USA > Iowa > Muscatine County > History of Muscatine County, Iowa, from the earliest settlements to the present time, Volume I > Part 22
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58
180
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Mussellman, John P., enlisted February 27, 1864.
Nuel, Samuel, enlisted August 30, 1862.
Rupp, John, enlisted February 29, 1864.
Rubattem, Jesse, enlisted September 5, 1862.
Stormfelte, Henry, August 15, 1862.
Scott, Charles C.
Schenck, Charles G., enlisted August II, 1862.
Scott, Charles C., enlisted August 15, 1862.
Stauber, C. L., enlisted August 26, 1862.
Sparks, E. E., enlisted September 22, 1862. Shutts, L. W., enlisted March 5, 1864. Tyler, A. G., enlisted August 26, 1862. Thornton, E. J., enlisted September 5, 1862.
Thornton, Joseph, enlisted September 5, 1862.
Waltz, George B., enlisted August 26, 1862.
Williams, A. E., enlisted August 13, 1862.
Wamsley, Judson, enlisted February 15, 1864.
Sixteenth Infantry.
This regiment was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 19, 1865.
Major William Purcell, commissioned December 4, 1861; wounded at Cor- inth ; discharged January 29, 1865.
Commissary Sergeant Charles Weiseman, enlisted December 18, 1862; vet- eranized January 5, 1864.
COMPANY B.
Corporal Adolph Golbrecht, enlisted December 4, 1861.
Bowling, John C., enlisted December 21, 1863.
Brenner, Anton, enlisted September 30, 1861.
Gieger, Wendlin, enlisted December 10, 1861 ; transferred to Invalid Corps. Gottbrecht, August, enlisted September 19, 1861; wounded at Big Shanty; died at Rome, Georgia.
Kuhn, Wilhelm, enlisted September 30, 1861.
Reimers, Jacob, enlisted November 14, 1861 ; died near Corinth.
Schlosser, Fritz, enlisted September 30, 1861; died July 18, 1862. .
COMPANY C.
Captain Alpheus Palmer, commissioned January 15, 1862; wounded at Shiloh and Iuka; mustered out January 24, 1865, term expired.
Captain Thomas Purcell, commissioned second lieutenant January 15, 1862; promoted first lieutenant November 21, 1862; captured at Atlanta ; discharged March 16, 1865; appointed captain April II, 1865.
First Lieutenant Joseph Lucas, enlisted as private December 6, 1861 ; wounded and captured at Atlanta; promoted first lieutenant June 4, 1865.
Second Lieutenant John Hayes, enlisted as first sergeant September 2, 1861 ; wounded at Shiloh; promoted second lieutenant December 22, 1862.
181
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Sergeant Thomas J. Jones, enlisted October 10, 1861 ; discharged October 4, 1863, disability.
Sergeant William Manley, enlisted October 14, 1861; wounded at Shiloh; veteranized January 4, - 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain; discharged July 25, 1865.
Sergeant T. C. Purcell, enlisted November 20, 1861 ; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain and Nick-a-Jack Creek; died at Marietta, Georgia.
Sergeant Herman Roth, enlisted November 8, 1861; discharged September 16, 1862.
Sergeant Jacob Karn, enlisted October 1, 1861 ; wounded at Kenesaw Moun- tain ; captured at Atlanta.
Sergeant John A. Harriman, enlisted October II, 1861; wounded at Shiloh; captured at Bolivar, Tennessee; discharged April 13, 1863.
Corporal H. W. Blessing, enlisted November 4, 1861; wounded at Shiloh and Iuka; veteranized January 5, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Corporal A. K. Bair, enlisted October 10, 1861 ; veteranized January 4, 1864 ; killed at Kenesaw Mountain.
Corporal Rudolph Hoffmaster, enlisted November 16, 1861; wounded at Corinth ; discharged March 19, 1863.
Corporal Stephen Cretzmyer, enlisted October 19, 1861 ; veteranized Jan- uary 4, 1864; captured July 22, 1864.
Corporal Fred G. Shultz, enlisted October 12, 1861 ; veteranized January 5, I864.
Corporal L. D. Pocock, enlisted March 12, 1862; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain ; captured at Atlanta ; transferred for promotion to captain of Com- pany H, One Hundred and Thirty-fifth United States Cavalry.
