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Second Lieut., J. T. Moffit.
Captain, J. T. Moffit.
Major Second Regt., J. T. Moffit.
First Lieut., Walter Jeffers.
Second Lieut., W. T. Gilmore.
Second Lieut., L. J. Rowell.
Captain, L. J. Rowell.
Major, L. J. Rowell. First Lieut., C. S. Aldrich.
Second Lieut., C. S. Aldrich.
Second Lieut., F. H. Gunsolus.
First Lieut., F. H. Gunsolus.
Second Lieut., J. E. Bartley.
Private, Burgess, J. L. Private, Coutts, W. H.
Private, Chitlick, Geo.
Private, Doyle, Thos. F.
Corporal, Deardorf, O. G.
Private, Dallas, W. J.
Private, Ferguson, Will.
D. M. SECHLERICARRIAGE CO MOLINE ILL.
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COMPANY F, FIRST REGIMENT, IOWA NATIONAL GUARD
Taken at Des Moines, Iowa, immediately after muster, Forty-ninth Iowa, Spanish-American War
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Private, Geiger, A. C. T. Private, Hirschfieldt, Frank.
Private, Ives, C. E. Private, Jakaway, Elmer. Private, Murray, Chas. Corporal, Moore, W. J. Private, McKee, L. S. Sergt., Neiman, J. N. Private, Safley, Clarence.
Private, Sproat, C. N.
Private, Simons, C. W.
Private, Safley, Arthur. Sergt., Safley, Geo. R. Corporal, Snyder, C. A. Private, Weaver, John B.
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Private, Weaver, Geo. K.
Private, Wescott, W. D .
Private, Wiggins, W. D.
Private, Yates, Sherman. Private, Waddell, Alex. Surgeon, Pine, P. R.
Private, McEwen, A. J.
Private, Hammond, Kirby.
Private, Stout, Chas. B.
Private, Aldrich, H. Private, Rudy, J. P.
Private, Bailey, Sherman.
Private, Stout, Jacob.
Private, Moscrip, W. A.
Private, Seitsinger, J. F.
Private, Stafford, Leonidas B.
Asst. Surgeon, Peters, R. A.
Private, McVay, Chas. E. Private, Godden, John.
Private, Huber, Henry L.
Roster of Company F, as it was at the departure for Camp Mckinley on April 26th, 1898.
Captain, L. J. Rowell. First Lieut., F. H. Gunsolus. Second Lieut., J. E. Bartley. First Sergeant, Wm. Kauffman. Second Sergeant, R. A. Dutton. Third Sergeant, C. E. Wallick.
Fourth Sergeant, F. M. Cottrell. Fifth Sergeant, R. R. Hoon. First Corporal, J. L. McCormick.
Second Corporal, A. M. McCormick.
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Third Corporal, E. C. Ford.
Fourth Corporal, Claude Clark.
Musician, C. E. Dilts.
Private, Wm. M. Aldrich. Private, Birch Auldridge.
Private, Frank Brown.
Private, W. H. Bruch.
Private, Ed Chase.
Private, C. L. Dunn.
Private, S. V. Downing.
Private, E. E. Dotson.
Private, H. P. Dutton.
Private, Harry Dean.
Private, Frank Foy.
Private, Wm. Gregg.
Private, Forest Gay.
Private, Arthur Hawley.
Private, Geo. Henan.
Private, C. S. Hawkins.
Private, Fred Shaw.
Private, Robt. Sproat.
Private, J. R. Wilson.
Private, H. L. Willey.
Private, Asher Wirick.
Private, E. H. Yule.
Private, Harry Harris.
Private, Claus Hartmen.
Private, C. C. Helmer.
Private, A. H. Keller.
Private, M. Kizer.
Private, L. A. Kelling. Private, Joe Leantey.
Private, Stewart Maxson.
Private, Everett McClung.
Private, L. D. Moorehead.
Private, W. G. McCormick.
Private, John McDonald.
Private, E. F. G. Onstott.
Private, Wm. Palmer.
Private, Ralph Reed.
Private, Chas. Stout.
Private, J. R. Smith.
Private, Frank Shultz.
Private, Arthur Waddell.
Private, Joe Whalen.
Private, W. E. Williams.
Private, F. W. Yule.
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OFFICERS OF THE SECOND REGIMENT-LATER THE FIFTIETH IOWA.
Major, John T. Moffit.
Lieut., J. C. France.
SIGNAL CORPS, SECOND REGIMENT.
