History of the Fifteenth Regiment, Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry, from October, 1861, to August, 1865, when disbanded at the end of the war, Part 15

Author: Belknap, William W. (William Worth), 1829-1890, ed; Tyler, Loren S
Publication date: 1887
Publisher: Keokuk, Iowa : R.B. Ogden & Son
Number of Pages: 776


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Mar 3, '64[ Mar 14, '64 Mar 21, '64 Mar 22, '64 W'd in face slightly, Atlanta, July, '64.


History of the Fifteenth Regiment


Slocum, John D.


18


Nov 25, '61 Dec 13, '61 [ Jan 4, '64, in 2d [a. Bat'ry .


Stanwood, Sabin C.


44 Calhoun,


Date of


U. S. Serv.


Jan 25, '62[ Feb 22, '62; Died of Measles, Keokuk, March 31, '62.


Vanwinkle, Amos N. . 22 Coun. Bluffs, Ills.


Private,


Jan 11, '62


Nov 92, '61 Dec 13, '61 |W'd right leg, amputated, at Shiloh.


Dec 20, '61 Feb 22, '62 W'd severely in foot, at Shiloh.


Julien, Edward S.


Marshall, Thomas Roth. Frederick Vincent, James E.


Wilson Thomas II.


18| Keosauqua, flowa Ind.


Private, Private,


Mar 31. '64 Mar 31, '64


18|Burlington,


Germ. Privatc,


Mar 24, '64 Mar 24, '64


Sept 9, '62


[Miss. river, March 27, '63.


Oct 10, '61 Nov 9, '61|Joined from B. Co .; supposed drowned in


Fifteenth Iowa Infantry. - Roster of I Company.


NAMES.


Age.


Residence.


Na- tivity.


Rank.


Date of Date of going into must'r into Quarters. U. S. Serv.


REMARKS.


Lloyd D. Simpson,


34 Keokuk,


Md


Capt. Capt.


Nov 5, '61 Jan 24, '62 Resigned at Keokuk, March 25, '62.


James G. Day,


29 Sidney,


James M. Reid,


32 Keokuk,


Ind. Capt.


James M. Reid,


32


Edgar T. Miller,


27


Penn. 1st Lt.


May 27, '61 Jan 26, '62 W'd sev. neck Shiloh; pro. Capt. July 4, Apr 7, '62 July 4, '62 From 2d Lieutenant. [f'm A Co. 2d Ia. Nov 5, '61 Jan 26, '62 Killed in battle at Shiloh, Apr. 6, '62.


Robert W. Hamilton,


20 Osceola, 27 Keokuk,


Ire.


2d Lt.


Apr 7, '62 Apr 7, '62 Pro. 1st Lieutenant, July 4, '62.


Ensign H. King,


23 Osceola,


2d Lt.


Nov 4, '61 July 4, '62 From 1st Sergt.


Ensign H. King,


123


1st Ser.


Jan 24, '62 Pro. 2d Lieutenant July 4, '62.


William F. Bennett,


23


66


Ist Ser.


46 July 4, '62 From 2d Sergt. pro. Capt. 39thi Iowa.


Henry Sche-vers,


40 Keokuk,


23 Osceola,


Hol. 1st Ser. Penn. 2d Ser. Cana. 2d Ser. Ohio, Bd Ser.


William Christy,


120 Osceola,


Hol. 3d Ser.


Ohio, 3d Ser.


Nov 4, '61 Nov 21, '62 From 4th Sergt.


Henry D. Welch,


33 Simpson,


Eng. 4th Ser.


James R. Williams,


20 Charleston,


Iowa. 4th Ser.


40 Keokuk,


22 Osceola,


4th Ser. 4th Ser.


18


40 Keokuk, Hol. 5th Ser.


5th Ser.


Oct 13, '61 Jan 24, '62 W'd sev. Shiloh, pro. 4th Sergt. June 18, 62. Feb 8, '62 June 18, '62 From Private; discharged June 30, '62.


Thomas B. Coffman, Daniel Verrips,


18 Pella,


21 Farmington, Ind. Hol. 5th Ser.


Oct 18. '61 July 1, '62 From 6th Corporal.


163


Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry.


Nov 30, '61 July 4, '62 From 1st Corporal. [D Co. 8th Ia. Cav. Nov 23, 61 Jan 24, '62 Disch'd disability Nov 13, '62, re-inst'd Capt Oct 13, '61 Nov 14, '62 From 4th Sergt, pro. 1st Sergt. Nov 21, '62.


Henry Scheevers,


40 Keokuk,


22 Osceola,


Hol. 4th Ser Ohio,


Oct 13, '61 June 18, '62 From 5th Sergt. Pro. 3d Sergt. Nov. 14, '62. Nov 4, '61 Nov 14, '62 From 1st Corp'l Pro. 3d Sergt, Nov 21, '62. Nov 12, '61 Nov 21, '62 From 8th Corporal.


