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Harmon, Lawrence. Age 28. Taylor. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1862. Mustered Dec. 20, 1862. Died July 28, 1864, Cairo, Ill.
Harrison, Wm. H. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted and mustered Dec. 30, 1863. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Hawkins, Hiram P. Age 18. Postville. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Dis- charged for disability Nov. 25, 1861. See Co. A. 27th Inf.
Hector, Andrew. Age 20. Allamakee county. Enlisted and mustered Feb. 29, 1864. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Hector, Peter. Age 18. Allamakee county. Enlisted and mustered Feb. 29, 1864. See Co. B, 27th Infantry.
Huestis, Joseph H. Age 18. Waukon. Enlisted March 26, 1864. Mus- tered April 29, 1864. .
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Hughes, John. Age 20. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Mar. 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Ibach. George. Age 33. Lansing. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861, Seventh Cor- poral. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted First Corporal March 1, 1863; Third Sergeant March 1, 1865: First Sergeant June 1, 1865.
Isted, Ichabod. Age 21. Waukon. Enlisted Oct. 4. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted Third Corporal March 1, 1863. Taken prisoner and paroled July 11, 1863. near Jackson, Miss. Mustered out Nov. 23. 1864. Davenport, lowa, expiration of term of service.
Iverson, Aaron. Age 22. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 11. 1864. Mustered Oct. 23, 1864. Mustered out Nov. 24. 1865, Mobile, Ala. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Iverson, Knud. Age 18. Nativity, Norway. Enlisted Oct. 11. 1862. Mus- tered Dec. 25, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded in hand Dec. 16, 1864, Nashville, Tenn. Mustered out Aug. 23, 1865, Keokuk. Iowa.
Jackson, Joseph P. Age 35. Taylor. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861, Fifth Ser- geant. Wounded at Fort Donelson Feb. 15, 1862. Promoted Third Sergeant March 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Promoted First Sergeant March 1, 1865; First Lieutenant April 20, 1865.
Jennings, David P. Age 40. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861. Discharged April 4, 1862, Pittsburg Landing. Tenn.
Johnson, Lewis. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted . Sept. 5, 1864. Mustered Sept. 14. 1864. Mustered out July 19, 1865, Selma, Ala.
Jones, Henry. Age 20. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 4. 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864.
King, Charles L. Age 35. Ludlow. Enlisted Oct. 12, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died Oct. 12, 1862, at Macon, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville.
Klees. Frank. Age 24. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 6, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Wounded at Tupelo July 14, 1864.
Knudson, Hans. Age 36. Lansing. Enlisted March 25. 1862. Mustered Apr. 3, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 7, 1863, Hospital, Mound City, 111 Re-entered March 25, 1864.
Kuck, Ilenry. Age 21. Lansing. Enlisted Oct: 3. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died Oct. 10, 1862, Macon, Ga.
Lankins, Frederick F. Age 28. Postville. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal March 1. 1863. Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864, expiration of term of service.
Larkins, Resse N. Age 22. Waterloo. Enlisted and mustered Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out June 11, 1865, New Orleans, La.
Larson, Aslak. Age 19. Paint Creek. Enlisted Oct. 14. 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Promoted Fifth Corporal March 1. 1865. Third Corporal June 1, 1865.
Lene. August. Age 29. Lansing. Taken prisoner at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Killed at Tupelo. July 14, 1864. Buried in Union National Cemetery, Corinth.
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Lewis, Edward. Age 26. Lansing. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861. Discharged April 4, 1862, Pittsburg Landing.
McCabe, Hugh. Age 21. Waukon. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Wounded at Tupelo, July 14, 1864.
McClintock, James. Rossville. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 20, 1861. Dis- charged July 7, 1862, Corinth. See Co. 1. 27th Inf.
McDonald. James C. Age 19. Dorchester. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 15. 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864.
McKay, Frank. Age 20. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps. Promoted Quartermaster Sergeant, Dec. 15. 1863.
Maguire, Bryan. Age 23. Union City. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded at Tupelo, July 14, 1864.
Maynard, William. Age 19. Post. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Missing in action at Corinth, Oct. 4, 1862. Died near Vicksburg, Sept. 6, 1863. Buried in National Cemetery at Vicksburg.
Medary, Thomas C. Age 24. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 13, 1864: inustered Oct. 23. 1864. Mustered out Oct. 12, 1865, Montgomery, Ala. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Melton, Franklin. Age 18. Allamakee Co. Enlisted and mustered Jan. 4, 1864. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Miner, Jasper J. Age 18. Linton. Enlisted Oct. 5. 1861. Died Dec. 24, 1861, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks.
