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George W. Courrier. Died May 26, 1863, before mustered in. Buried in National Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.
James P. Fought. Age 18. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted April 10, 1863. Mustered AApril 30, 1863. Transferred to Company G, Seventh Cavalry, reorganized.
Ophir C. Fought. Age 23. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Ohio. En- listed April 10, 1863. Mustered April 25, 1863. Died of disease Oct. 25, 1863. Cottonwood Springs, Neb. Buried in National Cemetery, Fort McPherson, Neb.
Parker J. Harder. Age 24. Residence, Webster City; nativity, New York. Enlisted April 1, 1863, as sixth sergeant. Mustered April 25, 1863. Promoted fifth sergeant. July 27, 1863. Transferred to Company G, Seventh Cavalry, reorganized.
Benj. F. Lockhart. Age 21. Residence Homer ; nativity, Missouri. Enlisted April 1, 1863. Mustered April 25, 1863. Transferred to Company G, Seventh Cavalry, reorganized.
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COMPANY G, NINTHI CAVALRY
James M. Bacon. Age 18. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 13, 1863. Mustered Aug. 13. 1863. Deserted July 17. 1865. Codron Ferry, Ark.
Martin Cunardo. Age 18. Residence. Webster City; nativity, New York. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1863. Mustered Aug. 13. 1863. Mustered out Feb. 3. 1860. Little Rock, Ark.
Cunningham, Benjamin G. Age 19. Residence, Webster City; nativity. Indiana. Enlisted July 20, 1863, as second sergeant. Mustered July 20. 1863. Promoted company quartermaster sergeant, April 24, 1864. Mustered out Feb. 3. 1866, Little Rock, Ark.
Henry E. Dart. Age 18. Residence, Webster City ; nativity. Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1863. Mustered Aug. 13. 1863. Mustered out Feb. 3. 1806. Little Rock, Ark.
Dick Martin Davis. Age 21. Residence, Webster City ; nativity. Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 3, 1863. Mustered Aug. 3. 1863. Promoted teamster. Deserted July 17, 1865, Cordon Ferry, Ark.
Charles P. Robedee. Age 18. Residence. Webster City : nativity. New York. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1863. Mustered Aug. 13, 1863. Mustered out Feb. 3. 1866, Little Rock, Ark.
John C. Schaller. Age 31. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, France. En- listed Aug. 13, 1863. as second corporal. Mustered Aug. 13. 1863. Promoted first corporal, May 5, 1864. Mustered out Feb. 3, 1866, Little Rock, Ark.
COMPANY B. NINTH CAVALRY
Elijah F. Cross. Age 39. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Nov. 15, 1863. Mustered Nov. 15. 1863. Died of disease, May 11, 1864, St. Louis, Mo. Buried at Arsenal Island, St. Louis, Mo.
COMPANY L, NINTH CAVALRY
Gardner Dodge. Age 18. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Maine. En- listed July 29, 1863. Mustered July 29. 1863. Dishonorably discharged.
Alexander C. Maxwell. Age 18. Residence, Webster City : nativity, Illinois. Enlisted July 27, 1863. Mustered July 27. 1863. Promoted eighth corporal. Feb. 21. 1864. Died of disease, March 14. 1864. St. Louis, Mo. Buried at Arsenal Island, St. Louis, Mo.
COMPANY E. THIRD INFANTRY
Daniel Hill. Age 19. Residence, Hamilton county : nativity. Illinois. En- listed May 21, 1861. Mustered June 8. 1861. Severely wounded Sept. 17. 1861, Blue Hills, Mo. Died of typhoid fever, March 21. 1862, Gothic hospital, Paducah, Ky.
Gustavus S. Kendall ( veteran). AAge 18. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted May 21, 1861, as wagoner. Mustered June 8, 1861.
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Reenlisted and remustered Jan. 4, 1864. (See Co. A, Third Inf. Consolidated Battery. ) Mustered out July 12, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY C, SIXTHI IOWA INFANTRY
Robert W. Guthrie. Age 22. Residence, Webster City; nativity. Ohio. En- listed July 4. 1861. Mustered July 17, 1801. Discharged Jan. 2, 1862, LaMine Bridge, Mo., for disability.
