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tember 12, 1862; reduced to fifth corporal October 12, 1862 ; promoted third cor- poral July 1, 1864 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. ( see Company D, First Infantry ). Orange S. Seamans, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativ- ity, Iowa ; enlisted August 6, 1862 ; mustered September 12, 1862; died February 5, 1863, on hospital boat. Robert M. Seamans, age 23; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; appointed first lieutenant July 23. 1862 ; mustered September 27, 1862; died of disease February 4, 1863, Burlington, Iowa. Caspar Shrader, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 5, 1862 ; mustered September 12, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. John W. Sisler, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 21, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; died of disease December 22, 1862, Helena, Ark. George D. Smith, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsylvania; en- listed August 4, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps, September 1, 1863; no further record. Daniel J. Spencer, age 20; resi- dence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 6, 1862, as drummer ; mus- tered September 12, 1862; wounded slightly August 31, 1864, Jonesborough, Ga. ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Charles N. Stoddard, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 9, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; wounded March 20, 1865, Mill Creek, N. C .; mustered out July 7, 1865. David's Island, N. Y. Oscar A. Stout, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 9, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; wounded; finger amputated July 22, 1864; Atlanta, Ga. ; promoted eighth corporal; taken prisoner February 3, 1865, Hickory Hill, S. C .; mustered out July 15, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. John Sulzer, age 19; residence, Burling- ton ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 4, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; discharged for disability February 18, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. Groeling Ub- belohide, age 43; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August II, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862: died December 6, 1863, Bridgeport, Ala .; buried in National Cemetery, Chattanooga, Tenn., section H, grave 345. David B. Underwood, age 19: residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; died of disease September 30, 1863, Memphis, Tenn .; buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., section 1, grave 172. Theodore Volz, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany; enlisted July 31. 1862, as second sergeant ; mustered Sep- tember 12, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Lebanon, Walker, age 22; residence, Burlington; nativity, Virginia ; enlisted August 14, 1862; inustered September 12, 1862; died of disease March 19, 1864. St. Louis, Mo .; buried at Arsenal Island, St. Louis, Mo. Lewis G. Walter, age 26; resi- dence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 9, 1862, as third sergeant ; mustered September 12, 1862; promoted first sergeant November 2, 1863; second liteutenant May 2, 1865; not mustered; mustered out June 6, 1865; Washington, D. C. Oscar A. Wells, age 29; residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York; enlisted August 22, 1862, as first corporal; mustered Sep- tember 12, 1862; discharged for disability December 19. 1862. Helena, Ark. Abial L. Wintz, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 14, 1862 ; mustered September 12, 1862 ; promoted musician ; discharged for pro- motion in United States Colored Infantry October 22, 1864, Little River, Ga. Levi I. Woodmansee, age 19; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted
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August 6, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; discharged for disability April 8, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa. David Work, age 27; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered September 12, 1862; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps March 15, 1864; no further record.
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Privates: Thomas R. Acres, age 18; residence Burlington; nativity, Spain ; enlisted July 18, 1862, as second sergeant ; mustered July 18, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Charles G. Anderson, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Sweden; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; wounded June 24, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga .; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Rollin Arnold, age 21; residence, Burlington ; na- tivity, Virginia; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Franklin B. Baker, age 30; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865. Washington, D. C. Edward C. Bangs, age 25; residence, Burlington; nativity, Illinois; enlisted August 14, 1862; mustered August 14, 1862; promoted eighth corporal, April 10, 1863; second sergeant January 22, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Charles Baw- mann, age 27; residence, Burlington; nativity, Germany; enlisted August 4, 1862; mustered August 4, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. William Bawmann, age 24; residence, Burlington; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 5, 1862; mustered August 5, 1862; wounded slightly January 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark .; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. John N. Bell, age 23; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; appointed captain July 21, 1862; mustered September 27, 1862; wounded slightly January 11, 1863, Arkan- sas Post, Ark. ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Edward Benk- ert, age 19; residence, Burlington; nativity, Saxony; enlisted Aug. 11, 1862; mustered August 11, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Albert Benson, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Illinois; enlisted August 22, 1862, as drummer; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1862, Washington, D. C. Samuel H. Borger, age 29; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Sweden; enlisted August 8, 1862; mustered August 8, 1862; died of disease October 19, 1863. St. Louis, Mo .; buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Bar- racks (St Louis), Mo., section 31, grave 96. Nick Bouquet, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany; enlisted July 5, 1862, as fourth sergeant ; mus- tered July 5, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865. Washington, D. C. Joseph Breece, age 23; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Indiana; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. James H. Brewer, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsylvania; en- listed August 22, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Louis Brucker, age 18; residence, Burlington; na- tivity, France; enlisted August 12, 1862; mustered August 13, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Thomas P. Bryan, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Missouri; enlisted February 25, 1864; mustered February 25, 1864; transferred to Company C, Fourth Infantry, May 30, 1865 ( Thomas P. Bryant). John A. Burge, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Tennes-