Monk, Frederick. Age 24. Waterloo. Enlisted Oct. 7. 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Pro- moted Sixth Corporal June 1, 1865.
Noyes, Alonzo. Age 22. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861. Discharged April 4. 1862, Pittsburg Landing, Tenn.
Noyes, Charles H. Age 19. Union City. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died at Macon, Ga., Sept. 7, 1862. Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville.
Nye, George F. Age 33. Center. Enlisted Dec. 22, 1862. Mustered March 11, 1863. Died Nov. 16, 1863, at Center.
Ogan, Charles C. Age 18. Waukon. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861.
Oleson, Barnhart. Age 23. Allamakee Co. Enlisted and mustered Jan. 28, 1864.
Oleson, Ole. Age 26. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 3. 1861. Discharged Aug. 9. 1862, Corinth, Miss.
Patterson, James W. Age 21. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861. Wounded at Corinth, Oct. 4. 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Wounded in head, severely, at Tupelo, July 14, 1864. Died July 24, 1864, at Memphis, Tenn. Buried in National Cemetery at Memphis.
Peck, Ira E. Age 28. Makee. Enlisted Oet. 4. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died July 17, 1862, Macon, Ga., Buried in National Cemetery, Andersonville.
Peck, John P. Age 26. Makee. Enlisted Feb. 9, 1864. Mustered April 12, 1864. Mustered out July 22. 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
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Peck, Orin E. Age 22. Makec. Enlisted Feb. 9. 1864. Mustered April 12, 1864. Died Oct. 28, 1864, Memphis, Tenn.
Peck, Simeon. Age 26. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died Sept. 24, 1862, Macon, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville.
Perry, Edwin R. Age 21. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died Nov. 20, 1862, at Annapolis, Mld. Buried in National Cemetery at Annapolis.
Peterson, Bore. Age 21. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 5, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 11, 1863. St. Louis, Mo.
Peterson, John A. Age 28. Allamakee Co. Enlisted Feb. 29. 1864. Mus- tered April 5, 1864. Missing in action at Tupelo, July 14, 1864. Mustered out May 19, 1865, Davenport, lowa. See Co. B, 27th Inf.
Plank, Levi. Age 21. Waukon. Enlisted March 26, 1864. Mustered April 29, 1864.
Pratt, Marcellus H. Age 27. Waukon. Enlisted Dec. 14, 1863. Mustered April 30, 1864. Wounded at Tupelo, July 14, 1864.
Pratt, Richmond G. Age 24. Waukon. Enlisted and mustered Dec. 14, 1863.
Price, Frederick P. Age 23. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 13, 1864. Mustered Oct. 23, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 12, 1865. See Co. B. 27th Inf.
Repp, Elias. Age 41. Postville. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861, Third Sergeant. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Dec. 11, 1862. St. Louis, Mo.
Rodgers. Altheris J. Age 20. Waukon. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted Sergeant Major March 1, 1865.
Roe, Charles E. Age 25. Jefferson. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 10, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged April 9, 1863. See Co. K, Ist Cavalry.
Roe, Madison J. Age 26. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861, Sixth Corporal. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died Sept. 29, 1862, at Macon, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery Andersonville.
Russell, Charles. Age 23. Postville. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864, expiration of term of service.
Sargent, Richard B. Age 27. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 1. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6. 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal March 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Promoted Fourth Corporal March I, 1865; Fourth Sergeant June 1, 1865.
Sanner. Michael F. Rossville. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 20, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Schiffhauer, Richard. Age 26. French Creek. Enlisted Oct. 7. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged Dec. 16, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.
Scott, Joseph. Age 19. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 1. 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6. 1862. Died at St. Louis, Oct. 31. 1862. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks.
Sjodin, Peter. Age 30. Center. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1801. Discharged June 25. 1862. Paducah, Ky.
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Smith, Samuel C. Age 24. Franklin. Enlisted Oct. 12, 1861. Wounded at 'Corinth, July 2, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Lost right eye while on detached service Quartermaster Department, Selma, Ala.
Sohn, John. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted Oct 7, 1861. Died Dec. 21, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo.
Spaulding, Josiah D. Age 30. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861, Second Sergeant. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Wounded severely at Pleasant Hill, La., April 7, 1864.
Stack, Thomas. Age 19. Hanover. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1861. Died Jan. II, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery at Jefferson Barracks.
Starts, Joseph. Age 22. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861. Wounded at Ft. Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862; and at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged for wounds Jan. 26, 1863, at St. Louis, Mo.
