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in skirmish line via Lawrenceburg, Campbellville, Lynn- ville, Columbia and Franklin to Nashville, which point was reached December 5, 1864. On the 15th, 16th and 17th, engaged in the attack and defeat of Hood's army at Nashville, pursued the enemy until he crossed the Ten- nessee River at Bainbridge, thence the regiment went to Eastport, Miss., where it remained until February 19, 1865, when a portion of it was sent after the rebels at Tnscum- bia, Rushville and Russellville, Ala. After this, the regi- ment remained at Eastport and vicinity until the close of the war, when they were mustered out of the service at Selma, Ala., September 19, 1865, and were paid off and dis- banded at Davenport, lowa.
[NOTE .- This regiment was mastered out at Selma, lla., September 19, 1865 .. ]
Lieut. Col. Wm. P. Hepburn, com. capt. Co. B Aug. 14, 1861, prmtd. maj. Sept. 13, 1861, prmtd. lieut. col. July 1, 1862, m. o. Oet. 3, 1864, term expired.
Chaplain Chas. G. Truesdell, com. Ang. 30, 1861, resd. Oct. 7, 1862, com. again Aug. 20, 1863, declined
Hospital Steward Richd. A. Carleton, e. as corp. July 30, 1861, promtd. hospital steward Oct. 1, 1862.
B. S. M. Jno. V. McDuffie, com. July 30, 1861.
B. V. S. Geo. W. S. Michael, com. July 30, 1861.
Company B.
Capt. Thos. Wilson, com. 2d lieut. Aug. 14, 1861, prmtd. capt. Oct. 1, 1861, resd. April 14, 1862.
Capt. Jno. L. Herbert, e. as sergt. July 30, 1861, captd. at Brownsville, La., prmtd. 2d lient. March 18, 1864, prmtd. capt. Nov. 27, 1864, wd. at Nashville Dec. 15, 1864.
First Lieut. Duncan McGregor, com. Q. M. Feb. 18, 1862, printd. Ist lieut. April 15, 1862, resd. June 18, 1863.
First Lieut. L. Francis Stoddard, e. as private July 30, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. June 19, 1862, prmtd. Ist lieut. Aug. 14, 1863, m. o. Oct. 3, 1864, term expired.
First Lieut. Byron A. Beeson, e. as corp. July 30, 1861, prmtd. Ist lieut. Nov. 27, 1864.
Sergt. II. V. Smith, e. Jnly 30, 1861.
Sergt. C. W. Gibson, e. July 30, 1861, wd. at Brownsville, Miss., and near West Point, Miss.
Q. M. Sergt. Wm. D. Wells, e. July 30, 1861, died Ang. 16, 1862, at Rienzi, Miss.
Sergt. Jas. M. Dennis, e. July 30, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864, disd. Sept. 27, 1864, for promotion to capt. 4th U. S. H. Art., A D.
Sergt. Justus Canfield, e. July 30. 1861, trans. to 7th U. S. H. Artillery.
Sergt. Isaac Brock, e. July 30, 1861
Sergt. Miles Brush, e. July 30, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864, disd. May 24, 1865 disab.
Corp. Thos. Booth, e. Jnly 30, 1861, wd. at Brownsville, Miss.
Corp. Wm. J. Deal, e. July 30, 1861.
Corp. Porter J. Webb, e. July 30, 1861, wd. at Farming- ton, Miss.
Corp. Wm. E. Walker, e. July 30, 1861, captd. at Farm- ington, Miss.
Corp. Wm. Wallace, e July 30, 1861, captd. at Booneville, Miss.
Bugler H. M. Beeson, e. July 30, 1861.
Bugler Philip McDaniel, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 7, 1862.
Farrier Geo. W. S. Michael, e. July 30, 1861, disd. Nov. 29, 1862, disab.
Saddler M. W. Thompson, e. July 30, 1861.
Saddler Daniel Segar, e. July 30, 1861.
Arney, John H., e. July 30, 1861.
Andrews, Robt., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Aug. 7, 1862.
Arney, A. W., e. July 30, 1861.
Brush, Jno. B., e. July 30, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864.