Lieut., Claude Sweinhart.
Lieut., Ed. Wolf.
Lieut., Art Hobstetter.
Lieut., Chas. Reichert.
Lieut., Harold Murray.254
The record of Company F, as mustered out, is found upon the War Records as below :
The company was organized at Tipton, Iowa, and mustered into the United States service June 2, 1898, at Des Moines, Ia., and on June 11, 1898, was sent out by train to Jacksonville, Fla., where it arrived June 14, 1898. Was detailed on special duty at Rifle Range of Seventh Army Corps, Jacksonville, Fla., from September 12 to September 18, 1898, inclusive.
On October 25 it was moved (in company with its regiment) by train to Savannah, Ga., where it remained in camp until December 2, 1898, when it was detailed on special duty as Provost Guard in the city of Savannah. It was re- lieved on December 19, 1898, and on this date it embarked on the U. S. Trans- port "Minnewaska" for Cuba, where it arrived at Havana, December 21, 1898. Disembarked December 23, 1898, and marched to "Camp Columbia," near Havana, where it remained in camp until February 20, 1899, on which date it left for a practice march. After two days' march it arrived at San Antonio de los Banos, Cuba, where it camped for four days. On February 25, 1899, it broke camp and after a two days' march arrived at "Camp Columbia," Havana, Cuba.
It remained in camp at this place until April 5, 1899, when it embarked on the Steamship City of San Antonio for Savannah, Ga., where it arrived after five days spent in "Camp Detention" on Island, South Carolina, April 14, 1899. Here it remained in camp until mustered out on May 13, 1899.
The officers as mustered out were:
Captain, L. J. Rowell.
First Lieutenant, J. E. Bartley.
Second Lieutenant, William C. Kauffman.
First Sergeant, Clarence E. Wallick.
Sergeant, J. L. McCormick.
Sergeant, A. M. McCormick.
Sergeant, E. C. Ford.
Sergeant, Chas. L. Dunn.
Corporals, W. B. Gregg, E. F. McClung, Robt. Sproat, Harry S. Dean, Wes- ley Rhoardes, Frank S. Foy, Chas. A. Hawley, W. W. Aldrich, John R. Smith, Maynard W. Kizer, William Palmer, Edwin J. Wolf.255
The individual records of the company in the Spanish-American war are found in the muster out roli's but cannot be copied in detail. Captain Rowell was.
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forced to leave the company for a time on account of severe illness, and it then was in command of Lieut. Bartley. Promotions occurred as the vacancies de- manded and a comparison of the company roster on leaving and returning will indicate where these were.
This makes no record of the two officers of the fiftieth, Major Moffit and Adj. France. The former became Lieut. Colonel at Jacksonville on Aug. 20, 1898. This is the second appointment to the office in the volunteer service from this county, there being one in the Civil war.
Adj. France, after his return from Cuba, was commissioned Captain in the 40th U. S. V. for special service in the Philippine Islands for two years. He served in the 40th for twenty-two months, nineteen of which were spent across the Pacific. His regimental commander was Col. Godwin, now in command of the Seventh Cavalry. A certain poem written by Captain Miller of this regiment describes the service of Capt. France in a very complimentary way at the battle. of Augusan, May 14, 1900. He was in other engagements during the service from August, 1899, to June 24, 1901, among them being Cogayan de Misamis, April 7, 1900. He participated in Bell's expedition February, 1900, and another to North Mindanao in March; also in the operations around Macajambos in December of the same year. He returned and was mustered out in June, 1901.
Capt. L. J. Rowell, who was in command of Co. F of the 49th during hos- tilities is now Lieut. Colonel of the 53d I. N. G.
ROSTER CO. F, 53D REGT. I. N. G. JULY 30, 1910.
Capt. J. E. Bartley.
First Lt. Chas. R. Willey.
Second Lt. Earl C. Ford.
First. Sergt. R. E. Kent.
Sergt. Ralph W. Hepner.
Sergt. Wm. A. Shaffer.
Sergt. Lloyd E. Murray.
Sergt. Fred H. Bagley.
Sergt. Everett Tracht.
Corp. Gilman E. Gerber.
Corp. Thaddeus L. Levy.
Corp. Chas. J. Lang.
Corp. Ira Wright.
Corp. Ward Williams.
Corp. Harry A. Stonerook.
Cook Fred T. Challis.
Cook John Brown. Musician Chas. C. Bartley.
Musician Garth M. Diltz.