COMPANY K, FIRST INFANTRY
George Rifenstalil. Age 28. Residence, Webster City: nativity, Germany. Enlisted April 24, 1861. Mustered May 14. 1861. Mustered out Aug. 21, 1861.
COMPANY K, TWELFTH INFANTRY
John Abbott. Age 23. Residence, Cass township; nativity, New York. En- listed Dec. 7. 1864. Mustered Dec. 7. 1864. Mustered out Dec. 7, 1865. Mobile. Alabama.
COMPANY HI, FIFTEENTHI INFANTRY
Addison A. Woodard. Age 21. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Wis- consin. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered Sept. 28. 1864. Mustered out June 2. 1865, Washington, D. C.
COMPANY C, SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
Thomas E. Ross. Age 19. Residence. Hamilton county. Enlisted Feb. 25. 1864. Mustered Feb. 25. 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY E, SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
David .A. Adams. Age 33. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered Nov. 18, 1864. Died, date and place unknown.
COMPANY F, SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
John .A. Cooper. Age 33. Residence, Second Congressional District ; nativ- ity, England. Enlisted Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865. Louisville, Ky.
Gilbert B. Pray. Age 18. Residence. Hamilton county; nativity, Indiana. Enlisted Nov. 23. 1864. Mustered Nov. 23, 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY I, SIXTEENTH INFANTRY
Lars Henderson. Age 41. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Norway. Enlisted Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered Nov. 18, 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
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COMPANY D. SIXTEENTHI INFANTRY
Robert Alcorn. Age 24. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Indiana. Appointed first lieutenant, Jan. 28, 1862. Mustered Jan. 28, 1862. Wounded severely Sept. 19, 1862, Tuka, Miss. Missing in action and taken prisoner July 22, 1864, AAtlanta. Ga. Mustered out Dec. 22, 1864, expiration of term of service.
John Braman Age 41. Residence, Fort Dodge; nativity, Denmark. En- listed Dec. 9. 1863. Mustered Dec. 9. 1863. Missing in action July 22, 1864. Atlanta, Ga. Died of fever, April 6, 1865. Baltimore, Md. Buried in London Park National Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
George C. Browning. AAge 18. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Indiana. En- listed Nov. 9. 1861. Mustered Dec. 11. 1861. Died of chronic diarrhea. Feb. 28, 1864. St. Louis, Mo. Buried in Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 6, grave 223.
Amos Butterworth. Age 21. Residence, Homer; nativity, Massachusetts. Enlisted Jan. 27, 1862. Mustered Jan. 28, 1862. Discharged for disability May 7. 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
David Carroll. Age 39. Residence, Homer: nativity, Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861. Mustered Dec. 14. 1861. Promoted sixth corporal, April 17. 1862; first corporal, Sept. 1. 1862. Wounded Sept. 19. 1862, Inka, Miss. Dis- charged for disability Nov. 26, 1862.
John W. Comley. Age 19. Residence. Webster City: nativity. Ohio. En- listed Oct. 16. 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Discharged for disability May 26, 1862, Louisville, Ky.
Edward F. Cutting. Age 27. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Maine. Enlisted Oct. 19, 1861, as fifth corporal. Mustered Oct. 14, 1861. Promoted fourth corporal, March 7. 1862. Killed in action April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
Elijah Dillon. Age 18. Residence Fort Dodge; nativity, Indiana. Enlisted Dec. 9, 1863. Mustered Dec. 9. 1863. Wounded in shoulder severely, July 21, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga. Died of wounds Aug. 9. 1864, Marietta. Ga. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section G, grave 622.
Beden Eslick. Age 35. Residence Homer : nativity, Indiana. Enlisted Jan. 21. 1862. Mustered Jan. 28, 1862. Promoted eighth corporal, April 17. 1862; sixth corporal. July 4. 1862; fourth corporal, Sept. 1. 1862; third corporal .- Discharged for disability Dec. 27. 1862.
