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FIFTEENTH INFANTRY
This regiment was raised under the call of July, 1861, for 500,000 men and was mustered in at Keokuk on February 22, 1862. Marion County furnished the greater part of Companies G and K and was represented in Companies A, C and I. At some period of the regi- ment's service the county was also represented on the staff by William T. Cunningham as major and lieutenant-colonel; Rufus H. Eldridge
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as quartermaster sergeant; Elisha Elliott as commissary sergeant; Cornelius Englefield as hospital steward; Henry Metz as drum major, and T. H. Cunningham as fife major.
Two Marion County men were enrolled as privates in Company A, viz .: John Martin and Marinus Rhynsburger, and six were en- rolled in Company C. They were Simon P. Autry, Edward Fry, James Gibbs, Francis M. Hartley, Laccus Van der Linder and Henry Van Morrell.
Company G was mustered in with William T. Cunningham as captain; Romulus L. Hanks, first lieutenant; William M. Cathcart, Amos H. Gray, Isaiah M. Welch and Joseph W. Stanfield, sergeants ; Clark D. Mathew, Martin V. Stanfield and Nathan S. Hays, cor- porals; Henry Metz and T. H. Cunningham, musicians.
Privates-Joseph Amon, John A. Bates, William H. Beebout, William Bidgood, Hurston Booth, John F. Booth, Joseph Booth, Albert M. Brobst, David H. Bunn, Edwin P. Bye, Samuel Copeland, Marion Caulkins, John G. Davis, George W. Denny, James W. Dun- can, Rufus H. Eldridge, Elisha W. Elliott (promoted to commissary sergeant), Alexander Essex, Hiram Essex, Granville Feagins, James W. Glenn, Jesse V. Glenn, John F. Gray, John Hannon, John Harger, James B. Heatley, Lyman H. James, Thomas Jeffers, Alfred Lawhead, Robert M. McClure, Alexander McGilvery, Jacob Mc- Vay, Alfred McNeal, Marion Mart, Draper May, Charles Metz, Bartholomew Middlesworth, William Newell, David Nitheron, Stephenson Overton, Henry Owen, James A. Ralph, Timothy Ridlen, John W. Sanders, Richard Sanders, William T. Sherwood, Enos Shoemaker, Samuel C. Smith, Darwin Spencer, Matthias W. Stal- cup, Samuel Stanfield, Truman Stone, Daniel Swaggart, John Toverea, Charles Walker, James L. Welch, John A. Welch, John White.
Recruits-Martin Adkins, John C. Clark, George H. Cooper, Jerome Davis, Jesse M. Estes, James T. Griffin, George W. Henry, George IIitton, James Larew, Andrew Lec, James A. Lee, George B. Leibey, Anderson McNeal, Benjamin F. Miller, David F. Miller, George B. Phifer, Byron South, Houston Waggoner, John F. Wells, Marion Whaley.
In Company I Daniel Verrips held the rank of corporal, and the following privates were credited to Marion County: G. W. Colen- brumler, Garrett W. Hall, Simon Neromiah, Peter Van Roogen, Cornelius Wooborvus.
Company K was mustered in with Rufus H. Eldridge, who had been transferred from Company G, as first lieutenant; Edwin Davis,
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second lieutenant; Frederick Christofel, David Myers and Joseph W. Stanfield, sergeants; Joseph S. Molesworth, John Chrismore and Joshua P'. Davis, corporals, and the following :
Privates Theodore Ables, Hurston Booth (transferred from Company G), John Brady, Albert Brown, Marion Caulkins, Osborn Carruthers, Joseph Chrismore, John W. Clark, John S. Clearwater, William S. Clearwater, John L. Coffman, Edward Conrey, Marion Conrey (promoted corporal), T. H. Cunningham (transferred from Company G), John G. Davis, Ephraim Dillon, Henry Dillon, Wil- liam C. Dixon, James W. Duncan ( transferred from Company G) , David Elson, Cornelius Englefield, William H. Gibson, William S. Grove, Albert Horne, William Jackson, James M. Long, Frederick B. Mathis, William A. Mathis, Benjamin F. Momyer, Cyrus I. Momyer, James L. Neill, David Patton, Hiram D. Pope, John T. Pope, Levi Randolph, James L. Richey, George W. Rogers, Philip Rose, Jacob Shuey, Francis M. Shular, John W. Shular, Edward Smith, Matthias W. Stalcup (transferred from Company G), An- drew B. Stone, Freeman Stone, Charles Walker, John H. Woods, IIazael Wycoff, Milton M. Young.
