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County ; nativity, Germany; enlisted December 14, 1863; mustered December 22, 1863; taken prisoner December 17, 1864, Little Harpeth, Tenn .; mustered out June 7, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Charles E. Lambkin ( veteran), age 20; res- idence, Kossuth ; nativity, Virginia ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted sixth corporal February 1, 1862; fifth corporal February 4, 1862; fifth sergeant April 1, 1862; fourth sergeant August 1, 1862; third sergeant February 1, 1863; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864: promoted company commissary sergeant November 1, 1864. Leroy S. Lambkin, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Vermont ; enlisted August 18, 1862; mustered August 18, 1862; discharged for disability March 10, 1863, La Grange, Tenn .; reentered the service January 21, 1865 (see Company G, Forty-fifth Infantry). John H. Lee, age 23; residence, Kingston ; nativity, Canada ; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5, 1864; promoted eighth corporal September 13, 1864; sixth corporal November 1, 1864; fifth corporal January 1, 1865; fourth cor- poral March 1, 1865; third corporal April 1, 1865; second corporal June 18, 1865. Abraham Leffler (veteran), age 23; residence, Burlington; nativity, New Jersey ; enlisted August 28, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; wounded slightly May 9, 1862, Farmington, Miss .; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864. Frederick Lehart, age 20; residence, Kossuth; nativity, New York; enlisted August 12, 1861; mustered August 30, 1861 ; wounded slightly May 9. 1862, Farmington, Miss .; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Joseph S. Long, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted December 2, 1863; mustered December 2, 1863. Lewis D. Loper, age 18; residence, Kingston; nativity, Iowa; enlisted December 7, 1863 ; mustered December 7, 1863 ; mustered out May 20, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. James E. McAllister, age 32; residence, Danville ; nativity, New Jersey ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; discharged for disability May 18, 1862, Farmington, Miss. Addison McCray (veteran), age 19; residence, Dcs Moines County ; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted November 21, 1861 ; mustered Novem- ber 21, 1861; promoted eighth corporal February 1, 1862; seventh corporal February 4, 1862; sixth corporal April 1, 1862; second corporal October 15, 1862; sixth sergeant February 1, 1863 ; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864; promoted fifth sergeant June 1, 1864 ; third sergeant November 1, 1864; company quartermaster sergeant March 1, 1865; first sergeant April 1, 1865. Philander McCray, age 31 ; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted Jan- uary 19, 1865 ; mustered January 19, 1865. James H. McGinnis, age 23; res- idence, Burlington ; nativity, Kentucky ; enlisted August 25, 1861, as farrier ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; discharged for disability January 18, 1863, Quincy, Ill. James A. McManus, age 18; residence, Kossuth; nativity, Delaware ; en- listed August 20, 1861, as bugler ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out Octo- ber 3, 1864, Davenport, lowa, expiration of term of service. John T. Mickey, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 24, 1865 ; mustered January 24, 1865. William W. C. Miller (veteran), age 30 ; residence, Burlington : nativity, Ohio ; enlisted August 28, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted First Battalion commissary sergeant December 1, 1861 (see field and staff). John R. Monden, age 19: residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Illi- nois ; enlisted February 10, 1865; mustered February 10, 1865. William W. Monden, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Illinois ; enlisted Feb-
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ruary 10, 1865; mustered February 10, 1865. Charles P. Moore (veteran), age 32; residence, Burlington : nativity, Maine; appointed second lieutenant August 20, 1861; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted first lieutenant December I, 1861 ; captain June 11, 1862 ; Second Battalion major May 6, 1864. William H. E. Morris, age 25 : residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 12, 1861, as eighth corporal ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted seventh cor- poral December 26. 