Lyman Fairfield. Age 31. Residence, Fort Dodge ; nativity, New Hampshire. Enlisted Dec. 9. 1863. Mustered Dec. 9. 1863. Promoted eighth corporal. Wounded severely July 21, 1864, Nick-a-jack Creek, Ga. Died of wounds Feb. 17, 1865, Columbia, S. C.
Lewis Holcomb (veteran ). Age 25. Residence, Webster county ; nativity. New York. Enlisted Sept. 27, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Reenlisted and remustered Jan. 5. 1864. Promoted fourth corporal, Jan. 11, 1865. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
John W. Ilook. Age 22. Residence, Fort Dodge; nativity, Indiana. En- listed Dec. 9. 1863. Mustered Dec. 9. 1863. Wounded in thigh July 9. 1864. Kenesaw Mountain, Ga. Mustered out July 19, 1869. Louisville, Ky.
James M. Lane. Age 21. Residence, Fort Dodge; nativity, Illinois. En-
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listed Dec. 9. 1862. Mustered Dec. 9. 1862. Missing in action and taken pris- oner July 22, 1864. Atlanta, Ga. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Gabriel Miller. Age 32. Residence, Homer; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Jan. 27, 1862. Mustered Jan. 28, 1862. Deserted April 10, 1862, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Jesse McGuire. Age 35. Residence, Homer; nativity, Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 23, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Died Nov. 30, 1863, Keokuk, Iowa.
Solomon H. Orcutt. Age 32. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Pennsyl- vania. Enlisted Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Died Sept. 3. 1862, Jackson, Tenn.
George W. Russell. Age 17. Residence, Homer ; nativity, New York. En- listed Oct. 16, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Promoted musician. Died April 28, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn.
Marzavan J. Secord (veteran). Age 31. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, New York. Enlisted Oct. 19, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Reenlisted and remustered Feb. 5. 1864. Promoted third corporal Jan. 11, 1865. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Harmon Seely. Age 18. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Wisconsin. Enlisted Oct. 23. 1861. Mustered Dec. 14, 1861. Taken prisoner Sept. 19, 1862, Iuka, Miss. Promoted fifth corporal April 12, 1863; fourth corporal, April 12, 1863. Mustered out Jan. 28, 1865, expiration of term of service.
William Spring. Age 30. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Pennsylvania. En- listed Oct. 16, 1861, as first sergeant. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Mustered out Jan. 28, 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service.
Charles M. Stark. Age 25. Residence, Homer ; nativity, Indiana. Enlisted April 27, 1864. Mustered May 2, 1864. Killed in action June 14, 1864, Big Shanty, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section A, grave 908.
Joseph O. Tuffs (veteran). Age 19. Residence, Homer; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861. Mustered Dec. 11, 1861. Wounded slightly April 6, 1862, Shiloh, Tenn. Reenlisted and remustered Jan. 26, 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY A, TILIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY
Charles Aldrich. Age 34. Residence, Webster City .; nativity, New York. Appointed adjutant Sept. 19, 1862. Mustered Oct. 6, 1862. Promoted captain of Company A, July 3, 1863; not mustered. Resigned for disability Jan. 13, 1 864.
Benjamin G. Scott. Age 26. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Pro- moted fife major from Company A, Oct. 6, 1862. Reduced to ranks and re- turned to Company Jan. 15, 1865.
Joseph Adams. Age 31. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Kentucky. En- listed Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 26, 1863. Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Thomas C. Allen. Age 33. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Indiana. En- listed Aug. 11. 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 27, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
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Archibald Bellvill. Age 40. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Died of disease Sept. 15, 1803. Little Rock, Ark. Buried in National Cemetery, Little Rock. Ark. Section I. grave 5.
James Brock. Age 24. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Ang. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Discharged for disability March 7. 1803, Cape Girardeau, Mo. See Company F. Second Iowa Cavalry.
Augustine Brown. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Germany. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered Sept. 7. 1864. Mustered out July 14. 1865. Montgomery, Ala.
lliram N. Chancey. Age 28. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Virginia. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8. 1862. Promoted fifth corporal. Nov. 30, 1863: fourth corporal. May 30, 1864: third corporal. Feb. 1. 1865: second corporal, June 6, 1865 : third sergeant, July 13. 1865 Mustered out Ang. 24. 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
William Courrier. Age 19. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Illinois. En- listed Aug. 11. 1862, as Wagoner. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24. 1865. Clinton, Iowa.
