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Farnsworth, John, enlisted March 7, 1863.
Fox, William, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Fugua. R. F., enlisted September 16, 1861.
Grass, John, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Gelman, Arthur, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Goldsburg, Jolin, enlisted August 12, 1861. Gilman. F., enlisted August 12. 1861. Gregsby, William, enlisted August 12, 1861. Glass, E., enlisted August 12, 1861. Harrison. T. C., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Hawkins, D. II., enlisted August 12, 1861. Hamlin, Thomas, enlisted August 12, 1861. Hercules, W. T., enlisted August 12, 1861. Hinton, Marion, enlisted August 12, 1861. Innman. N., enlisted August 12, 1861. Jennings, E. T., enlisted August 12, 1861. Jackson, C. R., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Jackson, Alexander, enlisted August 12, 1861. Kiser, Adam, enlisted August 12, 1861. Kellogg. Hiram, enlisted August 12, 186t. Lee, W. G., enlisted August 12, 1801. Lowery, J. C., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Lewallen, N. J., enlisted May 20, 1862. LeGrand, T. G., enlisted August 12, 1861.
McCord, Joseph, enlisted July 17, 1861 ; died at Fort Scott, Kansas. McCord. John, enlisted August 12, 1861.
McDonald, D. P., enlisted August 12, 1861. Mclain, P. B., enlisted August 12, 1861.
McGuire, George, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Morris, William W., enlisted August 12, 1861.
McCord. Andrew, enlisted August 12, 1861. Manning, E., enlisted August 12, 1861. Manning, William J .. enlisted August 12, 1861. Nash, William, enlisted August 12, 1861. Norwood, W. W., enlisted Angust 12. 1861.
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Owens, William T., enlisted August 12, 1861; killed at Hickory Grove. Mis- souri, September 19, 1862.
Orill, Allison, enlisted August 12, 1861. Paite, M., enlisted September 16, 1801.
Pettit, Allen G., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Parker, John G., enlisted March 24. 1862. Pendergast, John, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Parker, L. G., enlisted August 12, 1861. Paite, David, enlisted August 12, 1861. Rinker. George W., enlisted August 12, 1861. Roy. Isaiah, enlisted August 12, 1861. Roop. George W., enlisted August 12. 1861.
Root. Albert, enlisted AAugust 12, 1861. Rinker. O. C., enlisted August 12, 1861. Root, George R., enlisted August 12. 1861. Slavens. J. H., enlisted .August 12, 1861. Stewart, Amos, enlisted August 12, 1861. Smith, William .A., enlisted August 12, 1861. Strickland. Elmore, enlisted August 12, 1861. Sidles, Peter, enlisted August 12, 1861. Sigler, Peter, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Simmons, Richard, enlisted September 16, 1861.
Teater. C. M., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Teater. L., enlisted August 1. 1863.
Teater. P. R., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Tucker. H. C., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Tucker. C. C., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Thurber. M., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Walden, Samuel, enlisted September 16, 1861.
Wright. James R., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Whitham, John W., enlisted .August 12, 1801.
Wolfinger, James, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Westfall, W. W., enlisted .August 12, 1861.
Wood, John B., enlisted August 12, 1861. Wilson, A. J., enlisted August 12. 1801 ; killed at Jackson, Missouri.
Wolfinger. S., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Zentz. J. B., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Zimmerman, John, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Zimmerman, George, enlisted August 12. 1861.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECOND INFANTRY Captain
John Wesley Scott, enlisted as corporal, May 6, 1861 ; promoted second lieu- tenant, first lieutenant ; captain, December 12, 1864 ; mustered out, July 12. 1805.
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Corporal.
Robert B. Vermilyea, enlisted May 6, 1861 ; mustered out June 18, 1864.
Privates
Buckmaster, E., enlisted May 6, 1861.
Park, Simpson, enlisted May 6, 1861.
Phillips, S. B., enlisted May 6. 1861.
Staley, Daniel W., enlisted May 6, 1861.
Strunk, Daniel J., enlisted May 6, 1861.
EIGHTHI INFANTRY Corporals
John H. Dougherty, enlisted August 10, 1861 ; discharged February 15, 1862. John Haver, enlisted August 10, 1861 ; mustered out April 20, 1866.
Privates
Davis, Isaac, enlisted August 10, 1861.
