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Norcross, J. A., enlisted August 13, 1862; discharged September 27, 1863, disability.
Niles, R. S., enlisted August 12, 1862 ; discharged October 8, 1864, dis- ability.
Northrop, George E., enlisted August 11, 1862; died August 16, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks.
Nutting, Oscar, enlisted August 15, 1882; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Osgood, L. K., enlisted November 27, 1863 ; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Osgood, Warren, enlisted August 13, 1862; died January 22, 1864, at New Orleans.
Poorman, Israel B., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 1, 1863, at Carrollton.
Proctor, Nathan R., enlisted August 15, 1862; died September 2, 1863, at Carrollton.
Perry, William T., enlisted August 15, 1862; died August 15, 1863, at New Orleans.
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Pratt, Melvin, enlisted August 20, 1862 ; died August 17, 1863, at Vicks- burg.
Reynolds, William M., enlisted August 14, 1862 ; died September 3, 1863, at Carrollton.
Reeves, Levi, enlisted August 15, 1862.
Shaffer, David, enlisted August 13, 1863; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Shaffer, Joseph, enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged May 5, 1863.
Shook, Jacob, enlisted August 1862; discharged February 7, 1863, dis- ability.
Smith, Willard, enlisted August 13, 1862 ; discharged June 15, 1864.
Smith, Chauncey, enlisted April 26, 1864; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Spurr, Charles C., enlisted August 14, 1862 ; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Stone, William P., enlisted August 13, 1862; died August II, 1863, at Port Hudson.
Seeley, Samuel S., enlisted August 15, 1864.
Scott, William H., enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged August 12, 1863, disability.
Thurston, Jesse, enlisted August 15, 1862; died September 1, 1863, at Carrollton.
Thompson, Francis E., enlisted August 7, 1862; discharged February 24, 1864.
Van Buskirk, S., enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Thorp, E. W., enlisted November 25, 1863; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Witherell, Loren, enlisted February 29, 1864; died at Brownsville, Texas, July 12, 1864.
Wilbur, Perry F., enlisted August 13, 1862.
Wing, Elihu, enlisted August 13, 1862 ; died August 16, 1863, at Vicks- burg.
Watrous, Moses, enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Wood, Francis, enlisted August 14, 1862 ; deserted at Dubuque, October 23, 1862.
White, A. P., enlisted August 20, 1862.
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Easton, George W., enlisted November 17, 1862; transferred to Com- pany G, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Van Buskirk, John, enlisted November 17, 1862; discharged August II, 1863.
Jaques, Earl, enlisted November 17, 1862; died August 22, 1863, at Carrollton, Iowa.
COMPANY H.
Capt. Eliphalet Follet, commissioned November 4, 1862.
First Lieut. Elisha Hosmer, commissioned November 4, 1862; resigned March 24, 1864.
First Lieut. Thomas J. Butcher, enlisted as corporal August 15, 1862; promoted to sergeant then to first lieutenant March 25, 1864.
Second Lieut. Lewis Armstrong, commissioned November 4, 1862; re- signed July 20, 1863.
First Sergt. James N. Dennis, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company I, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Sergt. W. H. H. Myers, enlisted August 12, 1862; transferred to Com- pany H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Sergt. C. M. Curtis, enlisted August 4, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Sergt. William Whiting, enlisted August 5, 1862; died October 30, 1863, at Elgin.
Corp. R. H. Albright, enlisted August 9, 1862 ; died October 20, 1863, at Carrollton.
Corp. James H. Linderman, enlisted August 15, 1862; died August 10, 1863, at Port Hudson, Louisiana.
Corp. G. J. Webb, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged September 14, 1863, disability.
Corp. A. Thompson, enlisted August 13, 1862 ; discharged September 21, 1863, disability.
Corp. George W. Irwin, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Com- pany H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Corp. George La Page, enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Com- pany H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Corp. B. F. Dibble, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Musician M. E. R. West, enlisted August 18, 1862; died September 12, 1863, in United States hospital.
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Musician Joseph H. West, enlisted August 15, 1862; died August 29, 1863, at New Orleans.
Wagoner, C. Dorland, enlisted August 17, 1862; died August 21, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks.