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see ; enlisted July 21, 1862; mustered July 21, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. John Burns, age 25; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ire- land; enlisted July 22, 1862; mustered July 22, 1862; wounded December 28, 1862, Vicksburg, Miss .; transferred to Invalid Corps September 3, 1863; dis- charged July 5, 1865, Indianapolis, Ind. William Butt, age 38; residence, Bur- lington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted February 25, 1864; mustered February 25, 1864; transferred to Company C, Fourth Infantry, May 30, 1865. James A. Castell, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, lowa; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, 1862 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. William A. Castell, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862 ; transferred to Invalid Corps, September 1, 1863 ; mus- tered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Jacob Cline, age 18; residence, Bur- lington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted July 31, 1862; mustered July 31, 1862; pro- mnoted fifth corporal March 19, 1863 ; wounded slightly November 27, 1863, Ring- gold, Ga .; promoted third sergeant November 9, 1864; wounded severely March 20, 1865; Bentonville, N. C .; mustered out July 6, 1865, David's Island, New York. Edmund B. Davis, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; en- listed August 12, 1862; mustered August 12, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Ephraim Davis, age 21; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted July 28, 1862; mustered July 28, 1862; promoted second ser- geant May 17, 1863 ; died of disease December 25, 1863, Memphis, Tenn. Ben- jamin B. Davison, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 7, 1862 ; mustered August 7, 1862 ; killed in action May 19, 1863, Vicks- burg, Miss. John G. Davison, age 25; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Penn- sylvania ; enlisted, August 9, 1862; mustered August 9, 1862; promoted fourth corporal October 24, 1862; second lieutenant March 1, 1863; mustered out June 6, 1865. Washington, D. C. John S. Dodge, age 40; residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York; enlisted July 24, 1862, as third sergeant; mustered July 24, 1862; mustered out May 8, 1865. Davenport, Iowa. John Donahue, age 28; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ireland; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Richard Dressel, age 21 ; residence, Burlington; nativity, Prussia; enlisted August 15, 1862, as first corporal; mustered August 15, 1862; discharged for disability March 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. (see Company E, Eighth Cavalry). Albert B. Dunham, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted July 19, 1862, as sixth corporal; mustered July 19, 1862; discharged for promotion as captain and assistant quartermaster United States Volunteers, August 4, 1864. David Earnest, age 43; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps September I, 1863; died October 22, 1863. Memphis, Tenn .; buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., section I. grave 110. Griffith Elliott, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted October 29, 1862; mustered April 29, 1863 ; died of disease June 26, 1863, St. Louis Mo .; buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, (St. Louis) Mo., section 1, grave 183. William H. Ennis, age 25; residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York ; enlisted July 31, 1862; mustered July 31, 1862: mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Joseph N. Fleming, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted July 19, 1862 ; mustered July 19, 1862 ; promoted second corporal
LEFT, CHARLES STAFF; RIGHT, DAVID A. EARNEST Members of the Thirty-seventh and Twenty-fifth lowa Infantry during the Civil War
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August 21, 1863; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Harry V. Foote, age 17; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted Novem- ber 2, 1862; mustered November 2, 1862; promoted drummer, died of disease July 15, 1863. regimental hospital, Walnut Hills, Miss. Walter L. Gamage, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 7, 1862, as fifer ; mustered August 7, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. James Gant, age 27; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 14, 1862; mustered August 14, 1862; died of disease, March 23, 1863; St. Louis, Mo. William B. Garman, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; en- listed August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Robert W. Gregg, age 19; residence, Parrish; nativity, Virginia ; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865; Washington, D. C. , Virgil Gregg, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; trans- ferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1864; mustered out August 12, 1865. William Gregg, age 31; residence, Burlington; nativity, Virginia. Enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted quartermaster sergeant (see field and staff). Robert Grieves, age 23; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 7, 1862 ; mustered August 7, 1862 ; discharged March 1, 1865, Goldsboro, N. C. William Grieves, age 19; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted July 28, 1862; mustered July 28, 1862; died of disease November 17, 1862, Burling- ton, Iowa. Charles Gross, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsyl- vania ; enlisted August 21, 1862; mustered August 21, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Johannes Gubser, age 25; residence, Burling- ton; nativity, Switzerland; enlisted July 29, 1862; mustered July 29. 