Henry Scheevers, Wm. W. Williams, William C. Wells.


Nov 4, '61 Jan 4, '62 Pro. 1st Sergt. July 4, '62.


William F. Bennett, Joel Parker,


24 Sangamon,


Ohio,


1st Lt.


|Mar 26, '62 Fr. F. Co .; w'd sev. Shiloh; Tr. to F. Co. July 4, '62 From 1st Lieutenant. [ July 3, '62.


Edgar T. Miller,


Penn. 2d L'.


Oct 13, '61 Nov 21, '62 From 3d Sergt.


Wm. W. Williams,


Dec 1, '61 Jan 24, '62 Transferred to K Co. 17th Ia. March 1, '62. Feb 1, '61 Mar 28, '62 Discharged Corinth June 17, '62.


Henry Scheevers,


20 Coun. Bluffs, N. Y. Private,


36 Des Moines, Penn. |Private,


Feb 13, '64 Mar 13, '64 Killed in battle, at Atlanta, July 22, '64.


21 Kane tp,


164


Fifteenth Iowa Infantry .- Roster of I Company-Continued.


Date of f


NAMES.


Residence.


Na- tivity .


Rank.


U. S. Serv


Joel Parker,


24


Wm. W. Williams,


22


Sang'n Co. Osceola,


Ca. W. 1st Cor. Ohio, 1st Cor.


4, '61 July 4, '62 Pro. 4th Sergt. Nov. 14, '62.


Oliver P. Fleming,


21


Wm, W. Williams,


22


=


Ohio,


2d Cor.


Nov 4, '61 Jan 24, '62 Pro. 1st Corporal July 4, '62.


Oliver P. Fleming,


21


Ind.


2d Cor. 2d Cor.


Oct 1, '61 Jan 24, '62 From 3d Corpl.


William L. Watson, William L. Watson,


20


Charleston,


3d Cor.


do


do Pro. 2d Corpl. Nov 14, '62.


John Davenport,


20 18 Osceola,


Ills. 3d Cor.


Nov 4, '61 Nov 14, '62 From Private.


Benjamin F, Keck,


33 Farmington, Md. 4th Cor.


Oct 1, '61 Jan 24, '62 W'd Abdomen severely, Shiloh.


James C. Bonar,


20|Hopeville, Ills. 4th Cor.


Isaac N. Hewitt.


36 Ft. Madison, Ind.


5th Cor.


Dec 20, '61 Jan 24, '62 Reduced at own request, March 29, '62.


Geo. W. Kirkpatrick, Joseph Howard,


43


Md. 6th Cor.


29 Albia,


Penn. 6th Cor.


18 Pella,


Hol. 6th Cor.


James C. Bonar,


20 Hopeville, Ills. 6th Cor.


20 Charleston, lowa, 7th Cor. Oct 4, '62 Jan 24, '62 Died in 6th Div. Hosp'l. June 3, '62.


Daniel W. Johnson,


27 Ft. Madison, Ind.


7th Cor. Jan 18, '62 June 4, '62 F'm Pri. reduced own request, Sept. 1, '62. Nov 12, '61 Jan 24, '62 Pro. 4th Sergt. Nov 21, '62


18 Osceola,


Ohio, 8th Cor.


20 Ottawa,


Private,


Jan 16, '62 do


45 Albia,


Ind.


Private,


Nov 4, '61 do


30 Osceola,


Mich. Private, 4, '61 do


Bain, Patrick


40 Keokuk,


18 Osceola, Ills.


Private,


Jan 24, '62 do


Bare, Thompson


18


Ohio, Private, Prus'a Private,


Jan 6,'62 do


Batterman, Henry Bennum, William


22 Osceola,


Ills. Private,


Nov 4, '61 do Jan 28, '62 Jan 28, '62 Discharged Corinth, June 13, '62.


19 Keokuk,


Ohio, Private,


Berry, Thomas W. Blair, Thomas H.


32 |Smyrna,


Private,


Dec 13, '61 24, '62 Discharged Corinth, July 25, '62


Bonar, James C.


20|Hopeville,


Ills. Private,


Feb 18, '62 Feb 18, '62 Pro. 6th Corpl. July 13, 62.


History of the Fifteenth Regiment


Nov 18, '61 Mar 29, '62 From Pri. red'd at own request, Sept 1, '62. 4, '61 Jan 24, '62 Reduced Mar 29, died Kcokuk, May 31, '62.


George W. Kuhn, Daniel Verrips,


Jan 2, '62 Mar 29, '62 F'm Pri. mort. w'd Shiloh, died May 11, '62. Oct 18, '61 June 1, '62 From Private Pro. 5th Sergt. July 1, '62. Feb 18, "62 July 18, '62 From Private Pro. 4th Corpl. Nov 14, '62.


Hassell Rambo,


William C. Wells,


Discharged disability, July 25, ,62.