Corporal S. M. Fisher, enlisted November 28, 1861 ; veteranized January 5, 1864; captured while foraging.
Corporal Peter Gettert, enlisted November 12, 1861 ; veteranized February 28, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Alger, Lewis, enlisted December 10, 1861.
Auge, Marcel, enlisted October 10, 1861 ; veteranized January 5, 1864 ; killed at Kenesaw Mountain.
Bair, Nicholas, enlisted November 28, 1861; captured at Shiloh.
Bradford, George W., enlisted October 26, 1861 ; died at Davenport.
Bauregard, Fred, enlisted November 15, 1861 ; veteranized January 4, 1864.
Bause, Nicholas, enlisted November 28, 1861 ; captured at Corinth ; veteran- ized January 5, 1864.
Brawand, John, enlisted October 12, 1861 ; wounded at Shiloh and Corinth; discharged October 4, 1864, disability.
Brown, Adam, enlisted December 20, 1861 ; killed at Shiloh.
Chapman, William, enlisted December 9, 1861.
Cimmerman, John H., enlisted December 9, 1861 ; discharged June 10, 1863.
Cline, George, enlisted December 25, 1861.
Coriell, A. B., enlisted October 4, 1861 ; wounded at Shiloh ; discharged Au- gust 21, 1862.
182
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Coriell, James, enlisted February 28, 1861 ; wounded at Iuka; veteranized February 13, 1864.
Darr, F. O., enlisted October 3, 1861 ; died at Sixth Division Hospital, Ten- nessee.
Dill, Jacob M., enlisted February 5, 1861 ; died at Jackson, Tennessee.
Doyle, John H., enlisted February 17, 1862; died at Shiloh.
Draper, John R., enlisted November 1, 1861.
Esmoil, Peter, enlisted November 18, 1861; wounded at Shiloh.
Hale, H. W., enlisted November 12, 1861; wounded at Shiloh; veteranized January 5, 1864.
Hale, Samuel, enlisted February 2, 1863; veteranized February 5, 1864.
Hess, Oregon, enlisted October 3, 1861 ; veteranized January 5, 1864.
Hettiker, John, enlisted January 28, 1862; died at Vicksburg.
Hettinger, Philip, enlisted October 10, 1861; wounded at Kenesaw Moun- tain and Atlanta; died at Marietta, Georgia.
Hettinger, Adam, enlisted October 10, 1861; wounded at Corinth; veteran- ized January 4, 1864.
Horseley, Joseph, enlisted October 10, 1861; wounded at Shiloh.
Howell, James H., enlisted October 18, 1861 ; killed at Shiloh.
Kughn, John, enlisted February 29, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain. Keckler, George W., enlisted October 9, 1861 ; veteranized January 5, 1864.
King, James, enlisted January 15, 1862; wounded at Iuka; veteranized Jan- uary 5, 1864; wounded at Atlanta.
Mosier, A. N., enlisted October 5, 1861; captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 5, 1864.
Murphy, A. J., enlisted March 6, 1864; wounded at Nick-a-Jack Creek.
Reed, Napoleon, enlisted December 18, 1861; died, place unknown.
Schmoker, Peter, enlisted October 10, 1861; discharged April 8, 1863, dis- ability.
Spurgeon, David, enlisted December 23, 1861; veteranized February 15, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Twiggs, Arnold, enlisted November 13, 1861; wounded at Shiloh; dis- charged 'August 15, 1862.
Washburn, H. H., enlisted November 8, 1861 ; died June 15, 1862.
Weld, David T., enlisted December 17, 1861; wounded at Corinth; dis- charged December 8, 1862.
COMPANY E.
Captain John H. Turner, commissioned February 20, 1862; missing in action at Atlanta, July 22, 1864; discharged March 12, 1865.
Captain Alfred P. Merritt, enlisted as private November 26, 1861 ; wounded at Nick-a-Jack Creek; promoted first lieutenant January 1, 1865; promoted cap- tain May 12, 1865.
First Lieutenant Thomas A. Burke, enlisted as sergeant October 7, 1862 ; pro- moted second lieutenant October 17, 1862; promoted first lieutenant August 21, 1863; wounded.
183
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Corporal Samuel T. Orr, enlisted February 17, 1862 ; captured at Newberg, Indiana ; discharged October 18, 1863.