1861 ; fourth corporal February 1, 1862; mustered out Octo- ber 3, 1864, Davenport. Iowa, expiration of term of service. Robert C. Moter, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 19, 1861 : mus- tered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa; expira- tion of term of service. William A. Moter, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ohio; enlisted August 19, 1861; mustered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Jolin Ogle, age 20; residence, Kossuth; nativity, Iowa; enlisted December 25, 1863; mustered December 25, 1863: died of disease January 26, 1865, Memphis, Tenn; buried in Mississippi River National Cemetery, Memphis, Tenn., section 2, grave 318. John Osborn, age 18; resi- dence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted January 24, 1865; mus- tered January 24, 1865. Ira D. Patterson, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Illinois ; enlisted March 25, 1864; mustered March 26, 1864. Lyman B. Pierce (veteran), age 27; residence, Kossuth; nativity, Vermont ; enlisted August 24, 1861, as seventh corporal ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; reduced to ranks December 1, 1861 ; promoted eighth corporal October 15, 1862; seventh corporal February 1, 1863; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864 ; promoted fifth corporal June 1, 1864; fourth corporal July 23, 1864; third corporal Sep- tember 13, 1864; sixth sergeant November 1, 1864; fifth sergeant March 1, 1865. Thomas Pierson, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted De- cember 4, 1863: mustered December 4, 1863. Edwin M. Pike, age 18; res- idence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 19, 1865 ; mustered January 19, 1865 ; mustered out June 20, 1865, Davenport, Iowa (see Company G, Forty-fifth Infantry). Isaiah Pilling, age 26; residence, Kossuth ; nativity, England; enlisted August 30, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Robert G. Ping, age 18; residence, Dodgeville ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted December 2, 1863 ; mustered December 2, 1863. Thompson Rader, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio : enlisted February 1, 1865; mutstered February 1, 1865. Robert- son M. Reed, age 21 ; residence, Kossuth ; nativity, Indiana; enlisted December 18, 1863 : mustered December 18, 1863. Henry H. Robinson, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 25, 1865; mustered Jan- uary 25, 1865. William Russell, age 19: residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport. Iowa, expiration of term of service. Dennis Ryan ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ireland; enlisted August 21, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. John H. Scott, age 20; residence, Des Moines County : nativity, Penn- sylvania ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; died of disease January 19, 1862, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo. Elias H. Sheppard ( vet- eran), age 20 ; residence, Kossuth ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted October 4, 1861 ; mus-
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tered October 4, 1861 ; promoted eighth corporal December 26, 1861 ; fifth corporal February 1, 1862; fourth corporal February 4, 1862; fifth sergeant October 15, 1862 ; fourth sergeant February 1, 1863 : reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864. Thomas M. Skaggs, age 28; residence, Kingston; nativity, Kentucky; enlisted January 5. 1864 ; mustered January 5, 1864; mustered out June 3, 1865, Louis- ville, Ky. Samuel K. Spaulding, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted February 8, 1865; mustered February 8, 1865. Sever- enous Stamm (veteran), age 23 : residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Penn- sylvania ; enlisted August 12, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted bugler January 1, 1862; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864. John T. Stathers, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; enlisted August 24, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; killed in action December 4, 1862, Water Valley, Miss. Mathew P. Tenant, age 18; residence, Dodgeville ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted December 2, 1863 ; mustered December 2, 1863 ; died of disease October 13, 1864, Des Moines County, Iowa. Cornelius Thompson, age 20; residence, Des Moines County : nativity, Ohio; enlisted February 2, 1865; mustered Feb- ruary 2, 1865. William Thompson, age 18 : residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio ; enlisted February 2, 1865; mustered February 2, 1865. Elisha Vance, age 38; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Ohio ; enlisted August 28, 1861 ; mus- tered August 30, 1861 ; promoted wagoner September 30, 1861; mustered out October 3, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Samuel G. Vannice (veteran), age 24; residence, Dodgeville; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted October 5, 1861 ; mustered October 5, 1861 ; promoted fifth sergeant February 1, 1862; fourth sergeant April 1, 1862; third sergeant August 1, 1862; second sergeant February 1, 1863; reenlisted and remustered March 1, 1864; first ser- geant March 1, 1865; died of disease March 22, 1865, Eastport, Miss .; buried in Shiloh National Cemetery. Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., section 1, grave 123. John I. Vaughn, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Indiana ; en- listed October 4, 1861 ; mustered October 4. 