Abrams, Daniel W. Anderson, George Avery, Philo


Transferred to K Co. 17th lowa, Mar 1, '62. Died Chronic Diarrhoea June 25, '62. W'd neck and shoulder at Corinth.


Dec 27, '61 do


Ballinger, Joseph


Nov 4, '61


do


Died of Measles, Keokuk, Jan 12, '62.


34 Keokuk,


Date of going into must'r into Quarters.


REMARKS.


Age. J&


Nov 30, '61 Jan 24, '62 Pro. 2d Sergt. July 4, '62.


Feb 12, '62 Nov 14, '62 From 2d Corporal .


Ind. 1st Cor.


Feb 12, '62 Sept 1, '62 From Private Pro. 1st Corpl. Nov 14, '62.


Feb 18, '62 Nov 14, '62 From 6th Corpl.


19 Osceola,


Ohio, 5th Cor.


Ire. Private,


Boone, Daniel Brisbin, Robert Buckley, Daniel


|Albia, 21 Ottowa, Keokuk,


Tenn. Private, Ohio, Private, Ire. Private, Ger. Private,


Penn. Private,


Oct 30, '61 do


Nov 4, '61 do


W'd in leg sev. at Shiloh. W'd in both legs at Corinth.


18 Osceola,


21 Farmington 25 Pella,


19 Keokuk,


19 Eddyville,


18 Osceola, 44 Keokuk,


Ohio,


Private,


4, '61 do


W'd in face Corinth, pro. 3d Cor. Nov. 14, ['62.


Doyle, James Dufur, Abel


20 Hopeville, 42 Ft. Madison, Va.


Ohio,


Private, Private,


Dec 19, '61 do


Eads, Archibald D.


Elrick, Charles


18 Eddyville,


Ohio,


Private, Private, Private, Private,


Oct 21, '61 do


Died of conges chill June 8, '62.


Feagins, Daniel T.


18 Keokuk,


Fleming, Oliver P.


21 Osceola,


Ind.


Private,


Nov 19, '61 Jan 24, '62


Gillespie, Moses Gould, Theodore


27 Farmington 24 Osceola,


Ills.


Private, Private,


Oct 26, '61


do


Nov 4, '61 do Died of consumption Nov. 16, '62.


Gracy, John Calvin Gracy, William J. Halfhill, Luke


21 do


Ills.


Private,


Dec 27, '61


24, '62


Hall, Garrett W.


18 Pella,


Holl.


Private, Jan 30, '62


Oct 21, '61 6 24, '62


35 Keokuk,


Nrw'y


Private,


do


W'd hand Shiloh; in abdomen Corinth.


30 Smyrna,


Ohio, Private,


Dec 13, '61 do 23, '61


do


W'd in leg at Shiloh.


Homewood, Albert


20 Hopeville, 25 do


Private,


Private,


Jan. . 8, '62 Jan 24, '62 Died consumption Keokuk Mar. 26, '62.


Johnston, Daniel W.


27 Ft. Madison


Ind.


Private,


do !Pro. 7th Cor. June 4, '62.


22 Ottowa.


Private,


Jan. 18, '62 Jan. 16, '62 do


do 1W'd in thigh at Shiloh.


18


do


Private,


Iowa,


JPrivate,


Jan. 14, '62


do W'd in breast at Shiloh.


lowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry.


|Jan 1, '62|Jan 24, '62 Discharged disability May 25, '62.


Dec 16, '61 do Nov 18, '61 do W'd in leg sev. at Shiloh. Mort. w'd Shiloh ; died April 18, '62.


Sep 26, '61 do Served in 1st Iowa; w'd neck sev. Corinth.


20 do


20 Ottowa, 18 Keokuk,


Iowa, Private,


Ills. Private,


Nov 23, '61 do


Feb 8, '62 Feb 8, '62 Pro. 5th Ser. June 18, '62.


Ind. Private,


Holl. Private, Prus. Private, Ohio. Private, Nov 10, '61 do


Ocí 1, '61 do


Dec 19, '61 do


Killed in battle at Shiloh.


19 Hopeville, [38 Keokuk,


N. Y. Private, Ohio, [Private, Ire.


Jan 18, '61 do


Killed in battle at Shiloh. Discharged June 19, '62.


Feb 12, '62 Feb 12, '62 Pro. 2d Cor. Sept. 1, 62.


21 do


Ohio,


Jan 28, '62 Jan 28, '62 Wounded in thigh at Corinth.


20 Farmington Ills.


Private,


30, '62 Wounded in thigh at Shiloh.


Halverson, Thor Haner, George Haner, Isaac


26 do


Private,


Private,


Feb 15, '62 Feb 15, '62 Died of measles at Keokuk Mar. 12, '62.


Homewood, George Hutchison, George


19 Keokuk,


Johnson, Isaac W. Johnson, William H. Jones, John B.


do Discharged disability July 25, '62.


165


18 Osceola,


Buss, William Carson, James W. Chandler, Elkanah Christy, Isaac M.