James S. Cross. Age 32. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Illinois. En- listed Ang. 13. 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Aug. 11, 1864. Jefferson Barracks. St. Louis, Mo.
James Duckett. Age 22. Residence. Webster City ; nativity, Illinois. En- listed Aug. 11. 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24. 1865. Clinton, lowa.
Roderick D. Fanght. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15. 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Taken prisoner April 9, 1864. Pleasant Hill, La. Mustered out July 8. 1865, Davenport, Jowa.
James 1. Gamble. Age 18. Residence, Webster City : nativity, Illinois. En- listed Aug. 13. 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Mustered out .Aug. 24. 1805. Clinton, Jowa.
William Hamlin. Age 36. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed July 9, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Granted furlough March 5. 1803. for thirty days : never returned.
John I. Hartman. Age 30. Residence. Hamilton county : nativity. Virginia. Enlisted Ang. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 12, 1802. Dubuque, Iowa.
Leonard Henkle. Age 28. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 12, 1862, as fifer. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Discharged for dis- ability June 29, 1865. Mound City, III.
William K. Laughlin. Age 30. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Ang. 11. 1862, as fourth corporal. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Promoted third corporal Oct. 28, 1862 ; second corporal. Feb. 10. 1863: first corporal, March 13. 1863; fifth sergeant, Sept. 26, 1863: fourth sergeant, May 30. 1864. Dis- charged Feb. 17, 1865. Louisville, Ky.
David W. Layton. Age 22. Residence, Homer; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Deserted July 11, 1863. Cape Girardeau, Mo.
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Joshua MeFarland. Age 20. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8. 1862. Wounded slightly April 9. 1864. Pleasant Hill. La. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864, Clinton, lowa.
John McFarland. Age 33. Nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1864. Mus- tered Sept. 28. 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865, Montgomery, Ala.
Sammel MeFarland. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted March 22, 1864. Mustered March 23, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Eighth Infantry, July 28, 1865.
John McMiller. Age 26. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8. 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner April 9. 1804. Pleasant Hill, La. Discharged for disability Feb. 14, 1865, St. Louis, Mo.
John N. Maxwell. Age 27. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Illinois. En- listed Aug. 13. 1862, as first sergeant. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Discharged for disability March 19, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Levi Omstead. Age 30. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 23. 1863. Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Nelson G. Omstead. Age 21. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Pennsyl- vania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1805. Little Rock, Ark.
Joseph T. Payne. Age 25. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Taken prisoner April 9. 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Mustered out July 8. 1865. Davenport, lowa.
Thomas J. Persons. Age 26. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Promoted eighth corporal March 13, 1863: sixth corporal, Sept. 26, 1863: fifth corporal Oct. 10, 1863 : fourth corporal Nov. 30, 1863; third corporal May 30, 1864; second corporal Feb. 1. 1865; fifth sergeant June 6, 1865; first sergeant July 13, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 24. 1865. Clinton, Iowa.
Theodore Philips. Age 43. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, New York. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865. Clinton, Iowa.
George Raines. Age 40. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, New York. Enlisted Sept. 3. 1864. Mustered Sept. 3. 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865. Montgomery, Ala.
William Il. Renner. Age 22. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Pennsyl- vania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease, Oct. 21, 1863. Little Rock, Ark. Buried in National Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark.
Benjamin G. Scott. Age 26. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 13. 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Promoted fife major, Oct. 6. 1862. Returned to Company Jan. 15, 1865. Mustered out June 7, 1865. Little Rock, Ark.
James D. Stryker. Age 27. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease Feb. 18, 1863. Cape Girardeau, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St Louis, Mo. Section 371/2, grave 34.
Michael Watters. Age 44. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 8, 1863,
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Cape Girardeau, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery. Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 371/2. grave 32.
James L. Wilcox. Age 32. Residence, Homer; nativity, New York. En- listed Aug. 15. 1862. Mustered Sept. 8. 1862. Died of disease, Dec. 5. 1862, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 38. grave 50.
