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Runnells-Camp Township.
Runnells is an incorporated town of 428 population in 1910; but now re- ported as having about 600 inhabitants. It is on the Des Moines river, and is ;a station on the Wabash railroad, seventeen miles southeast of Des Moines. It has a good school, two churches, two banks and a newspaper, the Telegram. The town was platted in 1881 and named in honor of John S. Runnells, then a prominent citizen of Des Moines and a promoter of the Wabash extension to Des Moines. The town is underlaid with coal, and coal mining is a leading industry.
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Polk City-Madison Township.
Polk City, the storm-center of patriotism in northern Polk during the War of the Rebellion, and of railroad activities in northern Polk during the railroad- building period, was laid out by George Beebe in 1850. It is one of the oldest towns in the county, the survivor of a fierce rivalry with Montecule and Cory- don. It is on a spur of the Des Moines branch of the North-Western railroad, fifteen miles northwest of Des Moines. It is well supplied with stores, has one bank, a good school system and three churches, the Methodist, Congregational and Free Methodist. The principal secret societies have always been strong in Polk City, and many have been the occasions which have brought their mem- bers and those of Des Moines into pleasant relations. Polk City had in 1910 a population of 310; but is reported as now having about 400.
Bondurant-Franklin and Douglas Townships.
Bondurant had a population of 287 in 1910. It is on the Great Western road thirteen and one-half miles northeast of Des Moines. It has an excellent school, two churches, the Congregational and the Christian, a bank, and a weekly newspaper, the Journal. It was named after its founder, A. C. Bon- durant, a public-spirited citizen and one of the extensive farmers and land- owners of the county. The town has a tile factory, a farmers' cooperative creamery and other business interests. Bondurant's present population is esti- mated at 300.
Sheldahl-Lincoln and Madison Townships.
Sheldahl is an incorporated town on the North-Western road, twenty-five miles north of Des Moines. It lies in four townships, two in Polk, one in Story and another in Boone. Its population is largely Scandinavian. It has a Swedish Methodist and a Lutheran church, a graded school, a bank and a newspaper and well-stocked stores. The town was platted in 1874 by J. S. Polk, and from the first has been an excellent shipping point. Its population in 1910 was 202. It has latterly been quoted as having 300 population.
Elkhart-Elkhart Township.
Elkhart, the center of population for Elkhart township, is eighteen miles north of Des Moines on the St. Paul & Des Moines railroad. It has two churches, Christian and Dunkard, and a local bank. The town was first settled by Indianians and was named after the city of Elkhart, Indiana. Its population in 1910 was 132.
Besides the two incorporated cities and nine incorporated towns of Polk county, there are a number of smaller civic centers, each with its church or churches. its school, or schools, and its group of stores and shops, its active professional and business men, its social, political and educational activities, and all contributory to the evolution of the county from good to better, and from better to best. Among these are the following :
The largest is one of the latest to come into being. Enterprise, Douglas township, on the St. Paul & Des Moines railroad, is preeminently a coal mining town. It is fourteen miles north of Des Moines and five miles from Ankeny. It is a lively trade center. Earlier gazetteers make no mention of the town; but the State Gazetteer for 1910-II, gives its population as 1,750.
Saylorville is six miles north of Des Moines, and in an early day was closely identified with the development of the country about Fort Des Moines. The Saylors, from whom the town takes its name, are no small part of the history of the county. The town was laid out in 1850 by John Saylor, on the farm entered by him four years before. Saylor station is two miles east of the town on the North-Western road. The development of interurban and automobile
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travel has brought the town into close touch with the chief center of population in the county and has revived interest in the locality as a suburban home.
Berwick, Delaware township, on the Great Western, is eight and a half miles northeast of Des Moines. It has two churches, the Congregational and Methodist. It is in the heart of a rich farming community, and is credited with a population of 250.
Commerce, Walnut township, is on the Rock Island road, eight and one-half miles southwest of Des Moines, and four miles from Valley Junction. Its population is reported at 150.