Stillman, John J. Age 31. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 4. 1861. Killed in battle, Fort Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862. First man killed in action from Allamakee County.
Strecker, William. Age 24. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861. Deserted March 5, 1862.
Thayer, Jesse. Age 25. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861. Wounded at Ft. Donelson, Feb. 15, 1862. Discharged for wounds May 8, 1862, at St. Louis, Mo. Thibedo, Stephen. Age 35. Postville. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861, Fourth Corporal. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged April 9, 1863.
Thorson, Knud. Age 26. Paint Creek. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861. Taken pris- oner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died June 30, 1862, at Atlanta, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery at Atlanta.
Upstrom, John. Age 30. Center. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861, Fifth Corporal. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant March 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Promoted Second Sergeant March 1, 1865.
Wampler, Robert. Age 19. Union City. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861. Wounded and taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal June 1, 1865.
White, Elisha J. Age 32. Paint Creek. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861. Promoted Wagoner, and discharged March 25, 1862, at Pittsburg Landing.
White, William M. Age 18. Paint Creek. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Died June 30, 1862, at Macon, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery at Andersonville.
Winter, Francis A. Age 43. Lafayette. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered Dec. 26, 1862. Killed in battle at Tupelo, July 14, 1864. Buried in National Cemetery at Corinth.
Winter, Rufus B. Age 36. Lafayette. Enlisted Jan. 3, 1864. Mustered Feb. 3, 1864.
Winter, William P. Age 35. Lansing. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861, Eighth Corporal. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Promoted Second Corporal March 1, 1863; Fourth Sergeant March 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Promoted Third Sergeant June 1, 1865.
Wolcott, Daniel H. Age 44. Lafayette. Enlisted Jan. 4, 1864. Mustered Feb. 3, 1864. Died Nov. 23, 1864, at Talladega, Ala. Buried in National Ceme- tery at Marietta, Ga. See Co. I, 27th Inf.
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Wood, Edwin W. Age 18. Makee. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1861. Wounded at Fort Donelson, Feb. 15. 1862. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-en- listed and re-mustered Jan. 5. 1864. Wounded at Nashville, Tenn., Dec. 15, 1864.
Woodmansee, Isaac. Age 36. Jefferson. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1860. Wounded at Corinth, Oct. 4. 1862; and at Tupelo, July 13. 1864. Mustered out Nov. 30, 1864. expiration of term of service.
Woods. Stephen D. Age 41. Makee. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 6, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; and at Nashville, Tenn., severely. Dec. 15, 1864. Discharged for wounds Nov. 25, 1865, at Cincinnati, O.
COMPANY "C"
Barnes, James. Age 18. Makee. Enlisted March 14, 1864. Mustered April 1. 1864. See Co. C, 27th Inf.
Bushnel, Abner C. Age 18. Jefferson. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Re-enlisted and re- mustered Jan. 5, 1864.
Brown, Addison L. Age 34. Jefferson. Enlisted and mustered Dec. 19, 1863. Discharged to date Sept. 30, 1865, by order of Sec. of War.
Hartshorn, Sumner J. Age 24. Elon. Enlisted Oct. 6, 1861, as drummer. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Discharged for disability Aug. 19. 1862.
Husted, Jacob M. Age 30. Makee. Enlisted and mustered Dec. 18, 1863. Died June 29, 1864, Memphis, Tenn. Buried in National Cemetery at Memphis.
McElvain, John. Age 41. Makee. Enlisted Dec. 26, 1863. Mustered Jan. 28, 1864.
Reed, David W. Age 20. Allamakee County. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861. Mustered Oct. 24, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh. April 6, 1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant May 8, 1863; First Lieutenant Dec. 14, 1863 ; Captain Jan. 23, 1865; Major Nov. 22, 1865. Brevet Major of Volunteers for gallantry at Spanish Fort.
Shuburn, Daniel. Age 18. Allamakee County. Enlisted and mustered Nov. 1, 1864.
COMPANY "F"
Heitcher, Abraham S. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted and mustered March 14, 1864.
COMPANY "G"
Fladmark, S. M. N. Age 20. Paint Creek. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1864. Mus- tered Sept. 21, 1864. Mustered out July 19. 1865. Selma, Ala.
COMPANY "I"
Devine, John. Age 18. Paint Creek. Enlisted and mustered March 29, 1864. Wounded in side severely and taken prisoner at Tupelo, July 13, 1864. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Clinton, Iowa.
Miller, John W. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted March 14, 1864. Mustered
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April 12, 1864. Died May 18, 1864, Memphis, Tenn. Buried in National Ceme- tery at Memphis.