1861 ; mustered out October 23, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. Jacob Walker, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted December 8, 1863 ; mustered De- cember 22, 1863; taken prisoner December 17, 1864, Little Harpeth, Tenn. ; mus- tered out June 7, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Thomas M. Wall, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Maryland; enlisted March 31, 1864; mustered April 12, 1864; wounded slightly December 17. 1864, Little Harpeth, Tenn. ; mustered out September 19, 1865, Selma, Ala. (see Company K, Fourteenth Infantry). Henri Wempe, age 25 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 20, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; promoted saddler, December 1, 1861 ; mus- tered out October 3, 1864. Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service. George Werner, age 25: residence, Burlington; nativity, Germany ; enlisted August 20, 1861 ; mustered August 30, 1861 ; died of disease March 24, 1864, Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis), Mo .; buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis), Mo., section 6, grave 245. Lewis C. Williams, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 19, 1865 ; mus- tered January 25, 1865 (see Company G, Forty-fifth Infantry). Jonathan Wil- son, age 23; residence, Kingston; nativity, Ohio; enlisted December 8, 1863; mustered January 5, 1864: wounded slightly November 19, 1864, Butler Creek, Ala. Henry H. Yates, age 22; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Illinois ;
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enlisted January 23, 1865; mustered January 23, 1865; mustered out October 31, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
COMPANY M
Privates: John W. Bridwell, age 20; residence, Kossuth; nativity, Iowa; enlisted January 19, 1865; mustered January 19, 1865; died of disease May 7, 1865, Eastport, Miss .; buried in Shiloh National Cemetery, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., section E, grave 275. Nelson Wells, age 38; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted March 16, 1864; mustered March 16, 1864.
UNASSIGNED RECRUITS
William Fitzpatrick, age 26; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Indiana; enlisted January 17, 1865 ; mustered January 17, 1865; no further record found. James Fleetwood, age 23; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Illinois; enlisted January 2, 1865 ; mustered January 2, 1865; no further record found. John Fraser, age 25; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Missouri ; enlisted January 20, 1865; mus- tered January 20, 1865; no further record found. Charles F. Mitchell, age 21 ; residence, Burlington ; nativity, New York; enlisted February 2, 1865; mustered February 2, 1865; no further record found. Charles W. Tompson, age 23; residence, Burlington : nativity, Ohio; enlisted February 2, 1865; mustered Feb- ruary 2, 1865; no further record found. George Wright, age 21; residence, Burlington; nativity, Indiana; enlisted January 2, 1865; mustered January 2, 1865; war department reports: "No record found." Martin Wright, age 23; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Canada; enlisted January 2, 1865; mustered January 2, 1865; no further record found.
TIIIRD REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Term of service three years. Mustered into the service of the United States at Keokuk, Iowa, September 14. 1861, by Capt. Charles C. Smith and Lieut. Ira K. Knox, of the United States Army.
Field and Staff: Cyrus Bussey; residence, Bloomfield; nativity, Ohio; ap- pointed colonel August 10, 1861 ; mustered August 10, 1861 ; promoted brigadier- general April 10, 1864. Henry H. Trimble, age 34; nativity, Indiana ; appointed lieutenant colonel August 26, 1861 ; wounded severely March 7, 1862, Pea Ridge, Ark .; resigned September 4, 1862. Carleton H. Perry; residence, Keokuk; nativity, Vermont ; appointed first battalion major August 26, 1861 ; resigned for disability November 18, 1862. Henry C. Caldwell; residence, Keosauqua ; ap- pointed second battalion major August 26, 1861 ; promoted lieutenant-colonel September 5, 1862; colonel May 1, 1864; resigned June 25, 1864. William C. Drake, age 35; residence, Corydon; nativity, Illinois; appointed third battalion major September II, 1861 ; died of disease October 24, 1862, Corydon, Iowa. John W. Noble, age 30; residence, Keokuk; nativity, Ohio; appointed adjutant August 26, 1861 ; transferred to Company C, as first lieutenant November I, 1862; promoted major from first lieutenant of Company C, November 18, 1862;
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lieutenant colonel May 1, 1864; colonel May 23, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Enos T. Cole; residence, Bloomfield ; appointed quartermas- ter September 17, 1861 ; transferred to Company A, as first lieutenant April 30, 1862. Thomas Il. Brown (veteran ), age 22; residence, Garden Grove ; nativity, Ohio; promoted regimental commissary from third battalion commissary ser- geant October 1, 1862; brevet captain of volunteers, May 19, 1865; mustered out July 15, 1865, Nashville, Tenn.
