagements + recommendations and suggestions); Morledge's Report; Guiberson's Report; General Orders, No. 106, from L. Thomas, Adjutant General, Headquarters of the Army, Washington (a few missing words lost in a tear can yet be made out). Laid-in is what appears to be a Civil War era leaflet (5 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches) in quite nice condition except for chipping along one edge. It is headed: "To The Public," contains a poem "The Blind Man's Appeal" and states "Price: What you wish to give." The leaflet explains: "The vendor of this sheet lost his sight by accident while blasting, etc, etc, etc - John Clark" , Fair.

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