COMPANY "K"
Fagan, Daniel B. Age 18. Lansing. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1861. Mustered Nov. 25, 1861. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged March 7. 1863, St. Louis, Mo. See Fourth Artillery.
Keizer, Frank. Age 22. Alamakee County. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861. Mus- tered Nov. 25, 1861. Wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Discharged for dis- ability Aug. 27, 1862. Dubuque, Iowa.
Mickey, Isaac. Age 21. Rossville. Enlisted Nov. 23, 1861. Mustered Nov. 25, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Mustered out Nov. II, 1865, St. Louis, Mo.
Waldruff, Henry. Age 23. Allamakee County. Taken prisoner at Shiloh, April 6. 1862. Discharged April 12, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
SHILOH BATTLE FIELD
From a paper contributed to a local publication by Major D. W. Reed a few years ago the following interesting facts are gleaned :
"Shiloh was one of the most if not the most sanguinary of the battles of the Civil war. On no other field was there a greater per cent of loss if the total num- ber present, including reserves, is taken in making the estimates.
"The five divisions of Grant's army on the field April 6, 1862, numbered 39,830 officers and men present for duty, including hospital corps, teamsters, musicians, etc., or about 32,000 fighting men. Of these there were killed, wounded and missing 10,640, about 27 per cent. of the present for duty, or 33 per cent. of the fighting force. The Confederates had present for duty officers and men, 43,968 and lost in killed wounded and missing, 10,699, about the same per cent. as the Union army, and when the battle ended more than 20,000 soldiers were dead or wounded on the field.
"More Iowa soldiers were killed and wounded at Shiloh than at any other battle of the war. Of the 6.753 soldiers from this state that fought on that field, 2,407-nearly 36 per cent .- were killed, wounded or missing.
"Allamakee county was represented at the battle by Company B, 12th Iowa Infantry, which bore its full share in the perils and misfortunes of that event- ful field, and was unsurpassed in the honors which it won. It had 56 men killed, wounded and missing, and of the missing had 16 that died of wounds or disease in Southern prisons.
"Colonel D. B. Henderson, later Speaker of the House, introduced a bill in
1 Congress, establishing the Shiloh National Military Park and providing for the purchase of the land on which the battle was fought, and restoring, as nearly as possible, the whole field to the condition it was in when Grant established his camps there in 1862.
"Under this act of Congress commissioners were appointed by the Secretary of War, one from the Army of the Tennessee, one from the Army of the Ohio and Vol. 1-27
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one from the Confederate Army, and large sums were expended by the Govern- ment in the purchase of land, building roads, and other improvements, and many thousands of dollars by the States in the erection of monuments; 3.546 acres of land have been purchased; the underbrush cleared away ; old fields restored, and 27 miles of graveled roads built. The old camps have been located and marked with name of regiment that occupied them, and in some cases the place of every tent of the regiment has been found by the ditch made around it, forty years before. Each and every position of importance occupied by any regiment or battery, Union or Confederate, has been marked by an iron tablet which tells the time of day when the place was held and other items of interest. These tablets are of cast iron on iron posts which are set in conerete, making them as durable as granite. The face of each tablet is painted white, the backs, border and lettering of different colors, to indicate the different armies: blue for the Army of the Tennessee ; yellow for the Army of the Ohio, and red for the Con- federate Army, so that each tablet may indicate the army it represents as far as it can be seen. Over 400 of these tablets have been cast and so placed on the field that any one interested may trace the movements of any regiment from its camp or bivouac in the morning to its resting place at night, and read its ,record at every stopping place.
"Most of the Northern states have erected monuments to their regiments. Iowa has a fine state monument costing $25,000, and eleven regimental monu- ments.
"The one for the 12th lowa stands at the side of the old sunken road at the Hornets' Nest, and is inscribed :
IOWA TO HER 12TH INFANTRY, TUTTLE'S ( IST) BRIGADE, W. H. L. WALLACE'S (2D) DIVISION, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
"On the reverse :
IOWA
12THI REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS ; COMMANDED BY COL. J. J. WOOD, ( WOUNDED AND CAPTURED. ) CAPT. S. R. EDGINGTON, (CAPTURED. )
"These splendid monuments, iron tablets and old cannon, scattered over the field and along its pleasant drives, telling their stories of gallant deeds, have created a new interest in Shiloh. Many old soldiers, Union and Confederate, are revisiting the old places, and in the most friendly and fraternal spirit, dis- cuss the various incidents of the battie as they together read the inscriptions that tell where Wallace fell or Johnston died; where Hardee formed his battle line or Cleburne struggled in the morass in front of Shiloh church. They together climb the hill up which the dashing 6th Mississippi charged and lost 325 out of 400 of its men, or descend the ravine where the oth Illinois bravely held its ground until 61 of its men were killed and 305 wounded. The Hornets'
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Nest is always a place of interest where the survivors of the brigades of Shaver, Gladden, Stephens, Gibson, Anderson and Wood, meet Towa's sons on the 2d, 7th, 8th, 12th and 14th Regiments and tell of the struggle through the thicket where the brush was literally cut away by bullets and the ground so thickly strewn with dead that a person might walk over the place on dead bodies. Many of these visitors have been able to find the very tree from behind which they carried on the stubborn contest, or the remains of a rotting log that sheltered them when wounded."