COMPANY A
Privates: William Burns, age 17; residence, Burlington ; enlisted Novem- ber 26, 1862; mustered November 26, 1862; died of disease January 24, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa. Lewis Gray, age 20; residence, Burlington; nativity, Illinois; enlisted January 28, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865. Atlanta, Ga. Robert A. Patterson, age 36; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted February 22, 1864; mustered February 29, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY B
Privates: George W. Eaton, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY E
Privates: John West, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; en- listed November 4, 1863; mustered November 4, 1863 ; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY F
Privates: James L. Brown, age 22; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 4, 1864; taken prisoner Jan- uary 3, 1865, near Franklin, Miss. ; mustered out June 15, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. William A. Carter, age 18; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Iowa; enlisted Jan- uary 4, 1864 ; mustered January 4, 1864; mustered out June 12, 1865, Louisville, Ky. William Dodds, age 40; residence, Des Moines County; nativity, Penn- sylvania ; enlisted January 2, 1864; mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Charles Fletcher, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Illinois ; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 4, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Benjamin C. Karnes, age 20; resi- dence, Des Moines County ; nativity Iowa ; enlisted January 4, 1864 ; mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Alexander C. Laughlin, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 4, 1864: mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Stewart C. Laughlin, age 18; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity. Pennsyl- vania ; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Henry P. Long, age 18; residence, Burlington ;
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nativity, Pennsylvania; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 4, 1864; mustered out May 29, 1865, Louisville, Ky. James W. McCormick, age 22; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Indiana; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 21, 1864 ; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. William H. Monroe, age 26; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, New Jersey ; en- listed January 4, 1864; mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Solomon Vaught, age 19; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, Indiana ; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Francis Winn, age 32; residence, Des Moines County ; nativity, England ; enlisted January 4, 1864; mustered January 21, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY G
Privates: Joseph Boyer, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5. 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Calvin S. Brown, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa; enlisted January 5, 1864 ; mustered January 5, 1864 ; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta Ga. Miner McCrary, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Iowa ; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5, 1864 ; mustered out August 9, 1865. Atlanta, Ga. Thomas H. Pace, age 19; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Virginia ; enlisted November 4, 1863; mustered November 4, 1863; taken prisoner May 1, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. William H. Perry, age 33; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5. 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Calvin Root, age 22; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Olio; enlisted November 4, 1863; mustered November 4, 1863; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY I
Privates: Casper Hellmuth, age 24; residence, Burlington; nativity, Ger- many ; enlisted October 4, 1863; mustered December II, 1863; died January 6, 1864, Devall's Bluff, Ark. John C. Mersch, age 38; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Germany ; enlisted September 21, 1863; mustered December 1I, 1863; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Wesley S. Scott, age 40; residence, Burlington ; nativity, Ohio; enlisted January 21, 1864; mustered February 13, 1864; taken prisoner June 10, 1864, Ripley, Miss .; died of disease September 26, 1864, Keokuk, Iowa.
COMPANY K
Privates: Silas A. Harris, age 18; residence, Burlington; nativity, Illinois ; enlisted January 5, 1864; mustered January 5, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
COMPANY L
Privates: Daniel McCristol (veteran), age 35; residence, Kingston ; nativ . ity. Pennsylvania ; enlisted October 14, 1861 ; mustered October 14, 1861 ; reen- listed and remustered February 2, 1864; mustered out August 9, 1865, Atlanta, Ga.
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FOURTHI REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Term of service three years. Mustered into the service of the United States at Mount Pleasant, Iowa, January 1, 1862, by Capt. Alexander Cham- bers, United States Army.
