The Tama County rifles in the Civil War
TOLEDO — Iowa was their adopted state. For some, the United States was their adopted country. All answered the call in April 1861 when President Abraham Lincoln sought soldiers to preserve the Union. The Civil War stories of Company C of the 10th Iowa Infantry, also known as the “Tama County Rifles,” were revisited April 10 at the Wieting Theatre in Toledo. Jason Staker gave a presentation to about 40 people, a few of whom were descendants of those soldiers. The Rifles traveled through every Confederate state except Florida and Texas. They were part of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s ...