Coffman, Thomas B. Colenbrander, G. W. Copeaker, William Cramer, John W. Davenport, John Davis, Solsberry Day, William


18, '62 Feb 18, '62 Captured at Shiloh. Dec 31, '61 Jan 24, '62 Discharged June 17, '62.


Jan 28, '62 Jan 28, '62 Died of measles at Keokuk Feb. 25, '62.


Dec 16, '61 Jan 24, '62


do


$


.


NAMES.


00


Residence.


Na- tivity.


Rank.


Date of Date of going into must'r into Quarters. U. S. Serv.


REMARKS.


Kannaday, Henry


44 Keokuk,


Ohio, Ind.


Privatc,


Dec 30, '61 Jan. 24, '62 Died Keokuk consumption May 11, '62.


Kent, Enoch


20 Hopeville,


Private,


Feb 13, '62 Feb. 13, '62 Died of chronic diarrhoea June 6, '62.


Kirkpatrick, Geo. W.


19 Smyrna,


29 Albia,


Penn.


Private,


Jan 2. 62| do


Lippincott, Thos. C.


27 Osceola,


N. J. Private, Private, Holl.


Dec 15, '61 Jan 24, '62 Discharged disability Aug. 16, '62.


Luder, John


Keokuk,


Penn.


Private,


Jan 8, '62 do


Mahan, Joseph W.


19 Farmington


Iowa,


Private,


Nov 10, '61 do


Mahan, Thomas


18


do


Iowa, Private,


Oct. 10, '61 do


McCanna. Francis


22


do


Ire. Private.


Dec 27, '61 do


Morgan, John


Keokuk,


Private,


Dec 1, '61 do


Murphy, James


25 do


¡Private,


Oct 21, '61


do


Niermeyer, Simon


19 Amsterdam,


Holl.


Private,


17,'61 do


Ohaver, Solomon


19 Charleston,


Ohio,


Private,


Jan 7,'62 do


Oldenburg, Edward


33 Keokuk,


Mo.


Private,


Feb 15, '62 Feb 15, '62


Palmer, Melvin R.


19 Clinton,


Ohio,


Private,


Jan 18, '62 do


W'd in side at Corinth.


Persinger, Richard T.


18 Charleston,


Ind.


Private,


Rees, Joseph N.


40 Ft. Madison,


Va.


Private,


Nov 20, '61 do


Disch'd for rupture June 18, '62.


Rodgers, Adam A.


18 do


Ohio, Private,


23 Farmington


Ind.


Private,


29| Pella,


Holl.


Private,


20 Smyrna,


Ohio,


Private.


Dec 18, '61 do


18 Centerville,


Iowa, Va.


Private, Private,


do Nov 14, '61 Jan 24, '62 do


Thomas, Luther B.


18 Ottowa,


Ohio, Ind.


Private,


Dec 16, '61 do


Van Derwall, H. V.


45 Keokuk,


Holl.


Private, Private,


Dec 9, '61 do


W'd sev. thigh at Shiloh.


Van Hout, Cornelius


42 Eddyville,


Feb 2, '62 Feb 2, '62 Discharged Aug. 2, '62.


166


History of the Fifteenth Regiment


Mort. w'd Shiloh : died April 9, '62.


Died of measles at Keokuk Aug. 16, '62.


Parker, Asa Z.


29 Keokuk,


Private,


Feb 18, '62 Feb 18, '62


Jan 17, '62 Jan. 24, '62 Transf'd to 17th Iowa March 1, '62.


Richard, Joseph


18 Keokuk,


Fr'nce Private,


Feb 15, '62 Feb. 15, '62 W'd hip and leg at Shiloh.


Smallwood, Elijah - Stigman, John


Oct 17, '61 do Enl'd in 21st Mo. Inf; killed at Shiloh.


Suryheart, Manuel Teater, Lysander


Private,


Feb 6, '62 Feb 6, '62 Dis. by civ auth as minor K.K.K. Mar. 12,'62 Died of measles at Keokuk Mar. 1, '62.


Thomas, Isaac


18 do


Ulm, David


20 do


Ohio, Private,


Nov 13, '61 Jan. 24, '62 Pro. 5th Cor. March 29, '62.


Pro. 6th Cor. March 29, '62.


Kuhn, George H.


Feb 8, '62 Feb 8, '62 Discharged Corinth June 17, '62.


W'd sev. jaw and neck Corinth.


Magee, John A.


29 Albia,


Age.


Fifteenth Iowa Infantry-Roster of I Company. - Continued


Dec 24, '61 Jan. 24, '62 W'd sev. in back at Shiloh.


Dec 19, '61 Jan 24, '62 Died of disease Keokuk June 12, '62.


Van Rooven, Peter Verrips, Daniel Walters. George Ward, William


123| Pella,


18,


do 45 Keokuk, 23 Hancock Co. Ind.