Recruits -- George A. Huff, Andrew King, Perry A. Momyer and Samuel Petty.
Of all the lowa regiments none made a better record than the Fifteenth Infantry. The regiment left Keokuk on March 19, 1862, and moved via St. Louis to Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, where it joined the army under General Grant. It was assigned to Prentiss' Division and received its baptism of fire in the Battle of Shiloh, where it lost 186 men in killed, wounded and missing, and its flag was liter- ally riddled with bullets. After Shiloh the Eighth took part in the Siege of Corinth, the battles of Bolivar, luka and Ripley, and spent the winter in Tennessee, where it was frequently engaged with the enemy. In the spring of 1863 it joined General Grant's forces at Milliken's Bend and went through the Siege of Vicksburg. It was next employed in Alabama and Louisiana until early in 1864, when it joined General Sherman for the Atlanta campaign. After the fall of Atlanta it formed part of the army in the march to the sea, and in the campaign of the Carolinas it was in a number of engagements. This campaign ended at Goldsboro, North Carolina, where General Johnston surrendered to Sherman's victorious hosts. The regiment then proceeded to Washington, D. C., where it took part in the Grand Review, after which it was ordered to Louisville, Kentucky, and was Vol. 11-13
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there mustered out on July 24, 1865, having carried its battle-flag nearly eight thousand miles through the enemy's country.
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY
Marion County was represented in Companies C, G, H and I of the Seventeenth. In Company C Joseph W. Stanfield served as fourth sergeant, having been transferred from Company K, Fifteenth Infantry, and Ephraim Dillon, William Jackson, Isaac Jordan and Aaron Whittel were enrolled as privates.
Company G was mustered in with William Horner as captain ; Abraham H. Barnes, first lieutenant; Oliver H. P. Smith, Alvin White and William D. Hudson, sergeants ; Samuel V. Duncan, Perry J. Shank, John King, Andrew J. Cottrell, Francis M. Stuart and Bennett Acklin, corporals in the order named.
Privates-William H. Allen, Richard M. Anthony, David Bacon, Henry E. Belt, Levi W. Calkins, Abraham L. Coff- man, Stillton H. Compton, James Cox, John W. Cox, Joel J. Crandall, Benjamin Crumpacker, William E. Dixon, Thomas Dolton, Frederick M. George, James W. George, James Hardin, John D. Hartley, Stephen T. Hayes, Samuel A. Hook, Samuel A. Hutchins, John Jones, John W. Kelley, John Lashbaugh, Joseph A. Loudenbach, William H. McBride, George W. McCoy, Carey Marsh, Giles Marsh, Robert Miles, James Miller, Abraham Penland, John H. Peyton, Joseph Pressley, Nathan Reed, Alexander Rinehart, Abraham Roby, Gilbert E. Ross, George W. Shelledy, Cornelius Silver, Fridolin Spalti, Lewis Springer, Albert G. Trussel (promoted corporal).
Recruits-Lorenzo B. Bryant, Robert Bryant, Rollin A. Snethius, John Stillwell and William A. Swain.
In Company H Andrew M. Vance and John A. Crozier were en- rolled as sergeants ; George Butler, William Burdick, Henry J. Has- senlink, Milton H. Pickerell, Geisbert Steinhook and James Butler as corporals.