Duncan, John, enlisted August 10, 1861.
Garrett, Reuben, enlisted August 10, 1861.
Haver, George, enlisted August 10, 1861.
Jackson, Joshua, enlisted August 10, 1861.
Mickey, Isaac, enlisted August 10, 1861.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY
Buckmaster. Charles.
FIFTEENTHI INFANTRY
Houts, Orrin F., enlisted November 1, 1861.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY Harl, Charles F., enlisted February 12, 1862.
TWENTY-FIFTH INFANTRY Musician
Albert Benson, enlisted August 22, 1862.
Private
Train, Isaac N., enlisted August 21. 1862.
TWENTY-NINTH INFANTRY
Major
Oliver Williams, enlisted August 9, 1862; mustered out August 10, 180;
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THIRTIETH INFANTRY Corporal John W. Law, enlisted August 13, 1862.
Privates
Bryant, Robert M., enlisted August 9. 1862. Gardiner, Elijah, enlisted July 30, 1862.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY
Clark, William A., enlisted August 13, 1862. Larkin, Charles W., enlisted August 13, 1862.
THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY
Musician M. M. Boyer, enlisted September 21, 1862; mustered out June 5. 1865
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY Assistant Surgeon
John H. Rassell, commissioned May 28, 1864; mustered out September 15. 1864.
FORTY-EIGHTHI INFANTRY
Brees, William H., enlisted June 15, 1864. Van Kirk. Henry, enlisted June 11, 1864.
FIRST CAVALRY
Bessey, Charles, enlisted June 24, 1863.
FOURTH CAVALRY
Carson, James M., enlisted October 8, 1861. Ogden, 11. B., enlisted October 9, 1861. Cafferty, George, enlisted November 14, 1861. Dotson, John, enlisted November 14, 1861. Swain, William, enlisted November 14, 1861. Fullerton, W ... enlisted November 14, 1861. Brotherton, M. V. B., enlisted January 1, 1864.
FIFTH VETERAN CAVALRY
Corporal
Elijah Atkinson, enlisted September 21, 1861.
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NINTH CAVALRY
Branchcome, D., enlisted October 4, 1863.
Gouldsbury, Cyrus, enlisted October 1, 1863. Griffith, M. B., enlisted October 7, 1863. Smith, James W., enlisted April 18, 1864. Shannon, Joseph O., enlisted April 18, 1804.
SECOND BATTERY AARTILLERY
Flock, George E., enlisted November 23, 1864.
FIRST MISSOURI CAVALRY Corporal William Stinson, enlisted February 15. 1862; discharged June 27, disability
Private Benner, Frederick, enlisted February 3, 1862.
THIRD MISSOURI CAVALRY
Matherly, John, enlisted March 22, 1862.
Matherly, Wisely, enlisted December 3, 1861.
Taylor, Abner, enlisted October 12, 1862.
TENTH KANSAS INFANTRY
Ball, Samuel, enlisted August 12, 1861. Maddax, Martin, enlisted August 12, 1861.
TWENTY-SEVENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY
Gordon, Allen. enlisted August 9. 1861.
ONE HUNDRED AND EIGHTEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Reed, Benjamin F., enlisted August 18, 1802.
RECORD OF THE REGIMENTS
The major portion of the enlisted men from AAppanoose county and com- panies organized therein were assigned to regiments of infantry and cavalry, short records of which are given below. Many of the men were scattered and lost a local identity in other regiments :
THE SIXTH INFANTRY
was mustered into the service July 6, 1861, at Burlington, with John A. MeDow- ell, of Keokuk, as colonel; Markoe Cummins, of Muscatine, lieutenant colonel ; John M. Corse. of Burlington, major. Company \ was from Linn county ;
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Company B from Lucas and Clarke counties: Company ( from Hardin county : Company D from Appanoose county ; Company E from Monroe county : Com- pany F from Clarke county: Company G from Johnson county; Company 11 from Lee county; Company I from Des Moines county; Company K from Henry county. It was engaged at Shiloh, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Jackson, Black River Bridge. Jones' Ford, etc. The Sixth lost ; officers killed in action. 18 wounded : enlisted men 102 were killed in action, 30 died of wounds, 124 of disease, 211 were discharged for dis- ability and 301 were wounded in action, which was the largest list of casualties. of both officers and men, of any regiment from lowa. Mastered out at Louis- ville, Kentucky, July 21. 1865.
