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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:35, 24 February 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:camph2.png|left|thumb|250px|Military maneuvers at Camp Henderson described in ''Harper's Weekly<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">''''Italic text</del>'' 1884]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:camph2.png|left|thumb|250px|Military maneuvers at Camp Henderson described in ''Harper's Weekly'' 1884]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 22:34, 24 February 2020</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:camph2.png|left|thumb|250px|Military maneuvers at Camp Henderson described in ''Harper's Weekly''''Italic text'' 1884]]</ins></div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CAMP_HENDERSON&diff=149068&oldid=prev 2018-11-27T03:12:20Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:12, 27 November 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Assisting Brig-Gen. Bentley with the Dubuque encampment by order of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln was Captain William H. Powell of the 4th U.S. Infantry out of Fort Omaha, Nebraska. (8) Captain Powell was a career military man going back to the start of the Civil War where he saw action in the Eastern Theater at 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg.  Upon Powell’s arrival in Dubuque he immediately took over preparations for the camp at the fairgrounds and started the plans for the &quot;battle&quot; scheduled to take place at the end of the encampment.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Assisting Brig-Gen. Bentley with the Dubuque encampment by order of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln was Captain William H. Powell of the 4th U.S. Infantry out of Fort Omaha, Nebraska. (8) Captain Powell was a career military man going back to the start of the Civil War where he saw action in the Eastern Theater at 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg.  Upon Powell’s arrival in Dubuque he immediately took over preparations for the camp at the fairgrounds and started the plans for the &quot;battle&quot; scheduled to take place at the end of the encampment.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:campfranklin.jpg|left|thumb|450px|Simplot sketch of Camp <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Union--later Camp Franklin: </del>Image courtesy: Jim Shaffer]] Military observers and other honored guests were among the thousands of spectators who came to Dubuque to see the great military gathering.  Retired career military officer and Confederate General E. Kirby Smith was on hand as a guest of Dubuque resident [[ANDREW, William|William ANDREW]].  General Winfield Scott Hancock, who gained national fame at the Battle of Gettysburg and was the Democratic Party’s 1880 nominee for President of the United States was invited, but had to regrettably turn down the invitation due to a prior engagement. (9) Governor Rusk of Wisconsin and Governor Sherman of Iowa both made appearances.  '''Harper’s Weekly''', a nationally distributed journal of the time, asked Gen. Bentley to hire a local artisan photographer to capture images of the encampment for the magazine.  Bentley turned to local Dubuque war artist, [[SIMPLOT, Alexander|Alexander SIMPLOT]].  Simplot made a national reputation during the first half of the Civil War with his sketches from the Western Theater, including the very first published pictures related to the Civil War, appearing in the May 25, 1861 edition of '''Harper’s Weekly'''.  Other photographers from around the Midwest attended the encampment, including Dubuque photographer, [[ROOT, Samuel|Samuel ROOT]], and St. Louis photographer, John A. Hazenstab. (10)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:campfranklin.jpg|left|thumb|450px|Simplot sketch of Camp <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Henderson at the first Dubuque Fairgrounds &amp; Driving Park. </ins>Image courtesy: Jim Shaffer <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">and history: John Pregler</ins>]] Military observers and other honored guests were among the thousands of spectators who came to Dubuque to see the great military gathering.  Retired career military officer and Confederate General E. Kirby Smith was on hand as a guest of Dubuque resident [[ANDREW, William|William ANDREW]].  General Winfield Scott Hancock, who gained national fame at the Battle of Gettysburg and was the Democratic Party’s 1880 nominee for President of the United States was invited, but had to regrettably turn down the invitation due to a prior engagement. (9) Governor Rusk of Wisconsin and Governor Sherman of Iowa both made appearances.  '''Harper’s Weekly''', a nationally distributed journal of the time, asked Gen. Bentley to hire a local artisan photographer to capture images of the encampment for the magazine.  Bentley turned to local Dubuque war artist, [[SIMPLOT, Alexander|Alexander SIMPLOT]].  Simplot made a national reputation during the first half of the Civil War with his sketches from the Western Theater, including the very first published pictures related to the Civil War, appearing in the May 25, 1861 edition of '''Harper’s Weekly'''.  