Brush, Jno. S., e. July 30, 1861, died May 5, 1862, of wds. received at Farmington, Miss.
Brock, C. II., e. July 30, 1861, wd. at Farmington, Miss., disd. Aug. 4, 1862.
Bartme, A. R., e. July 30, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864.
Burley, Wm. F., e. July 30, 1861.
Bullock, Wm. F., e. July 30, 1861, disd. Oct. 22, '62, disab. Culver, Chas. F., e. July 30, 1861, captd. June 1, 1863.
Craft, Daniel, e. July 30, 1861, wd. at Farmington. Day, Jas. H., e. Oct. 29, 1864, wd. at Nashville, Tenn. Dinnel, Milton, e. July 30, 1861, vet., March 1, 1864. Dennis, W. W., e. Sept. 1, 1862, died at Farmington, Miss. Dean, I. V., e. July 30, 1861, died Jan. 17, 1862. Dean, Josiah R .. e. July 30, 186i, died Jan. 26, 1862. Elder, Jno. W., e. Jan. 26, 1864.
Elbert, R. R., e. Jan. 26, 1864.
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HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
Forrey, B. H., e. July 30, 1861.
Ferguson, II. F., vet., March 1, 1864.
Gilkerson, C., e. July 30, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864.
Hamilton, C. M., c. Jan. 4, 1864, died March 13, 1864.
Havens, J. D., c. July 30, 1861, died Dec. 29, 1862, at Mound City, Ill.
Halstead, L., vet., March 1, 1864.
Henshaw, Wm. A , e. July 30, 1861.
Hankins, John, e. July 30, 1861.
Jewell, Jackson, e. July 30, 1861, died Feb. 8, 1862.
Loomis, L. A., e. Oct. 29, 1864.
Lacy, D. P., e. July 30, 1861, died in Marshall Co., Dec. 15, 1863.
Leech, A. C., e. Oct. 26, 1864.
Large, W. A., e. July 30, 1861.
McCormick, Wm. II., e. Jan. 27, 1864, killed at Little Ilarpette, Tenn.
Mckinnon, L., e. July 30, 1861, wd. at Booneville, Miss. McIntosh, Ilugh, e. Oct. 29, 1864.
Pepper, L. II., e. July 30, 1861.
Price, Simon, e. Aug 31. 1861.
Buckman, J. W., e. Nov. 1, 1864.
Richards, Jas. D., e. July 30, 1861.
Rose, C. O., e. Oct. 29, 1864. Smith, Platt A., e. July 30, 1861.
Sharp, T. MI., c. Sept. 15, 1863.
Thompson, A. J., e. July 30, 1861.
Wheatly, Jas. A., e. Ang. 30, 1861, died Jan. 8, 1862.
Weatherby, D. E., e. July 30, 1861.
Wheatly, Thos., e. Oct. 31, 1861, died Feb. 12, 1862.
Company G.
Alger, Edwin J., e. Feb. 22, 1864.
Company I.
Corp. Isaac H. Ford, e. Ang. 14, 1861, vet. March 11, '64.
Coate, Elwood, e. March 26, 1864.
Leech, Win, e. March 28, 1864.
Moyer, Jos. H .. e. March 31, 1864.
Pearson, Daniel, e. March 26, 1864.
UNASSIGNED.
llambleton, C. M., e. Jan. 4, 1864.
FIFTH VETERAN CAVALRY.
The Fifth Cavalry, better known as " Curtis' Horse," was organized at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mo., Decem- ber 20. 1861. It was composed of various detachments and companies from the Western States. It did very effi- cient service, the details of which cannot here be given, as the regiment was constantly moving, mostly by com- panles or battalions, scouting, foraging, pursuing or har- assing the enemy ; and, while not participating often as a regiment in large battles, it was constantly having smaller battles. The principal engagements participated in were the second battle of Fort Donelson, where the Fifth Cavalry followed the retreating enemy, charged and routed them ; several engagements against Wheeler's cav- alry at Wartrace, Duck River Bridge, Sugar Creek, and against Roddy's cavalry in several minor engagements.