Corporal Benjamin Priest, enlisted February 12, 1862; wounded at Nick-a- Jack Creek.
Corporal Thomas Curran, enlisted October 12, 1861; veteranized January I, 1864.
Musician Hugh Mclellan, enlisted October 7, 1861 ; discharged December 10, 1862, disability.
Musician Eli Mounts, enlisted December 16, 1861.
Biggins, Richard, enlisted October 2, 1861 ; discharged May 29, 1864, dis- ability.
Banks, John, enlisted January 20, 1861 ; transferred to Invalid Corps.
Bartlett, Richard, enlisted February 5, 1862.
Burkhart, John, enlisted February 12, 1862; veteranized February 28, 1864; captured, place unknown.
Chamberlain, H. C., enlisted November 26, 1862.
Cartland, John, enlisted October 29, 1861; veteranized January 4, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Crowley, Timothy, enlisted October 25, 1861 ; captured at Atlanta.
Chatterton, John M., enlisted December 9, 1861.
Drake, A. S., enlisted October 29, 1861; died September 22, 1862.
Esterline, John, enlisted November 4, 1861 ; died May 18, 1862.
Evans, Andrew, enlisted February 15, 1862; veteranized February 28, 1864.
Hallock, M. O., enlisted November 2, 1861; wounded at Corinth; died Oc- tober 20, 1862.
Jellison, Charles M., enlisted November 26, 1861 ; discharged May 31, 1862. Kerr, Robert H., enlisted October 16, 1861; died June 22, 1862.
Kern, Frederick, enlisted May 2, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain.
Mattison, Orlando, enlisted January 17, 1862; wounded at Nick-a-Jack Creek; captured at Atlanta.
O'Leary, Dennis, enlisted October 2, 1861; veteranized January 5, 1864.
Rifanberg, William H., enlisted November 24, 1861; died March 3, 1862.
Sullivan, Thomas, enlisted December 16, 1861; veteranized January 4, 1864; wounded at Atlanta.
Tunney, John, enlisted October 10, 1862; veteranized January 5, 1864.
Thornton, John, enlisted February 15, 1862; died at Quincy, Illinois.
Weaver, William W., enlisted November 26, 1861 ; veteranized January 4, 1864; killed at battle of Nick-a-Jack Creek.
Woodruff, Franklin, enlisted February 1, 1862; killed at battle of Iuka.
COMPANY F.
Second Lieutenant Balthazer Knoepfel, enlisted as private February 18, 1862; promoted second lieutenant July 19, 1863 ; mustered out as first sergeant. Second Lieutenant Christian Heppe, enlisted February 18, 1862; captured at Atlanta.
Aldridge, Jasper D., enlisted February 17, 1862; discharged May II, 1862.
184
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Ames, Absalom D., enlisted February 17, 1862; captured at Atlanta.
Cathcart, Samuel B., enlisted February 29, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Grau, John M., enlisted February 22, 1862; wounded at Iuka; veteranized March 9, 1864.
McClure, John H., enlisted March 2, 1864.
Scranton, Irwin W., enlisted February 17, 1862; wounded at Shiloh; dis- charged August 28, 1862.
Stelib, Henry, enlisted February 1I, 1864; captured at Atlanta.
Younkin, Norman D., enlisted February 17, 1862; wounded at Shiloh and Iuka; died at Corinth, Mississippi, June 23, 1862.
Yohung, Joseph H., enlisted February 16, 1862; wounded at Shiloh; died April 10, 1862.
COMPANY G.
Schwarzdraper, George, enlisted February 23, 1861 ; veteranized February 24, 1864; captured and killed by rebels.
COMPANY H.
Corporal Allen F. Miller, enlisted December 3, 1861 ; wounded at Shiloh.
COMPANY I.
First Lieutenant Edward S. Ragsdale, enlisted as private Company E, Oc- tober 24, 1861 ; promoted second lieutenant November 14, 1862; promoted first lieutenant April 19, 1863; mustered out April 10, 1865.
Musician Walter Jemison, enlisted January 18, 1862; veteranized January 18, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Captain Jesse H. Lucas, commissioned first lieutenant Company C, January 5, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, Iuka and Corinth; promoted captain October 20, 1862; captured at Atlanta ; discharged January 28, 1865, term expired.