Private Austin, Arthur B.
Private Baker, Wren L.
Private Barth, Arnold A.
Private Carlisle, Forest E. Private Eutsler, Roy V.
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Private Fisher, Frank.
Private Foote, Fred.
Private Fields, Forrest F.
Private Franco, Lester.
Private Gregg, Christy B.
Private Griffis, Chas. E.
Private Gillem, Ralph L.
Private Goodale, Roy E.
Private Harner, Sam.
Private Hawkins, Albert B.
Private Karns, Geo. F.
Private Kensinger, John F.
Private Lang, John M.
Private Lang, Bernard F.
Private Matucha, Yaro.
Private Maurer, Geo. W.
Private Mitchell, Lawrence P.
Private Mixell, Ambrose.
Private Marker, Ray. Private Morden, Wilbur.
Private Miller, Harry O.
Private O'Hara, James M.
Private Paterson, Alexander.
Private Paterson, Wm. R.
Private Potter, Ray A.
Private Reed, Emmor.
Private Shipley, Everett.
Private Shaffer, Henry J.
Private Sheets, Preston E.
Private Spence, Walter S.
Private Sweet, Charles.
Private Schell, Wm. C. Private Templeton, Edie.
Private Tevis, John W.
Private Williams, Clare.
Private Wieske, Albert.
Private Wieske, Wm.256
Company A, of the Fifth Iowa, was the first enlisted in Cedar County for the suppression of the Rebellion. This company was formed from a military organization existing prior to the breaking out of the Rebellion, and was ready for the First Regiment, but for various reasons was crowded out, and was finally assigned to the position of Co. A, of the Fifth, in consequence of not being able to secure the position they desired.
The regiment was mustered in at Burlington, July 15, 1861, and ordered to Keokuk August 2, from which point they were sent into Missouri for a few days in pursuit of bushwhackers, after which they were sent to St. Louis, and from thence ordered to Jefferson City, Mo., and from there to Boonville, Mo .;
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thence followed the rebel army under Price to Springfield, Mo., and on their return encamped at Syracuse until the following February, when they were moved across the country to St. Louis, and thence by transport to Cairo, where they remained a few weeks and were transferred to Cape Girardeau. They were then marched to New Madrid, where they had a skirmish with the enemy, and the first man from Cedar County, Private Wm. Beaver, for whom the G. A. R. Post of Tipton was named, was killed. After the fall of New Madrid, they crossed the Mississippi and marched to Tiptonville to intercept and capture rebels, who were attempting to escape from Island No. 10. They were then or- dered back to New Madrid, thence to a point above Fort Pillow, on the Missis- sippi, thence by way of Cairo and the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, to take part in the operations before Corinth.
Upon the evacuation of Corinth, they followed the rebels to Rienzi, and afterwards remained in camp at Clear Creek, Rienzi and Jacinto, until Sept. 18, 1862, when they started for Iuka, where, on the 19th, they took part in the battle of Iuka, where Co. A went into the fight with forty-three men, and had twenty- seven killed and wounded. It was here that the regiment distinguished itself, so that it was complimented very highly by the Generals commanding. The position they held was in support of a battery, which in consequence of the superiority of numbers of the enemy, was at one time captured, but rallying to the rescue of the Fifth Regiment retook the battery with the terrible loss above mentioned. They returned to Jacinto on the 21st of September, thence removed to Corinth to take part in the battle at that place. Engaged in the pursuit of the rebels after that battle, they remained in camp at Corinth until November, when they joined the expedition against Vicksburg, going by way of Holly Springs to Oxford, thence to Memphis, where they remained in camp until spring of 1863.
From here they were ordered to Helena, thence in the Yazoo Pass expedition. After their return to Helena, they moved to Milliken's Bend, and through Louis- ยท iana to a point below Vicksburg, and thence by gunboat to a point below Grand Gulf, Miss. From here they were ordered to Raymond and Jackson, and back to the battle of Champion Hill, where Company A lost ten in killed and wounded.
After this they engaged in the pursuit of the rebels to Vicksburg, and took part in the charge on the 22nd of May.
They then took their places in the siege of Vicksburg, where they remained until the last of June, when they were ordered to Black River, to confront the enemy coming to the relief of Vicksburg.