Other photographers from around the Midwest attended the encampment, including Dubuque photographer, [[ROOT, Samuel|Samuel ROOT]], and St. Louis photographer, John A. Hazenstab. (10)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additional military observers on hand for the national encampment included Gen. John Gibbon of the 7th U.S. Infantry – acting commander of the Department of the Platte; Col. William P. Carlin of the 4th U.S. Infantry – Fort Omaha; Col. John E. Smith of the 14th U.S. Infantry (retired); Col. E. C. Mason of the 4th U.S. Infantry - Inspector General of the Department of the Platte; Lt. Col. D. W. Flagler - Commander of Rock Island Arsenal; and the Adjutant Generals’ of Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota. Also in attendance was Major George Clitherall – Alabama National Guard (retired) and a founding member of the Mobile Rifles in 1836. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additional military observers on hand for the national encampment included Gen. John Gibbon of the 7th U.S. Infantry – acting commander of the Department of the Platte; Col. William P. Carlin of the 4th U.S. Infantry – Fort Omaha; Col. John E. Smith of the 14th U.S. Infantry (retired); Col. E. C. Mason of the 4th U.S. Infantry - Inspector General of the Department of the Platte; Lt. Col. D. W. Flagler - Commander of Rock Island Arsenal; and the Adjutant Generals’ of Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota. Also in attendance was Major George Clitherall – Alabama National Guard (retired) and a founding member of the Mobile Rifles in 1836. (11)</div></td></tr> </table>

Randylyon https://www.encyclopediadubuque.org/index.php?title=CAMP_HENDERSON&diff=149067&oldid=prev 2018-11-27T03:09:15Z

<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:09, 27 November 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:sroot3.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city. (1)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18841.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</del>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]In a first of its kind, military units from the Federal Army and from the states' National Guard rendezvoused in Dubuque from June 16-21, 1884 to participate in joint military drilling, drill competitions, and a large “sham” battle at the close of the encampment.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18841.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</ins>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]In a first of its kind, military units from the Federal Army and from the states' National Guard rendezvoused in Dubuque from June 16-21, 1884 to participate in joint military drilling, drill competitions, and a large “sham” battle at the close of the encampment.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Parades were held throughout the week with the main procession of soldiers in the grand parade on Tuesday, June 17th stretching down Main Street from 1st Street all the way to 17th Street.  Music filled the air from military bands parading about town throughout the week.  Flags and red, white and blue bunting decorated the [[DUBUQUE CITY HALL]] and several city firehouses.  The office of Henderson, Hurd &amp; Daniels at 608 Main Street displayed an old Civil War battle flag provided by Col. [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]], a nationally known Civil War veteran serving in his second year as a United States Congressman from Iowa. (2)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Parades were held throughout the week with the main procession of soldiers in the grand parade on Tuesday, June 17th stretching down Main Street from 1st Street all the way to 17th Street.  Music filled the air from military bands parading about town throughout the week.  Flags and red, white and blue bunting decorated the [[DUBUQUE CITY HALL]] and several city firehouses.  The office of Henderson, Hurd &amp; Daniels at 608 Main Street displayed an old Civil War battle flag provided by Col. [[HENDERSON, David B.|David B. HENDERSON]], a nationally known Civil War veteran serving in his second year as a United States Congressman from Iowa. (2)</div></td></tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l7">Line 7:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 7:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cavalry from Milwaukee and St. Louis rode their fine steeds in the grand parade.  Eleven different artillery units from as far away as New Orleans joined the encampment with 30 cannons and artillery pieces present for the uncoming &quot;battle.&quot;  The 4th and 5th U.S. Artillery were both on hand with heavy cannon.  The Clinton (Iowa) Gun Squad brought a cannon captured from Confederate forces at Vicksburg during the late Civil War that they used during the &quot;fight&quot;. (3)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Cavalry from Milwaukee and St. Louis rode their fine steeds in the grand parade.  Eleven different artillery units from as far away as New Orleans joined the encampment with 30 cannons and artillery pieces present for the uncoming &quot;battle.&quot;  The 4th and 5th U.S. Artillery were both on hand with heavy cannon.  The Clinton (Iowa) Gun Squad brought a cannon captured from Confederate forces at Vicksburg during the late Civil War that they used during the &quot;fight&quot;. (3)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18844.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</del>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]Twelve different infantry units from around the country made up the bulk of the men encamped at the fairgrounds in make-shift regimental barracks and tent campsites.  The 4th U.S. Infantry was the lead Federal infantry unit encamped.  