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Atlantic and Western Railroad, Confeder- ute troops along, 265
Atlantic Coast, naval service on, 425 ; river flowing to. 461; 462
Augley's Post Office (South Carolina), Union troops near, 401
Augusta (Georgia), railroad
398: battle near, 413 to, 376, Augusta and Darian road, crossing of, 320
Augusta Railroad, Union troops along, 302, 304, 329
Austrian nmiskets, use of, in Union arms, 31, 46
Autographs, exchange of, 488
Ayers, William, capture of. 243
Babington, George W., death of, 279 Badges, adoption of, 442. 443; descrip- tion of, 443
Baggage, arrival of, 62, 213; assembling of. 212; storage of, in camp, 264; shipment of, 352
Baker, Thomas B., wound received by, 99 Baker, William, wound received by, 100 Baldwin, Francis F., service of, as lieu- tenant, 164; death of, 278
Baldwin, Lemuel, wound received by. 279 Ballou, Joseph N., wound received by, 99, 294
Ball's Ferry, Union troops at, 373
Band, organization of. 8, 26, 123; in- struments for. 26; music by, 55, 195; discharge of members of, 132; pro- ficiency of, 132, 133
Bands, music by, 38, 348. 349, 358, 474, 481
Banners, display of, 475
Barber, Coleman, wound received by, 267 Barker, Rodney F., service of, as lieu- tenant, 164; wound received by, 279; promotion of, 390; service of. 492 Barksdale, William, death of, 205
Barksdale place, Union camp at, 209
Barnard, Calvin, wound received by, 279 Barnhill, Rigdon S., Union troops com- manded by, 282, 292; death of, 292, 331
Barr, William H., wound received by, 242: death of, 370
Barracks, erection of, 162 Barricades, construction of. 430
Barrows, Thomas J., death of, 241
Base of supplies, establishment of, 383, 385
Bashore, John L., service of, as lieuten- ant, 6, 130, 153; attack made by troops under, 78; wife of. 134; ar- rest of, 148; service of, as captain, 164; troops commanded by. 178, 226; service of. as enlisting officer, 254; death of, 349
Bates, William B., service of, as com- mander, 72, 278
Baton Rouge (Louisiana), Union troops at, 183
Battalion drill, beginning of, 24; par- ticipation in, 40, 43, 45, 53, 66, 122, 123, 132, 149, 162, 171, 173, 185, 189, 191, 216, 259, 441
Batteries, construction of, by Confeder- ates, 196
Battery B, First Michigan Artillery, ser- vice of, 350; position of. 364
Battery F, First Illinois Artillery, officer of, 263
Battle, excitement of troops in anticipa- tion of, 39, 68
Battle line, formation of. at Shiloh, 76
Battle order, issuing of, by Albert Sid- ney Johnston, 74; reading of, at Shiloh, 75
Battlefields, conditions on, 281
Bayonets, order relative to, 146; use of, at Shiloh, 75
Beamer, Reuben M., wound received by, 241
Bear Creek, encampment on, 44; attack on enemy at mouth of, 61; Union troops at mouth of, 199; cannonading hear, 225: crossing of, 229
Beaufort (South Carolina), Union troops at, 395, 396, 397; population of, 396; hospital at, 397, 398; reference to, 423; badges adopted at, 442, 443
Beanregard. P. G. T., army command- ed by, 64, 73, 105, 115, 126, 369, 418, 427. 464; appointment of, by Jefferson Davis, 72; military education of. 73; staff of, 74, 86; conference held by, 75; retreat of troops under, 90, 94; strength of troops under, 115; retirement of, from command, 121, 143: comment by, relative to Vicks- burg, 215
Beaver Dam Creek, Union camp near, 448
Behr, Frederick, assignment of troops under, to brigade, 60, 61; use of gun under direction of, 78; wounding of,
Belle Island, visit of troops to. 465
Bellefonte (Alabama), Union camp at, 252
Beuner, Henry M., death of, 437
Bennett's house, meeting of officers at, 451
Benton Barracks, troops at, 29
Bentonville ( North Carolina), Union