Private, 93, '61 do W'd.sev. in hand at Shiloh.


Webster, William I.


20 Smyrna,


White, John White, William


19 Keokuk, 18 do


Williams, James R.


20 do


Iowa, Olio,


Private, Private, Private' Private, Private,


Dec 18, '61 Jan 24, '62 Killed in battle at Shiloh. Oct 18, '61 do


Feb 20, '62 Feb 20, '62 Died at Keokuk March 20, '62.


do


do


Commissioned officers, 3; Sergeants, 5; Corporals, 8; Musicians, 0; Privates, 89; Total Rank and File, 105 men; Enrolled in the Conuties of Lee, Clark, &c., ordered into quarters by the Governor of the State, Nov. 5, 1861; and mustered into the service of the United States, by Capt. Chas.C.Smith, 13th U. S. Iuf, and Lieut. C. J. Ball, U. S. Inf. Jan, 24, 1862, al Keokuk, under Proclamation of the President of the United States, bearing date July 23, '61: from place of enrollment to rendezvous, 200 miles.


Additional Enlistments in I. Company for Three years.


Baker, Julius C. Breman, Benjamin F.


18


Iowa, Ind.


Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private, Private,


May 15, '64| May 15, '64 Jan 18, '64 Jan 18, '64 W'd shoulder Atlanta July 22, '64. Discharged at Corinth June 16, '62.


Burg, Thomas Flynn, Patrick Fox, Joseph Goldsmith, David Gray, John C.


39 Keokuk, 26 Sidney, 18 Keokuk,


Ire.


Mar 14, '64 Mar 14, '64 Feb 10, '62 Feb 13, '62 Joined from F Co. April 1, '62. Mar 25, '64 Apr 25, 64


Griggs, Samuel Harding, Alpheus Johnston, David B. Kirby, Henry Lee, George H.' Morgan, Henry


21 Jackson Tp. 22 Liberty Tp. 30 Osceola, 17 Keokuk,


Va. Ind


Mar 31, '64 Apl 25, '64 Died anemia July 10, '64. Feb 2, '64 Fen 2, '64 Jan. 27, '64 Jan 27, '64 Mar 31, '64 Apr 26, '64 Missing in action at Atlanta July 22, '64. " 31, '64 6. '62 '62 W'd sev. in wrist at Shiloh.


Morrow, William


Ohio,


Oct. 10, '61 Nov 18, '61 Joined from F Co. March 1, '62.


Nelson, James F.


22 Glenwood, 18 Farmington


20 Franklin Tp. Ills, 19


Ills.


Mar 31, '64 Apr 26, '64 Feb 23, '64 Feb 23, '64 Capt'd in battle at Atlanta July 22, '64. " 93, '64| " 23, '64


167


Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry.


|Feb 20, '62 Feb 20, '62| Discharged June 25, '62. Oct 28, '01 Jan 24, '62 Pro. 6th Cor. June 1, '62.


25, '61 do Feb 1, '62 Feb 1, '62 Pro. 4th Ser. March 28, '62.


Wilson, Marshall H.


Woolorvus, Cornelius


Wyant, Jaines W. Zernes, Samuel F.


21 Albia, 18 Pella, 26 Osceola, 18|Eddyville,


Holl. Ind. ..


Private, Private,


Holl. Private, Private.


Hano'r Private, 19, '61 do Jan Ohio, 14, '62 do Private, Oct 27, '61 do


Rowell, Loren Rowell, William Il.


18 Knoxville,


35


168


Additional Enlistments in I Company, for Three years-Continued.


-


NAMES


Residence


Na- tivity.


Rank.


Date of 1 Date of going into must'r into Quarters. |U. S. Serv


REMARKS.


Scheevers, Rudolph Southan, Hugh


18 Keokuk, 18 Osceola, ..


Holl. Private,


Feb 14, '64 Feb 23, '64 Mar 31, '64 Apl 26, '64 W'd shoulder Atlanta July 22, '64.


Thomas, Samuel C.


18


Iowa, Private,


Feb 1, '64 Feb 1, '64 Missing in action Atlanta July 22, '64.


White, Isaiah


18 Franklin Tp. lowa, Private,


25, '64| " 25, '64 Capt'd in battle Atlanta July 22, '64.


Fifteenth Iowa Infantry -- Roster of K Company.


NAMES.


Age.


Residence.


Na- tivity.


Rank.


Date of going into must'r into Quarters.


REMARKS.


John M. Hedrick,


29 Ottumwa,


Ind. Captain,


Sept 20, '61 Nov 1, '61 Fr 1st L't D Co; w'd and capt'd Shiloh.


Rufus H. Eldridge,


23 Knoxville,


Ohio, 1st Lieut.


Oct 24, ,61 " 25, '61 Fr Qr. Mas. Ser ; killed Corinth Oct. 3, '62.


Thomas H. Hedrick, Edwin Davis,


20 Ottinn wa,


Ind. 1st Lieut. N. Y. 2d Lieut.