1862; wounded severely May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss .; died of wounds June 19, 1863, Memphis, Tenn. Albert Hanna, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Lewis R. Hilleary, age 19; residence, Bur- lington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 5, 1862 ; mustered August 5, 1862 ; mus- tered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Gustav Holmbrecker, age 24; resi- dence, Burlington ; nativity, Prussia ; enlisted July 23, 1862 ; mustered July 23, 1862; promoted fifth corporal November 9, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. (see Company D, First Infantry). Dennis Holden, age 41 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted July 31, 1862 ; mustered July 31, 1862 (see Fourth Infantry). (Unassigned). Endoras A. Holland, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; mustered Sep- tember 27, 1862; promoted wagoner ; wounded severely January 11, 1863, Ar- kansas Post, Ark .; died of wounds January 15, 1863, Memphis, Tenn. ; buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. Homer Holland, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 13, 1862; mustered August 13, 1862 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Daniel Hoover, age 18; residence, Burlington : nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 4, 1862; mustered August 4, 1862 ; died of disease January 7, 1863, Helena, Ark. George W. Iloover, age 22; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted August 11, 1862, as fifth sergeant ; mustered August 11, 1862; discharged for disability April 10, 1863. St. Louis, Mo. Martin Hoover, age 20; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, Vol. I-16
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1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. David Hunter, age 28; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Jacob Juengel, age 22; residence, Burlington; nativity, Germany : enlisted August 8, 1862; mustered August 8, 1862; mustered out June 6. 1865, Washington, D. C. Ed- ward S. Kendall, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Indiana; enlisted July 25, 1862, as seventh corporal; mustered July 25, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Joseph L. King, age 39; residence, Burlington ; nativ- ity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 7. 1862; mustered August 7, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Martin Kirchmer, age 22; residence, Bur- lington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted October 24, 1862; mustered April 29, 1863; wounded May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss .; mustered out June 6, 1865, Wash- ington, D. C. James B. Layton, age 21; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted July 30, 1862; mustered July. 30, 1862; killed in action May 22, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. Andrew W. Linburg, age 22; residence, Burlington; nativity, Sweden; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; discharged for disability September 11, 1863, Black Bridge, Miss. James M. Neal, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted August 22, 1862; mus- tered August 22, 1862; promoted first corporal September 1, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Lucius Newcomb, age 24; residence, Bur- lington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 21, 1862; mustered August 21, 1862; wounded severely January 1I, 1863. Arkansas Post, Ark .; died of disease July 7, 1863, Walnut Hills, Miss .; buried in National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss .; section G, grave 1252. Samuel K. Peel, age 38; residence, Burling- ton; nativity, Virginia; enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered August 15, 1862; promoted fourth corporal February 20, 1863; second corporal March 28, 1863; discharged for disability August 21, 1863; Vicksburg, Miss. Swan F. Peterson, age 31; residence, Burlington; nativity, Sweden ; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; killed in action January JI, 1863. Arkansas Post. Ark. Charles L. Renz. age 24; residence, Burlington ; vity. Pennsylvania ; enlisted July 30, 1862 ; mustered July 30, 1862; wounded S. tly January 11, 1863, Arkansas Post, Ark .; wounded October 21, 1863, Cherokee, Ala .; died July 15, 1864, Memphis, Tenn. Adolph Schrei, age 22; residence, Burlington; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered August 22, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865. Washington, D. C. Joseph Schuler, age 19; residence, Burlington; nativity, Baden ; enlisted July 31, 1862 ; mustered July 31. 1862; discharged for disability August 1, 1863, Camp Sherman, Miss. (see Company F, Eighth Infantry). Joseph Shafer, age 22; residence, Burling- ton ; nativity, Germany; enlisted August 6, 1862; mustered August 6, 1862; dis- charged for disability September 29. 1864, East Point, Ga. John W. Shafer, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany; appointed second lieutenant July 24, 1862 ; mustered July 24, 1862; promoted first lieutenant March 1, 1863; mustered out June 6, 1865. Washington, D. C. Daniel Shultz, age I8; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted February 25, 1864; mustered Feb- ruary 25. 1864; transferred to Company C, Fourth Infantry, May 30, 1865. David C. Shultz, age 22; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 2, 1862, as fourth corporal ; mustered August 2, 1862; deserted October 15, 1862, Camp Mckean ( Mount Pleasant), lowa. John Shultz, age 42; resi-
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dence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Samuel W. Snow, age 24; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; appointed first lieutenant July 21, 1862; mustered July 21, 1862; promoted adjutant March 1, 1863; wounded November 27, 1863, Ringgold, Ga .; wounded August, 1864, Atlanta, Ga .; resigned for promotion as captain and assistant adjutant general, United States Volunteers, April 8, 1865. James S. Spencer, age 27; residence, Burling- ton ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted August 15, 1862, as first sergeant ; mustered August 15, 1862; reduced to third corporal October 1, 1862; wounded December 28, 1862, Vicksburg, Miss .; promoted first corporal; discharged for promotion in First Mississippi Colored Infantry, February 23, 1864, Vicksburg, Miss. Walter Steingraber, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted February 29, 1864; mustered February 29, 1864; wounded severely ; leg amputated July 22, 1864, Atlanta, Ga. ; transferred to Company G, Fourth Infantry, May 30, 1865. Frazier Storer, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 