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Volume 16, Issue No. 2, Mar/Apr 2024

 

No state, per capita, mustered more men to fight in the American Civil War than did Iowa. What’s more, Iowans participated in some of the war’s most bloody conflicts including the Battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862, in an area located between a small church named Shiloh and Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. More than 6,660 Iowa troops — by far the largest concentration of Iowa soldiers to fight in any battle in any war — fought in the Battle of Shiloh.

Award-winning writer Don Doxsie takes readers behind the scenes of the epic battle for our cover story, detailing the roles that Iowans played during the battle and afterwards to preserve the memories of those who paid the ultimate sacrifice to preserve the Union.

 

Publisher Michael Swanger marks the centennial of WHO Newsradio 1040 in his column.

 

Get the frame-by-frame account of Major League Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Feller’s Opening Day no-hitter on April 16, 1940, the first of its kind in MLB history from publisher Michael Swanger.

 

Have you heard of The Iowa Homemaker? Iowa State University history student Samuel Poage digs into ISU’s archives to tell the little-known story about the Fergusons, the ISU couple who wrote farm and home advice stories to help rural citizens survive the Great Depression.

 

Take a tour of the recently renovated, fully reopened State Historical Building of Iowa in downtown Des Moines that houses the state’s historical society, museum, library and archives from State Historical Society of Iowa Public Information Officer, Jeff Morgan.

 

Country Roads columnist Arvid Huisman urges the arrival of spring and shares his growing loathing for winter.

 

TO READ MORE FASCINATING STORIES ABOUT IOWA HISTORY, subscribe to Iowa History Journal. You can also purchase back issues at the store.

 

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