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If it was within the province of this work to relate the story of Marshall's loyalty, the limits of this volume would be extended far beyond those anticipated by the publishers. Some future historian, we have no doubt, will find a fruit- ful topic in this record of war, and lay before the people of this county a narra- tive of unsurpassed interest. Surely the opportunity exists and awaits the patient labors of a competent writer.
It is impossible here to relate more than the incidents peculiarly local in their character, to give a summary of the movements of the several regiments in which Marshall County men were enrolled in the field, and to preserve the roster of those who formed the host which went forth to battle for the Union from the various townships within the limits of the county.
The Times of July 16, 1861, says : "Thursday last, the 11th, was the time appointed for the departure of our military company for their rendezvous at Burlington. The evening before their departure, divine service was held at
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the Court House, which was attended by all the soldiers. The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr. Truesdell. Four o'clock Thursday morning, was the time fixed upon for starting. At that hour, the drums were beat, bells rung and other noises made to arouse the drowsy inhabitants. Soon, nearly every man, woman and child in town was on the spot to say good-bye ; some to brothers, others to sons, and still. others to dear friends. All bore up nobly. We observed very little shedding of tears among the multitude, while the soldiers bore themselves manly throughout the trying scene. Everything being in readiness, the soldiers were soon on their way to Marengo. There they met the company from that town, who were awaiting the arrival of our boys that they might accompany each other to Burlington.
In July. 1861, we begin to get letters from the boys in camp. though as yet none from the field. These letters show how novel a thing was soldiering to them, and sometimes how hard. The fare was often a source of much indigna- tion and annoyance, and the poorly supplied barracks were painfully in contrast to the comforts of home so lately left. Later, when the boys got to work in earnest, their letters had other things to talk about, and there is little doubt but that their preparatory experience was more trying than their actual hard service. At the very outset, however, there were efforts at home to relieve even their discomforts. Propositions were made to send them a " box of good things, to show they were not forgotten," and to furnish blankets, since the government had not then had time to supply her soldiery any outfit. Of course, all these appeals were promptly and generously responded to by the mothers, wives and sweethearts that were left behind.
From "Camp Warren," Burlington, July 26th, one sprightly soldier-boy writes to those at home of their experiences :
" As for myself, I could not be hired to go back home ; neither could you, were you here. The Bowen Guards marched to the Mississippi this forenoon, to wash their clothes, and also themselves. You would laugh to see us washing, I know. We do not wash in the same manner as the ladies of Marshall do ; it doesn't take us all day to do a washing. This is the way we do it: We first dip them in the river, put on a little soap, rub them some, dry them, and they are ready for use. We don't use indigo, starch, washboards and such 'fixin's.' They're humbugs ! * * I'll tell you what I had to eat for supper : Fresh bread, bacon, coffee, sugar and slathers of apple sance. We have all the apples we want. They're not very ripe, but they're tip top. Lon Rogers and myself went out yesterday, hunting rations, and we got all the apples and potatoes we could carry. We first ask for them, and if they refuse to give them to us, we bor- row them. I would give all the money I've got if the Marshall folks could be here to see and hear what a big time we have every evening from six to nine o'clock. Some are singing " Old Hundred," some " Dixie," "Yankee Doodle." etc., some fiddling, some dancing, some running, some playing cards, some telling stories, some making war speeches, and, in fact, almost every perform- anee you ever heard or read of can be witnessed here every evening." And so, in light-hearted fashion, the amateur soldier runs on. This was but the froth on the cup that had suffering and death in its dregs.
The Times of May 22, 1861, asks: "What is the reason we cannot have a daily mail ? In these days of great war excitement, it is a shame that we are compelled to wait forty-eight hours for news. Let a petition be circulated for a daily mail from Marengo to this place. We see that the people along the line from Cedar Falls to Fort Dodge are making efforts to get a daily mail estab- lished. If they succeed, why not we ?"
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REGIMENTAL HISTORIES AND VOLUNTEER ROSTER.
TAKEN PRINCIPALLY FROM ADJUTANT GENERAL'S REPORTS.
ABBREVIATIONS.
Adjt. Adjutant
I. V. I Iowa Volunteer Infantry
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.commissioned
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deserted
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.disabled
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FIFTH INFANTRY.