Clive, Walnut township, on the Milwaukee road, seven miles west of Des Moines, is a small shipping point, with a scattered population of 150.
Adelphi, Camp township, is a Wabash station-the railroad name of which is Tamworth. It is eleven miles southeast of Des Moines and four and one- half miles from Runnells. It was platted in 1856 by Valerine Young. It is on the Des Moines river and one of the oldest towns in the county. Its popula- tion is quoted at 75.
Farrar, Madison township, is on a branch of the North-Western railway, twenty-five miles northeast of the county seat. It has a bank, a flourishing church and does a good local business. It is the home of Asa Turner, one of the foremost scientific farmers in the State. Its population is quoted at 50.
Avon is one of the older towns in the county and is the center of trade in Allen township. Avon station is the new town, a mile distant, on the Rock Island line. Avon is eight miles southeast of Des Moines. Its population is given as 25.
Campbell, Walnut township, is a small station on the Milwaukee road, ten miles west of Des Moines, credited with a population of 25.
Ashawa, in Walnut township, is a station on the Rock Island and the Minne- apolis & St. Louis railway. It is seven and one-half miles west of Des Moines. It has a rural delivery from Valley Junction. Grain and live stock are handled at this point.
Chesterfield, Lee township, once a separate postoffice, is now a suburb of Des Moines, two miles out. It has mail delivery from Des Moines. It has its own school and several stores. Its male population is mainly employed in neighboring industries.
Crocker, named in honor of Polk county's foremost soldier, is a small trade center in Crocker township, sixteen miles north of Des Moines. It is the heart of a prosperous farming community.
Farragut, Washington township, is a small station on the North-Western. Loring, in the same township, is also a station on the North-Western.
Rising Sun is seven miles east of Des Moines. It has rural delivery from Altoona.
Other local centers in the county are: Alleman, Carney, Fort Des Moines, Herrold, Johnston, Norwoodville and Aulman.
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BOOK IV. POLK COUNTY. - PART II. THE COUNTY'S WAR RECORD.
CHAPTER I.
POLK COUNTY'S WAR RECORD.
As was said, in substance, in one of the earlier chapters of this work, the relations existing between the county and its county seat are so close and inti- mate that the history of one is the history of the other. The remark is absolutely true of Book I, and, in a general sense, it is true of Books II and III. The re- mark applies with much force to the heroic period of the county's history-1861- 65. When the war-spirit swept over the county, there was an obliteration of township lines and all patriotic activities centered at the general headquarters in Des Moines.
The story begins with the spring and summer of 1861 when the drum and fife called men, and youths-scarcely more than boys-from the farm and village workshop, from the store and office and factory, to risk their lives in vindication of the flag dishonored at Sumter, and in defense of the Union which state after state had threatened with destruction. The bugle-call which echoed through the valley of the Des Moines, from Camp to Madison, found ready response in many hearts. They who could easiest break home ties went first. Others heeded the call, but quieted the war-spirit within by saying to themselves, "Since it is not necessary, why should I leave my loved ones to possible want?" or "Why should I leave my fields for others to till?" or "turn over my business to other hands?" Then came the time when the men representing this splendid reserve looked one another in the face and said, "The call comes home to us!" One by one the heads of families, and of farms and shops and stores, put their affairs in order as best they could and bidding good-bye-for many it proved a last good-bye- to loved ones dearer than life, took their places in ranks made vacant by death and discharge, or in the ranks of regiments newly organized in response to their state's call for men to fill its quota. And thus it happened that the patriotic citizens of Polk county are found in the roster of most of the Iowa regiments.
Where every name has a history, even a list of names becomes eloquent. It
is eminently fitting that the names of those who constitute the county's contri- bution to the Union cause should be published in a history of Des Moines and Polk county .- The names of such, now gathered,1 and verified for the first time, are therefore given in the following pages, duly classified by regiment and com- pany.
Following is a list of the men who enlisted from Polk county in the several lowa regiments during the war of the Rebellion.
FIRST INFANTRY.
Company B.
Brooks, McHenry ; Goodrell, W. H. H.
SECOND INFANTRY.