Privates-Samuel E. Burdick, George W. Burk, Dominic Carr (promoted to first sergeant), Josiah Cavin, Noah A. Clodfelter, Samuel Cobb, William H. Cummings, Alexander Edinger, Newton Edinger, John Eubanks, Charles W. Forsyth, Levi Gibson, James S. Glenn, Sylvester H. C. Grubb, James Harville, Alexander King. George King, Jeremiah King, Harmon Kolenbraden, Price B. Lee, William Lust, Thomas J. Pearson, Henry Roorda, Leibert Simons, James Smith, Samuel Smith, Martin Swain, Ezra T. Vance, James Webb. Benjamin F. Wicks.
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John J. Koolbeck was mustered in as fifth sergeant of Company 1, in which the following Marion County men served as privates : Garrett Brink, Jacob Keegel, David McReynolds, G. Paardekooper, William Paardekooper, Egidius Rysdam, Garrett Schell, Covert Scheffers, Leander Verhoeff.
The Seventeenth was mustered in at Keokuk on April 16, 1862. with John W. Rankin of that city as colonel. Three days later it left Keokuk for St. Louis and soon afterward joined the army in front of Corinth. After the battle of Iuka (September 19, 1862) it was or- dered to Vicksburg and was actively engaged in the Battle of Cham- pion's Hill, where, with less than five hundred men in line, the Seven- teenth lowa and Tenth Missouri turned the tide of battle at a critical moment and saved the Union forces from defeat. It participated in the Siege of Vicksburg and suffered a heavy loss at the blowing up of Fort Hill. After the surrender of Vicksburg the regiment was on duty at Helena, Arkansas, until early in the fall of 1863, when it was ordered to Chattanooga, Tennessee. It joined the Fifteenth Army Corps, commanded by Gen. W. T. Sherman, at Memphis and marched to Chattanooga, taking a position under Lookout Mountain. It was engaged in the military operations about Chattanooga, par- ticularly the Battle of Missionary Ridge, after which it was employed for some time in guarding the Atlantic & Western Railroad. From the spring of 1864 to the close of the war it formed part of the forces under General Sherman and its history during that time is practically identical with that of the Fifteenth lowa Infantry already noted. It was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 25, 1865.
EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY
Upon the muster rolls of the Eighteenth lowa Infantry the name of George W. Dill appears as a private in Company C; Henry C. . Adams, David S. Dalton, John Decou, John W. Donnel, Fountain W. George and Joshua Pearson served in Company F, and a majority of the members of Company G came from Marion County.
Company G was mustered in with Daniel P. Long as captain ; J. D. S. Jordan, first lieutenant; William P. Cowman and William F. Welch, sergeants; James M. Williams, Samuel H. Worthington, Curtis W. Scoles and Jacob Bennett, corporals, and Houston Wag- goner, musician.
Privates-Henry Addington, Isaac A. Allison, Benson C. Bel- lamy, Socrates N. Bellamy, Flavius J. Brobst, John Carr, William Christolear, Lewis Convers, Joseph Dean, John W. Ellsworth, Jesse
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C. H. Estes, Francis M. Flanders, William Goleaner, William Har- vey, James B. Hodges, Joseph W. Houseman, William Jumper, Al- fred King, Andrew M. McConnaghay, John McKinsey, George McMillen, William D. Middleton, John M. Miller, Rudolph Miller, William H. Moore, P. V. Murphy, Alonzo Niles, Samuel S. Petty, David C. Rigg, Joseph R. Rodgers, William A. Rodgers, John M. Settle, Leonidas M. Shappell, Joseph Sunbro, Isaac Van Syoc, Thomas Walker, Strotten S. Welch, Willett Willis, William B. Young.
Recruits-Walter A. Geer, Elijah M. Estes, Seymour Mckenzie and Winfield S. Young.