Militia and infantry units from different states’ National Guards included the Mobile Rifles from Alabama; the Tredway Rifles of the 3rd Missouri Infantry; the National Rifles from Washington, D.C. and the Busch Zouaves from St. Louis, Missouri.  Seven military bands and four drum corps, including a Dubuque drum corps, provided music for drilling, marching, parades, concerts, dancing and the "battle." (4)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18844.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</ins>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]Twelve different infantry units from around the country made up the bulk of the men encamped at the fairgrounds in make-shift regimental barracks and tent campsites.  The 4th U.S. Infantry was the lead Federal infantry unit encamped.  Militia and infantry units from different states’ National Guards included the Mobile Rifles from Alabama; the Tredway Rifles of the 3rd Missouri Infantry; the National Rifles from Washington, D.C. and the Busch Zouaves from St. Louis, Missouri.  Seven military bands and four drum corps, including a Dubuque drum corps, provided music for drilling, marching, parades, concerts, dancing and the "battle." (4)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 3rd Missouri Infantry had history with the city of Dubuque dating back to the start of the Civil War.  The 3rd Missouri, Company I, consisted of Iowa soldiers who were recruited into services in Dubuque in 1861, originally for the Lyon Regiment, 19th Missouri Infantry.  The 19th Missouri would merge with the 3rd Missouri Infantry shortly after it mustered into service.  All of the Dubuque, Waverly, Dyersville and eastern Iowa boys coming from the 19th Missouri were assigned to the 3rd Missouri’s Company I. (5) A notable member of the Tredway Rifles at the Dubuque encampment was Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, the 19-year-old son of General William Tecumseh Sherman. (6)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>The 3rd Missouri Infantry had history with the city of Dubuque dating back to the start of the Civil War.  The 3rd Missouri, Company I, consisted of Iowa soldiers who were recruited into services in Dubuque in 1861, originally for the Lyon Regiment, 19th Missouri Infantry.  The 19th Missouri would merge with the 3rd Missouri Infantry shortly after it mustered into service.  All of the Dubuque, Waverly, Dyersville and eastern Iowa boys coming from the 19th Missouri were assigned to the 3rd Missouri’s Company I. (5) A notable member of the Tredway Rifles at the Dubuque encampment was Philemon Tecumseh Sherman, the 19-year-old son of General William Tecumseh Sherman. (6)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18842.jpg|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">right</del>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]Joint encampments of states’ National Guard units were not uncommon in 1884 and a large national encampment of the National Guard from multiple states was held in 1883 in Nashville, Tennessee.  The Nashville encampment was led by Brigadier General [[BENTLEY, C. S.|C. S. BENTLEY]] of the Iowa National Guard.  In 1884 military drilling and instruction did not follow a consistent nationwide standard.  Encampments were a way of bringing different units from around a state, or regionally from multiple states together to share ideas, techniques and to become more cohesive in the event they were called together in service of a larger cause.  Some state guard units drilled using outdated techniques from the Civil War.  Some units made up of members of German descent used Prussian drill techniques.  Other units used modern techniques and tactics.  Over time, Federal and National Guard officers were seeing the need for greater cooperation and believed joint encampments were a way to start standardizing drill techniques, share information and build a working relationship between the Federal Army and the collective states' National Guard.</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18842.jpg|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">left</ins>|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]Joint encampments of states’ National Guard units were not uncommon in 1884 and a large national encampment of the National Guard from multiple states was held in 1883 in Nashville, Tennessee.  The Nashville encampment was led by Brigadier General [[BENTLEY, C. S.|C. S. BENTLEY]] of the Iowa National Guard.  In 1884 military drilling and instruction did not follow a consistent nationwide standard.  Encampments were a way of bringing different units from around a state, or regionally from multiple states together to share ideas, techniques and to become more cohesive in the event they were called together in service of a larger cause.  Some state guard units drilled using outdated techniques from the Civil War.  Some units made up of members of German descent used Prussian drill techniques.  Other units used modern techniques and tactics.  Over time, Federal and National Guard officers were seeing the need for greater cooperation and believed joint encampments were a way to start standardizing drill techniques, share information and build a working relationship between the Federal Army and the collective states' National Guard.</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>    </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18843.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]A big proponent of a joint federal-state encampment was Dubuque resident, Civil War veteran, and commander of the “Northwest Brigade” of the Iowa National Guard, Brigadier General C.S. Bentley.  