Download or read book From Blue Mills to Columbia written by Kenneth Lyftogt and published by University of Iowa Press. This book was released on 2007-09 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historian Kenneth Lyftogt introduces us to the volunteer soldiers of the Pioneer Grays and Cedar Falls Reserves infantry companies and in turn examines Iowa’s role in the Civil War. Many of these soldiers served the Union for the duration of the war, from the early fighting in Missouri to Shiloh, Vicksburg, and Sherman’s destructive marches through Georgia and the Carolinas. Their letters home are Lyftogt’s primary sources, as are editorials and articles published in the Cedar Falls Gazette.