The regiment was mustered in at Burlington, July 15, 1861, and ordered to Keokuk August 2, trom which point they were sent into Missouri for a few days in pursuit of bush whackers, after which they were sent to St. Louis, and from thence ordered to Jefferson City, Mo., and from there to Boonville, Mo .; thence followed the rebel army under Price to Springfield, Mo., and on their return, en- camped at Syracuse until the following February, when they were moved across the country to St. Louis, and thence by transport to Cairo, where they remained a few weeks and were transferred to Cape Girardeau They were then marched to New Madrid, where they had a skirmish with the enemy. After the fall of New Madrid, they crossed the Mississippi and marched to Tiptonville to intercept and capture rebels, who were attempting to escape from Island No. 10. They were then ordered back to New Madrid, thence to a point above Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, thence by way of Cairo and the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, to take part in the operations before Corinth.
Upon the evacuation of Corinth, they followed the rebels to Rienzi, and afterward remained in camp at Clear Creek, Rienzi and Jacinto until Sept. 18, 1862, when they started for luka, where, on the 19th, they took part in the battle of Iuka, where Co. A went into a fight with 43 men, and had 27 killed aud wounded. It was here that the regiment distinguished itself, so that it was com- plimented very highly by the Generals commanding. The position they held was in support of a battery, which, in consequence of a superiority of numbers of the enemy, was at one time captured; but rallying to the rescue, the Fifth Regiment retook the battery with the terrible loss above mentioned. They r-turned to Jacinto on the 21st of September, thence moved to Corinth to take part in the battle at that place. Engaged in the pursuit of the rebels after that battle, they remained in camp at Corinth until November, when they joined the expedition against Vicksburg, going by way of Holly Springs to Oxford, thence to Memphis, where they remained in camp until Spring of 1863.
From here they were ordered to Helena, thence in the Yazoo Pass expedition. After their return to IIelena, they moved to Milliken's Bend, and through Louisiana to a point below Vicksburg, and thence by gunboat to a point below Grand Gulf, Miss. From here they were ordered to Raymond and Jackson, and back to the battle of Champion Hills.
After this, they engaged in the pursuit of the rebels to Vicksburg, and took part in the charge on the 22d of May.
They then took their places in the siege of Vicksburg, where they remained until the last of June, when they were ordered to Black River, to confront the enemy com- ing to the relief of Vicksburg.
They returned to Vicksburg July 1, and remained in camp until Sept. 1, when they were ordered to Helena for the purpose of joining the expedition against Little Rock, but were from there ordered to Chattanooga by way of
Corinth, marching a considerable portion of the distance They were then transferred to the Seventeenth Corps, and took part in the battle of Chickamauga, where the regiment lost 30 men in killed and wounded, and 8 officers and 76 men taken prisoners, leaving only 65 men in the regi- ment who answered at roll call that evening. They after- ward went down the river to Stevenson and Huntsville, Ala., where they remained all Winter. In April, 1864 the veterans of the regiment went home on furloughs, and on their return were placed on the railroads to do guard duty, being most of the Summer at Kingston, Ga., They pursued the rebel Gen. Wheeler in the last raid to the rear of Sherman, in June, 1864, traveling during the time nearly nine hundred miles, and being three weeks without blankets or change of clothing.
About the last of July, 1864, the non-veterans of the regiment were mustered out of service, leaving 180 men, who, on application to the War Department, were trans- ferred to Fifth Iowa Cavalry, leaving eleven officers with- out a command, who were inustered out of service Sept. 28, 1864, at Gen. Kilpatrick's headquarters, fifteen miles south of Atlanta, Ga.
Col. Jabez Baubury, com. 2d lient. Co. D, July 15, 1861, prmtd. capt. Feb. 26, 1862, prmtd. July 14, '62, prmtd . col. April 23, 1863.
Company B.
Shelledy, James A., e. July 15, 1861, wd. in Miss.
Company D.
Capt. Wells S. Rice, com. July 15, 1861, resd. Dec. 2, 1861. Capt. Obed Caswell, com. 2d lieut. July 15, 1861, prmtd. 1st lieut. Feb. 26, 1862, printd. capt. July 14, 1862, resd. Jan. 15, 1863.
Capt. John E. Page, e. as sergt. July 1, 1861, prmtd. 1st sergt. July 14, 1862, wd. at Inka, prmtd. capt. Jan. 16, 1863, captd. at Tunnell Hill Nov. 25, 1863, resd. April 28,1865.
First Lieut. Benj. Jervis, e. as sergt. July 1, 1861, prmtd. 2d lient. Feb. 3, 1862, wd. at Iuka, prmtd. 1st lieut. Jan. 29, 1863, resd. Aug. 7, 1863.