troops near, 433, 484. 487; Confed- erate troops at, 434, 435
Bentonville road, Union troops along, 430, 433
Berrie, John, wound received by, 242 Best, Levi A., death of. 133
Bethel (Tennessee), Union troops at, 125, 228
Beulah (North Carolina), Union troops at, 446; engagement at, 447
Big Black Creek, crossing of, 420, 421 Big Black River, Confederate troops along, 193, 199, 202, 212, 216, 217, 219, 236; scouting along, 197, 201;
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bridge across, 199, 202; crossing of, 201, 202; swanips along, 484
Big Salkehatchie River, Union troops along, 401
Big Shanty, Union troops at, 283, 284, 345, 490; supplies at, 297; capture of troops at, 340; destruction of rail- road near, 341
Bigham. John, death of. 279
Bilka, Charles, wound received by, 268
Birdsong's Ferry, Union troops at, 199, 202
Bissel, J. W., earthworks erected under direction of, 48, 49
Bixby, Benjamin, death of, 295, 301; service of, 437
Bixby, Emery I., wound received by, 97 Black, George, death of, 279
"Black Jack" (see Logan, John A.) Black River, guarding of, 197
Blackville (South Carolina ), Union troops at, 403
Blair, Frank P., Union troops command- ed by. 234, 215, 283, 309, 355, 397; political activities of, 335; troops re- viewed by, 463; service of, 473
Blankets, shipping of, to Iowa, 67; sup- ply of, 146, 162
Blennerhassett's Island, passing of, by Union troops, 480.
Blind, institutions for, 450, 451
Blockade. maintenance of, by Union navy, 389
Blodgett, Sebastian L., promotion of, 390; service of, 492
Blount's place, Confederate troops at, 350; skirmish at, 350; Union camp at, 350
Blue, Cyrus N., wound received by, 99
Blue Pond, Union troops near, 248
Blythe, G. L., Confederate troops com- manded by, 154, 165, 172
Boardinan, John, death of, 97
Boardman, Oliver, death of, 202
Boats, destruction of, 351
Bolivar (Missouri), encampment at, 41: Union troops at, 125
Bolton, William H., death of, 217
Books, reading of, in camp, 173
Booth, John Wilkes, Lincoln assassinated by, 449
Boothe, James W., service of, as lieuten- ant-colonel, 139
Bestrand, Oscar, death of, 286
Bounty, offering of, for volunteers, 254
Bonton, Captain, battery commanded by, 140, 149
Bowen, John S., service of, as command. er, 72
Bowers, Samuel W., death of, 97
Bowling Green ( Kentucky), assembling of forces from, 64
Bowling Green ( Virginia), Union troops at. 466, 467
Boyce Station (Tennessee), Union camp at, 244
Boyd, Alexander B., wound received by, 213; loss of. in action, 214
Boyles, Daniel J., death of, 213
Bradley. Benjamin F., wound received by, 98
Bradley, Elijah P., wound received by, 294
Bradley, Stephen T., wound received by. 205, 213
Bragg. Braxton. assembling of troops of. 64; Second Corps commanded by, 72: military education of, 73; service of. in U. S. army, 73; Confederate troops commanded by, 74. 121, 127, 113. 237, 238, 243, 244; service of, &t Corinth, 115; march of, to Chattanoo. ga, 133: defeat of, 244
"Bran Hollow" (see "Camp Starvation" ) Branchville (South Carolina), Union troops at, 487
Breastworks, erection and use of, 32. 106, 107, 112, 303, 312, 324, 399, 418, 419, 439
Breckinridge, John C., assembling of troops under leadership of. 64; Fourth Corps commanded by, 72; service of, as Vice President, 73: Confederate troops commanded by, 74, 126. 202 Bridgeport (Alabama), Union camp at. 250
Bridgeport (Tennessee), troops on road to. 230
Bridges, construction of, 145, 246. 300. 374, 375, 387. 419, 420: destruction of, 150. 178, 230. 245, 351, 853, 401, 402. 410, 422, 467
Brigade, composition of, 34
Brigade drill, participation in, 135, 216
Brigade flags, adoption of. 443