Hocke, John, enlisted March 15, 1862; veteranized March 16, 1864.
Martin, John, enlisted March II, 1862; wounded; transferred to Veteran Relief Corps.
Shott, Adam, enlisted March 15, 1861 ; discharged July 9, 1863, disability.
Eighteenth Infantry.
This regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas, July 20, 1865.
Colonel Hugh J. Campbell, commissioned major August 2, 1862; promoted lieutenant colonel July 17, 1863; promoted colonel December 1, 1864; mustered out as lieutenant colonel.
COMPANY E.
Captain Stephen Estle, commissioned August 8, 1862; discharged April 13, 1864.
185
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Captain Edwin B. Dean, enlisted as first sergeant June II, 1862; promoted first lieutenant January 16, 1864; promoted captain April 14, 1864.
First Lieutenant Galbraith Bitzer, commissioned August 7, 1862; resigned October 31, 1863.
First Lieutenant Newton M. Brown, commissioned second lieutenant August 7, 1862; promoted first lieutenant April 14, 1864.
Sergeant Moses P. Stiles, enlisted June II, 1862.
Sergeant S. N. Stewart, enlisted June II, 1862.
Sergeant Richard P. Hosley, enlisted June II, 1862.
Sergeant William Beardsley, enlisted June 23, 1864.
Corporal J. Boughton, enlisted July 5, 1862.
Corporal William S. Denham, enlisted June II, 1862.
Corporal Charles Kettle, enlisted July 1, 1862; discharged February 10, 1863, disability.
Corporal Albert W. Heaton, enlisted June II, 1862; killed at Quincy, Mis- souri.
Corporal Charles D. Gibson, enlisted June II, 1862; wounded at Moscow; captured at Poison Spring.
Corporal Robert Dunton, enlisted June 20, 1862; discharged February 19, 1863, disability.
Corporal James B. Rumsey, enlisted June II, 1862.
Musician John S. Heaton, enlisted June 25, 1862.
Ball, Nathan W., enlisted June II, 1862.
Craddock, John W., enlisted June 16, 1862 ; discharged December 21, 1862, disability.
Crabtree, John, enlisted July 19, 1862; discharged September 4, 1862, dis- ability.
Dickerson, A. T., enlisted June II, 1862.
Day, E. P., enlisted March 27, 1863.
Day, Theodore M., enlisted June 17, 1862.
Dicks, William H., enlisted August 1, 1862.
Eveland Peter, enlisted July 20, 1862.
Eveland, Beal D., enlisted July 20, 1862.
Eberling, William, enlisted June 28, 1862; died December II, 1862.
French, Jacob, enlisted July 1, 1862.
Fording, David F., enlisted July 28, 1862.
Geiger, F., June II, 1862.
Grandy, Parker, enlisted July 5, 1862.
Hargreaves, Ed. S., enlisted June 21, 1862; died at Springfield, Missouri.
Hopkinson, Perry, enlisted July 1, 1862.
Jarvis, Jesse B., enlisted June 10, 1862.
Johnson, F., enlisted June 14, 1862.
Johnson, James, enlisted August 2, 1862.
Kennedy, John J., enlisted June 12, 1862.
Knott, John, enlisted June II, 1862; discharged February 10, 1863, disability. Kuhnd, Otto, enlisted July 28, 1862.
186
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Lantz, George, enlisted July 1, 1862; discharged February 10, 1863, dis- ability.
Pierson, H. H., enlisted June 18, 1862.
Pratt, H. A., enlisted July 27, 1862.
Pratt, James G., enlisted July 27, 1862; died at Springfield, Missouri.
Roberts, William, enlisted July 5, 1862.
Rowley, James, enlisted July 5, 1862.
Rumery, George D., enlisted June 22, 1862.
Richter, H., enlisted June II, 1862; discharged September 6, 1863, disability.
Roseman, William, enlisted July 20, 1862.
Smith, James, enlisted July 16, 1862.
Stewart, George W., enlisted June 12, 1862; discharged January 19, 1863, disability.
Stanley, John W., enlisted June 30, 1862; killed at Poison Spring.
Stewart, William L., enlisted July 27, 1862.
Tracy, Alexander H., enlisted June 24, 1862.