First Lieut. Michael Hoffman, e. as sergt. July 1, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Jan. 29, 1863, wd. at Champion Ifills, prmtd. 1st lieut. Aug. 8, 1863, captd. at Tunnell Hill, Tenn.
Sergt. Clarington Poynes, e. July 1, 1861.
Sergt. Haman A. Jones, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka, disd. April 3, 1863, wds.
Sergt. M. F. Anson, e. July 1, 1861.
Sergt. E. L. Oviatt, e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga. Corp. Wm. C. Hausafus, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka, disd. Nov. 14, 1863.
Corp. F. M. Hooven, e, July 1, 1861, captd. at Iuka.
Corp. Marshall Anson, e. July 1, 1861.
Corp. M. V. B. Drum, e. July 1, 1861, died July 4, 1862, at Camp Springs, Miss.
Corp. Andrew Nedler, c. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chatta- nooga.
killed Bat ..
printd. .promoted
prisr ... .. prisoner
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re-enlisted
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forp. Wm. R. Brush, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at luka, trans. to Inv. Corps Feb. 15, 1864.
Corp. Jas. Johnston, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Inka.
Corp. Wm. 11. Hartman, e. July 1, 1861, died Oct. 11, 1862, of wds. received at Inka.
Corp. Edwin Bissell, e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chatta- nooga.
Corp. Geo. F. Morey, e. July 1, 1861, disd. May 20, 1862, disab.
Wagoner Watson Cunningham, e. July 1, 1×61.
Abbott, Washington, e. July 1, 1861, disd. July 24, 1862, disab.
Allen, S., e. July 1, 1861, died July 2, 1862, at Farmington.
Arnold, W. S., e. July 1, 1861.
Bishop, F. M., e. July 1, 1861.
Blaney, O. S., e. July 1, 1861
Brush, Win. R., e. July 1, 1861.
Braddy, Caleb, e. July 1. 1861, disd. July 26, 1862, disab.
Canfield, A. N., e. July 1, 1861.
Carter, M., e. July 1, 1861.
Cornish, A., e. July 1, 1861.
Dancer, Vincent, e. July 1, 1861.
Deeter, A., e. July 1, 1×62.
Decker, L., e. July 1, 1861, printd. corp., captd. at Chatta- nooga.
Detrick, Jos., e. July 1, 1861.
Denboa, R. C. II., e. July 1, 1861, disd. July 8, 1862.
Deising, Chias., e. July 1, IS61, trans. to Inv. Corps. Feb. 15, 1864.
Eakins, Geo. P., e. July 1, 1861.
Eagan, C. J., e. July 1, 1861.
Ferguson, George B., c. July 1, 1861, disd. April 12, 1862, disab.
Franklin, Thos. A., c. July 1, 1861, died Nov. 19, 1861. Gard, C., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Champion Hills, disd. Dec. 22, 1×63.
Ilottman, Samuel, e. July 1, 1861.
Ilughes, E. II., e. July 1, 1861, died Nov. 28, 1862, at Syra- cuse, Mo.
Hocket, S. B., e. July 1, 1861.
Ilayes, S., e. July 1, 1861, died Nov. 24, 1863, in Syca- more, Mo.
Jones, II. A., e. July 1, 1861.
King, W. F., e. July 1, 1861, died April 8, 1862.
Kings, W., e. July 1, 1861.
Lantis, G., e. July 1, 1861, died Jan. 14, 1862, at Mo.
Loram, W. J., e. July 1, 1861, died March 31, 1862.
Marshall, J. HI., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Champion Hills.
Miller, John, e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Champion Hills, captd. at Chattanooga. Mills. S. S., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka.
MeNutt, Wm., e. July 1, 1861.
Mills, N., e. July 1, 1861, disd. Nov. 14, 1862, disab.
Mathers, J. O., e. July 1, 1861.
Niles, A. B., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Juka.
Oswald, Jacob, e. July 1, 1861, kld. in bat. of Iuka.
Parett, W. B., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka, disd. Jan. 7, 1863, disab.
Phillips, R. S., e. July 1, 1×61.
Phillips, Amos, e. July 1, 1861.
Poynes, C., e. July 1, 1861, prmtd. corp.
Reynolds, Jas., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at luka.
Rogers, A., e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga.
Rogers, Geo., e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Madison Sta- tion, Ala.