Brigade quarter-master, duty of, 120
Brigadier, service of, 131, 147
Brigadier-general, camp named in honor of Iowa's first, 30; appointment of. by Texas, 73
Broad River, crossing of, 397, 413: Union troops near, 409, 410; junc- tion of, 410
Brock, Irving A., article by, 239
Brown, Reverend, religious service held by, 105
Brown, George A., death of. 98
Brown, John B., wound received by, 97, 370; death of, 437
Brown, John W., death of, 370
Brown, William, wound received by, 97; capture of. 97
Brown. William B., troops commanded by, 312, 313; death of, 313
Brown, William J., wound received by, 9.3
Brown, William L., wound received by, 213
Brownlow, W. G., service of, to Union, 247
Brown's Ferry, Union troops at, 233, 234 Brunaugh, James, service of, as lieu- tenant, 4. S: Selection of. as reci- mental quarter-master, S. 129; resig- mation of, 163
Brush Mountain, topography of land near, 283
Brydolf, Fabian, service of, as captain, 4, 7, 130; advance of troops under. 16; battlefield visited by, 43; activi- ties of, in guarding camp, 53; troops led by, 78, 83; patriotism inspired by,
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83; wound received by, 83, 100; troops joined by, 125; appointment of, as lieutenant-colonel, 138
Buchanan, James, administration of, as President, 73, 74; member of cabinet of, 74
Buchanan, James (corporal), wound re- ceived by, 267
Buck ague, attacks of, 39
Buckingham, Hamilton, death of, 293, 301
Buckland, R. P., brigade commanded by, 69, 70, 108, 140
Buell, Don Carlos, troops commanded by, 65, 89, 92, 121, 127, 253; activities of troops under, 88, 93, 95, 105; reenforcement sent to, 94; comment of, relative to enemy, 94; arrival of, at Shiloh, 95; service of, at Corinth, 115
Buford's bridge, Union troops near, 401 Bugle, sound of, 207, 208
Buildings, description of, in south, 174 Bull Run, battle of, 10, 393; General Beauregard at, 64, 73
"Bummers" (see "Sherman's Bummers") Burials, description of, 102
Burk. Sanford P., wound received by, 100
Burlington, muster of troops at, vi; com- pany organized at, 3; troops at, 3, 4, 483; Camp Warren near, 5; major from, 5: Sixth Iowa Infantry Volun- teers organized at, 5, 494; assignment of troops from, to Company I, 7; Camp Warren visited by citizens of, 12; departure of troops from, 13, 14; return of soldier to, 442
Burlington Blues, organization of, 3, 4; assignment of, to Company I, 7
Burnsides, Ambrose E., troops command- ed by, 199, 244, 245, 46S; communi- cation written by, 247
"Burnsides' Slaughter Pen", reference to, 468
Burris, Jacob B., wound received by, 101; capture of, 101 Burton, J. H., battery commanded by, 263 Bussey, Cyrus, cavalry commanded by, 199
Butler, General, army commanded 464 by, Butler, M. C., Confederate cavalry com- manded by, 422
"Buzzard Roost". attack made at. 264 Byam, Charles L., wound received by, 97; capture of, 97
Byers, Andrew, wound received by, 99 Byhalia ( Mississippi), Confederate troops
at, 144; Union troops at, 144, 190; destruction of property in, 190
Cabinet members, troops reviewed by, 471 Cackly, James, death of, 101
Cairo ( Illinois), Union troops at, 20, 59, 60, 259
Caldwell, Tarlton, commission of, as lieu- tenant, 6
Calhoun, James, death of, 99 Calhoun (Georgia), Union troops at, 346
California ( Missouri), troops sent to, 34 Callahan, Asa N., wound received by, 329 Callen, Albert H., death of, 269
Cameron, Simon, inspection of troops by, 34
Camp Creek, Confederates near, 266; Union camp on, 320
Camp Curtis, troops encamped at, 30: activities at, 31, 58; last days of troops at, 32; sanitary conditions in, 49
Camp fires, building of, 181, 375
Camp Fremont, troops encamped at, 34