Dec 2, '61 Feb 13, '62 Resg'd at Corinth May 30, '62.


Thomas H. Hedrick, Frederick Christofel, Frederick Christotel, David Myers,


20 Ottumwa, 29 Knoxville, 29


'Germ. 2d Lieut.


Jau 1,'62 Oct. 4, '62 From 1st Sergeant.


Germ.|Ist Ser. 1, '62 Feb 13, '62 Pro. 2d Lieut. Oct. 4, '62.


27


Ohio, 1st Ser. Oct. 4, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 3d Sergeant.


Ind. 2d Ser.


1, '61 Feb 13, '62 Fr 4th Ser. D Co; pro. 2d L't June 1, '62.


20 Ottumwa, 23 Keosauqua, 27 Knoxville, .19 Ottumwa,


16 Bd Ser.


Bd Ser:


15, '61 Oct 4.162 From 4th Sergeant.


23 Keosauqua,


4th Ser.


21 Knoxville,


4th Ser.


66


4th Ser.


Oct. 18, '61 " 17, '62 From 5th Sergeant.


-19 Ottumwa,,


4th Ser.


" 15, '61 July 17, '62 Fr 4th Cor. pro. 3d Ser. Oct. 4, 162.


35 Keosauqua,


4th Ser.


" 14, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 5th Sergeant.


28| Knoxville, Ills.


5th Ser.


" 24, '61 Feb 13, 62 From G Company.


History of the Fifteenth Regiment


Thomas H. Hedrick, Henry C. McArthur, David Myers, Stephen H. Gillespie, Henry .C. McArthur, Joseph S. Molesworth, William A. Gebhardt, Stephen H. Gillespie, William McArthur, Joseph W. Stanfield,


Ohio, 2d Ser.


14, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 4th Sergeant.


24, '61 Feb 13, '62 Fr G Co. w'd arm Cor; pro 1st Ser. Oct 4.


14, '61 Feb 13, '62 Fr E Co wd hip Shi. pro 2d Ser. Oct. 4, '6%. Jan 14, '62 June 1,'62 | Fr 5th Ser dis. disability June 16, '62.


21 Keosauqua,


Date of


U. S. Serv.


1, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 2d Lieut.


48 Knoxville,


Ind. 2d Lieut. Oct 1, '61 June 1, '62 Fr 2d Ser. pro. 1st L't Oct 4, '62.


Private,


14


Joseph S. Molesworth, William A. Gebhardt, William R. Edmunds, William McArthur, William B. McDowell, Joseph S. Molesworth, William A. Gebhardt, Joshua P. Davis, John Chrismore, John G. Davis, Humphrey Byatt, Joshua P. Davis,


21|Knoxville, 21 Keosauqua, 40 Indianola, 35 Keosauqua, 18|Ottumwa. 21|Knoxville, 21 Keosauqua, 28 Knoxville, 66


Ohio, 15th Ser. 5th Ser Eng. Ohio, 5th Ser. 5th Ser. 5th Ser. 1st Cor. 1st Cor.


Jan 14, '62| Apr 8, '62 F'm 5th Corpl; pro. 5th Sergt. June 1, '62. Oct 18, '61 June 1, '62 F'm 1st Corpl ; pro. 4th Sergt. June 17, '62.


Oct 19, '61 " 17, '62 From Private, died at Corinth Aug. 6, '62.


Oct 14, '61 July 17, '62 F'm 7th Corpl ; pro. 4th Sergt Oct 4, '62.


Oct 15, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 4th Corpl.


Jan 4, '62 Feb 13, '62 Pro. 5th Sergt. Apr. 8, '62.


Oct 18, '61 Apr 8, '62 From Private, pro. 5th Sergt. June 1, '62. Dec 13, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 3d Corpl.


Jan 4, '62 Feb 13, '62 Reduced at his own request, Oct 4, '62.


Oct 24, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 8th Corpl.


Dec 4, '61 Feb 13, '62 F'm G Co .; Mort. w'd Shi, died Apr 29, '62. Dec 13, '61 July 17, '62 From 5th Corpl ; pro. 1st Corpl. Oct 4, '62. Dec 1, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 4th Corpl.


Alfred R. Wilcox,


44 Indianola, 28 Knoxville, 24 Ottumwa,


2d Cor. 2d Cor. 3d Cor. N. Y. 1st Cor. Ohio, Ind. N. C. N. Y. Ohio.


3d Cor. 3d Cor. 4th Cor.


Oct 15, '61 Feb 13, '62 Pro. 4th Sergt. July 17, '62.


Alfred R. Wilcox,


24


66


18


4th Cor. 14th Cor.


Oct 15, '61 Oct 4, '62 From Private; pro. 5th Sergt. Oct 4, '62. Feb 1, '62 From 6th Corporal.


