A cabinet card photo taken in Independence Iowa, which is located in Northeastern Iowa. The photo is a very distinguished portrait of civil war veteran, Edgar L. Sweet, who served with the 1st Iowa Cavalry. Photo from the authors collection.
Edgar L. Sweet aka, Edgar L. Winsor
1846-1933
The card was found with the following information written on the back in pencil
The state of Iowa had only been in the union for fourteen years when the war between the states broke out in the west. Iowa was strategically positioned in the war to help execute operations in the trans-Mississippi, which was crucial for securing the western United States. and approximately 76, 500 Iowa men served in the war. The war in the west was a crucial phase and the war which had begun in the west, would also end in the west as many staunch supporters of the confederate cause in the trans-Mississippi would be among the last to surrender after Lee's capitulation to Grant at Appomattox Virginia. Edgar L. Sweet would serve in the final days of the civil war, tasked with the difficult task of not only dealing with guerillas in southwestern Missouri, but conducted other expeditions to multiple areas during the short time of his enlistment
Ref National Park Service Battle Unit Details
March 23-May 3, 1864. Antoine and Wolf Creeks April 2. Elkin's Ferry, Little Missouri River, April 3-4. Prairie D'Anna April 9-12. White Oak Creek April 14. Camden Cross Roads April 15. Occupation of Camden April 16-18. Camden April 20. Marks Mills April 25. Moro Bottom April 25-26. Jenkins' Ferry, Saline River, April 30. Veterans on furlough May and June. Non-Veterans on duty at Little Rock till February, 1865. Expedition to Fort Smith, Ark., September 25-October 13, 1864 (Detachment). Reconnaissance to Princeton October 19-23. Hurricane Creek October 23. Expedition to Saline River November 17-18 (Detachment). Veterans moved from Iowa to Missouri June 20, 1864. Operating against guerrillas, headquarters at Macon, Mo., till October. Scout in Boone and Howard Counties September 6-12. Skirmishes in Boone County September 7-8. Scout in Randolph, Boone and Howard Counties September 15-19 (Detachment). Skirmishes at Columbia September 16. Massacre at Centralia, North Missouri Railroad, September 27. Moved to Jefferson City, Mo., October. Skirmish at California October 9. Booneville October 9-12. Campaign against Price October-November. (Served as body guard to General Rosecrans.) Marais des Cygnes, Osage River, October 25. Moved to Warrensburg, thence to St. Louis, Mo., and to Helena, Ark., November-December. Operations in Arkansas January 1-27, 1865. Action at Dardanelle January 14. Expedition from Little Rock to Mt. Elba January 22-February 4. Ordered to Memphis, Tenn., February 17, and duty there till June. Expedition into Northern Mississippi March 3-11. Moved to Alexandria, La., June 15-22; thence to Hemstead, Tex., August 8-26. Moved to Austin, Tex., October 20-November 4, and duty there till February, 1866. Mustered out February 15, 1866. Moved to Iowa February 19-March 12, and discharged March 16, 1866.
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