Camp guards, establishment of, 389
Camp Jessie, establishment of, 25; of. ficers commissioned at, 27; lack of equipment at, 28, 29; remembrance of, 58 Camp life, enjoyment of, 29; hardships of, 52; remembrance of, 58; condi- tions in. 64
Camp Mcclellan, muster of troops from service at, vi; Union troops at, 494 Camp Number 2, establishment of, 107 Camp Number 4, erection of, 107
Camp Number 5, Union troops at, 108 Camp Number 6, establishment of, 108 Camp Number 7, occupation of, 112 Camp orders, issuing of, 109
Camp Persimmons, naming of, 40
Camp Sherman, Union troops at, 216; casualties at, 217, 218; activities at, 218
"Camp Starvation," encampment at, 40 Camp Warren, mustering of troops at, vi, 9; Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers organized at, 5; selection of, 5: troops assembled at, 5, 9; character of troops at, 9; excitement at, after battle of Bull Run, 10; supply of rations in, 11; dress parade at, 11; enthusiasm at. 12; departure of Sixth Iowa from, 13; orders relative to troops at, 15 Campaign, plan of, in Missouri, 37-36:
plan of, in South, 142; beginning of, near Atlanta, 319; incidents in, 483 Campaign literature, distribution of, 248 Campbell, John, wound received by. 262 Campbellton (Georgia), Confederate troops at, 340
Camps, false reports received in, 32; suffering in, from cold, 47: epidemie of sickness in, 50; lack of defense in, 66; conditions in, 69, 213, 359. 441; plunder from, 96; reoccupation of, 101, 102; establishment of, 106, 158, 180, 190, 213, 388, 420; noise of Confeder. ates . heard in, 112, 316; posting artil- lery in, 118; duties in, 135; location of, 162; guarding of, 162. 163; ne- groes in, 169; abandonment of, by Union troops. 181, 379; stampede in, 212; appearance of, 222, 333, 441; equipment in, 264; excitement in, 481 Cane Creek, military engagement at, 224 Canning, Edward A., service of, as lieu- tenant, 164; wound received by, 268 Cannon, firing of, 77, 171; number of, 90, 91
Cannonading, effect of, at Shiloh, 88; sound of, 195, 225, 264, 378, 379,
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429; troops engaged in, 203; contin- uance of, 297, 384
Cannon's bridge road, Union troops along, 403 Canton road, Union troops on, 204, 207 Cape Fear River, campaign along, 123; topography near, 425, 461; refugees halted at, 426
Capitol Grounds (Washington D. C.), encampment on, 471
Captain, service of Henry H. Wright as, viii
Captains, names of, 6-8
Carmach, Noah, wound received by, 99; death of, 157
Carnagg, John (sea Carnagy, John)
Carnagy, John, wound received by, 97
Carroll, John, capture of, 100
Carson, Thomas, wound received by, 242 Carter, Nathaniel, death of, 99
Cartersville (Georgia), Union troops at, 346
Cartridge box, adoption of, as badge, 442, 443
Cartridges, issue of, 367
Case, John W., wound received by, 370 Cassiday, Joseph, capture of, 437
Cassville ( Georgia), skirmishes near, 270; Union troops at, 273, 346
Casualties, number of, 49, 50, 58, 79, 80, 84, 86, 93, 96-102, 110, 111, 121, 124, 129, 134, 136, 189, 192, 202, 213, 214, 218, 231, 232, 20, 244, 267, 268, 269, 271, 278-280, 286, 292-295, 297, 301, 306, 307, 311, 312, 317, 318, 324, 325, 327, 329-
331, 338, 342, 343, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371, 382, 401, 416, 419, 422, 435, 436, 437, 490; list of, prepared by Adjutant-General, 50
Catterson. Robert F., Union troops com- manded by, 275, 356, 367, 406, 430, 453, 472; orders given by, 410; ser- vice of, at Columbia, 413; official staff of, 448
