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MILITARY HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY
Mexico was a Spanish province from the time of its conquest by Cortez until 1821, when it threw off the Spanish yoke. During the long time of its control by Spain, a civilization had grown up, partly Spanish and partly Indian. The two races admixed to a large extent, producing a race of half breeds, called Mexican. What is known as Texas was uninhabited land, except by Indians, for- merly. After Mexico had acquired her independence she claimed this land, and to induce its settlement, invited its colonization by people from the United States. With this purpose in view, it granted to Moses Austin of Connecticut a large tract of land. The condition of this grant was that he would colonize this vast domain. Moses, Austin died, and the land grant was given to his son Stephen, who established colonies consisting of near five hundred families. Large num- bers of emigrants from the southern portions of the country poured into Texas. These represented Anglo-Saxon thought and civilization, while the governing power represented Spanish-Mexican thought and customs. It was patent from the first, that the two could not exist in harmony in the same country. The Anglo-Saxon element, unable to bear such government as was imposed upon them by the parent state, revolted, and declared their independence. Sam Hous- ton, a former governor of Tennessee, was the commander of the Texas forces. The massacre at San Antonio of the American forces in the defense of the Alamo, roused the war spirit of all Americans. It was a propitious time for the Texans to make application to be annexed to the United States. However, this
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was not done, until Texas had gained her independence, after which Houston was made president of the Republic of Texas. No sooner had Texas gained her inde- pendence, than the leading spirits of the new republic wanted Texas annexed to the United States. The convention which nominated James K. Polk adopted a resolution favoring the annexation of Texas ; the battle cry of the democrats was, "Polk, Dallas and Texas." After the election of Polk, the question of annexa- tion came before Congress, which passed a bill for its annexation, March 1, 1845. The Texan Congress took action on the same matter, and the union was consum- mated on July 4, 1845. In the annexation of Texas, the United States inherited a dispute between Texas and Mexico in reference to the boundary between them. The Texans claimed that the Rio Grand del Norte, for a certain distance formed the boundary between the two provinces, while Mexico claimed that the Nueces formed the boundary line. The Washington authorities agreed with the Texan contention, and held that Coahulia, which lay between the two rivers, was a part of Texas. The United States directed General Taylor with his forces to take possession of the disputed territory. Out of this act, war arose between the United States and Mexico. On May 14, 1846, Congress passed an act, which authorized the raising of 50,000 volunteers. The quota of Iowa was one regi- ment. On June 1, 1846, James Clark, governor of Iowa, at his office in Burling- ton, issued his call for volunteers to serve in the army of the United States, then at war with Mexico. On June 26. 1846, the ten companies which were to com- pose the regiment from Iowa had been raised, and were ready for service.
Capt. James M. Morgan's Independent Company of Iowa Infantry Volunteers was the first of the ten-companies to be raised by Iowa. Its term of enlistment was twelve months. It was mustered into the service at Fort Atkinson, July 15, 1846, and mustered out on the same date the following year.
ROSTER
JAMES MCGOWAN MORGAN, captain, age 42 years ; came to Burlington in 1837 ; died at Burlington, Iowa, October 6, 1862.
JOHN HARRISON MCKENNEY, first lieutenant, age 32; came to Burlington in 1837 : died at Chatfield, Minn., May 23. 1878.
DAVID STOKELY WILSON, second lieutenant, age 23; residence, Dubuque, Iowa : died April 1, 1881, at Dubuque.
SYLVESTER GREENOUGH, first sergeant, age 35; residence, Burlington ; mus- tered out July 15, 1847; reinlisted same date as sergeant in Morgan's Company Mounted Volunteers.
ABASOLOM J. BEESON, age 25; residence, Burlington ; was mustered out and reinlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
WALTER POLLARD ROWELL, third sergeant, age 31 ; residence, Burlington ; mustered out and reinlisted in Captain Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
JAMES F. STEPHENS, fourth sergeant, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847.
WILLIAM ANDERSON, second corporal, age 36; residence, Burlington.
W. S. DOLLARRIDE, third sergeant, age 20: residence, Burlington.
GROVE A. WARNER, fourth sergeant, age 21 ; residence, Burlington.
ANDREW A. TIMMONS, musician, age 43; residence, Burlington. CHARLES ELDER, musician, age 18.
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PRIVATES
JOHN J. ADAMS, age 36; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847; reinlisted same date in Morgan's Company Mounted Volunteers.
EDWARD BARR, age 16; residence, Burlington ; mustered out as second cor- poral.
OLIVER BEARD, age 36; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847, at Fort Atkinson.