Baldwin, Chris., enlisted August 12, 1862; discharged October 17, 1863, disability.
Bell, Robert T., enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged September 14, 1863, disability.
Bamer, Charles, enlisted August 14, 1862; died October 18, 1863, at Elgin.
Crane, Eleazer, enlisted August 4, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Crane, Edgar, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Conner, Isaac, enlisted August 1, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Cooley, James C., enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Cain, W. J., enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H. Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Christianson, M., enlisted August 15, 1862; died September 4, 1863, at Keokuk.
Conner, William T., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Doud, William M., enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Downie, E. B., enlisted August 5, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Desart, Leander, enlisted December 1, 1863; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Desart, Dennis, enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Edgar, George W., enlisted August 15, 1862; died August 9, 1863, at Port Hudson.
Foster, Edwin, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Follett, Thomas M., enlisted August 10, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Gage, William R., enlisted August 14, 1862.
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Gillett, Shuble, enlisted August 1, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Garner, William H., enlisted August 15, 1862.
Grossman, F., enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Goodsill, F. W., enlisted August 15, 1862; died October 18, 1863, at St. Louis.
Gunnelson, Swan, enlisted August 15, 1862 ; died December 5, 1863, at Memphis.
Herrington, H. L., enlisted August 15, 1862 ; died October 28, 1863, at Carrollton, Louisiana.
Howard, Hugh, enlisted August 4, 1862; died September 23, 1863, at Memphis.
Harvey, Dennis R., enlisted August 11, 1862; died August 30, 1863, at Keokuk.
Johnson, James, enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Kinsel, James, enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
King, Benjamin, enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged September 21, 1863, disability.
King, Nathaniel, enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged September 21, 1863, disability.
Ketchum, Witham, enlisted August 9, 1862; died August 6, 1863, on Steamer "R. C. Wood."
Knight, J. W., enlisted August 2, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Kincade, Fred, enlisted October II, 1864; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Kinyon, William, enlisted August, 1862 ; died October 12, 1863, at Cairo.
Lyon, Willis, enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company A, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Lee, Martin, enlisted August 12, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Moore, John W., enlisted August 2, 1862 ; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Miller, P. J., enlisted August 5, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
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Myers, Eleazer, enlisted August 12, 1862; died August 7, 1863, on steamer "City of Memphis."
Myers, Richard, enlisted October II, 1864; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Mattocks, Eli, enlisted August 4, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Martindale, Al., enlisted August 5, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Mattocks, William, enlisted August 3, 1862 ; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Mattocks, W., enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Mitchell, R. N., enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Maze, Thomas, enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Moats, Ambrose, enlisted August 15, 1862.
Marsh, J. A., enlisted August 14, 1862.
Mathiason, J. M., enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Minzer, Fred, enlisted August 12, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Nichols, Wesley, enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Nittel, Jacob, enlisted August 14, 1862; discharged September 28, 1862, disability.
Owen, A. F., enlisted August 15, 1862 ; died August 28, 1863, at Carroll- ton, Iowa.
Packer, Gust., enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Relay, John, enlisted October II, 1864; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Schlupp, Jacob, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Stirk, Joseph W., enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Smith, Sidney, enlisted August 15, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Saltsgiver, Adam, enlisted August 15, 1862; died August 20, 1863, on steamer "R. C. Wood."
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Sparks, John C., enlisted August 12, 1862; died October 25, 1863, at Memphis.
Smith, John, enlisted August 14, 1862; died October 28, 1863, at New Orleans.
Schmitt, William M., enlisted August 15, 1862.
Taylor, Ed. J., enlisted August 9, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Travers, N., enlisted August 13, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Whiting, Benjamin, enlisted August II, 1862; died August 9, 1863, at Port Hudson, Iowa.
Wattenpaugh, A., enlisted August 1, 1862; died August 21, 1863, at Jefferson Barracks.
Warren, Abel, enlisted August 9, 1862; died November 27, 1863, at Brownsville, Texas.
Zimmerman, G., enlisted August 14, 1862; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Lee, Andrews, enlisted January 4, 1864; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
Ropes, Charles F., enlisted January 4, 1864 ; transferred to Company H, Thirty-fourth Infantry.