6, 1862; mustered August 6, 1862; died of disease February 14, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. John C. Tallman, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Virginia ; enlisted July 30, 1862; mustered July 30, 1862; promoted fourth corporal March 28, 1863; mustered out June 6, 1865, Wash- ington, D. C. Henry W. Taylor, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 14, 1862; mustered August 14, 1862; promoted eighth corporal January 22, 1864; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Isaac N. Train, age 19; residence, Burlington : nativity, New York; enlisted August 21, 1862; mustered August 21, 1862; taken prisoner and exchanged June 18, 1864, Kenesaw Mountain, Ga .; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Thomas G. Troxel, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Pennsylvania; en- listed August 21, 1862; mustered August 21, 1862; promoted first sergeant October 1, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Robert Turner, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Virginia; enlisted August 11, 1862, as eighth corporal; mustered August 11, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant April - ", 1863; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Seth Wade, age 29;
dence, Burlington ; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; mustered A Just 11, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Thomas Wagg, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, England ; enlisted August 11, 1862; mustered August 11, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. George Ward, age 31 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Massachusetts; enlisted August 15, 1862, as third corporal; mustered August 15, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Wash- ington, D. C. Hugh Watson, age 24; residence Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 12, 1862; mustered August 12, 1862; discharged for disability April 8, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. Frederick Weiss, age 19; residence Burlington ; nativity, Germany; enlisted August 11, 1862; mustered August 11, 1862; mus- tered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Martin Whitehead, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, England; enlisted July 19, 1862, as second corporal ; mus- tered July 19, 1862; discharged for disability July 29, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. (see Company F, Forty-fifth Infantry). Joseph P. Wightman, Jr., age 23 : residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio ; enlisted August 22, 1862 ; mustered August 22, 1862 ; promoted sergeant major June 11, 1863 ; adjutant April 20, 1865 ; mus- tered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. William B. Williamson, age 44; resi-
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dence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio ; enlisted July 24, 1862; mustered July 24, 1862 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Lawrence M. Wilson, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered August 2, 1862; wounded slightly November 27, 1863, Ringgold, Ga .; promoted first corporal; killed in action September 1. 1864, Jonesborough, Ga. John Yealey, age 27 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 11, 1862 ; muis- tered August 11, 1862; died of disease September 30, 1864, East Point, Ga .; buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga .; section E, grave 873. Henry L. Young, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Mississippi; enlisted July 21, 1862; mistered July 21, 1862 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C.
COMPANY G
Privates: Charles Ackles, age 43; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Illinois ; enlisted August 15, 1862, as sixth corporal; mustered September 10, 1862; dis- charged for disability February 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. Samuel Adair, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 2, 1862; mustered Sep- tember 10, 1862; died July 27, 1863, Milliken's Bend, La. John Aitken, age 23 ; residence, Middletown; nativity, Scotland ; enlisted August 12, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862 ; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. John Baner, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Jacob B. Barnhart, age 39; residence, Burlington; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted Au- gust 14, 1862 ; mustered September 10, 1862 ; wounded January 11, 1863, Arkan- sas Post, Ark .; died of wounds January 17, 1863, on hospital boat, "D. A. Jan- mary ;" buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn. John Barton, age 22 ; residence, Middletown ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 14, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862; died of disease July 7, 1864, Rome, Ga .; buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga., section C, grave 370. Benjamin F. Bonner, age 23; residence, Danville; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted August 18, 1862; mus- tered September 10, 1862; died of disease March 27, 1863, Young's Point, La .; buried in National Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss., section C, grave 311. Nelson Bundy, age 44; residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York ; enlisted July 29, 1862: mustered September 10, 1862; wounded September 3, 1864, Lovejoy's Station, Ga .; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. William F. Burns ; rejected September 27, 1862, by mustering officer. Christopher Carnahan, age 22; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted February 1, 1865 ; mustered February 1, 1865 : transferred to Company K, Ninth Infantry, May 30, 1865. Daniel Channel, age 18; residence, Danville; nativity, Virginia ; en- listed January 23, 1865 ; mustered January 23, 1865 ; transferred to Company K, Ninth Infantry, May 30, 1865. James H. Chinnith, age 20; residence, Burling- ton ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted August 7, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862; mustered out June 6, 1865, Washington, D. C. Charles Clark, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, France ; enlisted August 22, 1862, as fifer ; mustered Sep- tember 10, 1862 ; promoted principal musician ; returned to company October 10, 1862: deserted October 11, 1862, Camp Mckean (Mount Pleasant), Iowa (see field and staff). James H. Clark, age 32: residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York ; enlisted August 22, 1862; mustered September 10, 1862; deserted Octo-
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