The Fifth became veterans February 4, and went home, to report at Davenport March 5th. They returned to Nashville, Tenn., and thence proceeded on a most active campaign, tearing up railroads and burning bridges in the enemy's rear, and annoying and crippling them in every possible way. Finally, at a place called Newnan, in Georgia, they, with the Eighth Indiana, were sur- rounded by the consolidated cavalry forces of Wheeler, Roddy, Jackson, Hume and Ross, and compelled to cut their way out, every man for himself, in which way they reached our lines. After this, with but a handful of men, the Fifth was assigned to Kilpatrick's command, and operated almost day and night in the vicinity of Atlanta; and, after going to Louisville, Ky., and getting fresh horses, they entered into another active campaign, between Nashville and Athens, having several important engagements with the enemy; and went home, at the end of the war, with a record of which every man can justly feel proud.
Company E.
Hart, John, e. March 14, 1864.
Company G.
First Lient. Andrew N. Canfield, e. as sergt. July 1, 1861, printd. to Ist lient. Jan. 24, 1865.
Company H.
Fanning, A. T., e. March 31, 1864. Jordan, Daniel, vet. Feb. 12, 1864.
Company I.
Sergt. Geo. P. Eakins, e. July 1, 1861, vet. April 11, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Sergt. Jas. W. Johnson, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Corp. MI. B. Cooper, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Feb. 4, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Corp. S. W. Hoffman, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864. from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Corp. A. Deeter, e Oct. 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Corp. James Reynokls, e July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf., wd. at Pulaski, Tenn.
Corp. V. Dancer, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Barnum, T. M., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Feb. 8, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Bishop, F. M., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. I, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Buton, Layton, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Conner, Daniel, e. Feb. 12, 1862, disd. Sept. 22, '64, disab. Carter, M. W., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Cornish, A. L., e. July I, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Hooven, F. M., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Lewis, L. D. F., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
McNutt, W. N., c. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Niles. A. B., c. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Iuf.
Phillips, Amos B., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Sipe, Jacob, e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Stallings, S. A., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Sipe, Geo., e. July 1, 1861, vet. Feb. 7, 1864, from Co. D, 5th Inf.
Company L.
Chamrer, T. I., e. March 28, 1864.
Chamberlain, S. C., c. March 8, 1864.
Chapman, I. C., e. March 8, 1864.
UNASSIGNED.
Wright, R. N., e. Oct. 31, 1864.
EIGHTH CAVALRY.
was mustered into service September 30, 1863, and, before being fully equipped with either horses or arms, was or- dered to the front to join Gen. Rosecrans at Chattanooga. The remainder of the animals were procured as quickly as possible, and on the morning of Oct. 17, the Eighth left Camp Roberts for Louisville, via Michigan City and In- dianapolis, where they arrived on the 21st, and went into camp near the Nashville railroad depot. They were soou furnished with shelter tents. Colt's army pistols and about 309 Gallaghor carbines. November 4th, the regiment commenced its march to Nashville, Tonn., where it ar- rived on the 17th, making its first march of 20- miles in less than two weeks. On the Ist of December, the Eighth left Nashville on the line of the N. & N. W. Railroad.
After a general scont through that section of the coun - try, the regiment was detailed by battalion to three differ- ent points, with headquarters at Waverly, Tenn.
The capturing or dispersing of guerrillas was the prin- cipal duty of the Eighth Iowa Cavalry, but whenever oc- casion offered, the regiment was not lacking in courage or coolness ; and, in fact, did some excellent fighting on several occasions, among which was the engagement at Lost Mountain, Lovejoy's Station and at Newnan. Start- ing from Red Clay, and including Stoneman's raid around Atlanta, the regiment was under fire every day for more than one month. The regiment assisted in the pursuit of Wheeler, and in driving Forrest back from his invasion of Tennessee in the Fall of 1864. They were next en- gaged in the front of rebel Gen. Hood, in his advance upon Nashville, to which the regiment, with other forces, fell back.
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HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
The regiment joined in the attack upon llood at Nash- ville, and in the pursuit of his forces out of Tennessee. They then went into quarters at Waterloo, Alabama, until the 15th of March, when they joined the Wilson raid through Alabama, and were mustered out at Macon, Ga.