Field and Staff.
Mills, Noah W., colonel; Crocker, Marcellus M., lieutenant colonel; Godfrey, George L., second lieutenant ; Marsh, Edward L., second lieutenant ; Lunt, Samuel
1 From the Reports of the Adjutant General of Iowa for 1862-3 and 1864-5.
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H., first lieutenant ; Warner, Jared, commissary sergeant ; Lynde, John, first lieu- tenant ; Davis, Ephraim P., hospital steward ; Lyon, George W., hospital steward.
Company D.
Crocker, Marcellus M., Capt.
Browne, John H.
Mills, Noah W., Capt.
Brown, Harvey
Ensign, Edgar T., Capt.
Banie, William W.
Dykeman, Norton L., First Lieut.
Burbridge, James W.
Lunt, Samuel H., First Lieut.
Callender, William
Ensign, Edgar T., First Lieut.
Childs, George H.
Godfrey, George L., First Lieut.
Christy, William
Marsh, Edward L., First Lieut.
Cooper, Joseph
Mills, Noah W., Second Lieut.
Davis, Ephraim P.
Ensign, Edgar T., Second Lieut.
Davis, William L.
Davis, James
Dickerson, John A.
Doty, Nathan W.
Dreher, Peter
Estle, William Fales, Philetus
Fenn, E. Dwight
Ferguson, John N.
Fleming, John A.
Gillette, Philip D. Goodrich, Arthur Gordnier, John Greene, George W.
Hayden, Joseph S.
Haskell, Joseph
Houghton, Douglass S.
Houston, Leonard B.
Hoxie, William H.
Jones, Asbury C.
Jones, Tarpley T.
Kinsey, William A.
Lamoreaux, Chas. H.
Lowe, Carleton
Looby, John H.
Lyon, George W. Lynde, John Mattern, Jacob H.
McKelvogue, John McCollam, Isaac Moles, Jacob M. Morehead, Jacob Nagle, John Nims, Albert H. Painter, Joshua C. Price, John Ragan, William
Rush, Austin B.
Robbins, James Riddle, William Scott, Erastus
Sells, David M. Slatten, Andrew Smith, Philander
Cook, Hiram C., Second Sergt. Mitchell, Edwin, Second Sergt. Doty, Nathan W., Second Sergt. Cook, Hiram C., Third Sergt. Mitchell, Edwin, Third Sergt. Gillette, Philip D., Third Sergt. Mitchell, Edwin, Fourth Sergt. Godfrey, George L., Fourth Sergt. Marsh, Edward L., Fourth Sergt. Davis, William L., Fourth Sergt. Godfrey, George L., Fifth Sergt. Marsh, Edward L., Fourth Sergt. Ragan, William, Fifth Sergt. Warner, Jared A., First Corp. Dickerson, John A., First Corp. Sells, David M., Second Corp. Phales, Philetus, Second Corp. Gordnier, John, Second Corp. Marsh, Edward L., Third Corp. Ragan, William, Third Corp. Gillette, Philip D., Third Corp. Allen, Robert, Jr., Fourth Corp. Houston, William E., Fourth Corp. Ayres, Henry O., Fourth Corp. Doty, Nathan W., Fifth Corp. Lynde, John, Fifth Corp. Whitmer, Samuel, Fifth Corp. Moles, Jacob M., Sixth Corp. Houston, Leonard B., Seventh Corp. Slatten, Andrew, Eighth Corp. Davis, William L., Eighth Corp. Case, Philo L., Musician Ayers, Samuel A. Ayers, Henry O. Barnett, John Bitting, William H. Bird, William K.
Godfrey, George L., Second Lieut. Marsh, Edward L., Second Lieut. Lynde, John, Second Lieut. Lunt, Samuel H., First Sergt. Cook, Hiram C., First Sergt.
Ensign, Edgar T., Second Sergt.
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Stewart, Calvin C. Swem, William A.
Warnock, Newton Watson, John H. Warner, Jared A.