THE SEVENTH INFANTRY
was mustered into the United States service at Burlington, July 24. 1861, with J. G. Lauman, of Burlington, as colonel ; Augustus Wentz, of Davenport, as lieutenant colonel, and E. W. Rice, of Oskaloosa, as major. Company .\ was from Muscatine county ; Company B from Chickasaw and Floyd counties ; Com- pany C from Mahaska county : Companies D and E from Lee county ; Company F from Wapello county; Company G from Iowa county; Company 11 from Washington county; Company I from Wapello county ; Company K from Keo- kuk. Was engaged at the battles of Belmont ( in which it lost in killed, wounded and missing 237 men). Fort Henry. Fort Donelson. Shiloh, siege of Corinth, Corinth, Rome Cross Roads, Dallas, New Hope Church, Big Shanty, Kenesaw Mountain, Nick-a-Jack Creek, siege of Atlanta, battle on the 22d of July in front of Atlanta, Sherman's campaign to the ocean, through the Carolinas to Richmond and thence to Louisville. Was mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky. July 12, 1805.
THE EIGHTEENTH INFANTRY
was mustered into the United States service August 5. 6 and 7. 1862, at Clinton. with John Edwards, of Chariton, colonel: T. Z. Cook, of Cedar Rapids, lieuten- ant colonel: Hugh J. Campbell, of Muscatine, as major. Company I was from Linn and various other countries; Company B from Clarke county; Company ( from Lucas county; Company D from Keokuk and Wapello counties ; Company E From Muscatine county ; Company F from Appanosse county ; Company ( from Marion and Warren counties: Company Il from Fayette and Benton counties: Company I from Washington county: Company K from Wapelle. Muscatine and Henry counties, and was engaged in the battles of Springfield. Moscow, Poison Spring. Arkansas, and was mustered out at Little Rock, Arkan- sas, July 20, 1865.
THE THIRTY -SIXTH INFANTRY
was organized at Keokuk, with Charles W. Kittredge, of Ottumwa, as colonel; F. M. Drake, of Unionville, Appanoose county, as lieutenant colonel ; and T. C. Woodward, of Ottumwa, as major, and mustered in October 4. 1802. Com- pany A way from Monroe county; Companies B. D. E. Il and K from Wapello county, and Companies C. F. G and I from Appanose county. Was engaged in
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the following battles: Mark's Mills, Arkansas; Elkins' Ford, Camden, Helena, Jenkins' Ferry, etc. AAt Mark's Mills, April 25, 1864. out of 500 engaged. lost 200 killed and wounded, the balance being taken prisoners of war; was ex- changed October 6, 1864. Was mustered out at Duvall's Bluff, Arkansas, .August 24, 1865.
THE THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY (OR GRAY BEARDS )
was organized, with George W. Kincaid, of Muscatine, as colonel; George R. West, of Dubuque, as lieutenant colonel; and Lyman Allen, of Iowa City, as major, and was mustered into the United States service at Muscatine, December 15. 1862. Company A was from Black Hawk and Linn counties; Company B from Muscatine county; Company C from Van Buren and Lee counties; Com- pany D) from Johnson and lowa counties; Company E from Wapello and Mahaska counties: Company F from Dubuque county; Company G from Appanoose, Des Moines, Henry and Washington counties; Company H from Henry and Jefferson counties ; Company I from Jasper, Linn and other counties, and Company K from Scott and Fayette counties. The object of the Thirty- seventh was to do garrison duty and let the young men go to the front. It was mustered out at Davenport on expiration of three years' service.
THIE FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY ( JOO DAYS )
was organized with D. B. Henderson, of Clermont, as colonel : L. D. Durbin, of Tipton, as lieutenant colonel; and G. L. Tarbet, as major, and was mustered in at Dubuque, June 10, 1864. Company A was from Dubuque ; Company B from Poweshiek : Company C from Dallas and Guthrie ; Company B from Taylor and Fayette ; Company E from Ringgold and Linn ; Company F from Winneshick and Delaware counties: Company G from Appanoose and Delaware counties : Com- pany I from Wayne, Company I from Cedar; and Company K from Lucas county. Was mustered out at Davenport, September 23. 1864.