Lieut. Col. Elliot Shurtz, com. capt. Co. 1 Sept. 30, 1863 wd and missing at Newnan, Ga., July 30, 1864, prmtd. maj. Nov. 24, 1864, prmtd. lieut. col. June 9, 1865.
Company I.
Capt. Cloud H. Brock, captd. at Newnan, Ga., com. capt. May 22, 1865, com. declined.
Capt. Josiah J. Cleaver, e. as sergt. Aug. 8, 1863, prmtd. 1st lieut. Feb. 3, 1865. prmtd. capt. July 22, 1865.
First Lieut. Harmon A. Jones, com. Sept. 30, 1863, resd. Dec. 21, 1864.
Q. M. Sergt. Thos. Nichols, e. Aug. 22, 1863.
Sergt. Lewis flunsdon, e. Aug. 11, 1863, died Aug. 13, '65. Sergt. F. M. Thomas, e. Aug. 18, 1863, wd. and captd. at Newnan, Ga., disd. July 14, 1865, wds.
Sergt. E. A. Morrill, e. Aug. 12, 1863, captd. at Newnan, died in Vermont.
Sergt. Jas. S. Straight, e. Aug. 22, 1863, disd. July 11, 1865, disab.
Sergt. F. Ball, e. Aug. 18, 1863, wd. at Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Sergt. L. C. Terrell, e. Aug. 12, 1863.
Trump. A. H. Hall, e. Aug. 21, 1863.
Trump. H. Windish, e. Aug. 8, '63, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Farrier Geo. W. S. Michael, e. July 27, 1863, served in Co. B, 2d C'av.
Farrier John Hart, e. Aug. 3, 1863.
Wagoner G. S. Lane, e. Aug. 3, 1863.
Beeson, Wm. B., e. Aug. 8, 1864, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Beaman, H. S., e. Aug. 22, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Baker, C. R., e. Aug. 14, 1863.
Cawan, Thos. M., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
Cawan, Richard, e. Aug. 13, 1863.
Crawford, Jas., e. Aug. 7, 1863.
Deeter, A., e. Aug. 10, 1863, kld. in Kingston, Ga.
Dowlin, Jno. R., e. Aug. 13, 1863, kld. at Newnan, Ga.
Davis, Patrick, e. Aug. 10, 1863.
Evans, M. V. B., e. Aug. 11, 1863, wd. near Waverly, Tenn., captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Elliott, Jared, e. Aug. 18, 1863.
Evans, N. H., e. Aug. 18, 1863.
Farguson, Richd., e. Aug. 11, 1863.
Garwood, C., e. Aug. 24, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Gaige, L. S., e. Aug. 3, 1863, disd. July 9, 1865, disab.
Hixson, Geo. J., e. Aug. 18, 1863.
Hull, Samnel B., e. Aug. 8. 1863.
Hass, G. R., e. July 7, 1863, wd. April 5, 1865.
Hughes, J., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
Luke, John, e. Aug. 15, 1863.
Luke, Isaiah, e. Aug. 22, 1863. Moon, Wm. A., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
McCain, Jas. M., e. Aug. 22, 1863.
Noble, Jos., e. Aug. 12, 1864, wd. at Franklin, Tenn.
Nye, Jas. M., e. Aug. 12, 1863, kld.at Newnan. Ga.
Patterson, M. A., e. Aug. 15, 1863.
Pyle, John, e. Aug. 18, 1863.
Peete, Geo., e. Aug. 8, 1863. Pegg, G , e. Aug. 10, 1863. Rickey, J. N., e. Aug. 5, 1863. Reiber, Jno. A., e. Aug. 3, 1863, disd. Dec. 8, 1864, disab. Schoolcraft, D. M., e. Aug. 15, 1863.
Van Allen, John, e. Aug. 17, 1863.
Woods, D. W., e. Aug. 12, 1863, wd. and captd. at Lovejoy's Station, Ga.
Wimberly, Wm., e. Aug. 11, 1863, kld. at Newnan, Ga.
COMPANY UNKNOWN.
Nichols, Wm. R., e. Nov. 2, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS. Second Veteran Infantry.