Cattle, taking of, 146, 147, 150; cap- ture of, by Confederates, 319; abund- ance of, 358; protection of, 381, 382 Cavalry, calling of, to service, 3; camp for, 9; display made by members of, 35; advance made by, 68, 143, 319; service of, as guard, 74, 132; posting of, in camp, 118; maintenance of, 128; strength of, 139, 155, 355; fac- tories destroyed by, 300; report by, 350; activities of, 364, 365; advance of, 418
Cavalry. Confederate, engagement of Union troops with, 64: attacks made by, 67, 78, 150, 155, 363. 427, 429; service of, as guards, 163: strength of, 360; vigilance of, 401; retreat of, 419, 447; position held by, 422; re- sistance of, 447
Cavalry Corps. strength of, 262; com- mander of, 262
Cavalry Division, commander of, 445
Cavalry drill, troops engaged in, 186
Cave Spring (Georgia), Union troops at, 351, 352
Caw Caw Swamp, Union troops near, 405
Cedar Bluff (Georgia), skirmishes near, 326; Union troops at, 351 Cedar Bluff's, consolidation of troops from, 4 Cedartown (Georgia), Union troops at, 352
Centerville, account of battle published at, vi; Henry H. Wright resident of, viii; military company organized at, 2; assignment of troops from, to Com- pany D, 6
Centerville (Virginia), Union troops at, 465
Central Department, Union troops in, 127 Cestine, Jacob, wound received by, 295 Chalmers, A. H., Confederate troops com- manded by, 172
Chalmers, James R., service of, as Con- federate commander, 72, 90, 172, 185, 186, 187; report issued by, 172; re- treat of, 181, 186; attack against, 1.90. 220; communication of, 191
Chambers, Edward, wound received by, 99, 242, 318
Changler, Charles, wound received by, 370
Chaplain of Sixth Iowa Infantry Volun- teers, commission of, 5; service held by, 48, 122, 156
Chapman, Jacob, death of, 317
Chapters, consolidation of, ix
Chariton, military company from, 2, 4; assignment of troops from, to Company B, 6
Charles, Aquilla T., wound received by, 293
Charleston (South Carolina), firing at, 1, 378; services of General Beauregard at, 64; Confederate forces at, 73; plan of Union troops to advance to, 359; railroad from, 398; reference to, 421; Union troops at, 487
Charleston (Tennessee), Union troops at, . 245, 246, 250
Charleston and Augusta Railroad, Union troops along, 400
Chase, Daniel, service of, as major, 139 Chase, Newby, death of, 276, 279
Chattahoochee River, Confederate troops along, 296, 298, 299; Union troops along, 298, 299, 300, 328, 339, 490; crossing of, 299, 302, 339, 340, 353; description of, 300; bridge over, 329
Chattanooga -(Tennessee), Iowa troops at, vi; Confederate army at, 133, 243, 262; Union army at, 218, 224, 233, 250, 255, 259, 260, 263, 264, 336, 484, 486; situation at, 219; battle of, 219-243, 250, 464; siege of, 244; veteran troops at. 260, 261; hospital at, 279, 349, 352; destruction of rail- road near, 346
Chattanooga River, Union troops on, 348 Chatten, William R., promotion of, 391 Cheatham, B. F., service of, as command- er, 72, 278
Cheeney, Charles J., death of, 97
Cheney, Captain, battery commanded by, 149
Cheraw (South Carolina), Union troops near, 421, 422
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Chewalla (Tennessee), Union camp at, 116, 221
Chewalla Creek, Union troops at, 124 Chicago ( Illinois), Union soldiers at, 260, 442. 493
Chicago battery, activities of, 177
Chicago Times, restriction upon circula- tion of, 166
Chickahominy River, Union camp near, 466; conditions along, 467
Chickamauga (Georgia), battle of, 219, 240, 243, 261, 264, 394; fortifica. tions at, 234; Union troops near, 244 Chickamauga Creek, crossing of, 234, 244; Union camp near, 248, 264
Chickasaw Battery, shelling of, by Union forces, 61
Chickasaw Bluff (Tennessee), Union troops at, 125, 128
Chickasaw Bluffs ( Mississippi), battle at, 158