Wheeler, John
Whitmer, Samuel Wylie, William D. Yant, David Young, Armin Zelle, Godfrey
Company K. Clark, David H., Private.
Additional Enlistments.
Brubaker, John C.
Brady, Casper S.
Lasell, William J.
Cree, Theodore G.
Nagle, Thomas
Chrystal, Benjamin F.
Reed, Andrew W.
Sharp, John
Williams, John Z. Weeks, Theodore G.
THIRD INFANTRY.
Company H. Draper, Martin, V. B., Private.
FOURTH INFANTRY.
Field and Staff.
Williamson, James A., Colonel.
Williamson, James A., Lieut. Colonel.
Williamson, James A., Adjutant
Company C-Additional Enlistment: Donivan, Dennis. Private. Company E. Griffiths, Henry H., Captain. Simmons, Wilmer S., Captain. Simmons, Wilmer S., First Lieut. Sells, John E., First Lieut. Wicher, Isaac, Second Lieut. Treat, Sheldon C., Second Lieut. Sells, John E., First Sergt. Treat, Sheldon C., First Sergt. Stark, Charles S., Second Sergt. Treat, Sheldon C., Second Sergt. Barnum, Edward W., Third Sergt. Wilson, James M., Third Sergt. Bramhall, Emerson S., Third Sergt. Treat, Sheldon C., Fourth Sergt. Bramhall, Emerson S., Fourth Sergt. Gandy, Felix T., Fourth Sergt. Moore, James A., Fifth Sergt. Gandy, Felix T., Fifth Sergt. Ross, Richard W., Fifth Sergt. Dunan, Washington G., First Corp. Wilson, James M., Second Corp. Phillippie, Christopher, Second Corp. Phillippie, Christopher, Third Corp. Vol. I-45
Shaw, Alexander, Assistant Surgeon. Dunan, Wash. G., Commissary Sergt.
Jameson, John C., Third Corp. Ross, Richard W., Third Corp. Spence, Abraham L., Third Corp. Jameson, John C., Fourth Corp. Ross, Richard W., Fourth Corp. Spence, Abraham L., Fourth Corp. Billings, William, Fourth Corp. Ross, Richard W., Fifth Corp. Hunt, William A., Sixth Corp. Bloom, Lemuel D., Sixth Corp. Bonnie, John M., Seventh Corp. Rhoads, Daniel, Seventh Corp. Robinson, Aug. R., Eighth Corp. Aldeman, Joseph P., Private. Barcus, Ira. Barlow, Stephen C.
Beck, James. Bell, Jeptha W. Case, Girard M. C.
Clary, Isaac.
Clary, Vachiel. Carter. John A. Cornish, Hiram D.
Chrystal, James A. Greene, William Bradley Houston, William L.
Hunt, Zaccheus W., Private Lott, John W.
Birch, Thomas S.
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Castellin, Thomas.
Crow, Benjamin.
Danforth, Andrew J.
Lewis, John.
McNulty, Robert.
Dixon, John.
Mott, James A.
Needham, James M.
Foster, Martin.
Pritchard, William.
Gentle, George.
Smith, William.
Greene, Charles W.
Stumbach, Abraham.
Guthrie, Michael.
West, Edwin R.
Heart, Daniel B.
Woodruff, Joseph H.
Houser, George L.
Kelley, Oliver P.
Additional Enlistments.
Bonine, John M.
Barrett, Henry A.
Billsland, Reuben P.
Brisbine, Edward T.
Hinman, Jeremiah.
Unassigned as to Company.
Allmay, Benjamin.
Kinkenman, Nathan. Lewis, James, Private.
Brinson, William.
Lawrence, Perry.
Brinson, Thomas.
Moore, Anderson.
Brinson, David A.
Cason, John J.
Clary, Henry C.
Crone, Theodore F.
Dorence, Alexander.
Jessup, Isaac.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
Field and Staff. Charles H. Rawson, Surgeon.
Company C. McCrady, William L., Private.
TENTH INFANTRY.
Field and Staff. McCalla, Nathaniel, Major.
Skinner, J. O., Asst. Surgeon.