Andrew Williams. Age 19. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. En- listed Aug. 7. 1862. Mustered Sept. 8. 1862. Taken prisoner April 9. 1864. Pleasant Hill, La. Died of disease, May 2, 1864, Tyler, Texas.
THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY, COMPANY B
John Eckstein. Age 24. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Germany. En- listed Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6. 1862. Discharged for promotion as second lieutenant in Company I, Sixty-eighth United States Colored Infantry. May 12. St. Louis, Mo.
George 11. Welsh. AAge 20. Residence, Webster City ; nativity, Canada. En- listed Aug. 9, 1862, as wagoner. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Promoted seventh corporal June 14. 1864: fifth corporal July 1, 1864: fourth corporal July 22, 1864; third corporal Oct. 4. 1864: first corporal July 5. 1865. Mustered out AAng. 24, 1865. Clinton, lowa.
THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY, COMPANY K
George Boyd. Age 33. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Norway. En- listed Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered April 20. 1864. Discharged for disability July 15. 1865. Montgomery, Ala.
Alexander Church. Age 27. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity. New York. Enlisted Aug. 14. 1862. Mustered Sept. 3. 1862. Discharged for dis- ability May 29, 1863, Fort Pillow, Tenn.
Harvey Church. Age 21. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 3. 1862. Discharged for disability March 18. 1863. Fort Pillow, Tenn.
Chilson C. Sanford. Age 24. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Michi- gan. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered Sept. 3. 1862. Promoted fourth cor- poral Jan. 23, 1863; third corporal April 9, 1864; second corporal May 1. 1864. Died of disease Sept. 11, 1864. Lakins Grove. Iowa.
Lewis A. Schamp. Age 20. Residence. Hamilton county ; nativity, Pennsyl- vania. Enlisted Aug. 12. 1862. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Wounded slightly Dec. 16, 1864. Nashville, Tenn. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865. Clinton. Iowa.
COMPANY C. FORTY-FIFTH INFANTRY
James D. Springer. Age 21. Residence, Webster City; nativity. Pennsyl- vania. Enlisted May 13, 1864. Mustered May 25, 1864. Discharged for pro- motion in Fifty-fifth United States Colored Infantry Sept. 1. 1864. Memphis. Tenn.
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COMPANY C, FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
Peter Aikley. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May 17, 1864. Mustered July 13, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, Rock Island, Ill., expiration of term of service.
COMPANY A, FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY
Joseph Dillow. Age 33. Residence, Hamilton county ; nativity, Indiana. En- listed May 17, 1864. Mustered July 13, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, Rock Island, Ill., expiration of term of service.
Eri Dodge. Age 21. Residence Ilamilton county ; nativity, Maine. Enlisted May 17, 1864. Mustered July 13, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, Rock Island, Ill .. expiration of term of service.
John P. Frakes. Age 18. Residence Hamilton county ; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted May 17, 1864. Mustered July 13, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, Rock Island, Ill., expiration of term of service.
The following Hamilton county soldiers were killed in battle:
Suell Dodge, killed at Big Bluffs, Mo., July 11, 1862.
Edward F. Cutting, killed at Shiloh in April, 1862.
George W. Russell. killed at Shiloh in April, 1862.
Charles M. Stark, killed in action June 14, 1864, Big Shanty, Ga.
Those who died in prison were :
George S. Dorland, wounded, taken prisoner, and died in 1863.
John Bramann, taken prisoner and died at Baltimore, Md., April 16, 1865. The following died of disease and wounds :
Charles F. Dalley, wounded, and taken prisoner Feb. 21, 1864, died at Starks- ville, Miss.
Daniel R. Hopper, died of lung fever March 17, 1863, at Spring Valley, Mo. Charles Porter, died at Little Rock, October, 1863.
Henry C. Skinner, died of disease at Mountain Grove, Mo., March 9. 1803. Clinton E. Biggs. died of camp sickness at his home in Hamilton county.
John Brock, died of chronic dysentery, March, 1865. at Jeffersonville, Ind.
John C. Clemens, died Oct. 1, 1862, at Mound City, Il1.