The Eighteenth was organized under the call of July 4, 1862, for 300,000 men and was mustered in on August 6, 1862, with John Edwards as colonel. Its service was chiefly in Missouri and Arkan- sas. Perhaps its most notable engagement was the one at Springfield, Missouri, January 8, 1863, when the regiment with only about five hundred men defeated a Confederate force of nearly four times that number under General Marmaduke, winning a decisive victory. On various occasions the Eighteenth conducted itself in such a manner as to call forth words of commendation from the superior officers in their official reports. During its term of service it marched 4, 160 miles. It was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, August 5, 1865.
THIRTY-THIRD INFANTRY
Of the 980 men that constituted the strength of this regiment on October 1, 1862, when it was mustered into the United States service, 283 were from Marion County. On the regimental staff were Hiram D. Gibson, major; Andrew F. Sperry, fife major, and William M. Scott, assistant surgeon. Major Gibson resigned on April 22, 1864, and the next day Capt. Cyrus B. Boydston, of Company A, was ap- pointed to the vacancy. Companies A, G and I were practically raised in Marion County.
Company A was mustered in with Cyrus B. Boydston as captain ; Samuel S. Pierce, first lieutenant (promoted to the captaincy on April 24, 1864) ; Erastus K. Woodruff, second lieutenant; James M. Cooper, Joshua T. Curtis, Lodrick C. Collins, Abijah W. Bishop and Thomas J. Wallace, sergeants; Oliver Schee, John McKinney, Ephraim Cooper, John M. Welch, Daniel Fort, Jacob Levan, Hugh W. Patterson and William T. Chrisman, corporals; James H. Chris- man, musician, and Nathaniel T. Richardson, wagoner.
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Privates-William Antrim, Benjamin Barnhill, James S. Barn- hill, James A. Beaver, Samuel W. Bellamy, Isaac Brees, Henry D. Brewster, George Brown, Wilson L. Brown, George L. Burdick, Daniel Busenburg, William Chambers, William R. Chambers, Zephaniah Chambers, William W. Craddick, John Craig, Francis Curtis, Hiram C. Day, George S. Downing, James T. Duncan, Leon- ard B. Feagins, David Fort, William Gibson, Stephen A. Gose, John Grant, Enoch G. Gregory, John W. Gregory, Alfred Hager, Green- ville C. Hammond, Henry 1. Hammond, Michael R. Harned, James L. Heaton, Samuel Heaton, Hiram P. Henry, Lewis Hiatt, James Hicks, Robert Hicks, Milton J. Hodges, William W. Hodges, Joseph Hunter, John Inman, George R. Ivey, John S. Johnston, Albert Jolliffe, John C. Kendrick, John P. Kennedy, John McElroy, William McGuire, William J. McKern, Jacob McPheeters, Alex- ander P. May, Hiram Miner, Milton Miner, William I. Morrow, William J. Mottern, John B. Nichols, Ozias D. Nichols, Layton H. North, Clark Reeves, Henry H. Reeves, Lorenzo D. Richey, James M. Roan, Thomas T. Roan, David W. Rowland, Levi J. Sampson, Jesse F. Sherwood, Jacob Shawver, George W. Smith, Hamilton E. Smith, John Snider, Jonathan S. Tindall, Jacob P. Todd, John H. Vandyke, Thomas I. Vandyke, Elijah Vernon, Simon Walker, Peter Walters, William J. Walters, James Wilkinson, James Willis, Thomas M. Wilson, James H. Wycoff, John W. Wycoff.
Recruits-Justus C. Baker, Jesse L. Booth, Maxwell H. Brown- ing, John W. Harding, John Jeffers, Americus Kendrick, Peter Mc- Kinney, Robert A. Millen, William Miner, Joseph W. Nichols, David C. Ralston, James Smith, James H. Spurgin, William B. Strait.
The officers of Company G at the time of muster in were as fol- lows: Lauriston W. Whipple, captain; John C. Klijn, second lieu- tenant; Lewis P. Cory and John S. Morgan, sergeants; Warnerus Sleyster, Henry C. Herbert, Gysbert Versteeg, Henry G. Ulsh, Ger- ritt Van der Kamp, Nicholas Schippers and Lucien Reynolds, cor- porals ; Thomas W. Cox and Andrew F. Sperry, musicians, and John G. Van Steenwyk, wagoner.