Hanger, William J., Drum Major.
Smith, John E., F. Major. Purdy, William H., C. Musician.
Company A. McCalla, Nathaniel, Captain. Clark, Charles J., First Lieut. Hanna, John G., First Lieut. Van Dorn, Hezekiah, First Lieut. Hopkins, Josiah, Second Lieut. Meekins, William P., Second Lieut. Van Dorn, Hezekiah, First Sergt.
King, Michael. Kesler, Jacob V.
Lacy, Henry D.
Davis, Andrew S.
Doughty, Lucien B.
Fisher, Jefferson K.
Plummer, Asa L.
Gandy, Felix T.
Robinson, Augustus R.
Yokoner, Francis P.
McKean, Cornelius.
McFee, John H.
Newell, Andrew J.
Van Horn, Wm.
Simms, George.
Bruce, John R.
Osborn, Philip.
Ray, Isaac.
Scott, John W.
Stafford, Oliver P.
Widener, James.
Fox, Charles, First Musician. Noble, Samuel, Second Musician. Bausman, Adam C., Third Musician. Warner, John W., Third Musician. Estabrook, Frank, Third Musician.
Harney, William J., Second Sergt. Sullivan, John O., Third Sergt. Hanna, John G., Fourth Sergt. Meekins, William P., Fourth Sergt. Howe, Ebenezer E., Fifth Sergt. Kellison, John D., First Corp. Burley, Edward W., Second Corp.
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Wright, Jonathan J., Third Corp. Spencer, Thomas A., Fourth Corp. Mishler, Peter B., Fifth Corp. Rutherford, John, Sixth Corp. Bader, George, Eighth Corp. Hanger, William J., Musician. Smith, Theodore V., Musician. Baker, John. Bard, George W. Bean, Stephen S. Byram, Adam. Courtney, George W. Corey, Cassius M.
Cox, Clark. Crabtree, Matthew. Dinwiddie, Simon E.
Downs, Frederick. Elliott, Abraham. English, Arthur.
Fletcher, Gideon. Hawkins, Andrew J.
Hader, Henry. Hammond, John R. Hammond, Amos F. Hellums, Frank M. Henderson, Joshua. Horner, William. Ingersoll, Daniel W. Jones, David. Lewis, James. McDowel, Elliott.
Additional Enlistments.
McDowell, Palmer. Murray, William. Cockeral, Frank. Mosier, Cross O. Curl, Hiram F. Hanna, Simon B. Fletcher, Isaac. Mercer, Edward W.
Company B. Bentley, George M., First Lieut. McClure, John O., Third Corp. Wright, John W., Fourth Corp. Peirson, Ephraim, Fifth Corp. Reed, Thomas H., Corporal. Boyd, Robert H. Case, William. Davis, Jacob K. Fink, John F. Hargis, Stephen M. Kenworthy, Steel.
Additional Enlistments. Cunningham, John.
Meekins, William P. Miller, Jonathan R. Morgan, William. Murray, Caswell. Murray, Andrew. Nussbaum, Martin V.
Nussbaum, Isaac Z.
Nussbaum, John L. Palmer, Lewis H.
Patterson, Thomas. Pierce, Thomas J. Pierce, Elijah L. Pollock, Robert R. Richardson, Edwin. Richards, Davis.
Reed, Simon. Roe, John.
Rohr, Robert H.
Rohr, Silas.
Rule, John T.
Russell, John.
Smith, John E. Stevens, John. Spencer, William.
Swim, William J. Sexton, Isaac. Terrill, Lemuel.
Townsend, Cabel.
Wheeler, Thomas.
Wright, John.
Hanman, William W. Bunyan, William T. Rohr, Jacob. Bard, John.
Murray, Larkin.
Edwards, Edward. Hoy, Thomas. Fosdick, Leroy.
Kennedy, John. Manbeck, Isaiah. Reed, Thomas H. Spence, Absalom.
Stanton, William H.
Shepherd, Robert H. Steele, William. Swayne, Oscar. Taylor, John C. Updegraph, Jerome.