Chickens, taking of, by soldiers, 147
Chiwapa River, Union troops near, 186 Christian faith, negroes' belief in, 169 Christinas, spending of, in camp. 48, 251, 252; gift in honor of, 388; scarcity of supplies for, 389
Chalahoma ( Mississippi), Union camp at, 144; orders countermar ded at, 153 Church, William, capture of, 100
Church services, interruption of, by cav- alry skirmish, 67; attendance at, 67, 141
Cincinnati (Ohio), Union troops at, 481 Citizens, loyalty of, 170
Civil War, history of regiment of, vi; strength of Iowa troops in, vi; enlist- ments in, viii; losses resulting from, 183, 184
Clark, Charles, service of, as commander, 72
Clark, Enos R., wound received by, 101 Clark, George W., death of, 100
Clark, George W., service of, as lieuten- ant, 164; wound received by, 202, 279, 371
Clark, J. B., troops commanded by, 32
Clark, John A., wound received by, 97, 294
Clark, Thomas A., wound received by, 100, 294
Clark, W. H., death of, 343
Clarke County, military company organ- ized in, 2, 3; assignment of troops from, to Company F, 7; religions ser- vice held by minister from, 105
Clarke County ( Missouri), consolidation of troops from, 4
Clarke County Guards, organization of, 2; assignment of, to Company F, 7 Claver, Charles H., wound received by, 99
Claysville (Alabama), Union troops at, 257
Clayton, H. D., Confederate troops com- manded by, 311
Clear Creek, Union camp at, 148, 150
Cleburne, Patrick R., service of, as Con-
federate commander, 72, 74, 85, 86, 96, 236, 239, 240, 278; casualties in
troops of, 96: message to, 239; direc- tions given to, 210
Cleveland (Tennessee), Union camp at, 245, 250
Clinton (Georgia), Union camp near, 362, 363; flight of citizens from, 363; troops sent to, 373
Clinton (Mississippi), Union troops at, 203, 211
Clinton and Jackson road, Union troops on, 203
Clinton road, Union camp along, 203
Clock, Hezekiah C., troops in charge of, 4; service of, as lieutenant, 130, 161; muster of, from service, 3449
Clothing, supply of, 20, 24, 33, 48, 52, 67, 103, 128, 146, 162, 189, 203, 215. 333, 389, 434, 440, 444, 470; shipping of, to Iowa, 67; need of, 122, 126, 152. 153, 243, 246, 249, 426, 431, 438
Clune, William H., selection of, as quar termaster-sergeant, 8; speech delivered by, 55, 465, 489-491; service of, as lieutenant, 130; service of, as captain, 138, 164; bravery of, 238; Union troops commanded by, 297, 310, 311, 356, 475; promotion of, 317, 390, 492 Cobb, Howell, service of, 369
Cockerill, Joseph R., reenforcement of troops of, 88; brigade commanded by, 149, 182, 194, 200, 231; bridge con- structed by troops of, 201, 202
Cockrell. F. M., report by, 296; Confed- erate brigade commanded by, 296, 297, 329, 341
Coffeeville (Mississippi), retreat of Con- iederates to, 152
Cogswell, William, battery commanded by, 139, 149, 194
Coldwater ( Mississippi), Union troops at, 177, 181, 191
Coldwater Creek, bridge over, 178
Coldwater River, Union camp along, 124,
142, 144, 189; tributary of, 144; crossing of, 182, 191; Confederates along, 186, 187
Cole, James A., capture of, 100
College Hill, Union camp at, 145, 148, 151; court-martial at, 148
Collett, William J., wound received by, 279
Collierville (Mississippi), Union troops at, 191
Collierville (Tennessee), Union troops near, 125, 184, 221; attack on, 220 Colonel, service of Henry H. Wright as, vill; commission of, in Sixth Iowa, 5; strategic position of, 70, 71; appoint- ment of Albert Sidney Johnston to of- fice of, 73; responsibility of, in pre- venting pillage, 147
Colored troops, regiments of, 169; divi- sion of, 453
