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Isaac Laubach
10 Apr 1824 – 26 Apr 1902
| Birth | 10 Apr 1824 |
| Death | 26 Apr 1902 |
| Cemetery | West Linn Cemetery Linden , Dallas County , Iowa , USA |
| Added by | JB on 16 Jun 2023 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/140475190 |
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Company H., 39th. Iowa volunteer infantry James Redfield's Company Battle of Allatoona Pass Iowans may be surprised to know that many of our own fellow Iowans were the original recipients of that quotation and message believed to be from Gen. William T. Sherman exactly 150 years ago Sunday at a fierce Civil War battle in the mountains of Georgia at a place called Allatoona Pass. The Union troops were commanded by a 29-year-old brigadier general, John Corse of Burlington. The Union forces included the 39th Iowa Infantry Regiment, which was commanded by Lt. Col. James Redfield. The 39th Iowa, 280 strong, was made up of men from Greene, Dallas, Madison and Clarke counties in central Iowa and Des Moines County in southeast Iowa. Allatoona Pass was on the rail line between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Atlanta. It carried arms, ammunition and supplies to Gen. Sherman as he was preparing for his "March to the Sea." Allatoona Pass also held a large storehouse of supplies that included nearly one million rations. On the morning of Oct. 5, 1864, Confederate Gen. Samuel French's troops surrounded the federal troops. Under a flag of truce, he sent the following message: "Sir, you are now surrounded and to avoid a needless effusion of blood, I call on you to surrender your forces at once and unconditionally." Gen. Corse's flip response was, "We are prepared for the needless effusion of blood whenever it is agreeable to you." By the battle's end, 40 Iowans had been killed. Col. Redfield, first shot in the foot, refused to return to the fort. Next he was shot in the leg and again refused to leave the position. He was later shot in the chest and died. After vicious hand-to-hand combat, the 39th Iowa was forced to return to the small earthen fort. They suffered a 60 percent casualty rate (killed, wounded or missing). Packed tight with wounded and dying and little room to maneuver, Gen. Corse refused to surrender and drove back four rebel charges. The result was an important Union victory. The railroad was kept open and the storehouse rations were protected. According to legend, it was Gen. Sherman, sending signals from nearby Kennesaw Mountain that included the now famous, "Hold the fort, we are coming." Today there is little to remind us of the sacrifice of Iowa soldiers at Allatoona Pass. Gen. Corse has statues in Burlington and on the Soldiers and Sailors Civil War monument on the Iowa Capitol grounds. Thanks to the private fundraising efforts of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and many donors there is an Iowa monument at Allatoona Pass. Many of the 40 Iowans killed that day are buried at the National Cemetery in Marietta, Ga.
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- Rev Abraham Laubach 1821–1892
- Rhoda Laubach Harrison 1822–1884
- Peter Laubach 1825–1890
- George Laubach 1826–1896
- Christian Laubach 1828–1863
- John Frutchy Laubach 1830–1863
- Daniel S Laubach 1832–1903
- David Kline Laubach 1836–1901
- 2LT Frederick R Laubach 1840–1881
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- Hiram Forrest Laubach 1851–1931
- John Kelley Laubach 1853–1879
- Russell Abraham Laubach 1857–1943
- Sanford H "Sandy" Laubach 1861–1931
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