General Bentley was elected chairman of the Dubuque encampment&#039;s Committee of Arrangements and worked long and hard to organize every aspect of the national gathering. (7) General Bentley was already nationally known for organizing successful National Guard encampments, including the prior year’s inter-state encampment in Nashville, Tennessee.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18843.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]A big proponent of a joint federal-state encampment was Dubuque resident, Civil War veteran, and commander of the “Northwest Brigade” of the Iowa National Guard, Brigadier General C.S. Bentley.  General Bentley was elected chairman of the Dubuque encampment&#039;s Committee of Arrangements and worked long and hard to organize every aspect of the national gathering. (7) General Bentley was already nationally known for organizing successful National Guard encampments, including the prior year’s inter-state encampment in Nashville, Tennessee.  </div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:08, 27 November 2018</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l17">Line 17:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 17:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Assisting Brig-Gen. Bentley with the Dubuque encampment by order of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln was Captain William H. Powell of the 4th U.S. Infantry out of Fort Omaha, Nebraska. (8) Captain Powell was a career military man going back to the start of the Civil War where he saw action in the Eastern Theater at 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg.  Upon Powell’s arrival in Dubuque he immediately took over preparations for the camp at the fairgrounds and started the plans for the &quot;battle&quot; scheduled to take place at the end of the encampment.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Assisting Brig-Gen. Bentley with the Dubuque encampment by order of Secretary of War Robert Todd Lincoln was Captain William H. Powell of the 4th U.S. Infantry out of Fort Omaha, Nebraska. (8) Captain Powell was a career military man going back to the start of the Civil War where he saw action in the Eastern Theater at 2nd Bull Run, Antietam, Fredericksburg, and Gettysburg.  Upon Powell’s arrival in Dubuque he immediately took over preparations for the camp at the fairgrounds and started the plans for the &quot;battle&quot; scheduled to take place at the end of the encampment.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Military observers and other honored guests were among the thousands of spectators who came to Dubuque to see the great military gathering.  Retired career military officer and Confederate General E. Kirby Smith was on hand as a guest of Dubuque resident [[ANDREW, William|William ANDREW]].  General Winfield Scott Hancock, who gained national fame at the Battle of Gettysburg and was the Democratic Party’s 1880 nominee for President of the United States was invited, but had to regrettably turn down the invitation due to a prior engagement. (9) Governor Rusk of Wisconsin and Governor Sherman of Iowa both made appearances.  '''Harper’s Weekly''', a nationally distributed journal of the time, asked Gen. Bentley to hire a local artisan photographer to capture images of the encampment for the magazine.  Bentley turned to local Dubuque war artist, [[SIMPLOT, Alexander|Alexander SIMPLOT]].  Simplot made a national reputation during the first half of the Civil War with his sketches from the Western Theater, including the very first published pictures related to the Civil War, appearing in the May 25, 1861 edition of '''Harper’s Weekly'''.  Other photographers from around the Midwest attended the encampment, including Dubuque photographer, [[ROOT, Samuel|Samuel ROOT]], and St. Louis photographer, John A. Hazenstab. (10)</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:campfranklin.jpg|left|thumb|450px|Simplot sketch of Camp Union--later Camp Franklin: Image courtesy: Jim Shaffer]] </ins>Military observers and other honored guests were among the thousands of spectators who came to Dubuque to see the great military gathering.  Retired career military officer and Confederate General E. Kirby Smith was on hand as a guest of Dubuque resident [[ANDREW, William|William ANDREW]].  General Winfield Scott Hancock, who gained national fame at the Battle of Gettysburg and was the Democratic Party’s 1880 nominee for President of the United States was invited, but had to regrettably turn down the invitation due to a prior engagement. (9) Governor Rusk of Wisconsin and Governor Sherman of Iowa both made appearances.  '''Harper’s Weekly''', a nationally distributed journal of the time, asked Gen. Bentley to hire a local artisan photographer to capture images of the encampment for the magazine.  Bentley turned to local Dubuque war artist, [[SIMPLOT, Alexander|Alexander SIMPLOT]].  Simplot made a national reputation during the first half of the Civil War with his sketches from the Western Theater, including the very first published pictures related to the Civil War, appearing in the May 25, 1861 edition of '''Harper’s Weekly'''.  