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FIFTEENTHE INFANTRY, COMPANY B
Barnes, Martin V. B., enlisted November 5th, wounded and missing at Shiloh April 6, 1862; Benbow, Barclay, enlisted Octo- ber toth, appointed wagoner April 15, 1862; Boudinot, Lucius, enlisted October roth, promoted hospital steward February 22, 1862; discharged June 4, 1862; Boudinot, William A., enlisted Novem- ber ist, captured near Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864; Bushnell, Drayton, enlisted January 24, 1862; Dyer, William, enlisted Janu- ary 27. 1862; discharged June 17, 1862; Hamilton, Joseph H., en- listed October 30th, discharged December 27, 1862; Hamilton, William S., enlisted October 30th, died at Keokuk, January 9, 1862; Hughes, George T., enlisted November 1st, wounded July 22d, near Atlanta, Georgia; Hurst, John H., enlisted October 22d; Torr, Wil- ford H., enlisted November 6th, wounded May 1, 1862; died June 12, 1863, at St. Louis; Waldo, Joseph A., enlisted October 12th, pro- moted to sixth corporal September 8, 1862; to first corporal Novem-
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ber 1, 1862; Waldo, William W., enlisted October 12th, discharged February 8, 1862.
COMPANY D
Crandall W. Williams, captain; enlisted October 9th, captured at Corinth October 3, 1862.
George H. Holcomb, second lieutenant; enlisted September 25th; wounded at Shiloh; killed in battle at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia, July 21, 1864.
William C. Crooks, second sergeant; enlisted November 11th; wounded at Shiloh ; died of wounds April 9, 1862.
Amos S. Collins, third sergeant; enlisted October 19th; wounded at Shiloh; promoted to second sergeant April 17, 1862; discharged July 7, 1862.
David C. Hull, first corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; pro- moted fifth sergeant April 17, 1862; reduced to ranks.
Caleb Greene, eighth corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; pro- moted to seventh corporal March 7, 1862; reduced to ranks April 17, 1862.
John Mitchell, wagoner; enlisted October 16th; died at Mon- terey, Tennessee, May 22, 1862.
Privates-Boone, Harrison, enlisted January 4, 1862; killed at Shiloh; Bromley, Joseph, enlisted January 27, 1862; Bustram, Charles, enlisted January 24, 1862; discharged October 4. 1862; Cromwell, Newton, enlisted January 7, 1862; wounded and captured at Nick-a-jack Creek, July 21, 1864; Cromwell, Thomas J., enlisted December 25th, transferred May 1, 1864, to Invalid Corps; Cun- ningham, Maximilian, enlisted December 26th, supposed to have died in a northern hospital in 1862; Cunningham, Solomon C., enlisted January 5, 1862; died near Corinth May 17, 1862; Francis, John, enlisted November 27th; Gildea, Jefferson, enlisted December 23d, discharged August 18, 1862; Gildea, Oliver, enlisted November 9th, died at Corinth June 25, 1862; Higbee, James W., enlisted December 2d, wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 24, 1864; Howard, George B., enlisted November 11th; Huffman, John, enlisted January 7, 1862; died in hospital at Davenport February 17, 1862; Hull, George, enlisted December 23d; died at Monterey June 8, 1862; Hull, Jackson, enlisted December 23d, promoted to corporal January 5, 1864; captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864; Hull, Martin, enlisted December 23d; Long, Jacob, enlisted January 24, 1862; died at Davenport February 17, 1862; Long, Madison, enlisted
HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY
January 24, 1862; died at Corinth August 10, 1862; Lair, Abraham, enlisted January 23, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Mil- ligan, William P., enlisted October 20th, discharged September +, 1862; Myers, Thomas, enlisted January 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Needham, Captain ()., enlisted October 20th, died at Davenport January 14, 1862; Parr, Thomas J., enlisted October 9th, promoted to seventh corporal April 17, 1862; wounded at luka Sep- tember 19, 1862; promoted to fifth corporal July 4, 1862; to third corporal September 1, 1862; Peck, Charles W., enlisted October 9th, discharged July 4, 1862; Rozell, Joshua J., enlisted January 24, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Scramlin, Charles H., enlisted October 10th, captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Shaw, William, enlisted November 9th, died at Davenport January 12, 1862; Stark, Ancel, enlisted February 22, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 25. 1864; killed July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-Jack Creek, Georgia; Stark, George S., enlisted October 18th, wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, July 14. 1864; Thrift, Josiah M., enlisted Decem- ber 2d, captured at Shiloh, discharged March 7, 1863; Thrift, William IL., enlisted December 21st, discharged November 21, 1862; Zenor, Spear S., enlisted November 28th, wounded at Shiloh, dis- charged July 24, 1862.
