Thomas Cale is the only soldier known to have a list of twice during the Civil War at least in this community at the age of 18 he listed in the eighth infantry on July 7, 1862 and record show that was just charge for disability January 1863 Springfield Missouri five months later June 14, 1863 he can listed this time in eight Calvary as Wagner but on April 30, 1864 was transferred to invalid corps. He returned to Eddyville and was employed as a stonecutter for John Lafferty.

 

Henry C Beamer a long time resident of enroll County living west of Eddyville, at the outbreak of the Civil War, then 25 years of age and his wife, Martha, and three young children originally from Ohio we’re homesteading near Fort Leavenworth Kansas. He listed in the Kansas cavalry volunteers of the union army on August 12, 1861 for three-year term of duty and was honorably discharged on the 25th day of September 1864. These facts are matter of record at the Albia courthouse but what do we know is how young wife on Homestead with three baby survive with no government, allotment or housing project in which to live, but survive returned I were. They did the government first each cavalry man his uniform inside pistol . The story of the children, remember best was of which their grandfather was a member. Henry C femur is the only civil war soldier buried at Bridgeport cemetery. 

 

In the early summer of 1840, Jabesh, Philip Eddie was granted license by Mayor John beach Indian agent, an agency city to establish a trading post at the sac and fox village of hard fish, which is now the heart of Eddyville. He traded with the Indians until the treaty ceased in 1842 Eddie was the most fortunate of any of the large traders in finding his schedule of claims that gets the engines very little, reduced by the commissioners who’s duty it was at the treaty to adjust, all outstanding claims against Indians, Eddie located his post long to Maureen river at a place, which is now the south west corner of Eddyville at this post to carry on trade with the Indians were living in the heart fish village in those living in the village of Kish ke kosh.  Mr. Eddie employed number of Whiteman to raise melons and other products with his soul to the Indians. Among these men were Joshua Smith, Henry Smith, WC herrin, and William mcklvain who are paid $20 a month.  When the sac and fox is crowded around Eddie’s long store, they became intently interested in the bright and shining articles that were displayed by Richard butcher, and Daniel much the stock I’ve been home from Burlington in the rough shelves, displayed flashy calico, gingham, velvet and flannel cloth Gowdy shrouds leggings blankets and shirts, lead powder and cats for their muzzle loading guns tech cloth, replace the bark on the wickiups, Brighton, pants, cups, buckets, and kettles and many other kinds of merchandise appeal to the Indians desire of ownership. Any Indian would willingly trade a coonskin for a half pound of bright vermilion paint.  Some of the Indians bought coffins from Eddie and then this way they change the method of burying their dead. In 1937 a monument in honor of chief, hard fish was erected, commemorating the founding of the village in 1837. After the removal of the sac and fox is to the porch of the lawyer, Valley above red rock, and which is now Marion county hard fish established his village near the mouth of the raccoon river he lived there until October 1845 and soon after left iowa with the rest of his tribe. Mr Eddy left for St Louis in 1844.