Tinsley, James W., enlisted June II, 1862; died at Springfield, Missouri.
Trexler, Jonas, enlisted July 2, 1862; discharged February 10, 1863, dis- ability.
Van Zandt, C., enlisted July 23, 1862.
Watson, Samuel D., enlisted June II, 1862; captured at Poison Spring.
Westervelt, John, enlisted June 1I, 1862.
Wilcox, John, enlisted July 28, 1862.
Winning, Henry, enlisted June 11, 1862.
COMPANY K.
Captain Chester C. Clover, commissioned August 6, 1862; mustered out May 19, 1865.
Sergeant George B. Reilly, enlisted July 7, 1862.
Sergeant Patrick Force, enlisted July 7, 1862.
Corporal William Riggs, enlisted July 18, 1862.
Musician William Pegan, enlisted July 7, 1862.
Musician James E. Kilburn, enlisted July 7, 1862; discharged March 22, 1864, disability.
Murphy, Edward, enlisted July 15, 1862.
McMullen, Gilbert, enlisted July 7, 1862.
Summer, John L., enlisted July 7, 1862.
Winchell, Harrison, enlisted July 7, 1862; discharged February 12, 1863, Schlaissmar, Albert, enlisted July 19, 1862.
Stewart, John, enlisted July 7, 1862; discharged January 19, 1863; disability. disability.
Thirty-Fifth Infantry.
This regiment was mustered out at Davenport, Iowa, August 10, 1865.
Colonel Sylvester G. Hill, commissioned August 10, 1862 ; brevetted briga- dier general United States Volunteers December 15, 1864; killed at battle of Nashville.
187
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Lieutenant Colonel William B. Keeler, commissioned captain Company A, September 18, 1862; promoted major June 5, 1863 ; promoted lieutenant colonel, 'August 8, 1863.
Major Henry O'Connor, commissioned August 10, 1862; resigned June 4, 1863.
Major Abraham John, commissioned captain Company B, September 18, 1862; promoted major August 8, 1863 ; killed at battle of Lake Chico, Arkansas.
Major William Dill, commissioned captain Company D, September 18, 1862; promoted major June 7, 1864.
Surgeon Stephen M. Cobb, commissioned assistant surgeon, September 16, 1862; promoted surgeon August 15, 1863.
Adjutant Frederick L. Dayton, commissioned September 6, 1862.
Quartermaster Heiskell Lofland, enlisted as private Company H, August 20, 1862; promoted quartermaster September 6, 1862; discharged February 15, 1865.
Quartermaster Robert B. Baird, enlisted as private Company B, July 14, 1862 ; promoted quartermaster sergeant and promoted quartermaster April 12, 1865.
Chaplain F. W. Evans, commissioned September 4, 1862; resigned August 27, 1862.
Commissary Sergeant John H. Phillips, enlisting August 9, 1862; transferred for promotion to first lieutenant Seventy-first United States Colored Infantry.
Hospital Steward Samuel Holmes, enlisted August 15, 1862; died at Cairo, Illinois.
COMPANY A.
Captain John A. Kyrk, commissioned second lieutenant September 18, 1862; promoted captain June 5, 1863 ; died at Muscatine.
Captain Henry Blanck, enlisted as first sergeant August 8, 1862; promoted second lieutenant June 5, 1863; promoted captain September 26, 1863; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Captain Isaac B. Sloan, enlisted as sergeant July 24, 1862; promoted first lieutenant September 26, 1863; promoted captain April 10, 1864.
First Lieutenant Romulus Hawley, commissioned September 18, 1862; re- signed July 23, 1863.
First Lieutenant Charles Washburn, enlisted as sergeant July 21, 1862; pro- moted first lieutenant April 10, 1864.
Sergeant Samuel Manly, enlisted July 24, 1862; transferred for promotion to captain United States Colored Infantry.
Sergeant John Strohm, enlisted August 13, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; discharged June 1, 1865.
Sergeant Thomas S. Parvin, enlisted July 28, 1862; transferred for promo- tion to first lieutenant Third Missouri Infantry.
Corporal John C. Winn, enlisted July 25, 1862.
Corporal Thomas Whitmer, enlisted July 15, 1862; wounded at Nashville; discharged May 29, 1865.
Corporal Thomas Holliday, enlisted August 9, 1862.