THE FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY (1OO DAYS )
was mustered into the United States service at Davenport. June 4. 1804. with James P. Sanford, of Oskaloosa, as colonel; John Williams, of lowa City, as lieutenant colonel; and G. J. Wright, of Des Moines, as major. Company .\ was from Marion and Clayton counties; Company B from Appanoose county; Com- pany C from Wapello and Benton counties; Company B from Buchanan and Linn counties; Company E from Madison county ; Company F from Polk county ; Company G from Johnson county ; Company H from Keokuk county ; Company | from Mahaska county; and Company K from Wapello.
THE THIRD CAVALRY
was organized and mustered into the United States service at Keokuk. in August and September, 1861, with Cyrus Bussey, of Bloomfield, as colonel; 11. H. Bussey, of Bloomfield, as lieutenant colonel; and C. H. Perry, 11. C. Caldwell and W. C. Drake, of Corydon, as majors. Companies A and E were from
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Davis county; Company B from Van Buren and Lee counties: Company C from Lee and Keokuk counties; Company D from Davis and Van Buren counties; Company F from Jefferson county : Company G from Van Buren county : Company HI from Van Buren and Jefferson counties; Company | from Appanoose county ; Company K from Wapello and Marion counties; Company L from Decatur county ; and Company M from AAppanoose and Decatur coun- ties. It was engaged in the following battles and skirmishes: Pea Ridge, 1.a Grange, Sycamore, near Little Rock, Columbus, Pope's Farm. Big Blue, Ripley. Coldwater, Osage, Tallahatchie, Moore's Mill, near Montevallo, near Independ- ence, Pine Bluff, Botts' Farm, Gun Town, White's Station, Tupelo. Village Creek. Was mustered out of service at Atlanta, Georgia, August 9. 1805.
THE SEVENTH CAVALRY
was organized at Davenport, and mustered into the United States service April 27. 1803, with S. W. Summers, of Ottumwa, as colonel; John Pattee, of Iowa City, as lieutenant colonel : H. H. Heath and G. M. O'Brien, of Dubuque and John S. Wood, of Ottumwa, as majors. Companies .A. B, C and D were from Wapello and other countries in immediate vicinity; Companies E, F, G and II were from all parts of the state; Company I from Sioux City and known as Sioux City Cavalry; Company K was originally Company A of the Fourteenth Infantry and afterward Company .\ of the Forty-first Infantry, was from Johnson and other counties ; Company L was originally Company B of the Forty- first Infantry and afterward Company B of the Forty ---- and was from John- son county : Company M was originally Company C of the Fourteenth Infantry. and afterward Company C of the Forty-first and from Des Moines and other . counties. The Seventh Cavalry operated against the Indians, Excepting the lieutenant colonel and Companies K, L and MI, the regiment was mustered out at Leavenworth, Kansas, May 17, 1866. Companies K, L and Ml were mustered out at Sioux City, June 22, 1806.
THE EIGHTH CAVALRY
was organized with J. B. Dorr, of Dubuque, as colonel ; II. G. Barner, of Sidney. as lieutenant colonel ; Jolin J. Bowen, of Hopkinton, J. D. Thompson, of Eldora, and .A. J. Price, of Guttenburg, as majors, and were mustered in at Davenport, September 30, 1863. The companies were mostly from the following counties: Company A. Page: Company B, Wapello; Company C. Van Buren; Company D, Ringgold; Company E, Henry ; Company F, Appanoose ; Company G, Clay- ton ; Company H, Appanoose; Company I, Marshall; Company K. Muscatine : Company L, Wapello; Company M, Polk. The Eighth did a large amount of duty guarding Sherman's communications, in which it had many small engage- ments. It was in the battles of Lost Mountain, Lovejoy's Station, Newnan, Nashville, etc. Was on Stoneman's cavalry raid around Atlanta, and Wilson's raid through Alabama. Was mustered out at Macon, Georgia, August 13, 1865
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JOIIN BASHOR POST. G. A. R., NO. 122
Veterans of the Civil war organized a post of the Grand Army of the Repub- lic in Centerville, December 2, 1882, and gave to it the name of John Bashor, who enlisted early in the War of the Rebellion in Company D. Sixth lowa Infan- try, and was mustered out as a captain. His death was as sad as it was untimely. After leaving the front he was selected as a deputy provost marshal and, in company of Captain Woodruff, deputy provost marshal, went to Union town- ship. Poweshick county, in the month of October, 1864, to apprehend certain southern sympathizers, who were particularly active in placing obstacles in the way of Union officers engaged in the "draft" for the army and deserters there- from. Both of them were killed in the discharge of their duties and three years later, Bashor's murderer. Michael Gleason, was convicted and sentenced to be hung.