Sawyer, A., e. July 1. 1861, died. Oct. 14, 1862, disab.
Sipe, Jacob, e. July 1, 1861, wd, at luka.
Smith, (., e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga.
Snyder, B. F., e. July 1, 1861, disd. Nov. 25, 1862, for gun- shot wd.
Starry, Benjamin, e. July 1, 1861, died at St. Louis Dec. 28, 1861.
Stallings, S., e. July 1, 1861.
Strong, F. E., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka.
Wescott, C. A., e. July 1, 1861.
Williams, S. W., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka.
Wescott, Riley, e. July 1, 1861, captd. at Chattanooga.
Williams, T. C., e. July 1, 1861, disd. Sept. 5, 1862.
Wright, R. N., c. July 1, 1861, disd. Aug. 16, 1862.
Woodward, Win., e. July 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka, died Jan. 25, 1863.
Company G.
Daniel, Conners, e, Feb. 25, 1862.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
Company A.
Edminster, W. L., e. March 24, 1864.
Company B.
Coats, David, e. Sept. 17, 1861, captd. at Shiloh, disd. Aug. 16, 1862.
Downing, C. A., e. Sept. 13, 1861, disd. June 14, 1862, disabı.
Frayer, J. B., e. Sept. 13, 1861, captd. at Shiloh.
Hartwell, 1I. E., e. Aug. 15, 1861, died Nov. 8, 1861, at Springfield, Mo.
Hughs, R. II., e. Sept. 17, 1861, captd. at Shiloh, died at Memphis.
lves, Owen, e. Sept. 13, 1861, captd. at Shiloh.
Kelly, Z. W., e. Sept. 12, 1861, kld. at Shiloh April 6, '62. Lockwood, W. B., e. Sept. 17, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died Jan. 16, 1863.
Millis, Lott, e. Sept. 15, Istil, disd. March 27, 1862, disab. Millis, Win., e. Sept. 15, 1861.
Murray, Rudolph, e. Sept. 15, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, kld. at bat. Corinth Oct. 4, 1862.
Selder, Robert, e. Sept. 17, 1861, captd. at Shiloh.
Williams, B. II., e. Sept. 15, 1861, disd. Dec. 26, 1861.
Company C.
Caughey, Homer, e. Aug. 10, 1861, disd. May 20, 1562, disab.
Maxwell, Thos. W., e. March 30, 1864, disd.
Company D.
Edwards, Chas. F., e. Nov. 21, 1864.
Lance, H. A., e. March 22, 1864.
Knapp, Thos. J., e. March 28, 1864.
Company E.
Anderson, C., e. March 20, 1864.
Company F.
Beck, Matthias, e. March 31, 1864.
Engeldinger, Peter, e. March 31, 1864.
Hahn, V., e. March 31, 1864.
Lumback, Jacob, e. March 31, 1864.
White, B. II., e. March 31, 1864.
Company C.
Sears, Levi B., e. April 24, 1×64. Williams, Wimmer, e. April 25, 1864.
ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
Enlisted in October, 1861, and went to St. Louis the No- vember following. They spent the Winter in the inte- rior of Missouri, doing valuable service in capturing rebels and supplies of horses, food and ammunition.
In March, 1862, the regiment moved to Tennessee, and took an active part in the battle of Shiloh, having forty- five killed, including those who died of wounds after- ward, and 180 wounded. Gen. McClernand, command- ing the division, spoke in his otlicial dispatch in the highest terms of the condnet of the regiment in that action. The Spring and Summer following were spent in the siege of Corinth and occupation of Bolivar.
The Eleventh was in Gen. Ord's column at Iuka, and at the second battle of Corinth, taking part in the pursuit of Price and Van Dorn to Ripley, immediately there- after.
At the famous assault on Vicksburg, May 22, 1863, the Eleventh, with other regiments of the brigade, took active part. On this memorable occasion, Maj. Foster, of this regiment, who was in command of the skirmishers, received favorable commendation from superior officers for the many deeds of valor displayed by the brave boys under his command.
From Vicksburg, the regiment went to Mechanicsville, Miss. ; thence to Snyder's Bluff, May 31, 1863, where they remained until June 4th. They were then ordered back to Vicksburg, where they stayed till the 23d of the same month, when they were removed to Fox Plantation, Miso. ; thence to Jackson; thence to Black River Bridge, July 13th. Two days later, they went to Clinton, Miss. ; thence returned to Black River Bridge, and back once more to Vicksburg, July 28th, remaining until the 21st of August, when they moved to Monroe, La .; thence to Bayou Macon, and back again to Vicksburg, where they remained most of the time until February 18, 1864, when they went to Meridian, Miss .; thence to Canton, March 1, and back to Vicksburg, where they remained until March 13th.
