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Geddes, James Lorraine 1827-1887

Military officer; born in Edinburgh, Scotland, March 19, 1827; emigrated to Canada in 1837; subsequently returned to the continent and enlisted in the Indian army, serving in the Punjab campaign; emigrated to Iowa in 1857; at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted as a private, but soon received a commission, and ultimately was made brevet brigadier-general of volunteers. He wrote a number of war songs which became very popular, among them The stars and stripes and The soldier's battle-prayer. He died in Ames, Ia., Feb. 21, 1887.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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