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 all of its movements. From that day it made no more retreats, but slowly and surely with shot and shell crowded the Army of Virginia from one defense to another, until its shattered remnants were compelled to surrender.

In July, while the Governor and Adjutant-General were putting forth every possible effort to secure volunteers to furnish the quota of the State under the late calls of the President, authority was received from the War Department to raise two new regiments of infantry to serve one, two or three years, as the recruits might choose. No new regiments were organized under this authority, and a draft was made, beginning in September, 1864, to supply the deficiency then remaining. An excellent class of men were secured, who, as a rule, cheerfully took their places in the ranks, and made good soldiers.

On the 27th of July, a general order was issued by Adjutant-General Baker for the enrollment and organization of the militia of the State in pursuance of the acts of the Tenth General Assembly. The number of companies apportioned to each county was published in the order. On the 20th of August, the Governor issued a proclamation in which he stated that he was in possession of information that refugees from Rebel armies, guerrillas and bushwhackers, guilty of robbery and murder of Union men in Missouri, were daily coming across the line into Iowa, ostensibly for the purpose of becoming citizens, but with the intent to commit robbery and other crimes.

“I hereby forbid asylum in this State to this class of people, and all peace officers in the first and second tiers of counties on the southern border, and in the County of Pottawattamie, and all militia officers of the State are commanded to stop and detain suspected persons, and unless they can give satisfactory account of themselves they must be refused permission to remain in the State.”

In an official letter to the Adjutant-General on the 12th of September, 1864, Governor Stone sets forth at length, some of the serious dangers menacing certain localities