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From Vicksburg the regiment came to Davenport, on veteran furlough, and remained from March 22, 1864, to April 25th, when, once more shouldering their guns, they started for the scene of strife, and, going by the way of Cairo, Ill., Paducah, Ky., Clifton, Tenn., and Huntsville, Ala., arriving at Kenesaw Mountain, Ga., June 16, 1864, and were before Atlanta from July 17th to August 25th; from there moved to East Point, Ga., September 9, 1864, and were mustered out of service at Louisville, Ky., July 15, 1865, and disbanded at Davenport.
Company A.
Kellogg, F. M., e. Sept. 2, 1861, vet. Jan. I, 1864.
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Company B.
Capt. Benj. F. Rose, e. as private Sept. 17, 1861, prmtd. capt. Aug. 30, 1863, missing in action at Atlanta July 22, 1864, m. o. March 27, 1865.
First Lieut. Wm. II. Weatherby, com. Oct. 1, 1861, wd. in battle of Corinth, resd. Feb. 18, 1863.
First Lieut. Ira Pfoutz, e. as corp. Sept. 15, 1861, prmtd. to Ist lieut. Sept. 19, 1863, wd. near Atlanta, disd. Oct. 7, 1864, disab.
Second Lieut. Philip D. Beaty, com. Oct. 1, 1861, resd. Dec., 1861.
Sergt. Jas. Denbow, e. Sept. 24, 1861, disd. March 3, 1863. Corp. J. S. Deeter, e. Sept. 18, 1861.
Corp. S. Mooney, e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Musician Jehn K. Stough, e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Bennett, J., e. Feb. 29, 1864, captd. at Atlanta.
Brockway, S. S., e. Sept. 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Blundon, E., e. Sept. 17, 1861, wd. at Shiloh. Blundon, John W., e. Sept. 17, 1861.
Conway, L. N., e. Sept. 18, 1861, wd. near Atlanta.
Cardiff, John W., e. Sept. 16, 1861.
Clark, John, e. Sept. 5, 1861, died Feb. 23, 1863, at Lake Providence, La.
Clifford, Wm. II., e. Sept. 16, 1861.
Cox, J. F., e. Sept. 5, 1862.
Dale, David, e. Sept. 16, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Davis, R. M., e. Sept. 5, 1862.
Denton, Martin, e. Sept. 19, 1861, vet. Jan. I, 1864.
Estep, John HI., e. Sept. 5, 1862.
Estep, T. C., e. March 31, 1864.
Fairman, John A., e. Sept. 12, 1861, died May 19, 1862.
Gard, David, e. Sept. 18, 1861, disd. Feb. 20, 1863.
Garwood, Addison, e. Sept. 12, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, trans. to Inv. Corps, Feb. 15, 1864. Humlong, F., e. March 31, 1864.
Holcomb, William D., e. Sept. 12, 1861, died Jan. 4, 1862. Hockett, Joseph L., e. Sept. 12, 1861, wd. near Kenesaw Mountain.
Hobart, John II., e. Sept. 16, 1861, captd. near Atlanta.
Hastings, Joseph B., e. Sept. 16, 1861, vet. Feb. 29, 1864.
Hobbs, A. W .. e. Sept. 16, 1861, disd. April 10, 1863, died April 25, 1863, at St. Louis.
Hedrick, S. L., e. Sept. 18, 1861.
Hammond, C. W., e. Sept. 16, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, Corinth, and near Atlanta, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Jessup, Joseph B., e. Sept. 16, 1861, died Jan. 22, 1862.
Knapp, Nathan, e. Sept. 16, 1861.
King, Joseph, e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Letner, Wm. B., e. Sept. 5, 1862. Laplant, Joseph L., e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Laplant, L. J., e. Sept. 15, 1861.
Myers, Wm. H., e. Sept. 5, 1862, kld. at Atlanta.
McCombs, Jno. A., e. Sept. 15, 1861.
Meyers, Jas. C., e. Sept. 15, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864.
Millen, Geo. W., e. Sept. 16, 1861, vet. Jan. I, 1864, disd. June 27, 1865.
Millen, Wm., e. Sept. 16, 1861.