The charter members of Bashor post were H. H. Wright. G. W. Beall. G. T. Wentworth. W. O. Crosby, W. J. Martin, W. V. McConnell, J. J. Pratt. H. D. Chatterton, A. J. Pixley and J. C. Barrows. The first commander was G. T. Wentworth.
Since the completion of the court house in 1904, the post has had its quar- ters in the northwest room, on the first or basement floor. Here the veterans have a cozy and commodious meeting place, which is opened to them every Sat- urday afternoon, between the raising and lowering of a flag, in the court house yard, immediately in front of headquarters. The boys are fast responding to their last roll call and their ranks are thinning daily. . At this time the member- ship of the post is about fifty and John McMurray is commander.
BASHOR WOMAN'S RELIEF CORPS, NO. 32
The Woman's Relief Corps was organized July 21, 1885. by Elizabeth. Colfax. Sarah E. Henderson, Lucretia A. Charlton. Lucy Pratt. Sophronia Kellogg, Lois II. Lemington, Sarah Johnson, Jane Brower. Cill McGregor, Orpha Barrows, Clare Gish, Melissa Wright. Sallie A. Young, Rachel M. Thorne, Austin Thorpe, Maggie Sharpe. Sadie E. Maring. Elizabeth Rex, Louisa Burgess, Ada I .. Went- worth, Ruth Stephenson, Hallie Ogle. Carrie Harper. Lide Swearingen, Susie J. Wentworth. Mary J. Moore, Louisa L. Gray, Hattie Pixley. Rhoda Wentworth. Elizabeth Peyton, Alma Devore, Nan Elliott, Sarah E. Price. Ada Kirkham. Emma Stanton. Samantha Shaw, Sophia J. Baker, Ida Bishop, Fannie .1. Wal- den. Ellen Mauby, Sarah J. Green, Mary E. Myers, Sarah Gudney. Sarah 31. Thompson. Fannie Edwards, Maria Shriver. Lizzie Mechem, Ellen F. Martin. Mrs. S. II. Robb.
The first president of the corps was Mrs. M. M. Walden and the present is Mrs. Nan Elliott. The membership is about 100.
THIE SOLDIERS' MONUMENT
It was through the patriotic initiative of J. B. Maring. C. N. Udell. R. Ste- phenson, Jr .. D. D. Sturgeon, C. N. Hinkle, Ed Lane, Miss Emma Shanks, Mis- Mattie Wilson and Miss Sallie Shanks, that the movement for raising funds to
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procure a monument to the departed heroes of the Civil war gained impetus and finally resulted in the accumulation of a fund of $2,000, which was expended on a titting memorial shaft. that was erected on the southwest front of the court house park, July 4, 1800,-but four years after the close of the great conflict between the states. . \ dramatic association formed by the men and women whose names have been here given, presented to the public amateur performances that had the merit of drawing large audiences. A called meeting of the citizens followed and through the persistent efforts of Elder Sevey, Judge Tannehill. C. 11. Howell. D. M1. Rice. Jacob Rummel. J. A. Breazeale, Isaac S. Adams, C. Hollingsworth, D. 1 .. Strickler, S. M. Moore, William Bradley, B. Adamson, General Francis M1. Drake. J. R. Wooden. D. C. Campbell, and J. Lankford, a county memorial association was organized. John Hughes was chosen president, Colonel J. F. Walden, vice president. Jacob Rummel, secretary, and C. H. Howell, treasurer. These associations secured the money for the monument, passed upon and adopted the plans and made all arrangements for the dedication, which was made one of the salient events in the county's history. General J. B. Weaver of Iowa, noted for his oratory and a presidential candidate, delivered the address of the day.
