The "uprising" in Iowa--Patriotism of the people--The Third Regiment--Its character and composition--Spirit and ideas of its members--Our colonel--Our visit to Camp Ellsworth and the First Iowa--The Second and First Iowa advance into Missouri--Our quarters--Our ideas of our treatment--Poor fare, and what some of us "did about it"--Our duties--Complaints about pay--Our arms--We go into camp--Our first camp experience--We chafe exceedingly under the yoke of discipline--Marching orders 13 CHAPTER II. We break up camp at Keokuk--The parting occasion--The last lingering look--A pleasant steamboat ride--Two nights and a day at Hannibal--We advance by rail into the interior of Missouri--Dangers attending the movement--We halt at Chillicothe, Grand River bridge and Utica--Leaving the cars and camping for the night--Condition of the country--Our first night alarm--How we celebrated the Fourth of July--Our uniform--Our rations--Our discipline--Colonel Williams arrives and assumes command--Colonel Smith visits and consults with him--Another false alarm 29 CHAPTER III. Operations of the rebel general Harris--Three companies of our regiment detailed to join an expedition against him--We are allowed ten minutes for preparation--We join a portion of the Sixteenth Illinois at Palmyra, and with them return to Monroe--The movement delayed by a storm--Consultation of officers--The column moves--Skirmish of Hager's Woods--We delay and finally camp for the night--And in the morning begin to retreat--Our train burned and the enemy in our rear--A threatened skirmish--He cuts off our communications and surrounds in large force--Cool conduct of Colonel Smith--We begin to fortify--A night of expectation--Details of our situation--The enemy opens with artillery--And begins to draw in his lines--We lie in our trenches and reserve our fire--Aid in the right time--The enemy quits the field in panic--An accident--Col. Williams arrives with a portion of the Third Iowa 43 CHAPTER IV. We prepare to march from Monroe--Arrival of Governor Wood with cavalry and artillery; and of the Fourteenth Illinois--How Mr. Dugan speaks of this in his book--A change of counsels--The Third Iowa moves west on a train--Circumstances of the ride--Failure of an attempt to burn the Chariton River bridge--A few details--How young soldiers originate false alarms--Our camp at Chillicothe--General Hurlbut assumes command of the troops on the Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad--We draw our accoutrements at last--We leave Chillicothe and go into camp at Brookfield 61 CHAPTER V.