FRANCIS W. BUCK, age 20; residence, Burlington : mustered out July 15, 1847 ; reinlisted same date in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
JAMES R. BURKE, age 20 ; mustered out July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted same date in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
DAVID DAILY, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847; reenlisted in Captain Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
WILLIAM R. DWYER, age 25; residence, Burlington ; deserted September I, 1846.
HIRAM P. FLEETWOOD, age 20; residence, Des Moines County : mustered out July 15. 1847 ; reenlisted same date in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
WILLIAM HOFFMAN, age 36; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted same date in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
JOHN HUGHES, age 24; residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847.
EDWIN HUKILL, age 24; residence, Burlington ; mustered out July 15, 1847, at Fort Atkinson.
JOHN H. HUME, age 23 : residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkin- son July 15, 1847.
JOSEPH CURTIS IVES, age 21; residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
HULBURT JAGGER, age 20; residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847.
JOHN W. KYNETT, age 20: residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847.
CHIARLES LEAHR, age 23; residence, Burlington : mustered out at Fort Atkin- son July 15, 1847.
JESSE LINES, age 20; residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847.
DANIEL LOPER, age 21 ; residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
JOHN LUMLY, age 19; residence, Burlington : mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
ELLIS C. McCORMICK, age 27 : residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
JOSEPHI MADDEN, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; accidentally killed July 6, 1847. at Fort Atkinson by the blowing up of a small magazine.
JOIIN C. MARTIN, age 21 ; residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
TITUS OWENS, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
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ISAAC OLIVER, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847 ; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
ALFRED E. PURCELL, age 21 ; residence, Des Moines County ; mustered out at Fort Atkinson July 15, 1847; reenlisted in Morgan's Mounted Volunteers.
WILLIAM TOPP, age not given ; enlisted at Burlington July 8, 1846; drowned July 10, 1846, in the Mississippi River by falling from the steamer Belmont while en route to Fort Atkinson.
The regiment organized for service in the Mexican war to which Captain Morgan's company belonged was stationed at Fort Atkinson at Prairie du Chien, from which regular troops were taken to Mexico. As seen from the preceding, most members of this company joined Captain Morgan's Mounted Volunteers at the expiration of service, which took place on the 15th of July, 1847.
At the termination of the Black Hawk war, the Indian tribes west of the Mississippi River were ready to make war on the whites at any time as occasion offered. This was especially the case with the Winnebagoes, a part of whom had left their reservation, and had gone to their old hunting grounds in Wiscon- sin, while another part had gone west in Iowa. At the close of the Black Hawk war, the Government had gathered together this tribe of Indians and had settled them on a neutral strip of land in Northern Iowa. They did not like this reserva- tion, and it was exchanged for one in Western Minnesota. This did not suit all of them, and the result was that many objected to their removal. The difficult task of their removal fell to Captain Morgan and his company of mounted volun- teers. The number to be removed was about twenty-one hundred. They agreed to march across the river at Winona under the escort of Captain Morgan and his mounted men. All started from Turkey River on June 8, 1848, and moved north until the Mississippi River was struck at Wabasha Prairie, the present site of Winona, Minn. At this place, a revolt took place. This was brought about through the machinations of the Sioux. Here they refused to be moved any further. Captain Morgan sent to Fort Snelling for assistance. He was rein- forced by Captains Eastman and Knowlton. The incipient rebellion was soon crushed by this manifestation of force, when they were loaded on barges and towed by steamboats to near the Falls of St. Anthony, from which place they were taken on a march to the mouth of the Watab River, where was located the new reservation. From the latter place Captain Morgan returned to Fort Atkin- son with his company. While this gallant company was disappointed in not receiving orders to go to Mexico, it and its commander had rendered service as honorably and bravely as if they had been with either Scott or Taylor. In this connection I will say that but three of the companies of the ten called for by the President from Iowa had been mustered into the service, although raised. Why this was the case I am unable to state. Frederick D. Mills, a young and prominent lawyer of Burlington, at once, after the call had been made, commenced to organize a company of infantry for service in Mexico. His was the first company organized, but for some reason the company which Captain Morgan organized was given precedence. It is supposed in order to right a wrong, the company organized by Mr. Mills was transferred to the Fifteenth United States Infantry. Mr. Mills was made captain of the company which he with Captain Guthrie of Fort Madison had raised. After the company had been assigned to
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the Fifteenth Infantry, Captain Mills was commissioned major of the regiment, and Edwin Guthrie made captain of the company. The company was transported from Fort Madison, Iowa, by steamboat to New Orleans, and thence by ocean steamer to Vera Cruz, where it joined the regiment. Major Mills was one of the attorneys who defended the Hodges for the murder of Miller and Leisy. Was opposed to the ratification of the Constitution of 1844 because it failed to provide that the Missouri River should be the boundary of the state. He was killed at the battle of Churubusco, August 20, 1847. The Third General Assembly of Iowa, to preserve his memory, on account of the services he rendered for his country, when organizing new counties, gave his name to one of them, and to another the name of Guthrie.