Marsh, Jas., e. Sept. 16, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Orr, John, e. Sept. 16, 1861.
Perry, Peter, e. Sept. 16, 1861, disd. Feb. 3, 1864, disab. Rockhill, D. D., e. Sept. 12, 1861, disd. Oct. 21, 1862, disab. Richard, Jos., e. Sept. 19, 1861, captd. at Atlanta.
Rutan, John, e. Sept. 16, 1861, kld. near Atlanta.
Stough, Henry, e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Stevens, Austin, e. Sept. 24, 1861.
Southwick, A. H., e. Sept. 12, 1861.
Shafer, David, e. Sept. 24, 1861, wd at Shiloh.
Smith, Thos. C., e. Sept. 17, 1861, wd. at Shiloh.
Voris, Wm. W., e. Sept. 16, 1861.
Weitzell, Jacobs, e. Sept. 17, 1861.
Company H.
Coleman, David, e. March 28, 1864, died in Atlanta. Insley, Jos., e. March 31, 1861, died Dec. 3, 1863.
Joy, Henry M., e. March 31, 1864. Tewksbury, C. E., March 28, 1864. Stewart, Geo. W., e. March 28, 1864. Winchel, H., e. March 29, 1864.
Company K.
Printz, Isaac, e. Sept. 11, 1861, died at Vicksburg.
Rogers, Wm., e. Sept. 20, 1861, died in Chicago Sept. 18, 1863.
UNASSIGNED. Johnson, Jno. C., e. March 23, 1864. Sparks, Jason C, e. March 31, 1864. Snyder, S. S., e. March 30, 1864.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
was recruited under the President's proclamation of July 22, 1861, and rendezvoused at Camp Mcclellan, near Dav- enport. There were 989 men on the rolls. Maj. M. M. Crocker, of the Second Regiment, was commissioned Colonel. From November 20th to December 11th, the regi- ment remained at Benton Barracks, and was assigned to garrison duty at Jefferson City during the Winter. In March, Col. Crocker received orders te report to Gen. Grant; and on the 8th of that month, 1862, the reg- iment left, by railroad, for St. Louis, where it embarked for Pittsburg Landing, arriving on the 23d. Col. Crocker re- ported to Gen. McClernand, commanding First Division, and with the Eleventh Iowa and Eighth and Eighteenth Illinois, constituted the First Brigade, under Col. Richard Oglesby. At Shiloli, on the first day, it was under fire for ten consecutive hours, and gallantly sustained the reputation of Iowa troops. On that day, Lieut. Col. Price and Major Shane were wounded, and the regiment lost 24 killed, 139 wounded and 9 missing. A few days after the battle of Shiloh the army was re-organized, and the Thirteenth was placed in the Sixth Division, and attached to the Third Brigade, composed of the Eleventh, Thirteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Iowa Regiments, Col. M. M. Crocker commanding, soon becoming known as the "Iowa Brigade." About this time, Lient. Col. Price resigned, Maj. Shane was promoted to be Lieutenant Colonel, and Capt. G. M. Van Ilosen became Major. The command participated in the siege of Corinth, and became a part of the garrison at that place when evacnated by the rebel forces.
After remaining at Corinth two months, the regiment marched to Bolivar, Tenn., to look after the enemy, but returned to Corinth September 12th.
lts next movement was under Gen. Ord, in a march on Iuka, and returned to Corinth about the 1st of October, where it was engaged on the 3d and 4th; but although under heavy artillery fire for some time, its losses were light. On Sunday morning, October 5th, the command joined in pursuit of the rebels, which was continued to Ripley. On its return, the regiment reached Corinth October 11th, where it remained three weeks, when it joined in the campaign, under Gen. Grant, against Vicks- burg, via Holly Springs and Granada. It reached " Yo- cana " Creek, when, Holly Springs having been lost, the army countermarched to the frontier of Tennessee, and arrived at Memphis Jan. 13, 1863. On the 20th, it en- barked on steamers, moving down the river to Duckport, La .; but, without disembarking, returned to Milliken's Bend, where it remained a fortnight. It then moved to Providence and went into camp for two months, working much of the time on the Lake Providence Canal. While here the army was re-organized. and the Thirteenth became a part of the First Division, Seventeenth Corps, observation, Gen. McPherson commanding. Shortly after, Col. Crocker was promoted to be a Brigadier General, when Lieut. Col. Shane was commissioned Colonel of the regiment.
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