Q. Hoggatt, George A. Kellogg and others. War-meetings were a common occurrence in every settlement. The public meetings were all Union, although there were meetings that opposed the Government politically, but not openly in sympathy with the South. From the campaign of the fall of 1860 on, the fight grew in bitterness. The Republicans were dubbed " Black Republicans," " Negro Worshipers," " Flat Noses," " Long Heels," " Amalgamationists," etc., while the opposition received such titles as " Copperheads," " Knights of the Golden Circle," " Ku Klux," etc. In Indian Creek Township, on one occasion, there were speakers from abroad who verged very closely on the open advocacy of Southern sympathy. On a certain occasion, too, a song was sung in burlesque of Gov. Kirkwood's supposed aid to Coppoc, one of the adherents of John Brown; the refrain ended with " Samuel Johnson Coppoc Kirkwood."
During the summer, constant recruiting was going on in a scattered way. Many joined with troops from other counties, so that by the close of the war, Story County was represented in not less than twenty-seven different regiments. Among these were the First, Second, Third, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Eighteenth, Twentieth, Twenty-third, Thirty-second, Thirty-seventh, Fortieth, Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh and Forty-eighth Regiments of Infantry; the Second and Fourth of Artillery, and the Second, Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth Cavalry. In July, 1861, Paul A. Queal recruited about forty men for Company B, Second Cavalry, and became, successively, its first lieutenant and captain. This company was ordered into quarters at Davenport, July 30, 1861, and mustered into service August 31. Excepting six, who were rejected, those from Story County in this company were Paul A. Queal, Joseph W. Brown, Elijah Pervis, Thomas Booth, William J. Deal, P. J. Webb, J. C. McHone, P. H. Rheam, F. M. Coffelt, H. H. Boyce, George Bruhard, W. F. Baker, H. D. Ballard, G. W. Boyes,* J. W. Clarke, W. M. Freeman, H. F. Ferguson, James McCollister, W. C. Roberson, A. M. See, W. R. Schreckondcost, N. H. Schooler, William Thomas, James M. Tanner, David Waumick and G. P. Yokum. Of these, J. C. McHone deserted, and was never after heard from. Their career will be traced farther on in an account of the regiment.
Early in 1862 the cause was agitated with increasing vigor. This is well illustrated in the brief but pointed salutatory of Editor George F. Schoonover, who issued the first number of the Republican Reveille on June 5, 1862; he says: " Its political feature is Republican-conservative and just, uttering its sentiments with candor, fearlessness and independence, and for the prosecution of the war against treason until the last rebel has laid down his arms."
In this number also appears an army letter from H. H. Boyes, of the Second Cavalry, which illustrates a prominent feature of the pages of the county paper from this time until the close of the war. " Camp near Corinth, Miss., May 11, 1862.-Dear friend: * * * This morning finds me seated on the ground with an old barrel-head on my knee, and pen, ink, and paper, that I have been obliged to borrow, cheerfully trying to comply with your wishes, and shall give you as nearly as possible a synopsis of the affairs and proceedings of Company B, since arriving in this part of Uncle Sam's dominions. We have had some quite active service since the advance commenced, and yesterday the Second Iowa made one of the greatest cavalry charges on record. It was about noon when the bugle sounded
* These names are spelled as given in the adjutant's report.