xviii LIFE OF JOHN F. LACEY 



1862 Oct. 1 Mustered in at Camp Tuttle, Oskaloosa, Iowa. 



1863 Apr. 16 First Lieutenant Company C, Thirty-third In- 



fantry. 

 May Acting Adjutant-General of Division under 



Colonel Rice. 



Battle of Helena, Arkansas. 



Commended in letter by Colonel Rice. 



Assistant Adjutant-General of U. S. Volun- 

 teers. 



Battle at Terre Noir Creek, Arkansas. 



Battle at Elkins' Creek, Arkansas. 



Battle at Prairie d Anne, Arkansas. 



Battle at Poison Springs, Arkansas. 



Battle at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas. 



On staff of General Steele. 



Siege of Spanish Fort. 



Siege of Fort Blakeley. 



Entered Mobile. 



Mustered out with rank of Brevet-Major. 



Order for discharge from army. 



Admitted to bar in Iowa. 



Opened law office in Oskaloosa, Iowa. 



Married Miss Martha Newell. 



Formed partnership with W. E. Shepherd. 



Birth of daughter, Eleanor. 



Elected to State Legislature of Iowa. 



Published Third Iowa Digest. 



Crossed Plains by stage. 



Published Vol. I, Railway Digest. 



Birth of son, Raymond Fletcher. 



Partnership with W. E. Shepherd dissolved. 

 Mr. Shepherd moves to California. 



Birth of daughter, Marion Lurena Kate 

 (Dumpsie). 



Birth of daughter, Berenice. 



Traveled abroad with Mrs. Lacey. 



Death of son, Raymond Fletcher. 