188
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Corporal Irick T. Darr, enlisted August 5, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Corporal Samuel Johnson, enlisted July 29, 1862.
Corporal Peter Harrison, enlisted July 21, 1862; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana.
Corporal William M. Benifel, enlisted August 14, 1862.
Corporal John W. Berry, enlisted August II, 1862; captured Jackson, Mississippi.
Corporal Julius A. Covell, enlisted August II, 1862.
Corporal Henry Cargill, enlisted July 18, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill; discharged May 24, 1865; disability.
Corporal William Griswold, enlisted August II, 1862; discharged August 23, 1863; disability.
Corporal Ed Hunt, enlisted August 15, 1862; died at Mound City, Illinois. Corporal William H. Randall, enlisted July 21, 1862.
Musician Noah V. Griffin, enlisted July 24, 1862; discharged February 12, 1863, disability.
Musician Ocran Dickinson, enlisted August 7, 1862.
Wagoner William G. White, enlisted August II, 1862 ; captured at Jackson, Mississippi; died at Annapolis, Maryland.
Abbott, M. T., enlisted July 28, 1862; discharged June 10, 1863, disability. Anderson, S. S., enlisted July 21, 1862 ; discharged January 9, 1865, disability.
Baird, George W., enlisted August 4, 1862; discharged January 10, 1863, disability.
Blessing, Jeremiah, enlisted August 6, 1862.
Brown, Jacob, enlisted August 13, 1862 ; discharged May 19, 1862, disability. Berry, J. L., enlisted August 14, 1862.
Black, D. T., enlisted August 14, 1862; captured at Jackson, Mississippi ; died at St. Louis.
Carter, John, enlisted February 20, 1864; died at Memphis, Tennessee.
Chappel, Levi, enlisted February 20, 1864; wounded and captured at Pleas- ant Hill.
Clough, John M., enlisted August 5, 1862.
Chambers, William S., enlisted August 9, 1862 ; discharged April 14, 1865, disability.
Cease, John W., enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged April 20, 1863; disability.
Cargill, John, enlisted August 14, 1862; died at Memphis.
Criner, Isaac C., enlisted August 14, 1862; died at Mound City, Illinois.
Dill, John A., enlisted August 6, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps.
Dungan, John, enlisted August 5, 1862.
Dawson, Levi, enlisted August 9, 1862; died at Memphis.
Denton, Charles H., enlisted August 2, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps.
Everett, R. M., enlisted August 2, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill.
Everett, William B., enlisted August II, 1862; killed near Black River, Mississippi.
Etherton, Moses, enlisted August 2, 1862; died at Memphis.
189
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
Feuistel, John, enlisted August 14, 1862.
Fishburn, William H., enlisted August 1I, 1862.
Frazer, D. H., enlisted August 14, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill.
Greenblade, Henry, enlisted August 8, 1862.
Girtner, Henry, enlisted August 9, 1862.
Grassman, John, enlisted August 9, 1862; died at St. Louis.
Goldsberry, A. M., enlisted August 14, 1862.
Hobby, William, enlisted July 19, 1862; discharged February 10, 1863, disability.
Henning, William M., enlisted August 25, 1862; discharged December 14, 1863, disability.
Hahn, Jeremiah, enlisted August 1, 1862.
Hesser, Charles W., enlisted August 9, 1862.
THE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT.
A public meeting was held in Muscatine, March 21, 1866, to consider what steps were necessary to raise a fund for the erection of a monument to the memory of the fallen heroes, who left their homes in this county and joined the Union army, and whose lives were sacrificed in the great struggle. In Septem- ber, 1867, articles of incorporation were decided upon and a Soldiers' Monument Association was formed, with Thomas Hanna, president; J. E. Robb, vice president ; John Mahin, secretary; and A. F. Demorest, treasurer. From that time on, various methods of raising money were resorted to until 1874, at which time W. W. Webster proposed to take the sum then in the treasury, amounting to about $700, and secure enough in addition to complete a monument, depend- ing upon his own exertions for subscriptions and collections. W. B. Sprague designed the work and superintended its execution, performing much of the labor himself. The monument stands today an evidence of the artistic skill of the designer.