Other photographers from around the Midwest attended the encampment, including Dubuque photographer, [[ROOT, Samuel|Samuel ROOT]], and St. Louis photographer, John A. Hazenstab. (10)</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additional military observers on hand for the national encampment included Gen. John Gibbon of the 7th U.S. Infantry – acting commander of the Department of the Platte; Col. William P. Carlin of the 4th U.S. Infantry – Fort Omaha; Col. John E. Smith of the 14th U.S. Infantry (retired); Col. E. C. Mason of the 4th U.S. Infantry - Inspector General of the Department of the Platte; Lt. Col. D. W. Flagler - Commander of Rock Island Arsenal; and the Adjutant Generals’ of Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota. Also in attendance was Major George Clitherall – Alabama National Guard (retired) and a founding member of the Mobile Rifles in 1836. (11)</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Additional military observers on hand for the national encampment included Gen. John Gibbon of the 7th U.S. Infantry – acting commander of the Department of the Platte; Col. William P. Carlin of the 4th U.S. Infantry – Fort Omaha; Col. John E. Smith of the 14th U.S. Infantry (retired); Col. E. C. Mason of the 4th U.S. Infantry - Inspector General of the Department of the Platte; Lt. Col. D. W. Flagler - Commander of Rock Island Arsenal; and the Adjutant Generals’ of Iowa, Missouri and Minnesota. Also in attendance was Major George Clitherall – Alabama National Guard (retired) and a founding member of the Mobile Rifles in 1836. (11)</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:28, 23 August 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l1">Line 1:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 1:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">pregler27</del>.<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">png</del>|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city.  </div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">sroot3</ins>.<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">jpg</ins>|left|thumb|350px|Photo courtesy: John T. Pregler]]CAMP HENDERSON. (Note: This entry was researched and written by John T. Pregler. Newspaper articles of the event were contributed previously by Diane Harris)In the spring of 1884 Dubuque was alive with military splendor as the city played host to the largest military encampment in the United States since the end of the [[CIVIL WAR]].  Dubuque, a city of 22,254 inhabitants in 1880, prepared for 20,000 to 30,000 visitors expected to descend upon the [[MISSISSIPPI RIVER]] town to watch the events of the encampment being held at the fairgrounds, north of the city.  </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18841.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]In a first of its kind, military units from the Federal Army and from the states&#039; National Guard rendezvoused in Dubuque from June 16-21, 1884 to participate in joint military drilling, drill competitions, and a large “sham” battle at the close of the encampment.</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:18841.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]In a first of its kind, military units from the Federal Army and from the states&#039; National Guard rendezvoused in Dubuque from June 16-21, 1884 to participate in joint military drilling, drill competitions, and a large “sham” battle at the close of the encampment.</div></td></tr> </table>

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<p></p> <table style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122;" data-mw="interface"> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <col class="diff-marker" /> <col class="diff-content" /> <tr class="diff-title" lang="en"> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">← Older revision</td> <td colspan="2" style="background-color: #fff; color: #202122; text-align: center;">Revision as of 03:14, 23 August 2017</td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno" id="mw-diff-left-l136">Line 136:</td> <td colspan="2" class="diff-lineno">Line 136:</td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:pregler26.png|left|thumb|<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">150px</del>|Map of present-day Dubuque, Iowa with former location of Camp Henderson, Fort Dubuque and the racetrack oval.]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Image:pregler26.png|left|thumb|<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">350px</ins>|Map of present-day Dubuque, Iowa with former location of Camp Henderson, Fort Dubuque and the racetrack oval.]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bibliography</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Bibliography</div></td></tr> </table>

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Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:18843.jpg|right|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:18844.jpg|left|thumb|350px|Dubuque Herald, June 17, 1884. Images courtesy: Diane Harris]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>   </div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Image:HENDERSON.png|left|thumb|350px|Illustration of the mock battle and Camp Henderson that appeared in Harper's magazine.]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Events]]</div></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Category: Military]]</del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div><del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;"></del></div></td><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-added"></td></tr> <tr><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Military]]</div></td><td class="diff-marker"></td><td style="background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>[[Category: Military]]</div></td></tr> </table>

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