COMPANY F
David F. Hamilton, first corporal from private March 27, 1862; enlisted February 15, 1862; died August 1, 1862, place unknown.
Privates - Barnes, James M., enlisted January 29, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and at luka August 19, 1862; missing after September 19, 1862; supposed to be dead; Buchanan, John, enlisted February 13, 1862; died March 20, 1862; Carpenter, Hezekiah, en- listed February 15, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, discharged Novem- ber 5, 1862; Carpenter, John, enlisted March 7, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and Iuka August 19, 1862; Carpenter, William, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged June 22, 1862; Hamilton, Wesley B., enlisted February 13, 1862; died June 20, 1862; Smith, Fillman, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged May 27, 1862.
COMPANY K
J. F. Alexander, first lieutenant; enlisted February 24, 1862; resigned June 7, 1862.
N. N. Stringer, second lieutenant; enlisted February 14, 1862; resigned May 4, 1862.
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William D. Kinkade, fifth corporal; captured at Iuka Septem- ber 19, 1862, and at Atlanta July 22, 1863.
George Huxford, eighth corporal; enlisted February 28, 1862; promoted to first sergeant February 28, 1865; to second lieutenant July 1, 1865, but not mustered ; was mustered out as first sergeant.
Privates-Bass, D. M., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded at Nick-a-jack Creek July 21, 1864; Coe, H. P., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded June 12, 1864, at Big Shanty, Georgia, and July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-jack Creek; transferred to veteran reserve corps April 28, 1865; Corbin, Americus V., enlisted November 30th, cap- tured at Atlanta July 22, 1862; transferred to veteran reserve corps; Cox, Jonathan, enlisted January 29, 1864; Diel, James, enlisted February 26, 1862; wounded at Iuka, discharged February 3, 1863; Dollason, Austin, enlisted February, 1862; captured March 16, 1865, at Goldsboro, North Carolina; Dollason, John, enlisted February 9, 1862; died July 4, 1862, at Fort Dodge; Fisher, Jesse, enlisted February 20, 1862; died September 9, 1862, at Bolivar, Tennessee; Hamilton, Jacob, enlisted February 24th; Harlan, Joshua, enlisted February 13, 1862; died August 20, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi; Harris, John M., enlisted February 20, 1862; wounded June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Hoffman, George, enlisted February 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Parks, Levi, enlisted February 26, 1862; died August 24, 1864, at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia; Parks, Samuel S., enlisted February 13, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; captured August 27, 1864; Rem- ington, Samuel, enlisted February 13, 1862; discharged May 10, 1862; Roister, Robert, enlisted April 21, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Shaffer, Amaziah, enlisted February 28, 1862; Tom- linson, - enlisted November 18, 1864; Vontrees, William, enlisted March 8, 1862; wounded June 7, 1863, at Vicksburg; died of wounds June 9th; Ward, Allen, enlisted February 10, 1862; cap- tured at Atlanta; Ward, William, enlisted February 24, 1864; Wil- liams, Alfred E., enlisted October 27, 1864; Wilson, Albert, enlisted February 24, 1862; killed June 24, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Wilson, H. R., enlisted February 6, 1862; Zimbleman, Philip, enlisted February 12, 1862; died April 29, 1862, at St. Louis.
COMPANY D
Theodore DeTar, captain; wounded December 16, 1864, at Nashville; discharged May 15, 1865.
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William D. Templin, first lieutenant; wounded May 18, 1864, at Yellow Bayou, Louisiana ; discharged March 30, 1865, for wounds.
Robert J. Shannon, second lieutenant ; promoted first lieutenant, March to, 1865 ; commanding captain August 23, 1865, but mustered out as first lieutenant.
Joseph G. Miller, first sergeant; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana ; died in rebel prison at Tyler, Texas, July 28, 1864.
Joseph M. Harvey, second sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, August 23, 1865, but not mustered.
Willis S. Defere, third sergeant; detailed as regimental wagon- master, December 26, 1862.
Francis M. Spurrier, fourth sergeant; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9. 1864; discharged November 24, 1864.
Isaac C. Nutt, fifth sergeant ; died November 8, 1863.
Jasper W. Holmes, first corporal.
Austin C. Worrick, second corporal ; discharged January 20, 1865. Martin Summers, third corporal ; reduced to ranks at own request.