Joshua P. Davis,


24


Cyrus J. Momyer,


22


Alfred R. Wilcox,


24 Ottumwa,


Penn. Ohio, 16


5th Cor. 6th Cor.


Marion Conry,


21 Knoxville,


6ılı Cor


Perry M. Bird,


41| Ottumwa,


Iowa, Tenn. Ohio, Penn.


7th Cor. 7th Cor. 7th Cor. 8th Cor.


Feb 3, '62 Feb 13, '62 Reduced at own request Apr 18, '62.


John G. Davis,


24 Knoxville,


Oct 24, '61|Apr 8, '62 From Private ; pro. 2d Corpl. Oct 4, '62. Reduced to ranks Oct 23, '62. Oct 18, '61


John F. St. John, John H. Wood,


19 Keosauqua,


21|Newbern,


Ohio, Ind. Iowa, Ohio, 8th Cor. 8th Cor. 8th Cor. Ind. Ills. Musician, Private,


Jan 20, '62


Adams, Herman H.


Prus'a Private,


Oct 1, '61


66


Airhart, John


Baird, Perry M.


Bixler, William W.


19 Keosauqua,


Penn. Private, Tenn. Ills. Private, Private,


Jan 10, '62


Oct 1, '61 Nov 1, '61


Feb 1, '62 Feb 13, '62 W'd in arm at Shiloh, Apr 6, '62.


169


Iowa Veteran Volunteer Infantry


Dec 1, '61 Apr 8, '62 From 6th Corpl; pro. 4th Corpl. July 17, '62 Feb 13, '62 W'd in leg Shiloh ; pro, 5th Corpl. Apr 8, '62 Feb 1, '62 Aug 26, '62 From private ; pro. 4th Corpl. Oct 4, '62.


Sept 20, '61 Oct 4, '62 From Private.


William McArthur,


35 Keosauqua,


Oct 14, '61 Feb 13, '62 Pro. 5th Sergt. July 17, '62.


Cyrus J. Momyer,


22 Knoxville,


Dec 16, '61 Aug 26, '62 From Private; w'd in shoulder at Corinth.


James G. Shipley,


29 Keokuk,


Aug 21, '62 Nov 15, '62 From Private.


Jasper N. Noland,


44| Ottumwa,


Feb 24, '62 Oct 4, '62 From Private.


Til'n H. Cunningham, Ables, Theodore


19 Knoxville, 21


22|Ottumwa, 18 Keosauqua, 41 Ottumwa,


.4 14th Cor.


Dec 1, '61 July 17, '62 From 5th Corpl; pro. 3d Corpl. Oct 4, '62.


Stephen H. Gillespie,


19


William B. McDowell, Marion Conry,


21 Knoxville,


Iowa, N. Y. 5th Cor. ,5th Cor.


Dec 13, '62 Feb 13, '62 Pro. 3d Corpl. July 17, '62.


Dec 16, '61 Oct 4, '62 From 7th Corporal.


Alfred R. Wilcox,


24


6th Cor.


Oct 24, '61 Feb 13, '62 From Private; pro. Fife Major July 12, '62. Died Pneumonia, str. Hospit, June 3, '62.


27 24


K


Fifteenth Iowa Infantry .- Roster of & Company-Continued.


NAMES.


Age.


Residence ..


Na- tivity .


Rank.


Date of 1 Date oľ going into must'r into Quarters. U. S. Ser.


REMARKS.


Booth, Hurston


19 Knoxville,


Bosworth, John S.


18 Ottumwa,


Mo. Ohio, Ills. Ills.


Private, Private, Private,


Private,


5,'69


Discharged disability July 7, '62.


Buckmaster, Frederick


18 Keosauqua,


Ohio, Ind. Ohio,


Private, Private, Private,


Oct 24, '61 .


46


[Apr 8, '62.


Chrismore, Joseph


25


Ohio,


Private,


Jan 14. '62


Clark, John W.


21


Ohio,


Private,


Oct 24, '61


=


Clearwaters, John S.


19


66


Ind.


Private, Private, Private,


Jan 11, '62


.4


14, '62


66


Conry, Marion


21


Iowa, Ind.


Private, Private,


Oct 24, '61 66


Dillow, Ephraim


18


Ind


Private,


Dec 2, '61


Dillow, Henry


20


Ind.


Private,


Feb 5,'62


Dixon, William C.


18


Ohio, Y. N.


Private, Private,


Nov 18, '61


66 Discharged disability, Aug 1, '62.


Duncan, James W.


Ohio,


Private,


Oct 24, '61


Edmunds, William R.


Eng. Private,


Oct 19, '61


Elson, David


Ind. Private,


Private,


[Oct 18, '61


Gibson, William H. Griffith, Ezekiel


Ind. Private,


Private,


Jan 20, '62


Hammond, T. Wesley


18 Ottumwa


Penn. Ind. Private.


Oct 15, '61


Hastings, Enoch


45 Keokuk


· Penn.


Nov 10, '61


Hendren, William


24 Ottumwa


Ind.