COMPANY K.
Cullins, Amos, enlisted August 9, 1862; died August 20, 1863, on steamer "City of Memphis."
Kerr, James N., enlisted August 15, 1862.
Moe, A. B., enlisted August 19, 1862 ; discharged June 16, 1864, dis- ability.
Moe, Perry, enlisted August 19, 1862; died December 26, 1863, at Brownsville, Texas.
Rice, Wilder, enlisted August II, 1862; discharged March 14, 1863, disability.
Voorhees, Levi P., enlisted August 23, 1862 ; discharged June 20, 1864, disability.
THIRTY-FOURTH INFANTRY (THIRTY-FOURTH AND THIRTY-EIGHTII
CONSOLIDATED).
Not long after consolidating, the regiment went to Kenner, eight miles from New Orleans, on the Jackson railroad, and encamped on ground con- siderably lower than the Mississippi river. January 27, 1865, it arrived at
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Barrancas, Florida ; went into camp until the movement on Fort Blakely, sixty miles distant; took part in the assault of April 9th, with conspicuous gallantry, which ended its active service. This regiment was mustered out at Houston, Texas, August 15, 1865.
COMPANY F.
Transferred from Company A, Thirty-eighth Regiment, December 31, 1864
First Lieut. Ezra Crosby.
First Sergt. George W. Cook.
Sergt. Brown Sturat.
Sergt. Benj. W. Edsberry.
Sergt. John H. Pitts.
Corp. James Burrell.
Corp. William Kinsey, wounded April 9, 1865, at Blakely, Alabama.
Corp. T. C. Wayman.
Musician A. M. Currier.
Bailey, William T.
Burk, John.
Butler, Jesse.
Butler, Henry, died May 27, 1865, at New Orleans.
Barnam, Joseph C.
Bartie, Thomas.
Corbin, Daniel. Cline, Jacob.
Cook, John. Clamer, William.
Crow, A. Crosby, G. R.
Clow, N. B.
Davis, Josiah.
Forbes, Daniel C.
Fitch, E. E. Horrigan, William.
Howe, William H. Hitch, John.
Hart, Dennis, wounded April 9, 1865, at Blakely, Alabama. Hageman, John N.
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House, Peter. Johnson, William S. Jennings, John A. Jennings, Joseph M. Lincicum, Jesse.
Maroney, John. Nicoll, Alex.
Nefzgar, Jacob F.
Staples, S. D.
Starr, Barnard. Tuttle, Loyd. Vawser, John. Walls, Thomas A. Woods, Neri.
COMPANY G.
Transferred from Company G, Thirty-eighth Infantry, December 31, 1864.
Capt. Charles H. Millar. First Lieut. Leander M. Bunton.
Second Lieut. Edward Easton, enlisted as sergeant Company G, Thirty- eighth Infantry, August 15, 1862 ; commissioned second lieutenant this Com- pany January 10, 1865. Sergt. Lorenzo B. Fish. Corp. R. T. Watrous. Sergt. Robert Holden. Corp. John Weaver. Corp. C. L. Webber.
Corp. D. F. Nicholas. Corp. Nelson Mulinix.
Wagoner D. W. Nicholas, discharged February 14, 1865, disability. Andrews, Noah.
Anderson, Henry, wounded April 9, 1865, Blakely, Alabama.
Bacon, C. C. Boswell, Willis. Barton, John C. Dayton, Jonathan. Deal, William. (16)
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Doland, John. Doty, Andrew. Easton, George W. Finch, B. W. Heald, Artemus.
Heald, Seth. Hughes, R. C.
Howe, Charles.
Hendershott, Thomas.
Johnson, George W.
Kramer, A. G.
Long, David.
Meikle, John.
Moulton, H. A.
McMullen, Robert.
Nutting, Oscar.
Shaffer, David.
Scott, William H.
Spurr, C. C., discharged July 31, 1865, disability.
Smith, Chauncey.
Thorp, E. W.
Van Buskirk, S.
Watrous, Moses, discharged May 12, 1865, disability. Osgood, L. K. Smith, Willard.
Van Buskirk, John.
COMPANY H.
Transferred from Company H, Thirty-eighth Infantry, December 31, 1864.
