The History of James
M. Tuttle
James M. Tuttle was one of the
most conspicous officers among the Iowa Volunteers taken from the private
life in the Civil War.He was born in Summerfield,Ohio on September 24,
1823. He came to Iowa in 1846, He located at Farmington, in Van Buren County.
He served six years in various offices, when the Rebellion began raised
a company and was commissioned to Lieutenant-Colonel of the the Second
Iowa Infantry.
On the 6th of September,
1861 upon the promotion of Colonel Curtis, James Tuttle succeded to command
of the regiment. At the Battle of Fort Donelson he held the Second Iowa
Infantry in the thickest of the fight and it was the first to pierce the
enemy's lines. This charge was one of the most brilliant feats of the great
victory at the Battle of Shiloh, Colonel Tuttle commanded a brigade which
fougth most gallantly at the "Hornest's Nest."
On the 9th of June, he was
promoted to Brigadier-General. In 1863, General Tuttle was nominated by
the Democrtic State Convention for Governor. He issued an address to the
voters of the State but was defeated by Colonel Willian M. Stone, the Republican
Candidate.He remained in the Army until the spring of 1864, commanding
a division a portion of the time.
In 1866, General Tuttle was
the Democratic Candidate for Congress against General Dodge Republican
Candidate, but he was defeated. In 1872, General Tuttle was elected to
the House of the Fourtheenth General Assembly.In 1892, General Tuttle became
a Republican and he was elected to the fall by the party to the Legisture.General
James M. Tuttle died in Arizona, October 24, 1892.
This monument was erected honor General
James M. Tuttle at the Battle of Vickburg, Mississippi.
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