Edgarton, Samuel.
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Fisher, Isaac. Kenworthy, Bruce. Lang, Daniel R. Means, James M.
Company D. Hanger, Benjamin F., Musician.
Additional Enlistments.
Fuller, John J.
Whitted, Elijah M.
Gossard, William.
Mckinney, William B.
Company F-Additional Enlistments.
Freel, John.
Lynch, Andrew. Moore, Thomas R.
Company G-Additional Enlistments.
Reed, Donivan. Miles, Josiah.
Thomas, Charles M.
Blankenship, James. Fox, Jacob.
Ranny, Franklin E.
Company H. Johnson, Drury.
Additional Enlistments.
Corey, William.
Gilroy, George. Tibberghin, James W.
Company K.
Lusby, Robert, Captain.
Bausman, Julian, First Lieut.
Bausman, Julian, First Sergt. Dunkle. Wm. H. H., First Corp. Rahm, Wm .. Second Corp. Hornor, Jacob, Wagoner. Afenson, Ole, Private. Brand, Martin Van.
Bruner, William R. Baylies, William C.
Additional Enlistments. Stallsworth, Andrew J. Iglan, Henry. Solon, Charles. Ivers, Joseph. Adams, Allington. Dillman, David B.
Unassigned as to Company. Horvey, George W.
Skidmore, George, Private. Watts, John. Moore, Daniel.
Stone, Noah F. Rhodes, Hiram. Pike, Andrew R. Wiley, Robert.
Williams, Albin. Renuff, Benjamin.
Price, Henry M. Miller, Henry A. Bean, Michael C.
Drake, Oliver. Kavanaugh, Ira. Reed, William.
Johnson, Josiah.
Wilson, W. Wright, William P.
Bell, William A. Brown, William C., or F. Byram, Andrew P. Dinwiddie, Lewis F. Gill, John W. Kenworthy, Bruce.
Lang, Daniel R. Rommol, Henry A. Scudder, John M. Watts, John.
McRoberts, John. Stephenson, Reuben B. Van Brunt, Henry M. Whittaker. Burt M. Weekley, Merritt. Surber, Christopher C.
Williams, Jonathan.
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THIRTEENTH INFANTRY:
Field and Staff. Crocker, Marcellus M., Colonel.
Watson, John H., Quartermaster Sergt.
Company D-Additional Enlistments.
Watson, John H., Private.
Company E.
Randall, David J., Second Lieut.
Randall, David J., Third Sergt.
Baird, Stephen B., Private. Hoss, Jacob V. Hill, Samuel F.
Lamb, James H. Lamb, John H. Penor, William H. Stewart, John.
Company F. Watson, John H., Second Lieut.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company E. .
McGeary, Joseph D., Private.
McGeary, John T. Milton, John L.
Rutherford, James W. Van Horn, Phineas. Williams, John.
Company I -- Additional Enlistment. Miller, Richard K., Private.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.
Field and Staff.
Flynt, James H., Quartermaster Sergt. Cross, Robert W., Commissary Sergt.
Company B. Smith, Wilson T., Captain.
Studer, Adolphus G., Captain.
Studer, Adolphus G., First Lieut.
Lanstrum, Christian E., First Lieut.
Lanstrum, Christian E., Second Lieut. Wilkins, Rees, Second Lieut. Moreland, Henry, First Sergt. Green, John S., First Sergt. Wilkins, Rees, Second Sergt. Green, John S., Second Sergt. Green, John S., Fourth Sergt. Goodrell, Wm. H., Fourth Sergt. Rees, George L., Fourth Sergt. Stanberry, Wm., Fifth Sergt. Kelsey, Jacob L., Second Corp. Kelsey, Jacob L., Third Corp.
Morgan, Anson D., Third Corp. Almore, Elijah W., Third Corp. Wilkins, Rees, Fourth Corp. Goodrell, Wm. H., Fourth Corp. Goodrell, Mancil C., Fourth Corp. Harvy, Charles E., Fifth Corp. Overmier, Amos, Fifth Corp. Flynt, James H., Sixth Corp. Rees, George L., Seventh Corp. Williams, Lewis H., Seventh Corp.