Field and Staff: Asbury B. Porter, age 53; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativity, Kentucky ; appointed colonel October 1, 1801 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; resigned March 19, 1863. Thomas Drummond, age 30; residence, Vinton ; nativity, Virginia; appointed lieutenant colonel December 24, 1861 ; resigned June 3, 1862. Simeon D. Swan, age 31 ; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativity, Pennsylvania ; appointed first battalion major September 17, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; promoted lieutenant colonel June 4. 1862 ; resigned July 13, 1863. Joseph E. Jewett, age 49: residence, Des Moines; nativity, Vermont ; appointed second battalion major, October 14, 1861; mustered December 26, 1861 ; promoted first battalion major June 4, 1862; resigned January 2, 1863 (see Company D, Second Cavalry). George A. Stone, age 28; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativity, New York ; promoted third battalion major from Company H, November 2, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; promoted second battalion major June 4, 1862; mustered out for promotion as colonel of Twenty-fifth Infantry August 10, 1862. George W. Waldron, age 33; residence, Dubuque ; nativity, New York ; appointed regimental adjutant December 8, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; mustered out June 1, 1862 (see field and staff, First In- fantry ). Simon P. Lauffer, age 30; residence, Mount Pleasant; nativity, Penn- sylvania ; appointed regimental quartermaster November 19, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; mustered out April 21, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. William T. Allen. age 27; residence, Iowa City : nativity, Vermont ; promoted regimental commissary from regimental commissary sergeant September 15, 1862; mustered September 16, 1862; promoted captain and commissary of subsistence of volun- teers, August 10, 1864. Warren Beckwith, age 28; residence, Mount Pleasant; nativity, New York ; promoted first battalion adjutant from Company C, Decem- ber 25, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861; promoted captain of Company C, January 1, 1863. Watson B. Porter, age 25; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativ- ity, Illinois ; promoted second battalion adjutant from first lieutenant of Com- pany C, December 25, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; promoted captain of Company C. April 15. 1862. Samuel F. Cooper, age 34: residence, Grinnell; nativity, Massachusetts ; promoted third battalion adjutant from fourth sergeant of Company E, December 25, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 : mustered out September 6, 1862 (see field and staff, Fortieth Infantry). J. Marshall Rust, age 32; residence, Sidney ; nativity, Virginia; promoted first battalion quarter- master from second lieutenant of Company A, December 25, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; promoted regimental quartermaster April 12, 1862; pro- moted captain of Company A, June 5, 1862. William P. Brazelton ; residence, Mount Pleasant; appointed second battalion quartermaster October 18, 1861; mustered December 26, 1861; promoted second battalion adjutant April 15, 1862; mustered out July 29, 1862. Ira FF. Phillips, age 39; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativity, New York; promoted third battalion quartermaster from Company C December 25, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 : mustered out April 18, 1862. Andrew W. McClure, age 33; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativ-
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ity, Ohio; appointed surgeon October 20, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861; resigned April 24, 1863. Wellington Bird, age 45; residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativity, Pennsylvania; appointed assistant surgeon November 29, 1861 ; mus- tered December 26, 1861 ; promoted captain and commissary of subsistence of volunteers, May 18, 1864. William McK. Findlay; residence, Bloomfield; ap- pointed assistant surgeon March 7, 1863; mustered March 13, 1863; resigned June 2, 1863. Charles Fitch, age 38; residence, Van Buren County; nativity, New York; appointed assistant surgeon July 6, 1863; not mustered; regiment below minimum; commission revoked. Samuel W. Taylor, age 47; residence, Glasgow; nativity, Connecticut; appointed assistant surgeon June 4, 1864; mus- tered June 7, 1864; mustered out August 10, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Robert R. Taylor, age 36; residence, Cedar Rapids ; nativity, Virginia ; appointed assistant surgeon March 13, 1862; resigned October 22, 1862. David Stewart, age 31 ; residence, North Liberty; nativity, Pennsylvania ; appointed assistant surgeon December 2, 1862; promoted assistant surgeon of Twenty-eighth Infantry ; com- mission in this regiment revoked. Stephen Cummings, age 36; residence, Hop- kinton; nativity, New York; appointed assistant surgeon July 2, 1863; mustered July 20, 1863; mustered out August 10, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. William Robinson, age 40; residence, Grinnell; nativity, New York; promoted additional assistant surgeon from third battalion hospital steward June 1, 1862; promoted assistant surgeon January 7, 1863 ; surgeon June 28, 1863 ; mustered out August 10, 1865, Atlanta, Ga. Andrew J. Kirkpatrick, age 44: residence, Mount Pleasant ; nativ- ity, Ohio; promoted chaplain from Company K, November 29, 1861 ; mustered December 26, 1861 ; discharged December 5, 1864, Memphis, Tenn., expira- tion of term of service.
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