Private, Private,


Jan 1, '62


|Died Division hospital May 28, '62


170


History of the Fifteenth Regiment


Mortally w'd Shiloh ; died Savannah, Tenn., From G Co.


Died at Benton Barracks, May 25, '62.


Coffman, John L.


19


Ind.


Iowa,


Private,


Private,


Feb 1, '62


Pro. 6th Corpl. Aug. 26, '62. F'ın Mus'en G Co. pro. Fife Maj. July 11, '62 F'm G. Co. pro. 8th Corpl. Apr 8, '62.


Transferred to 17th lowa, Mar 1, '62, |Died of measles, Keokuk, Feb 25, '62.


Killed in battle at Corinth, Oct 3, '62.


Doty, Joseph


F'm G Co .; Enlisted in 34 lowa. F'm G Co; w'd head, Shiloh ; pro. 5th Sergt.


[ June 17, '62.


Pro. 1st Corpl Apr 8, '62.


Gebhardt, William A.


Ohio, Ohio, Private,


Jan 20, '62


Feb 10, '69


Grove, William S.


43 Keosauqua 22 Knoxville, 40 Indianola, 18| Knoxville, 21 |Keosauqua 21 Knoxville, 20 Keosauqua 35 Knoxville,


Ind.


66


Clearwaters, Wm. S.


22


Conry, Edward


19


18 Knoxville,


Carruthers, Osborn


18


=


Nov 12, '61 66


From G Co.


Calkins, Marion


24 Knoxville, 21


Jan 20, '62 Feb 13, '62 W'd severely in side at Corinth, Oct 3, '62


Brown, Albert


Nov 25, '61 Feb 13, '62 From G Co .; Discharged July 10, 62.


Oct 1, '61 Nov 1, '61 |Pro. Drummer.


Brady, John


Jan 14, '62


Cunningham, Tilg'n. H 19 Davis, John G. 24


Ind.


Dec 9,'61


=


66


Feb 10, '62


W'd thigh Shiloh, died Ty. fever May 17, '62 Wounded at Shiloh Apr 6, '62.


Holmes, John D. Horn, Albert Houtz, Orrin F. Hunt, George L.


Inglefield, Cornelius Jackson, William Johnson, John Ketcham, Jacob Lair, Joseph


18


18 Edd } ville 23 Ottumwa, 18 22 Knoxville, 20


44 Ottumwa, 21 Knoxville, 18


IN C. [Private, Private, Ohio, Ohio, Private, Ills. Private, N. Y. Private, Iowa, Ind. Ohio.


Nov 1, '61[ Feb 13, '62 Killed in battle at Shiloh. ..


Jan 21, '62


Nov 1, '61 66


Feb 7, '62


Jan 21, '62


1)


Jan 6, '62 Feb 25, '62 Mar 14, '62 Mort. w'd at Shi., died at home, May 23, '62.


Long, James M.


Lonsburg, William


Luallen, Pleassnt


Mathis, Frederick B.


Mathis, William A.


McDowell, William B. Momyer, Benjamin F.


18'Ottumwa, 19 Knoxville, 22 ..


Ohio


Private,


Oct 15, '61


Penn. Private,


Feb 17, '62 Mar 14, '62 Wounded in thigh at Corinth.


Momyer, Cyrus J.


Morgan, James E.


19 Ottumwa,


Ills.


Private,


Jan 15, '62


Morgan, John N. Neil, James L.


19


Iowa, Ind.


Private,


Oct 15, '61


Parker, William


18 Knoxville, 18 Keosauqua,


Tenn.


Private, Private,


Pope, Hiram D.


21 Knoxville, 20 25 $4


Ills.


Private,


Feb 3, '62


Pope, Jolın T. Pownell, James


44 Ottumwa,


Ohio Private,


Feb 1, '62


Randolph, Levi M.


18 Knoxville, . Iowa,


Private,


Jan 18, '62


66


Richey, James L.


25


Mich.


Private,


Feb 1,'62


66


Ridnour, William J. Riley, John


20


Penn. Ohio,


Private, Private, Private, Private,


Feb 26, '62 Mar 14, '62


Sappenfield, Albert


Sappenfield, Jacob


24


Ind.


Feb 6, '62 Feb 13, '62


Sewell, Elias


20


Tenn. Private,


Feb 17, '62 Mar 14, '62


21 Knoxville,


Ohio


Jan 21, '62 Feb 13, '62 Discharged disability, Oct 23, '62.


Shuey, Jacob Shular, Francis M.


18


66


Ind.


Private, Private,


= 20, '62


Wounded in thigh at Shiloh. Pro. Hospital Steward, Sept 2, '62. Transferred to 17th Iowa, Mar 1, '62. Wounded in hand at Shiloh.


Ills. Private,


Private, N. Y. Private,


Ills. Feb 25, '62 Mar 14, '62 Wounded shoulder severely at Shiloh.




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