Fleming, Samuel, Musician. Lyon, Robert, Musician. Post, Ethan, Musician.
Atmore, Elijah W., Private.
Beekman, Charles.
Brazelton, Oliver P.
Berge, Andrew J.
Cannon, William P.
Cross, Robert W.
Curran, Robert.
Conner, Leroy S.
Campbell, Milton.
Close, William L.
Dickey, William A.
Edmundson, Henry.
Elliott, Milton B. Fox, Columbus. Fisher, John.
Fennesty, Thomas.
Fredregill, Christian.
Fisher, John S.
Fleming, Samuel.
Foster, Joel.
Fessler, John.
Foster, Samuel. Green, Luther T.
Boudinot, Lucius, Hospital Sergt.
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Guthrie, John W. Goodrell, Mancil C.
Goodrell, William H. Ganus, John.
Payne, John.
Glenn, Franklin.
Hanan, John. Hudson, Charles H.
Hazen, Edward.
Hardin, James.
Johnson, Jonathan. Lester, George W.
Lloyd, Colvin.
Lunt, Edward D.
Lyon, Robert.
Lenehan, Thomas.
Lyon, Thomas W.
Long, Charles.
Mathis, James H.
McCauley, James.
Morgan, Anson D.
Additional Enlistments.
Benedict, Jason. Hahnen, John.
Company C.
Hague, Edward, Private.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
Company D.
Harbor, James C., Musician.
Gilkey, William T., Private. Hester, Levi R.
Hester, Stephen. Hurber, James S. Wright, George W.
Company F.
Laird, Madison R., Second Sergt.
Kessler, William H., Musician.
Alaway, Thomas J., Private.
Company K. Emery, A., Fifth Sergt. Ashley, James, Private. Elliott, Chester. Gulick, John.
Additional Enlistments.
Adkerson, W., Private. Chrisman, Lorenzo D. Pierce, Lazarus.
Devault, James C. Dewey, John W. Kessler, William H.
Pierce, Andrew. Redman, J. F. Woods, J. H.
Pierce, Thomas G. Shear, John R. Weese, Charles.
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.
Field and Staff. McGorrisk, Edw. J., Asst. Surgeon.
Company B. Hoxie, William H., Captain. Smith, Charles P., Third Sergt.
Freeman, Rial, Second Corp. Freeman, Rial, Third Corp.
Mardis, Samuel. Meek, Reuben. Newland, Jasper N.
Pursley, William H. Rayger, Thomas. Roper, George W. Skinner, Daniel J. Teal, Cornelius. Thompson, Amos. Thomas, Loren S. Thornton, Thomas J. Taylor, Henry P.
Werzel, Conrad. Wilson, Thomas H. Williams, Lewis H. Winters, David K. Stram, David W.
Stoughton, Benj. F.
Jones, Robert B. Parker, James M.
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Cassida, Thomas H., Third Corp. Cassida, Thomas H., Fourth Corp.
Freeman, Malon, Fifth Corp. Freeman, Rial, Sixth Corp. Pursley, William H., Sixth Corp.
Cassida, Thomas H., Eighth Corp. Alward, Benjamin P.
Cassida, James R. Davis, A. S. Freeman, Malon. Hastings, Thomas. Highland, Henry H. Hardsaw, Daniel.
Hanks, Jarvis. Hanks, Dewitt. Johnson, John. Kiser, Amos. . McCulloch, C. H. Merrill, William. Phelps, Franklin P.
Pursley, William H. Rickabaugh, Willson. Ragan, David S. Smith, Charles P.
Smith, Thomas H. Wakefield, Francis M.
Additional Enlistment. Gipson, William M., Private.
Company F. Browne, John H., Second Lieut. Company K.
Young, J. W. M., First Corp.
Fullerton, John, Fifth Corp. Kesler, Jacob, Eighth Corp. Frank (e), William. Fullerton, John. Griffith, Selby S. Gibson, William. Keslar, Jacob.
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