Sergt. William H. H. Myers. Sergt. C. M. Curtis. Corp. Thomas M. Follett. Corporal G. A. Packer. Corp. George W. Irwin. Corp. George Zimmerman. Conner, William T. Conner, Isaac.
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Crane, E. W. Crane, Edgar. Cooley, Jas. C. Cain, William. Dibble, Benj. F. Downie, E. B. Desart, Dennis. Desart, Leander. Doud, William M. Foster, Edwin. Gillett, Shuble. Grossman, Frederick, discharged March 3, 1865, disability. Johnson, James. Knight, John W. Kinsel, James. Kincade, Frederick. Lee, Martin. Lee, Andrew. Lyon, Willis.
Lapage, George.
Minzer, Frederick. Mattocks, Wilder. Moore, John W.
Miller, P. J. Mattocks, Eli. Mattocks, William R. Martindale, A. Mitchell, R. N. Maze, Thomas. Mathiason, John M. Myers, Richard. Nichols, Wesley. Ropes, Charles F. Relay, John. Schlupp, Jacob. Stirk, Joseph W. Smith, Sidney. Taylor, Ed. J. Travers, N.
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COMPANY I.
Transferred from Company A, Thirty-eighth Infantry, December 31, 1864
Second Lieut. James N. Dennis, commissioned January 10, 1865, from first sergeant.
First Sergt. Holcomb, R. M. Davis, Benj.
COMPANY K.
Transferred from Company F, Thirty-eighth Infantry, December 31, 1864
First Lieut. Henry M. Shoemaker, enlisted November 4, 1862; wounded at Blakely, Alabama, April 9, 1865.
Sergt. Jacob Miller.
Sergt. George L. Rawson.
Corp. Ashahel Ives.
Corp. Jacob Rush, Jr.
Corp. C. G. Spears.
Corp. Martin Leonhart.
Musician E. Hubbell Pepper.
Burget, George.
Cavin, William E.
Clements, H.
Collins, C. H.
Cook, John.
Hennings, Thomas.
Higby, Milo L.
House, Alex.
House, Jeremiah.
Keasey, C. A., died March 25, 1863.
Kirkpatrick, J. N.
Mansfield, F. W., discharged August 23, 1863, disability.
Mathews, John. McNutt, George E.
McQuilkin, R. W. Nichols, Joseph. Parkhurst, W. Parker, Samuel.
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Robert, Jesse J., discharged June 6, 1865, disability.
Rawson, James D. Riser, Gustave.
Robbins, M. C. F.
Robinson, A. J.
Robinson, Jacob F.
Ronco, James J.
Ronco, John.
Soward, George S.
Severson, Barnard.
Simpson, Daniel.
Smith, Eugene.
Smith, J. C.
Soward, S. C.
Spaulding, James.
Thorp, E. M.
Umbarger, J. P.
Vargason, A.
Williams, M. L.
Welsh, D. B.
Welsh, L.
Cooper, Benjamin. Murray, George, M., musician.
FORTY-SIXTH INFANTRY (ONE HUNDRED DAYS).
This regiment went into service at Davenport, June 10, 1864, and was forwarded to Cairo, and thence to Memphis, arriving at the latter place June 20th. On June 27th it was ordered to Camp Lookout, near Colliersville, Tennessee, where the men did heavy duty, being on picket, alternate days, for about two months. The only brush with the enemy occurred at that place in August. A squad of guerrillas captured two pickets, and a detachment was sent out to rescue them, if possible. In the skirmish that followed four of our men were wounded. On September Ist the Forty-sixth returned to Mem- phis, and on the Ioth of the same month started homeward, reaching Daven- port on the 16th. The regiment was mustered out and paid off on the 23rd of September, 1864.
Col. David B. Henderson, commissioned June 9, 1864.
Hos. Stew. Edwin A. Kreamer, enlisted May 10, 1864; promoted from second sergeant, Company D, June 10, 1864.
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COMPANY D.
First Lieut. Nathan S. Harwood, commissioned June 10, 1864.
Corp. Henry G. Reber, enlisted May 10, 1864.
Corp. Francis M. Robertson, enlisted May 6, 1864.