The stone is about twenty-two feet in height and stands on four bases, the first three of limestone and the fourth marble. The die is about two and one- half feet square at the bottom and four feet high. On the southwest face of the die is the inscription, "Union Soldiers' Monument, Erected July 4. 1809," while on the three other faces are carved the names of the dead heroes of Appanoose. The plinth is about two feet square, ornamented with lily work. The spire is six feet in height, and is perfectly plain, except that it bears the national coat-of- arms on the southwest face. The cap is about two and one-half feet square and of corresponding height. On this rests an urn of suitable proportions. In all. the monument, while not elaborate in design, is admirably proportioned and is an object of special interest and reverence of the people. Its cost was $2,000.
COMPANY E IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAAR
The student of history well knows that for many generations the inhabitants of Cuba had been struggling to rid themselves from the Spanish yoke and estab- lish autonomy on the island. In 1897 many bloody skirmishes had taken place between the islanders and Spanish troops, most of which were in the nature of guerilla warfare on the part of the Cubans, with such success for the Cuban arms, however, as to arouse general sympathy throughout the United States. From various sources in this country the Cuban patriots received material assist- ance, which became known to the Spanish government and so enraged certain of the loyal Spaniards, residents of Cuba, that the lives of the American consul, Gien- eral Fitzhugh Lee, and other citizens of the United States on the island became imperiled. To increase the bitterness of the liberty-loving citizens of the United States and the blood thirsty Dons, a magnificent war vessel, the Mame, was blown into fragments while in the harbor of Havana, on a February night in 1808, destroying hundreds of lives of the sailors who were on board. This so aroused the war spirit throughout the length and breadth of the U'nion that the Mckinley administration was practically forced into a declaration of war against Spain, it having been taken for granted throughout this nation that the destruc-
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tion of the Maine was the inhuman handiwork of Spanish sympathizers. Hence, it was, that on the 23d day of April, 1898, President Mckinley issued a call for 125.000 volunteers to assist the regular army and the Cuban soldiery to whip the Dons and drive them forever from American soil and when Company E was notified every member dropped whatever he had in hand and that evening gath- ered at the Armory to answer roll call and make ready for departure to camp and the field of battle, if need be.
Company E was a constituent part of the Second Regiment, Iowa National Guard. The "boys" were members of well known families and some of them were married. Others had sweethearts and all the feminine contingent of patri- otic Appanoose had their hearts pitched to a high key of anxiety for Company E in detail. On Monday evening, April 25. 1898, the ladies of the P. E. O. Society gave the company a reception and the military organization appeared in ful! uni- form at the Armory, the scene of the function, headed by the Third Regiment band. The gathering-a very large one-was addressed by Colonel C. A. Saun- ders, commander of the regiment ; Colonel E. C. Haynes, General H. H. Wright, H. E. Valentine, mayor of the city and a member of Company E. Others who expressed their sentiments towards the Spaniards and cheered the boys in their coming ordeal, were Joseph Payton, commander of Bashor Post, G. A. R., and Hon. Claude R. Porter.
On the afternoon of the 26th of April. Company E, with the Third Regi- ment band in front, marched to the K. & W. depot, where 5,000 patriotic and enthusiastic men, women and children saw the soldier boys entrain for the state capital, where, upon their arrival, they took up quarters in Camp Mckinley.
While in camp at Des Moines, the company was thoroughly drilled and equipped with all the paraphernalia and accoutrements of the modern soldier, and on the 17th of May, with the exception of a few rejected at the time of the physi- cal examination, the boys were mustered into the service of the United States as Company E, Fiftieth lowa Infantry, for three years, or until the end of the war. On this same day Company E was presented with a silk flag by the Society of the Sons of the American Revolution.
On the 21st of May the Fiftieth Regiment left Camp Mckinley for Tampa, Florida, but was stopped at Jacksonville, went into quarters at Camp Cuba Libre and remained there until the articles of peace were signed. On the 13th of Sep- tember the regiment broke camp and returned to Camp Mckinley, at Des Moines. reaching there on the 17th. On the 20th Company E returned to Centerville on thirty days' furlough and was given a magnificent reception by the city, whose citizens were proud of the splendid record the boys had made, even though they had not been able to meet the enemy face to face. On November ist the coni- pany again was in Camp MeKinley, where each member was reexamined, paid and honorably discharged, having served six months and seven days from the time the organization answered the President's call for troops the preceding April. It still maintains its identity as Company E, Fiftieth Regiment, lowa National Guards, having been mustered in as such February 9, 1899. The roster of Com- pany E, Fiftieth Iowa Volunteers, follows:
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