On the 14th day of October, 1909, at 5:26 P. MI., a cyclone struck the north- east portion of the park, cutting a path 200 yards wide and a mile and a half long through the park to the river, killing seven people outright and severely injuring several more. Some ten thousand trees were uprooted or twisted off ; and the splendid Iowa monument that cost $25,000 was blown down and badly damaged. The work of restoring this monument was not completed for more than two years, but the cost was but $7,340, about one-half of the estimate. On the fiftieth anniversary of the battle, April 6, 1912, this monument was rededicated with impressive ceremonies, by Governor Carroll and other Iowa notables.
Major Reed, who was severely wounded in the first day's battle, April 6, 1862, and lay out in the rain all night, is now very appropriately the Chairman of the Shiloh National Military Park Commission, and has made his home there for years engaged in superintending the work."
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY COMPANY "A"
Prescott, Jesse P. Age 24. Postville. Enlisted and mustered Oct. 20, I864. Mustered out July 21, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
Vickery, David. Age 24. Postville. Enlisted and mustered Oct. 20, 1864. Mustered out July 21, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
COMPANY "K"
Sanders, Elza. Age 18. Postville. Enlisted and mustered Oct. 31, 1864. Mustered out June 30, 1865, Prairie du Chien, Wis.
Miller, Julian D. Postville. (Company unknown).
The Thirteenth lowa Volunteer Infantry was mustered in at Davenport, Iowa, October 7. 1861, by Capt. Alexander Chambers, U. S. A., and mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 21, 1865. The regiment made a brilliant record but its history is hardly appropriate here, as the few in its ranks from this county were recruits in the latter part of 1864. They were however in season to join in the march to the sea, with their veteran comrades.
TWENTY-FIRST INFANTRY
Firman, James H. Age 18. Allamakee County. Enlisted in Co. D, and Mustered June 24, 1865. Transferred to 34th and 38th Consolidated, July 12, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 15, 1865, Houston, Texas.
Hayes, William T. Age 25. Hardin. Enlisted Aug. II and mustered Aug. 18, 1862. Mustered out July 15, 1865. Baton Rouge, La. (Co. B.)
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Miller, Julian D. Age 25. Allamakee County. Enlisted in Co. B, March 11, and mustered April 5. 1864. Transferred to 34th and 38th Consolidated, July 12, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 10, 1865, New Orleans, La.
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY
The Twenty-seventh Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry assembled at Camp Franklin, near Dubuque, and the several companies were there mustered into service by Captain George S. Pierce of the Regular Army, on dates ranging from September i to October 3, 1862. October nith the regiment was embarked on transports from Fort Snelling, Minn., to operate against the hostile Indians, and six companies marched to Mille Lacs without encountering opposition. The regiment was then transferred to Cairo, Ill., and November 20th to Natchez, La., to join General Sherman's army ; and later it performed many marches with various expeditions in Mississippi, Tennessee and Arkansas, assisting in the cap- ture of Little Rock without being actually engaged. In the last of January, 1864, it participated in the Meridan expedition with General Sherman, resulting in the capture or destruction of vast quantities of confederate supplies and much rail- road property.
Up to this time the Twenty-seventh lowa had a remarkable experience. having been in service over fifteen months, and faithfully performed all the duties assigned it, but so far had seen little actual conflict, although its losses had been very heavy from sickness. It was now to enter upon a new experience, being assigned to the Red River expedition under General Banks, which saw hard fighting but was finally unsuccessful. In the capture of Fort De Russy and in the hard fought battle at Pleasant Hill, the Twenty-seventh bore a conspicuous part and improved the opportunity to place itself in the forefront of Iowa's gallant fighting regiments. It had marched and toiled and endured great hard- ships, and now at Pleasant Hill. April 9, 1864, it shared in the honor of saving Banks' army from destruction by the overwhelming forces of the enemy ; and on the 18th of May sustained its reputation in the battle of Old Oaks, Louisiana.
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