Corp. Robert Quigley, enlisted May 7, 1864.
Corp. C. A. Doan, enlisted May 6, 1864 ; died August 27, 1864, at Men- phis.
Musician William J. Haddock, enlisted May 6, 1864.
Albright, John W., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Abbott, Charles N., enlisted May 4, 1864.
Blodgett, Oliver, enlisted May 10, 1864.
Bean, George E., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Conrad, James, enlisted May 6, 1864. Gray, Harrison W., enlisted May 9, 1864.
Metzger, A. E., enlisted May 9, 1864.
Munger, W. B., enlisted May 14, 1864.
Norton, Homer E., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Pepper, William H., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Perkins, Jerry, enlisted May 14, 1864.
Rinker, M. N., enlisted May 21, 1864.
Robbins, Jerome N., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Torode, William, enlisted May 6, 1864.
Wells, Hamilton C., enlisted May 10, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Corp. Joseph Murphy, enlisted May 2, 1864. Corp. Charles Wollmer, enlisted May 17, 1864. Stewart, John M., enlisted May 2, 1864.
Torry, I. B., enlisted May 2, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Slusher, John B., enlisted May 13, 1864.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
Corp. Simon L. Shultz, enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged August 18, 1864.
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Corp. John Jarrett, enlisted July 1, 1861 ; killed in action May 16, 1863, at Champion Hills, Mississippi.
Corp. William Codling, enlisted July 1, 1861 ; discharged February 27, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri, on account of wounds.
Cushman, William S., enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged December 3, 1862, disability.
Conkling, A. M., enlisted July 1, 1861 ; discharged February 27, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri.
Davis, John A., enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged December 17, 1863; Regimental Report says "died of wounds December 17, 1863."
Sitler, George B., enlisted July 1, 1861 ; captured May 17, 1864, at Mad- ison Station, Alabama; discharged August, 1864.
Sprague, Herman, enlisted July 1, 1861 ; discharged August, 1864.
Sprague, H. C., enlisted July 1, 1861 ; wounded September 19, 1862, at Iuka, also wounded May 16, 1863, at Champion Hills.
SIXTH INFANTRY.
Smith, A. M., enlisted July 15, 1861 ; wounded and died May 12, 1862, at Paducah, Kentucky.
SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Sergt. Calvin B. Lake, commissioned second lieutenant March 18, 1862; resigned September 12, 1863.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
Newcomer, Levi, enlisted October 4, 1861 ; re-enlisted as veteran January 4, 1864 ; mustered out July 21, 1865.
Kenyon, Edgar, enlisted November 7, 1864.
FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Maj. Leander C. Noble, commissioned February 27, 1862, from civil life-declined.
Wagoner, F. S. Smith, enlisted March 6, 1863 ; mustered out November 16, 1864.
Robinson, Alvin, enlisted March 23, 1863; mustered out November 16, I864.
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RESIDUARY BATTERY-FOURTEENTH INFANTRY.
Robinson, A. E., enlisted March 23, 1863 ; mustered out August 8, 1865. Robinson, A. S., enlisted February 1, 1864 ; mustered out August 8, 1865.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
Asst. Surg. Dixon Alexander, commissioned March 5, 1865 ; mustered out July 19, 1865.
Baluff, John P., enlisted November 15, 1861; mustered out July 19, I865.
Brown, John W., enlisted December 9, 1861 ; died July 4, 1862.
Joy, Henry F., enlisted December 10, 1861 ; died February 25, 1862.
Rowland, M. N., enlisted December 7, 1861 ; died October 14, 1862.
SEVENTEENTH INFANTRY.
Wheeler, Joseph F., enlisted December 16, 1862; re-enlisted as veteran February 29, 1864; captured October 13, 1864, in Georgia; mustered out July 25, 1865.
TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Werst, G. C., enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered out August 8, 1865.
TWENTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Gilliam, E. D., enlisted October 17, 1864; mustered out July 31, 1865.
FORTIETH INFANTRY.
Sergt. George W. Langham, enlisted August 15, 1862; mustered out August 2, 1865.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY.
Holmes, J. C., enlisted August 30, 1864; mustered out September 15, I864.