GEORGE WASHINGTON BOWIE, first lieutenant of U. S. infantry; commis- sioned March 8, 1847 ; assigned to Company K, Fifteenth Infantry, April 9, 1847 ; commissioned captain July 8, 1847; breveted major for gallant and meritorious conduct at Contreras and Churubusco; mustered out of the service August 4, 1848, at Covington, Ky .; commissioned colonel of the Fifth California Infantry Volunteers November 8, 1861 ; breveted brigadier general of United States Vol- unteers March 13, 1865; honorably mustered out of the service December 14, 1865 : a native of Maryland ; came to Burlington during the territorial existence of the state ; was a delegate to the Second Constitutional Convention, which met at Iowa City in 1846; was representative from Des Moines County in the First General Assembly of Iowa; returned to Burlington after the termination of the Mexican war, where he made his home until 1850, when he emigrated to Cali- fornia ; died in an accident March 18, 1882. Mr. Bowie was one of the leading lawyers of Burlington.
FRANCIS O. BECKETT, second lieutenant U. S. infantry ; commissioned March 8, 1847; assigned to Company K, Fifteenth Infantry, April 9, 1847; breveted first lieutenant for meritorious conduct at Churubusco; mustered out with the company at Covington, Ky., August 4, 1848; born in the State of Maine, and became a resident of Burlington, Iowa, at an early period ; aided largely in recruiting for the company of which he was made lieutenant. The recruits which he secured for the company came from Keosauqua, Van Buren County.
WALTER W. HUDSON, second sergeant Company K, Fifteenth United States Infantry ; residence, Burlington, Iowa, at which place he was enrolled on the 12th of April, 1847, by Lieutenant Bowie ; born in Kentucky. From April 12, 1847, to July 18, 1848, was private, then sergeant and first sergeant of Company K, Fif- teenth U. S. infantry ; brevet second lieutenant First Infantry June 28, 1848; died of wounds received April 7, 1850, in battle with the Indians near Laredo, Texas ; was born June 11, 1828, in Mason County, Kentucky ; his mother was a sister of Jesse R. Grant, father of General Grant ; was promoted to a lieutenancy in the regular army for gallant services rendered in the Mexican war ; is credited with having carried the flag over the walls of Chapultepec ; Fort Hudson on the Rio Grande was named in his honor.
JOHN C. ABERCROMBIE, third sergeant ; came to Des Moines County in 1841 and settled in Burlington as a tailor ; enrolled April 7, 1847, at Keosauqua, Iowa, by Lieutenant Beckett ; was credited to Keosauqua. How this was brought about I do not understand, as his home was in Burlington at the time of his enlistment. He returned to Burlington after the term of his enlistment had expired and
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entered upon the practice of dentistry. On the outbreak of the Civil war, he was commissioned first lieutenant of Company E. First Iowa Infantry, and was dis- charged on the termination of the term of his enlistment. When the Eleventh Iowa Infantry was organized, he was commissioned major of the regiment. Was afterwards promoted to lieutenant colonel and then colonel of the regiment. After the close of the war he lived in Burlington until the time of his decease. Some years before his death he became totally blind.
FABIAN BRYDOLPH, fourth sergeant ; enrolled April 14, 1847, at Burlington by Lieutenant Bowie : wounded at the battle of Churubusco; mustered out with his company on the 4th of August, 1848, at Covington, Ky .; born in Ostergotland, Sweden, on the 28th of November, 1819, the son of Anders G. Brydolph, a noted Lutheran minister. Mr. Brydolph was by profession a landscape gardener. He emigrated to America in 1841, first locating at Cleveland, Ohio, where he took up sign and other painting. He came to Burlington in 1846 as an interpreter for some of his countrymen. On the breaking out of the Civil war he organized a company and was made its captain. It was known as Company I, Sixth Iowa Infantry Volunteers. While at the head of his company on the first day of the battle of Shiloh he lost his right arm. He was afterwards promoted to lieutenant colonel of Twenty-fifth Iowa Infantry Volunteers, but resigned this position to accept position in the Veteran Reserve Corps November 1, 1863. He was mustered out July 1, 1866, and died at Burlington, Iowa, January 25, 1897.