The monument consists of a massive pyramidal base of four steps, the pedes- tal or die, the shaft and the statue. Upon a solid foundation of masonry ten feet square by five and a half feet deep, weighing thirty-four tons, the imposing struc- ture stands. The base is composed of three blocks of limestone and one of marble. On the front of the upper block is carved a shield, upon which is in- scribed the legend, "1861-Muscatine County. To her fallen sons-1865." The die of the pedestal is a marble cube, three feet and four inches in size, with an ornate Grecian cap, showing heavy arched moldings on all sides. On the front in bold relief and very handsomely carved, is a coat of arms, with shield, draped flag, spears and guns. Surmounting this is a laurel wreath. Upon this die and upper base piece are inscribed nearly or quite five hundred names, as are shown hereafter. From the die springs a graceful fluted column. At a height of eleven feet it terminates in a coronal of stars, the emblematic thirteen, and a Grecian cap ornamented with leaves. Upon this shaft rests the grand crowning piece of the monument-the statue of the American volunteer, six feet two inches in height, representing a soldier in full uniform, with gun before him, at "parade- rest." The monument weighs thirty tons. The actual cost of the work was
190
HISTORY OF MUSCATINE COUNTY
about $6,000, but the moment surpasses in excellence many which have cost twice or three times that amount. It was constructed upon the broad basis of patriotic pride and not from sordid desires.
Herewith is given a list of the names carved upon the die:
First Infantry-S. Norman, A. L. Mason, J. Wiley, W. G. Eckles, G. Mc- Ginnes, C. Michenor, T. J. Buchanan.
Fifth Infantry-T. C. Wales.
Seventh Infantry-W. W. DeHues, W. Wells, D. Welker, J. F. Hardy, C. S. Bocth, C. Mahin, J. Dill, J. Tate, J. Henley, A. Truitt, H. Barker, F. Pitchfork, J. Brunting, J. Zaser, H. Borgers, J. Werst, D. B. Underwood, L. Cunningham, J. Hunt, J. K. Holmes, E. Mills, L. Pallat, J. Cochran, J. Doder, W. D. Kenedy, B. F. McGill, C. Stratton, J. Schuller, J. H. Wales, J. Shelley.
Eighth Infantry-P. Smith, W. R. Stotler, J. Walker, H. Barcus.
Eleventh Infantry-J. W. C. Burrell, E. E. Sparks, D. H. Collins, J. A. Rob- inson, J. G. Fisher, W. A. Akens, P. Gissne, P. Fox, J. Geodocke, G. P. Kings- land, H. Vanhessle, J. W. Wilson, H. Benedict, F. M. Stretch, M. Feldmann, G. W. Cakendar, J. Guttka, C. Biers, M. Shellabarger, W. H. Meeks, N. Fay, M. Reyburn, T. Kerr, D. Taylor, T. W. Corwin, A. Port, S. J. Alden, M. B. Bowles, C. O. Cooper, A. Moore, J. P. Melan, H. Rice, F. J. Bailey, S. V. Krouse, D. B. Spillman, H. Leibert, T. J. Corey, P. Caven, W. Leverich, W. White, R. R. McReed, R. W. Vaun, S. Campbell, A. A. Bradford, A. Thorn, E. McDonald, W. G. Rogers, T. Hurnicutt, R. Curtin, J. H. Gregory, A. Rancipher, B. Spang- ler, R. Brook, S. Webb, S. A. Jackson, W. E. Mikesell, D. Coleman, G. W. Hawk, J. Insley, H. T. Prouty, H. Windrel, H. C. Ady, W. W. Evans, W. A. Gordon, H. M. White, C. G. Schenck, W. E. Budd, D. Taylor, H. Hyink, C. J. Fitchner, W. A. Hawley, F. H. Newell, J. L. Small, W. Robinson, J. F. Rubert, C. Sy- brits, J. B. Sullivan, J. Williams, G. Clinton, J. Baxter, H. Vanater, C. Booten, B. S. Purinton, N. W. Wolf. E. Briggs, J. Brown, D. Grant, J. Leach, W. J. Etherton, O. McGrew, A. Williams, H. Hazelton, G. Daniels, W. Pittensbarger, M. Reyburn, Z. Beall, A. Fish, J. M. Jarrett, R. M. Curdy, J. Galvin, R. Garland, J. Kester, T. McKeough, J. W. Tice, R. B. Hare, J. Ludlow.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.