Confederates from Iowa had a rich variety of wartime experiences. To help me flesh out their stories, I’ve studied the war from a Confederate perspective. The following books are insightful…
Junius L. Hempstead and 600 other Confederate officers crowded into the dark hold of a Federal steamer. Sea-sickness and lack of sanitation bedeviled them for two weeks. They arrived at Morris…
Iowa residents who served the Confederacy were never completely forgotten, especially during campaign season. One such man was 18-year-old Junius L. Hempstead, a Dubuque resident whose father had been Iowa’s…
Six years ago, I stumbled on to a little-known chapter of Iowa history: residents who left Iowa and served the Confederacy. The men were sometimes mentioned as a historical footnote…
Welcome to my new blog, Confederates from Iowa! If you have Iowa roots, or if you like to learn about the Civil War, this blog is meant for you. When…