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Subject: [IA-CIVIL-WAR] 1903 Bio of Noel B. Howard
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2003 21:06:43 EDT

NOEL B. HOWARD was born in Vermont in 1838 and educated at the Norwich
Military Academy.  He went south and for a time taught in a military school
in one of the Atlantic southern States.  Coming to Iowa in 1860 he was
located at Lyons when the Civil War began.  He enlisted in Company I, Second
Iowa Infantry in May, 1861, and was elected first lieutenant.  He was in the
Battle of Shiloh and promoted immediately after to captain of the company.
 In October, 1862 he was promoted to major of the regiment.  In 1864 he
became lieutenant-colonel and soon after colonel of the regiment and at the
Battle of Atlanta he was severely wounded.  He served with distinction in
Sherman's campaign through the Gulf and Atlantic States and retired at the
close of the war with a fine reputation as an officer.


Debbie Clough Gerischer
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