They returned to Vicksburg July I and remained in camp until Sept. I, when they were ordered to Helena for the purpose of joining the expedition against Little Rock, but were from there ordered to Chattanooga by way of Corinth, marching a considerable portion of the distance. They were then transferred to the Seventeenth Corps, and took part in the battle of Chickamauga, where the regiment lost thirty men in killed and wounded and eight officers and seventy-six men taken prisoners, leaving only sixty-five men in the regiment who answered at roll call that evening. They afterward went down the river to Stevenson and Huntsville, Ala., where they remained all winter. In April, 1864, the veterans of the regiment went home on furloughs, and on their return were placed on the railroads to do guard duty, being most of the summer at Kingston, Ga. They
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pursued the rebel, General Wheeler, in his last raid to the rear of Sherman, in June, 1864, traveling during the time nearly nine hundred miles and being three weeks without blankets or change of clothing.
About the last of July, 1864, the non-veterans of the regiment were mustered out of service, leaving 180 men, who, on application to the war department, were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, leaving eleven officers without a com- mand, who were mustered out of service September 28, 1864, at General Kil- patrick's headquarters, fifteen miles south of Atlanta, Georgia.
(This regiment was disbanded in August, 1864, on the expiration of its term of service. The veterans and recruits were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cav- alry.)
Surg. Peter A. Carpenter, Com. Asst. Surg. July 15, 1861, Com. Surg. April 27, 1862.
Sergt. Major Geo. S. Spicer, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmt. sergt. maj. July 15, 1862, trans. to 12th Louisiana colored regiment as captain.
Hospital Steward Thos. F. Tracy, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. May I, 1862.
Drum Major A. P. Gilbert, discharged.
COMPANY A.256a
Capt. Eugene Childs, com. capt., res. March 26, 1862.
Capt. Wm. Dean, e. as Ist sergt. June 24, 1861, prmt. Ist lieut. Nov. 1, 1861, prmt. capt. March 27, 1862, res. July 9, 1863.
Capt. Wm. G. McElrea, e. June 24, 1861, as corp., prmt. to sergt. June 20, 1862, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Sept. 20, 1862, prmtd. Ist lieut. Feb. 23, 1863, prmtd. capt. July, 1863.
First Lieut Wm. H. Hammond, com. Ist lieut., res. Oct. 6, 1861.
First Lieut. John W. Casad, e. as private June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Dec. 2, 1861, prmtd. to Ist lieut. May 1, 1862, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, res. Feb. 14, 1865.
First Lieut. Luke D. Ingman, e. as sergt. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to Ist sergt. July 15, 1862, wd. at Iuka, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Feb. 23, 1863, prmtd. to Ist lieut. July 10, 1863.
Second Lieut. Joshua T. Taylor, com. 2nd lieut., res. Dec. 2, 1861.
Second Lieut. Lafayette Shawl, e. as sergt. June 24,'1861, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. May 1, 1862, killed in battle of Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862.
Sergt. Geo. W. Logan, e. June 24, 1861, wd. May 16, 1863, at Champion Hills, wd. Dec. 15, 1863, by railroad collision and died same date.
Sergt. Wm. Elliott, e. June 24, 1861, disc. Feb. 3, 1862, for disab.
Sergt. Daniel R. Smith, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. July 15, 1861.
Sergt. P. S. McCracken, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862.
Corp. Chas. W. Mitchell, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Jackson May 14, 1863, trans. to invalid corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Corp. Wm. G. Hall, e. June 24, 1861, reduced to ranks.
Corp. Wm. Zeitler, e. June 24, 1861.
Corp. B. H. Wiggins, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. at Jacinto, Miss., Sept. 30, 1862.
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Corp. Wm. H. Morrow, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. for bravery on field at luka, wd. and captd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, and at Champion Hills May 16, 1863, captd. at Madison Station May 17, 1864.
Corp. John Savage, e. June 24, 1861.
Corp. U. Sellick, e. June 24, 1861, captd. Chattanooga Nov. 25, 1863.
Corp. Frank Wotring, e. June 24, 1861.
Wagoner, B. L. Tower, e. June 24, 1861, captd. near Moscow, Tenn.
Ayres, B., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Vicksburg May 22, 1863, died at Memphis June 1, 1863, wds.
Anderson, J. J., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, kld. at Champion Hills May 16, 1863.
Alexander, Nelson, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, died of wds. Sept. 29, 1862, Miss.
Ackerman, C. E., e. June 24, 1861, disd. in Mississippi for disab. July 15, 1862.
Beaver, Wm., e. June 24, 1861, kld. by rebel picket at New Madrid March 4, 1862.