Malbern Pettibone, fourth corporal; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864.
Daniel W. Robbins, fifth corporal; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864.
William M. Petty, sixth corporal.
John Weston, seventh corporal, wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louis- iana, April 9, 1864; died of wounds May 18, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee.
William Stover, eighth corporal; reduced to ranks at own request ; wounded at Little Red River, Arkansas, August 14, 1863.
Joseph Bone, musician ; discharged May 12, 1863, for promotion. Samuel Bone, musician.
Norman P. Rogers, wagoner; discharged March 4, 1863.
Privates Abercrombie, Harrison, enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas ; discharged December 16, 1864; Ainsworth, Willard C., enlisted January 20, 1864; Andrews, Samuel, enlisted August 11, 1862; Annis, Francis, enlisted August 11, 1862; Arasmith, Abner, enlisted August 11, 1862; died June 16, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Atkinson, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; Atkinson, John A., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed July 14, at Tupelo, Mississippi; Atkinson, Robert, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; Battin, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9,
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1864, at Pleasant Hill, Georgia; Berry, William S., enlisted August 11, 1862; Blunk, Amos 1., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged November 1, 1864, for wounds; Blunk, Samuel C., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; discharged September 4, 1864, for wounds; Boone, Edward M., enlisted August 11, 1862; Buffington, Jacob M., enlisted August 11, 1862; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Burkley, Alonzo J., en- listed August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Carpenter, Hezekiah, enlisted April 11, 1864; Carpenter, William D., enlisted August 11, 1862; Cline, Ed- ward M., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863; Cline, Joseph 1. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863; Cree, Stephen W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Cummings, Isaac B., Jr., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dalander, Andrew J., enlisted August 11, 1862; Davis, Cyrus M., enlisted August 11, 1862; Davis, James A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died May 4, 1864, while in hands of rebels; Dooley, Thomas E., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dooley, John B., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dyer, William R., en- listed November 8, 1862; Ebersole, Cyrus A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Little Red River, August 14, 1863; transferred to Invalid Corps; Eckley, Edward, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863; Fox, George H., enlisted August 1I, 1862; killed August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; Gilliland, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Gaskill, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; Goodrich, W. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; discharged January 16, 1864; Grayson, William G., enlisted August 11, 1862; Gwinn, Robert M., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred before muster to Company I; Harter, Nicholas, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Herron, John, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 24, 1864; Hickman, Benjamin N., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Hickman, Lewis S., enlisted August 11, 1862; Hickman, William C., enlisted August 11, 1862; Higbee, Tyler, enlisted August 11, 1862; Hughes, Isaac W., enlisted January 5, 1864: Hull, Fenolon W., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to eighth corporal December 26, 1862; wounded July 14, 1864, at Tupelo, Mississippi; Hunter, George D., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 7, 1863; Hurlburt, Jehiel B., enlisted August 11,
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1862; Irwin, William H., enlisted August 11, 1862; Joice, John F., enlisted August 11. 1862; died July 23, 1863, at Cape Girardeau; Joice, Garrett L., enlisted August 11, 1862; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Jewett, David S., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third sergeant December 26, 1862; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Jones, Levi, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863; Karby, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkan- sas ; discharged August 13, 1864, for wounds; Kelly, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862; died April 26, 1863, at Bloomfield, Missouri; Kin- kead, Joseph H., enlisted August 11, 1862; Kirkendall, Henry C., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 1, 1863, at Duval's Bluff, Arkansas; Kirkendall, John W., enlisted January 5. 1864; Landers, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Lawton, William B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Lee, Abbott, enlisted August 11, 1862; Lefferts, Charles, enlisted August 11, 1862; Leonard, William P., enlisted January 5, 1864; Linn, Augustus, enlisted January 5, 1864; missing at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; McCall, Zachariah S., enlisted August 11, 1862; died October 5, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas; McFarlin, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Mahaffey, Isaac N. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Manchester, William, enlisted January 5, 1864; Merrick, John H., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died April 20, 1864, of wounds; Moriarty, John J., enlisted August 11, 1862; missing at Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864; enlisted January 28, 1864; Nelson, Jones W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Nutt, Edward O., enlisted August 1I, 1862; discharged March 15, 1863; Overman, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; died January 10, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Mis- souri ; Parker, David U., enlisted January 2, 1864; Patterson, Josiah B., enlisted August 11, 1862; Paxton, Sharon A., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 14, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas; Payne, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862; Peoples, William ML., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Peterson, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862; Peterson, Yonse, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged October 4, 1863; Petty, Robert C., enlisted January 5, 1864; Segrin, John, enlisted August 11, 1862; Shaffing, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 25, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas; Spicklemire, Thomas M., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died July 1, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee, of wounds; Starr, Jedediah L.,
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enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Strunk, Elias D., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred March 12, 1863, for promotion to captain Fifth Regiment, U. S. V. A. D .; Tappin, Martin, enlisted August 11, 1862; died July 16, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois; Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864; Thompson, Thomas B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Walker, Calvin M. J., enlisted August 11, 1862; Williams, Isaac, enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to corporal; died January 24, 1864, at Mound City, Illi- nois; Williams, James P., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third corporal, September 26, 1862; Williams, Richard S., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas ; Williams, Samuel B., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; Williams, Spencer K., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 5, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas; Webster, James W., enlisted February 29, 1864; Wright, John E. R., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
COMPANY UNKNOWN
Anderson, Charles J., enlisted February 24, 1864; Berry, Levi, enlisted February 20, 1864; Blunk, Moses, enlisted February 20, 1864; Haggan, James A., enlisted February 20, 1864; Staley, Joseph, enlisted March 20, 1864; Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864.