Webber R. E., enlisted May 15, 1864 ; mustered out September 15, 1864.
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FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Barber, Zina L., enlisted May 10, 1864.
Dorland, Cornelius, enlisted May 13, 1864.
Eaton, Arthur H., enlisted May 17, 1864. Weeks, Lyman G., enlisted May 16, 1864.
FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Teague, William J., enlisted June 20, 1864; mustered out October 21, 1864.
FIRST INFANTRY A. D., SIXTIETH U. S. C. VOLUNTEERS.
Second Lieut. Iram A. Sawyer, enlisted as sergeant-major ; commissioned second lieutenant May 9, 1864; resigned May 26, 1865.
FIFTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Christianson, G. Christopherson, F. Helgeson, Ole. Iverson, Ole.
SIXTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY.
Ward, Royal E., enlisted December 23, 1861.
FIRST CAVALRY.
Fitz Henry Warren, one of the most accomplished of the Iowa politicians, became one of the editors of the New York Tribune about the time the war commenced. He had been first assistant postmaster general, but indignantly resigned when Millard Filmore approved the Fugitive Slave act. After the first battle of Bull Run, Mr. Warren, who had previously been elected colonel of the First Iowa Cavalry, determined to accept, laid down his powerful pen and grasped the sword.
In July, 1861, six companies were in camp near Burlington, and were fully organized by the last of August, and were mustered into service early in September, at Davenport.
In October the regiment was ordered to St. Louis, and eight companies
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patrolled a large portion of Missouri during the following winter. It is said that that region was extremely unhealthy for guerrillas while it was occupied by the First Iowa troopers. It had numerous skirmishes with Quantrell and other outlaws in 1862.
On December 3d, the regiment marched to reinforce General Blunt, at Cane Hill, Arkansas, and led the column advancing on Van Buren, Decem- ber 28th ; and performed effective service in the southwest.
When the war closed, instead of being mustered out, the veterans were sent to Texas. There one of its members was flogged by order of General Custer, against which barbarity Governor Stone earnestly protested, and asked that the regiment be taken from Custer's command and honorably mustered out, and this request was complied with at Austin, Texas, Febraury 15, 1866.
Musician, R. W. Brown, enlisted June 13, 1861 ; mustered out Septem- ber 1, 1862.
COMPANY G.
Carpenter, M. D., enlisted August 26, 1861 ; died December 29, 1864, in Fayette county.
Eggleston, W. K., enlisted January 5, 1864.
Fish, William B.
Heustiss, Benjamin, enlisted December 1, 1863; died August 8, 1864, at Little Rock, Arkansas.
Paris, Charles R., enlisted January 1, 1864; discharged January 29, 1864, disability.
Platt, Josiah, enlisted December 29, 1863.
Roberts, John B., enlisted December 28, 1863.
Ross, Samuel W., enlisted December 28, 1863; discharged for disability.
Sales, William C., enlisted December 29, 1863.
COMPANY I.
Bonham, M. J., enlisted March 25, 1864.
COMPANY K.
Corp. W. B. Herriman, enlisted July 18, 1862.
Weikel, George, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864. Wolf, Harrison.
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COMPANY M.
Johnson, Otis I., enlisted January 4, 1864. McCann, Joseph L., enlisted January 4, 1864. Murray, Abraham, re-enlisted as veteran January 5, 1864. Strickland, Franklyn, enlisted January 4, 1864.
UNASSIGNED RECRUITS.
Alford, E. M., enlisted January 12, 1864. Cushman, William S., enlisted January 12, 1864.
Eggleston, C. B., enlisted February 29, 1864. Gorham, James, enlisted December 14, 1863. Jones, Allen, enlisted January 23, 1864. Reynolds, George, enlisted December 25, 1863. Sherrard, David, enlisted December 14, 1863. Wood, Lewis, enlisted January 12, 1864.
SIXTH CAVALRY.
The Sixth Cavalry was recruited in 1862, and was sent to Dakota Ter- ritory under General Sully, to operate against the Indians.
The command left the mouth of the Big Cheyenne on the 21st day of August, 1863, and, on the 3d of September, participated in the battle of White Stone Hill. From the official report of Col. D. S. Wilson, of that date, is condensed the following :
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