Belgard, G. Jr., e. June 24, 1861, died at St. Louis Dec. 16, 1861.
Brown, Benj., e. June 24, 1861, died Oct. 13, 1862, at Booneville, Mo.
Brown, Alex., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Champion Hills May 16, 1863, trans. to invalid corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Brooks, Wm. C., e. June 24, 1861.
Bryant, H. A., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Jan. 18, 1862, disab.
Clements, Henry, e. June 24, 1861, kld. in battle at Champion Hills May 16, 1863.
Coe, W. H., e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Jan. 9, 1862.
Christy, Wm., e. June 24, 1861.
Cook, Seymour, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Oct. 16, 1862.
Dolan, Harla, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Oct. 16, 1862.
Dwinnell, A. H., e. June 24, 1861.
Eaton, W. R., e. June 24, 1861.
Fleming, Wm., e. June 24, 1861.
Fleming, D. J., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Nov. 27, 1862, disab.
Farrell, R. A., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862, kld. in action at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863.
Fobes, Jos. R., e. June 24, 1861, died Sept. 3, 1862, wds. recd. Iuka.
Fuller, Jas. M., e. June 24, 1861, died Jan. 10, 1862, at Syracuse, Mo.
Fuller, Jerred M., died at Mo., Oct. 15, 1861.
Harriss, C. B., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Dec. 5, 1862. Haycock, M. S., e. June 24, 1861, trans. to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Hale, W. F., e. June 24, 1861, died near Corinth May 30, 1862.
Hardman, G. W., e. June 24, 1861, died at Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 8, 1861. Hanlin, J. B., e. June 24, 1861.
Hall, Wm. G., e. June 24, 1861.
Henderson, L. W., e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 2nd corp. Aug. 1862, prmtd. Ist sergt. Feb. 23, 1863.
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Hoon, Silas, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. May 17, 1862.
Hussy, C. S., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, com. and trans. to Col. Regiment.
Hawk, W. C., e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to capt., wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, and Champion Hills May 16, 1863.
King, L. A., e. June 24, 1861, disd. at Davenport, disab. April 14, 1864.
Kimmell, D. H., e. June 24, 1861.
Mitchell, J. D., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. April 8, 1863.
McClure, John, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 16, 1862, disab.
Matter, Henry, e. June 24, 1861.
Murry, Jas., e. June 24, 1861.
McDonald, H. H., e. June 24, 1861, disd. April 1, 1862, disab.
Maxwell, Jos., e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Sept. 10, 1862.
Moore, Albert, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 31, 1862, disab.
Ollinger, S. H., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
Ocheltree, R. R., e. June 24, 1861, disd. June 20, 1863, disab.
Parsons, N. M. H., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
Rumsey, Jas., e. June 24, 1861.
Rumsey, John, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, trans. to Marine Brigade, March 2, 1863.
Ray, J. L., e. June 24, 1861.
Rogers, N. H., e. June 24, 1861.
Sharkey, Thos., e. June 24, 1861.
Smurr, J. S., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
Strohm, A. H., e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Dec. 31, 1862.
Styles, W. P., e. June 24, 1861, died in Missouri, Dec. 1861.
Tevis, C. D., e. June 24, 1861, wd. Sept. 19, 1862, captd. at Tunnel Hill, Mo., Nov. 25, 1863, died at Andersonville.
Tisdale, Wm. A. E., e. June 24, 1861, wd. severely Iuka.
Thurston, M. E., e. June 24, 1861, wd. slightly Iuka.
Tracy, Thos. F., e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. Hosp. Steward, May 1, 1862.
Tubbs, F. G., e. June 24, 1861, wd. severely Iuka.
Wirick, Jacob, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. May 17, 1862.
Wicks, J. E., e. June 24, 1861.
Wills, Thos., e. June 24, 1861.
Wood, P. D., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 31, 1861, disab.
Warren, J. D. R., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Sept. 30, 1862, disab.
Wales, Thos. C., e. June 24, 1861, died Dec. 26, 1861, Syracuse, Mo.
Waterhouse, W. D., e. June 24, 1861, kld. at Madison Station May 17, 1863.
Zeidler, Helburn, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862 and at Vicks- burg, May 22, 1863.
Amlong, W. G., e. Aug. 24, 1861, discd. May 20, 1862.
Weaver, J. F., e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
Gillett, H. A., e. Sept. 1, 1861.
Begole, W. F., e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
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Stout, J. C., e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, died at Anderson- ville.