Columbia ( South Carolina), advance on, 392-408; Union troops at, 405, 408, 413, 414, 484, 487; Confederate troops at, 409; road to, 410; mayor of, 410; surrender of. to Union forces, 410; destruction of property in, 412, 413, 414, 415; conduct of soldiers in, 414,
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415: topography near, 417; march of Union troops from. 418; property sp- cured at, 419; refugees in, 419; dis- play of banner in honor of, 475 Columbia and South Carolina Railroad, Union .troops near, 411
Columbia road, Union troops on, 406, 407
Columbus (Kentucky), evacuation of, 61; organization of troops fromn, 61; rail- roads to, 222
Combs, Michael, address by, 124
Commander, duty of, 119
Commerce, establishment of, 387
Commissaries, duty of, 120; foraging by, 146; rations issued by, 150, 297 Commissary-sergeant, selection of, 8
Commissary stores, abandonment of, in Confederate camp, 202, 203
Companies, organization of, 2, 3; con- solidation of, 3, 4; information con- cerning, 6-8; reduction of size of, 37; captains of, 161
Company A, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 6; date of muster of, 6; officers of, 0, 129, 130, 164, 390, 391; promotion of member of. 8, 28, 390, 391; casualties in, 49, 97, 213, 241, 268, 279, 293. 306, 370: march of, to Syracuse, 52; recruiting of, 111; transfer of, 194; service of men- ber of, 437
Company B, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 6; date of muster of, 6: officers of, 6, 80. 130, 164, 317, 390, 391, 435; marching of, to Syra- cuse, 52; advance of, 82, 267; casual- ties in, 97, 98, 213, 214, 217, 268, 279, 286, 293, 306, 307, 311, 317, 329, 370, 437; reference to members of, 105, 213, 437
Company C, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 6; date of muster of, 6; officers of. 6, 130, 164, 390, 391; resignation of second-lieutenant in, S; aid of members of. in capturing Con- federate prisoner, 54: position of, 78, 268; prisoners taken from, 92; casual- ties in, 98, 213, 214, 240, 241, 267, 278, 279, 293, 294, 318, 370, 437; promotion of members of, 390, 391 Company D, Sixth Jowa Infantry, ser- vice of member of, v; diary kept by officer of, vii; Henry H. Wright a member of, viii; number of men in, 6; date of muster of, 6; officers of, 6, 8, 124, 130, 311, 317, 390, 398; promotion of members of, 8. 124, 317; athlete in, 9; advance of, southward, 16: casualties in, 49, 68, 98. 136, 164, 182, 213, 241, 268, 269, 271, 279, 286, 294, 306. 307. 311, 318, 329, 370, 428, 435, 437; scouting party conducted by members of, 54; service of, as guards. 62, 77, 178; position of, 80, 268; charge made by, 82, 83; retreat of, 83; prisoners taken from, 98, 279; recruiting of. 111; address by officers of, 124; sending of, for supplies, 153; Confederate flag
found by, 182; service of, 211, 268, 269, 386
Company E, Sixth Jowa Infantry, num- ber of men in, 6, 7; date of muster of, 6, 7; officers of, 6, 7, 111, 130, 164, 390; order received by, relative to securing fire wood, 22; aid of ment- bers of, in capturing Confederate pris- oners, 54; position of, 78, 268; ser. vice of, at Shiloh, S4; casualties in, 84, 98, 99, 157, 202, 213, 241, 242, 268, 279, 286, 294, 307, 318, 370, 435; prisoners taken from, 99, 137; expedition of troops of, 157; promo- tion of members of, 390
Company F, Sixth Iowa Infantry, num- her of men in, 7; date of muster of, 7; officers of, 7, 130, 164, 317, 390, 391, 398, 428; march of, to Syracuse, 52; casualties in, 79, 80, 99, 213, 214, 217, 218, 241, 212, 267, 268, 279, 294, 307, 317, 318, 329, 370, 371, 428, 437; prisoners taken from, 99, 279, 437; service of, 211; road examined by, 222; advance by, 267; position of, 26S
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