ALEXANDER CALDWELL, second corporal ; enlisted at Burlington, Iowa, April 6, 1847, by Lieutenant Bowie: was mustered out of the service at Covington, Ky., August 4, 1848.
PETER B. BUSART, private ; enlisted April 7, 1847 ; residence, Burlington, Iowa ; died September 3, 1847, at Perote, Mexico.
JOHN BUTLER, private ; enrolled April 22. 1847, at Burlington, Iowa, by Lieutenant Bowie; left sick at the hospital at Perote, Mexico, July 2, 1847 : died at Perote August 3. 1847.
STEPIIEN S. COOPER, private ; residence, Burlington, Iowa ; enrolled April 12, 1847, at Burlington, Iowa, by Lieutenant Bowie ; mustered out with company August 4, 1848.
ARISTIADES ELLIS, private ; residence, Burlington, Iowa ; enrolled at Burling- ton, Iowa, by Lieutenant Bowie, April 12, 1847: died September 14, 1847. in Hospital Puebla, Mexico.
THOMAS FISHER, private ; residence, Burlington, Iowa : enrolled by Lieutenant Bowie April 22, 1847 : died in Mexico City October 7, 1847.
JAMES T. MAGEE, private: residence, Burlington; enrolled by Lieutenant Bowie April 16, 1847; mustered out August 4, 1848, at Covington, Ky.
PETER A. BERRY, private : enrolled at Burlington, Iowa, by Lieutenant Bowie on the 24th of April. 1847. In this connection we will say Fort Madison, Keosau- qua and Bloomington (Muscatine) contributed to the ranks of Company K, Fifteenth United States Infantry. Those of the company from Keosauqua were enrolled by Lieutenant Beckett. Those from Bloomington by Lieutenant Bennett. Those from Fort Madison by Captain Guthrie.
FABIAN BRYDOLPH
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The total enrollment of the company. 113
Killed in battle 5 Died of wounds Died of disease
49
Discharged for wounds, diseases or other causes. 8
Burlington and Des Moines County can feel proud of the record made by Com- pany K, Fifteenth United States Infantry, in the war with Mexico. Both county and city can as well take pride in James M. Morgan's Volunteers and Mounted Volunteers. The Des Moines County bar may with pride point to Frederick D. Mills and George Washington Bowie. Both were eminent lawyers. The former showed the mettle of which he was made in preventing many leaders of his party from curtailing the boundaries of the state, the other the faith which the people of the county had in him by selecting him as one of the delegates to frame a constitution for the state and electing him to represent them in its First State Assembly. Burlington was noted in the early days for the military spirit which it displayed as well as at the breaking out of the Civil war. In 1857 there had been organized the First Battalion of Iowa Volunteers with Jacob Gartner Lau- man, major and acting colonel, and Fabian Brydolph, acting adjutant.
BURLINGTON RIFLES
The Burlington Rifle Company was organized June 8, 1857, with the follow- ing officers: C. L. Matthies, captain ; M. Keller, first lieutenant ; G. Detweiller, second lieutenant ; F. Eberle, first sergeant.
BURLINGTON BLUES
This company was organized and became incorporated under the laws of Iowa on the 22d of December, 1858. Its officers were: Fabian Brydolph, cap- tain ; J. S. McKenney, first lieutenant ; D. Strickler, second lieutenant ; J. M. Neely, third lieutenant ; J. Winders, first sergeant; J. G. Schaffer, second ser- geant ; J. S. Halliday, third sergeant; J. Perkins, fourth sergeant.
WASHINGTON GUARDS
Organized July 15, 1856. Officers: R. B. Tedford, captain ; C. O'Brien, first lieutenant ; J. Dwyer, second lieutenant ; J. Lillis, third lieutenant ; P. Baker, first sergeant ; M. Smiley, second sergeant ; J. McCooey, third sergeant.
IRISH VOLUNTEERS
The officers of the Irish Volunteers were : H. H. Scott, captain ; F. Doran, first lieutenant.