Privates-Samuel A. Baldwin, Hendrick Bauman, Jacob L. Bau- man, William E. Beard, Jonathan M. Black, Henry L. Bousquet, Kryne de Bruijn, Cornelius Canine, William O. Downes, W. H. H. Downing, Joseph Dungan, Martin Englesma, John K. Fidler, James H. Ford, John Garrison, John Groen, Joseph D. Hamilton, William W. Hamilton, Allen Hamrick, John Q. Haven, Peter J. Haze, John Henry, Martinus Hol, Cornelius Klyne, Stephanus de Kock, Jacob
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Lemmons, Andrew J. Mccollum, William S. Mccullough, David McMichael, Valentine Mathes, John Metz, Jacob Miller, Nathan O. Moore, John Niermeyer, Sr., John Niermeyer, Jr., Julius M. A. Peters, Gilmore Price, Francis MI. Pruit, John I. Rhynsburger, George C. Richardson, Herman D. Rubertus, Jacob H. Shull, Rich- ard P. Shull, Sjoerd R. Sipnia, William P. Smiley, James S. Smith, John Squiers, Luke Stallard, Jacob Taylor, Theodore F. Thomas, William H. Thomas, Dirk Tol, George W. Towne, Daniel G. Ulsh, G. Van Steenwyk, S. S. R. P. Van der Meulen, Evert Van Veen- schoten, Thomas I. Vineyard, Sanford Vorhies, Thomas D. Wallace, Martin Walraven, Herman Wheeler, Thomas Williamson, Daniel Wiser, Enos MI. Wood.
Recruits-Henry D. Aikins, Tennis V. Blackland, James H. Davenport, David Dingeman, John W. Dingeman, Cornelius Dun- nick, William H. Earp, Samuel Hansel, Larkin Martin, Levi Mar- tin, Alexander Moore, Frank Nelson, Charles Robbins, Charles M. Shull, Benjamin F. Steadman, Robert H. Steadman, Henry Swain, Henry J. Vandermaa, William Vorhies, Benjamin F. Ward, Thomas J. White, John W. Wycoff.
Company I was mustered in with Paris T. Totten as captain ; John Henderson, first lieutenant; John Reichard, second lieutenant; Alpheus W. Gibson, Joseph M. Clark, Samuel I. Strong, John S. Hessenflow and Joseph Fisher, sergeants; John Y. McCorkle, Hans Ferguson, Henry J. Gunter, Levi Carrothers, James A. Gafford, Oscar L. Jones, John W. Mears and Preston A. Reed, corporals ; John F. Hessenflow and Daniel Hutchison, musicians; Drewry S. Stevens, wagoner.
Privates-John D. Allison, John H. Anderson, George W. Applegate, Smith Banta, Sylvanus Baughman, John Bennett, Peter K. Bonebrake, Joseph Brobst, Josiah Brobst, Henry Carder, William I. Carrothers, George Conwell, William P. Coura, Azariah Dennis, Henry S. DeWitt, Smith Dunlap, Henry Farley, Isaac N. Funk, William P. Funk, Ephraim C. Gaston, James A. Gaston, Thaddeus Godfrey, William Goff, Eri Goodenough, Nathan P. Goodwin, Wil- liam Graham, William H. Graham, Peter E. Hannan, James H. Hart, Jacob MI. Hayes, Clayton Haynes, John M. Henderson, Wil- liam M. Henderson, John Henry, Lewis P. Horn, Jacob Hornback, Arnold B. Hutchinson, William Irons, Hubbard Jacobs, John Lay- ton, Frederick Lemburger, John M. McClelland, Joseph L. Mc- Corkle, Samuel McMillen, Samuel Manor, Solon S. Neal, James A. Newman, Enoch Palmer, William H. Parker, Ira A. Pearson, Young
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Pearson, Joseph P. Pitts, William W. Pope, Andrew M. Rankin, Harvey Rankin, Walter Ream, Josiah Richards, Joseph A. Riddell, John H. Ridgway, William Rowland, Alexander Scott, John N. Shepherd, David S. Smith, George J. Smith, Thomas Smith, John S. Snyder, Hezekiah Sphon, John Sphon, George W. Stanfield (pro- moted to sergeant), James W. Strong, George R. Teed, John S. Vandlah, Andrew Welch, David T. Welch, James I. Welch, Damon D. Willey, Nathaniel D. Willey, William W. Wolf, James M. Wolfe, Calvin Woodward, Jacob Woodward.
