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cently placed a marker and bronze tablet on the Iowa 

 abutment of this same old infamous bridge. 



CAMP McCLELLAN : The same chapter also placed a 

 boulder with a bronze tablet at the east end of Lindsay 

 park to mark the landing and entrance to Camp Mc- 

 Clellan which was a very busy rendezvous camp and 

 hospital for Iowa troops during the Civil war. This 

 marker is close to the river at the upper end of Stubbs's 

 Eddy- East Davenport, and is in sight from the upper 

 deck of passing steamers. 



CAMPBELLS ISLAND: On the channel side of Camp- 

 bells Island, just half way between Davenport and Le- 

 Claire, may be seen the fine monument marking the 

 Battle of Campbells Island, fought on July 19, 1814. 



An expedition sent from Saint Louis, Missouri, in 

 three keel-boats, commanded by Lieutenant John 

 Campbell, to relieve our garrison at Fort Shelby, was 

 attacked at this point and badly defeated by Black 

 Hawk and his Sac and Fox warriors. 



The strong west wind carried the keel-boats on the 

 flat shore. The Indians had the advantage and killed 

 ten regulars, four rangers, one woman and one child. 

 One keel-boat was burned. The defeated expedition 

 went back down river in the other two keel-boats. 



This monument was erected by the state of Illinois, 

 through the persistent efforts of the late William A. 

 Meese of Moline, Illinois, who did so much excellent 

 work in digging up a lot of interesting local history. 



During the years I was doing so much work on the 

 rapids, I asked all the regular rapids pilots and any one 

 else that seemed acquainted with the locality, how the 

 island got the name ; but I never learned anything about 

 it until my friend Meese sent me a copy of The Battle 

 of Campbells Island, by William A. Meese of Moline, 