FIRST IOWA INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
In the great conflict for the preservation of the Union, Iowa soldiers took a prominent part. It can be said that none more so than those from Des Moines County. When President Lincoln issued his first call the above named com- panies were in existence in Burlington. Fort Sumter was fired upon on the
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12th day of April, 1861. President Lincoln issued a call for 75,000 volunteers on the 15th of the same month. On the 16th Simon Cameron, secretary of war, notified Governor Kirkwood of Iowa that the quota of the state under the call would be one regiment. Governor Kirkwood issued his proclamation on the 17th calling for volunteers. But before the call had been made by the President, Captain Matthies, of the Burlington Rifles, offered his services and that of his company in case the same were needed. The First Iowa was mustered into service on the 14th of May, 1861, and was transported to Hannibal, Mo., from which place it was taken to Macon City by train, thence by march to Boone- ville, where it remained until the 13th of July, then with troops composing the command of General Lyon took up its march south to find and fight the enemy. It received its first baptism of fire on the 16th of August, 1861, at Wilson's Creek. Two companies from Des Moines County belonged to the gal- lant First Iowa Volunteers, I and E. I quote from Lieutenant-Colonel Merritt, commanding the regiment at Wilson's Creek: "Du Bois battery took a position a short distance east of where the enemy were being engaged, and the Iowa troops were drawn up in line of battle on its left. A brisk fire was commenced and kept up for thirty minutes. The enemy responded promptly with a battery in a ravine, but the shots passed over our heads. Detailed Company D, First Lieu- tenant Keller commanding, and Company E, First Lieutenant Abercrombie com- manding, to act as skirmishers in advance of my line. Ordered them to advance over the hill, engage the enemy and relieve the First Kansas." In this, the first and only battle in which the First Iowa took part, all the companies constituting the regiment are entitled to full credit. Shelby Norman, a young fair-haired boy of seventeen, a member of Company A, First Iowa Infantry Volunteers, was the first soldier from Iowa to yield up his life on the altar of patriotism to pre- serve for future generations the government founded by the fathers of the republic, and which, to establish, so many young men gave their lives on the battlefields of the Revolution. Those who wish to look upon the features of this brave boy can do so when looking on the statute of a private soldier on the Soldiers' Monument at the state capital. The commission having in charge the erection of the monument had this statue represent the features and form of the first Iowa soldier who gave his life for his country from Iowa.
FIRST IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Field and staff: John Francis Bates, colonel; William H. Merritt, lieutenant- colonel ; Asbury B. Porter, major ; George W. Waldon, adjutant ; Theodore Gue- lish, quartermaster; William W. White, surgeon; Hugo Reichenbach, assistant surgeon ; I. K. Fuller, chaplain.
COMPANY D
Line officers: Charles L. Matthies, captain; Mathias Keller, first lieuten- ant ; Joseph Enderle, second lieutenant.
Privates: Lewis Bates, age 25; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Saxe Mein- ingen ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 : mustered out August 21, 1861. Lewis Bickler, age 24; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Wurttemberg ; en-
GENERAL CHARLES L. MATTHIES
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listed April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Cavalry). Edmond Bonitz, age 23; residence, Burling- ton ; nativity, Saxony ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; wounded in abdomen August 10, 1861, at Wilson's Creek, Mo .; mustered out May 14, 1861. Nichol Bouquet, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Bavaria ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Charles Bruokner, age 31; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Bavaria ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. William Christ, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Hesse ; enlisted April 23, 1861, as drum- mer ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Joseph Enderle, age 26; nativity, Baden ; appointed second lieutenant April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; promoted first lieutenant July 25, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Laurens Feirtag, age 27 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; en- listed April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861; mustered out August 21, 1861. Christ Griese, age 32; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861; mustered out August 21, 1861. William Grothe, age 25 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. William Alexander Haw, age 45 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Cavalry). John Henn, age 42 ; residence, Burling- ton; nativity, Bavaria; enlisted April 23, 1861; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mus- tered out August 21, 1861. Frank Hille, age 32; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Cavalry). Casper Hohkamp, age 26: residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Iowa Cavalry). Henry Hohkamp, age 28; residence, Burlington; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Gustav Hohm- brecker, age 23: residence, Burlington; nativity, Prussia; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company E, Twenty-fifth Infantry). Frederick Hoschle, age 22; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Cavalry). Anton Hupprich, age 21 ; residence. Burlington ; nativity. Hanover ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861; mustered out August 21, 1861. Charles Jockers, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Baden ; enlisted April 23, 1861; mustered May 14, 1861; mustered out August 21, 1861 (see Company F, Fifth Cavalry). Frederick Kamphofner, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Lewis Kasiske, age 23; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mus- tered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Julius Kaskel, age 24; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Matthias Keller, age 44; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; appointed first lieutenant April 25, 1861 ; mus- tered May 14, 1861 ; promoted captain July 25, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Herman Kettner, age 35; residence, Burlington; nativity, Baden ; enlisted April 23, 1861 ; mustered May 14, 1861 ; mustered out August 21, 1861. Henry Klein, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Bavaria ; enlisted April 23, 1861; -
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