Recruits-Jacob B. Gibson, John W. Long, John W. McCorkle, John W. Maddy, William G. Reed, Edgar F. Seims, John Templin.
In addition to the above, the following Marion County men enlisted in the Thirty-third Infantry and served in other companies : John V. Auten, Daniel Bacon, Francis H. Brown, William D. Brown, William P. Campbell, Orville R. Dunnington, Harvey Fisk, Joseph B. Foster, Jacob B. Gilson, William H. Harding, George Houghan, Vincent Leach, Alexander McMillen, Henry McMillen, John H. Miller, Josiah Miner, Charles D. O'Neal, Evans B. Pen- land, Ezra II. Perkins, George E. Persons, John Richards, John Shilling, Freeman H. Stone, Thaddeus Sturdefant, Dennis Terry, John T. Vernon, William Vernon.
The Thirty-third Infantry was organized by Gen. Samuel A. Rice and left Jowa on November 20, 1862, for St. Louis. From there it was ordered to Columbus, Kentucky, where it remained engaged in building earthworks until January 8, 1863, when it embarked for Helena, Arkansas. From that point it took part in several expedi- tions into the surrounding country. With only about five hundred men it defeated a force of over two thousand commanded by Gen- cral Hood, who had boasted that he would eat his dinner in Helena on the Fourth of July. In this action the Thirty-third captured as many prisoners as it had men engaged. Hood fell back toward Little Rock, the Union forces following, and on September 10, 1863, that city was captured. Here the regiment remained in log barracks until in March, 1864, when it formed part of the expeditionary forces into Southwest Arkansas, after which it marched with General Steele to Camden. It was engaged at Prairie d'Ane, Jenkins' Ferry. Elkins' Ford and several minor skirmishes, and on April 15, 1864, entered Camden. The only rations received here were four ears of corn for each man daily. This they ground in hand mills and made into cakes. The regiment was ordered back to Little Rock early in May and remained on garrison duty there until the following Feb-
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ruary, when it was ordered to New Orleans. It was then on duty in Alabama for several months. In June, 1865, it was ordered to Brazos Island, Texas, but returned to New Orleans and was there mustered out on July 17, 1865, except the recruits, who were assigned to the Thirty-fourth regiment.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
Twenty-six Marion County men were enrolled in Company E of this regiment. Lewis G. Carter was mustered in as eighth corporal ; Moses E. Thorpe, musician ; James W. Stout, wagoner, and the fol- lowing served as privates : John F. Cain, Samuel Carpenter, Daniel Dalrymple, John W. Dingeman (transferred from the Thirty-third ) , John Estes, Willis A. Graves, Thomas L. Hall, Thomas W. Hollo- way, James Leeper, Samuel Lough, George W. McGlothlen, Amos Mason, William J. Moon, Charles W. Mumford, Newber Newbern, Joseph E. Salyards, George Sams, John W. Vickroy, David Wasson, Noah M. Webb, Pleasant Williams, Isaac C. Wood, W. H. H. Young. There were also a few Marion County men in Companies D and G, but their names appear on the muster rolls of those companies in such a way that they cannot be distinguished.