A. T. Munson, died January, 1862.
James V. Neary, died at St. Louis, January, 1862.
L. J. Parks, died of wounds at Hamberg. Miss., in 1862.
Robt. A. Lanier. died at Memphis, in 1864, of smallpox.
John D. Stryker, died of typhoid fever, at Memphis, June, 1894. Daniel Okeson, died at Memphis, Aug. 20, 1864.
O. C. Faught, died at Cottonwood Springs, October, 1863. George W. Courrier, died of brain fever, May 29, 1863, at Davenport, Iowa. Alexander Maxwell, died at St. Louis, Mo.
Daniel Hill, died at Paducah, Ky .. of fever. in 1862.
George C. Browning, died at St. Louis in 1864.
Jesse McGuire, died November 30, 1863.
Solomon Orcutt, died at Jackson, Tenn., Sept. 3, 1862.
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Elijah Dillon, wounded and died at Marietta, Ga .. Aug. 9. 1864.
Lyman Fairfield, died at Columbus, S. C., Dec. 9. 1863. John J. Hartman, died of chills, at Dubuque, Iowa, Nov. 12, 1862. A. Belville, died at Little Rock. September, 1863.
David A. Adams, died, date and place unknown.
James D. Stryker. died of pneumonia, February. 1863.
Michael Walters, died of chronic diarrhoea, at Cape Girardeau. Nov. 8, 1863. James Wilcox, died Dec. 5. 1862, at St. Louis, of fever.
Andrew Williams, died May 22, 1864, at Tyler, Texas.
C. C. Sanford, died Sept. 11. 1864, at Lakin's Grove, Iowa, of disease con- tracted in the army.
William H. Renner, died of disease, Oct. 21, 1863. Little Rock, Ark. Sherwood Brock died at home.
Thomas C. Allen, died of disease Nov. 27, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.
It will be seen by the above that out of the 163 soldiers who entered the service from this county, 38 were sacrificed. Out of this number, four were killed in battle, two died a worse death in prison, the remaining thirty-one died of disease, or from wounds received in battle.
THOSE WHO HELD OFFICE
The following is as near a complete list of army officers, who served from this county, as can be determined from data at our command :
Major-Julius M. Jones ( paymaster ).
Captains-Charles Aldrich, Granville Berkley.
First lieutenants-William 1. Church, Peter Riley. George R. AAmmond. Joseph Bone, John Eckstein.
Second lieutenants-James Faught.
Sergeants-William Spring, John N. Maxwell. V. A. Ballou, James V. Neary, Harris Hoover. Isaac Soule, John H. Williams, Hiram Battles, John J. Berkley, Fred A. Harris, James J. Hassey, Nathaniel Haydn, Albert Listenberger. John A. Norwood, Daniel Okeson. John B. Pfeffer. Parker C. Harder, Benjamin C. Cunningham, H. N. Chancey, William K. Laughlin. Thomas J. Persons.
Corporals-Samuel Gilpin, William Cheeney, David Carroll, Daniel R. Hop- per. J. C. Schaller. Clinton E. Biggs, Charles F. Dalley, Thomas Fisher, Levi M. Harris, John W. Kimberlin, Delmer Lake, Richard T. Lyons, Thomas Wheelock, Beden Eslick, Lyman Fairfield, Lewis Holcomb, Marion Seeley, George II. Welch, Chilson C. Sanford.
Surgeon-Jesse R. Burgess.
Musicians-Robert W. Guthrie, George W. Russell, Leonard Hinkle. . 1. W. Maffit, James Brock.
Regimental farrier-Fred A. Harris.
The following named men who are now, or have been until recently, residents of Ilamilton county, served in the Union army and belonged to the organizations below indicated :
UNITED STATES REGULARS AND VOLUNTEERS
11. S. Lee, D. ist S.S. ; J. V. Kearns, IT, 13th Inf. ; John Wehrheim, C. 13th Inf .: James Kephart. C. 13th Inf .; C. S. Humphrey. G. 16th Inf. ; Thomas Me-
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Clure, sergeant, G, 18th Reg. ; Robert F. Knox, H, 18th Reg. ; Daniel McLoud, C, 19th and 28th Reg.
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