COMPANY I
Birchard, Abner T., enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to quartermaster sergeant, November 8, 1862.
Gwinn, Robert M., musician; enlisted in Company D, August II, 1862.
Huxford, Morton V., enlisted August, 1862.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY, COMPANY H
John J. Adams, first lieutenant; promoted to captain, June 1, 1864. William F. Boggs, first sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, June 1, 1864.
Randolph Schoonover, second sergeant.
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Madison J. Williams, fifth sergeant, from private.
Adam Messmore, first corporal ; returned to ranks June 10, 1864. Thomas J. Gilden, fourth corporal, June 10, 1864.
Thomas Johnson, fifth corporal; promoted to fourth corporal, June 10, 1864.
John A. Kees, seventh corporal ; promoted to sixth corporal June 10, 1864.
Privates Berhow, Oliver; Bromily, Arthur; Caldwell, Eon W .; Contwright, James; Decker, William H .; Gooden, Henry; Hetrick, John W .; Hoffman, Jefferson; Hoffman, Pleasant B .; Jay, Eli; Kintzley, Winfield S. ; Kintzley, William Worth ; McIntire, William K. ; Nutt. Francis M .; Nutt, John ; Parker, Robert S .; Parks, David MI .; Pierce, Jasper; Sanders, William N., promoted to seventh corporal, June 10, 1864; Thomas, James S .; Thrift, William H .; Webster, Bird ; Williams, J. Madison.
MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS
FOURTH
Ricket, Jonathan N .; Company E; enlisted July 15, 1861.
TENTH
Fagan, Benjamin, Company K ; enlisted December 2, 1861 ; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 11, 1865.
THIRTEENTH
Allen, William, enlisted October 27, 1864. Broom, Tyler, enlisted October 27, 1864. Browhard, Martin, enlisted October 27, 1864. Cartright, Robert N., enlisted October 27, 1864. Dawkins, Thomas, enlisted October 27, 1864. Elsbury, John, enlisted October 27, 1864. Fruit, Jonathan W., enlisted October 27, 1864. Glidden, Jefferson D., enlisted October 27, 1864. Hall, Henry W., enlisted November 4, 1864. Holloway, Oliver, enlisted October 27, 1864. Hunt, Charles, enlisted October 29, 1864.
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Noland, William, enlisted October 27, 1864.
Shaw, Levi, enlisted October 27, 1864.
Silver, Allen T., enlisted October 27, 1864.
Starke, Jesse B., enlisted October 27, 1864. Starke, Nelson, enlisted November 7, 1864. Vernan, Job B., enlisted October 27, 1864. Vest, John, enlisted October 27, 1864.
Williams, James S., enlisted October 27, 1864.
Wilson, William, enlisted October 27, 1864.
TWENTY-THIRD
Clayton, William T., musician, Company A; enlisted August 1, 1862.
Broyhill, George C., Company A; enlisted July 20, 1862; trans- ferred to Invalid Corps, April 1, 1864; died August 13, 1864.
Buckhart, David L., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; promoted to corporal; discharged July 21, 1863.
Buckhart, William H., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; died July 18, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana.
THIRTY-NINTH
Ericson, Augustus, fourth sergeant Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; wounded and captured October 5, 1864, at Altoona, Georgia.
Hanson, John A., Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; dis- charged February 9, 1864.