Magee, J. B., e. Oct. 5, 1862, disd. Jan. 20, 1863, disab.
Edgar, James, e. Oct. 5, 1862, kld. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.
Webb, J. F., e. Oct. 5, 1862, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Jan. 15, 1863.
THE ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
Contains an entire Company (E) from Cedar County and a large portion of Company D, and several of Company K.
They enlisted in October, 1861, and went to St. Louis the November follow- ing. They spent the winter in the interior of Missouri, doing valuable service in capturing rebels and supplies of horses, food and ammunition.
In March, 1862, the regiment moved to Tennessee and took an active part in the battle of Shiloh, having forty-five killed, including those who died of wounds afterward, and 180 wounded. General McClernand, commanding the division, spoke in his official dispatch in the highest terms of the conduct of the regiment in that action. The spring and summer following were spent in the siege of Corinth and occupation of Bolivar.
The Eleventh was in General Ord's column at Iuka, and at the second battle of Corinth, taking part in the pursuit of Price and Van Dorn to Ripley imme- diately thereafter.
At the famous assault on Vicksburg May 22, 1863, the Eleventh, with other regiments of the brigade, took active part. On this memorable occasion, Major Foster of this regiment, who was in command of the skirmishers, received favor- able commendation from superior officers for the many deeds of valor displayed by the brave boys under his command.
From Vicksburg the regiment went to Mechanicsville, Miss., thence to Sny- der's Bluff, May 31, 1863, where they remained until June 4. They were then ordered back to Vicksburg, where they stayed until the 23rd of the same month, when they were removed to Fox Plantation, Miss., thence to Jackson, thence to Black River Bridge, July 13th. Two days later they went to Clinton, Miss., thence returned to Black River Bridge and back once more to Vicksburg July 28, remaining till the 21st of August, when they moved to Monroe, La., then to Bayou Macon and back again to Vicksburg, where they remained most of the time until March 13.
From Vicksburg the regiment came to Davenport on veteran furlough and remained from March 22, 1864, to April 25, when once more shouldering their guns, they started for the scene of strife, and going by the way of Cairo, Ill., Paducah, Kentucky, Clifton, Tenn., and Huntsville, Ala., arriving at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 16, 1864, and were before Atlanta from July 17 to August 25, from there moved to East Point, Ga., Sept. 9, 1864, and were mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., July 15, 1865, and disbanded at Davenport.
COMPANY B.
First Lieut. Theodore Jones, e. Sept. 12, 1861, prmtd. to Ist lieut. June 4, 1865, m. o. as Ist sergt.
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Musician Smith Beesen, e. Oct. 1, 1861, reduced to ranks Dec. 1, 1861, trans. to gunboat service Feb. 8, 1862.
Collins, D. C., e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Dean, John A.
COMPANY D.
Capt. James Kelly, e. as private Sept. 12, 1861, re-e. as veteran Jan. 1, 1864, prmtd. capt. Oct. 27, 1864.
Corp. Samuel Edwards, e. Sept. 24, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Corp. Walter G. Rogers, e. Sept. 26, 1861, wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862, died May 14, 1862, of wds.
Corp. Aug. Port, e. Sept. 26, 1861, died June 20, 1862.
Musician Jacob H. Long, e. Sept. 26, 1861, disd. Jan. 16, 1863, disab.
Bowles, M. B., e. Sept. 19, 1861, captd. July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, died at Andersonville Sept. 18, 1864.
Clarke, Jas. S., e. Sept. 17, 1861, re-e. as veteran Jan. I, 1864, wd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864, trans. to V. R. C.
Chapman, C. O., e. Sept. 17, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864, wd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Cooper, C. O., e. Sept. 27, 1861, died at Monterey Jan. 17, 1863.
Duncan, Perry, e. Sept. 21, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. I, 1864, wd. Nov. 23, 1864.
Edge, F. M., wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862, disd. Aug. 25, 1862, for wds.
Ford, Amos, e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Gilbreath, Robert P.
Gould, Isaac C., trans. to Louisiana colored regiment June 5, 1863.
Herr, Christian, e. Sept. 24, 1861.
Honeguelt, Thomas, e. Sept. 27, 1861.
Kiser, George, e. Sept. 23, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Miller, Geo. W., e. Sept. 23, 1861, wd. Oct. 4, 1862, at Corinth.
Miller, J. J., e. Sept. 23, 1861, re-e. as vet. Feb. 29, 1864.
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