The Thirty-fourth rendezvoused at Burlington, where it was mustered in on October 15, 1862. It soon became known as the "Star Regiment," on account of its perfection in drill and the discipline that prevailed among the members. Soon after it was mustered in it was ordered to Helena, Arkansas, where it joined the Thirteenth Army Corps for the Yazoo Pass expedition. Later it distinguished itself in the capture of Arkansas Post. After that engagement it was detailed to guard some five thousand Confederate prisoners enroute to Camp Douglas, Chicago, and on the way small-pox broke out among the prisoners. Several of the regiment contracted the disease and a few deaths occurred. Upon rejoining the army in front of Vicksburg the regiment was assigned to General Herron's Division and was in the trenches on the extreme left of the Union Line until the city capitulated. The Thirty-fourth was then transferred to the Department of the Gulf and in the spring of 1864 constituted part of General Banks' forces in the ill-fated Red River expedition. In July, 1864, it aided in the reduction of the forts at the mouth of the Mobile River, after which it was ordered to Texas. In December, 1864, its numbers were augmented by consolidation with the Thirty-eighth Iowa Infantry, though it retained its number, and in July, 1865, it
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was again augmented by the addition of the recruits of the Thirty- third. It was mustered out at Houston, Texas, August 13, 1865.
THIRTY-SIXTH INFANTRY
A considerable portion of Company D, Thirty-sixth Infantry, came from Marion County. Simeon Liggett and Ira B. Sharon served as sergeants, Francis M. Epperson held the rank of third cor- poral, and the following were enrolled as privates: Jacob F. Coder, Watson W. Coder, Isaac Crumpson, Amhurst M. Darnell, William H. Darnell, Daniel T. Fall, Joseph Griffis, John Huntley, Parker Jones, Mervin T. Keernan, Charles L. Ladd, Henry C. Lyman, Horace M. Lyman, James R. McGruder, Frantz Marquardt, Curtis Moffatt, David F. Newsom, Lucien L. Parker, John W. Robinson, Stacy Sinclair, John Stillwell, Abram Umbenhower, Francis Whit- inger, Andrew J. Willsey.
Recruits-Howard R. Allen, Hiram L. Boner, Moses R. Buster, Harvey Carr, Francis M. Danetz, Abner W. Lyman, Charles Moul- ton. William B. Noel, George E. Scott, Christopher C. Sharon, Philip Sinclair, Sydney F. Tyrrell, Peter M. Willsey.
The regiment was mustered in at Keokuk on October 4, 1862, and soon afterward was ordered to report to General Curtis at Helena, Arkansas. It took part in the Yazoo Pass Expedition and assisted in the defeat of Hood's forces at Helena on July 4, 1863. Early in August, 1863, it joined General Steele for the march to Camden and on this expedition it fought at Elkins' Ford, Prairie d'Ane, Mark's Mills. Jenkins' Ferry and Camden. At Elkins' Ford a portion of the Thirty-sixth saved the day by a charge that routed the enemy "horse, foot and dragoons." On April 26, 1864, the brigade to which the regiment was attached was attacked by a vastly superior force at Mark's Mills and after a stubborn resistance of sev- eral hours was overpowered and captured. The prisoners were taken to Tyler, Texas, where they were kept-subjected to starvation and almost inhuman treatment-until the spring of 1865, when they were exchanged. The regiment was mustered out at Duvall's Bluff, Ar- kansas, August 24, 1865.
THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
This organization was commonly called the "Grey Beard Regi- ment," because it was composed of men over forty-five years of age and therefore not really subject to military duty. It was organized
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under special orders of the War Department, dated August 11, 1862, with the distinct provision that the regiment should be employed only in post and garrison duty and should not be required to make long marches or undergo the exposure of actual field service. Owing to age of the members, quite a number of counties in the state were rep- resented. Marion County furnished eight men for Company E, of which Edwin Davis was second lieutenant; Hartzell Wycoff, fifth sergeant, and the following served as privates: Hugh Logan, Jacob Neeley, Alexander H. Porter, David Ross, Samuel H. Strahan and Allen Sumner.
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