Johnson, John A., enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I.
Sodlund, Alex, enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I.
FORTY-SIXTH
Johnson, Gabriel, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864. Johnson, Enos, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864. Johnson, Larkin, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864.
FORTY-SEVENTH
Herring. William B., Company F; enlisted May 17, 1864; died at Helena, Arkansas, June 26, 1864.
Underville, William H., enlisted May 16, 1864; Company F.
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NORTHERN BORDER BRIGADE
Richardson, Franklin, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862, as first sergeant.
Landon, Joseph, first corporal, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862.
Nickerson, Francis M., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Payne, Samuel S., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862.
Richardson, Columbus, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Wilson, William, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862.
MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY
SEVENTII
Bennett, L. C., seventh corporal, Company E; enlisted March 18, 1863; died August 26, 1865, at Fort Kearney, Nebraska.
Oliver, Thomas R., Company E; enlisted April 18, 1863.
Hull, William, Company L; enlisted November 10, 1861.
NINTH
Averill, William C., Company H; enlisted October 10, 1863; died August 4, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Kelly, Henry C., Company H ; enlisted October 12, 1863.
Slish, Benjamin F., Company H; enlisted October 4, 1863; died February 6, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri.
MISCELLANEOUS ARTILLERY
Miller, Benjamin E., Second Battery; enlisted September 22, 1862; died February 15, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee.
Truester, Cyrus J., Second Battery; enlisted October 2, 1862; transferred March 1, 1863, to Mississippi Marine Brigade.
CHAPTER XV
YELL TOWNSHIP
When Boone County was organized August 6, 1849, the north one-third of the present Township of Yell was contained in Boone River Township, and the south two-thirds were contained in Boone Township. This division continued until March 8, 1852, at which date Boone River Township passed from the map of Boone County and Dodge and Yell Townships were organized in its stead. This division was made by S. B. McCall, who had full legal authority to do so.
The boundaries of Yell Township as laid out in 1852 show that it contained all of the territory in its present boundaries except the south tier of sections, all of the present Township of Pilot Mound, all of the present Township of Grant and all of the present Township of Amaqua, except the south tier of sections. This division con- tinued until September, 1858, at which date Pilot Mound Township was organized. This act cut off from Yell the territory now con- tained in the Townships of Pilot Mound and Grant. This division of September, 1858, continued until 1871, at which date the township was reduced to its present boundaries.
The first election was held at Badger Point. The township was named in honor of Archibald Yell, of Arkansas. He was the colonel of a regiment of Arkansas cavalry, and was killed at the battle of Buena Vista, February 23, 1847, in a charge of the Mexican lancers. He was buried on the battlefield, but his body was later disinterred and buried at Fayetteville, the place of his residence. He was the second governor of Arkansas, having been inaugurated November 5, 1840.
Yell Township is bounded on the east by the Des Moines River, on the north by Pilot Mound Township, on the west by Amaqua Township, and on the south by Marcy Township.
Among the names of the first settlers may be mentioned Solomon Smith, Lewis Kinney, P. A. Dutell, Rollen Spurrier, David Hamil- ton, John Buffington, a Mr. Crawford, Elisha Spickelmier, Esau
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Daily, A. M. Cline, William Cline, Jehu Johnson. James Corbin, Henry Fisher, George Colwell, William Crooks, William Hall and AAndrew Johnson. These pioneers were the first settlers of the town- ship. Their names all appear on the assessor's book of 1853. Wil- liam llall was the township assessor for the year 1853, which was the first assessment in the township. He was five days assessing the township and two days attending the County Court, for which he received $1.50 per day, being a total of $10.50.
The pioneers of Yell Township endured the same hardships in common with the other early settlers, and this they did with courage and heroism. They came to secure and build up homes in a new country and they had figured upon the difficulties to be encountered while doing so.
Yell Township consists of all that part of township 84, range 27, situated west of the Des Moines River. The eastern boundary is very irregular, being governed by the windings of the river. The township is therefore a little less than a full congressional township. That part of the township which is composed of prairie land is very fertile and well adapted to farming. But that part of it bordering on the river is very broken. In the early settlement this land was covered with a heavy growth of timber. This has been nearly all cut off and disposed of and many acres of this land is in a high state of cultivation. The greater part of it, however, is now used for pasture, for which it is well adapted. Generally speaking, the township is in a high state of cultivation. The farmers are indus- trious and energetic, which is well attested to by the splendid farms and beautiful homes they have built up. There is no home so sub- stantial and so inviting as a beautiful farm home.
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