Corp. A. H. M. Haddock, e. June 8, 1861, vet. June. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Floyd, J. S., e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Mitchell, J. M., e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. v. July 12, 1865. Polk, Jas. K., e. Jan. 8, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Raff, E. A., e. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Cregan, John H., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Dey, Jolın B., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Embrie, Jas., e. March 25, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Peasley, Wm. C., e. March 30, 1864, kld. May 28, 1864, In action.
Embree, James, e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Third Infantry.
Asst. Sorg. Ed. W. Evans, com. July 23, '63, m. o. July, '64. Gammel, Andrew, e. May 21, 1861, vet. March 30, 1864, m. o. July, 1864.
First Lieut. Marquis A. Hills, e. as sergt. May 21, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Oct. 17, 1862, prmtd. 1st lient. March 9, 1863, resd. May 18, 1864.
Corp. Isaiah Garwood, e. May 21, 1861, in. o. July, 1864 Musician J. R. Lock wood, e. May 21, 1861, m. o. July, '64. Evans, E. W., e. May 21, 1861, m. o. July, 1864.
Ewing, Jas. Il., e. May 21, 1861, kld. at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Hixson, E. C., e. May 21, 1861, m. o. July 18, 1864. Haddock, A. II. M., e. May 21, 1861, m. o. July, 1864. Woodward, Jas. M., e. May 21, 1861, m. o. July, 1864.
Sixth Infantry.
Anspach, Geo., e. April 27, 1864.
Allen, A J., e. June 24, 1861, ni. o. July 21, 1865.
Allen, M. V., e. June 24, 1861, kld. in battle of Shiloh.
Thomas, P. W., e. April 26, 1864, m. o. July 21, 1865. Thomas, Levi, e. April 26, 1864, m. v. July 21, 1865.
Seventh Infantry.
Lewis, John A., e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Lequatt, Jeremiah, e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Ninth Infantry.
Sharp, Geo. B., e. Sept. 18, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. July, 1865. Sharp, Samuel, e. Sept. 18, 1861, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. July, 1865.
Tenth Infantry.
Musician Warren Barnhart, e. Oct. 9, 1861, m. o. Aug. 15, 1865.
Twelfth Infantry,
Beal, H. F., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Jan. 20, 1866. Bailey, Thos. H., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Jan. 20, 1866. Peers, John B., e. March 30, 1864.
Weaver, John N., e. March 29, 1864, mn. o. Jan 20, 1866.
Bell, L. B., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Jan. 20, 1866.
Butters, John F., e. March 26, 1864, m. o. Jan. 20, 1866. Hendrick, Wm., e. March 26, 1864, m. o. Jan. 20, 1866. Rutter, P. H., e. March 28, 1864, kld. July 14, 1864, in battle at Tupelo, Miss.
Fourteenth Infantry.
Holland, F. F., e. Oct. 9, 1861, died April 1, 1862. Woodard, R. D., e. Oct. 9, 1861, disd. July 8-17, 1862, disab. Whealen, Chas. R., e. Oet. 9, 1861, died Jan. 6, 1862.
Sixteenth Infantry.
Col. Josiah T, Herbert, e. as quartermaster sergeant Oct. 16, 1861, prutd. adjt. Nov. 14, 1862, captd. at Atlanta, prmtd. major May 11, 1865, prmtd. lieut. colonel Jan. 27, 1865, prmtd. col. July, 1865, m. o. July 19, 1865. Burger, C., e. April 6, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Flugge, Chas., e. April 13, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Pocock, L. D., e, March 12, 1862, vet. March 31, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Allen, Newton, Jan. 3, 1862, vet. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Crowley, Timothy, e. Oct. 25, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Porter, A. C., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Jnly 19, 1865.
Lehan, John, e. Oct. 25, 1861, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Fowler, Rufus, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. July 19. 1865.
llamburg, John, e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865. Lass, John, e. April 4, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Parkhurst, H. C., e. March 29, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Eighteenth Infantry.
Damon, M. H., e. March 31, 1864. Herrington, 11. D., e. March 31, 1864. Joy. W. W., e. Jan. 18, 1864. m. o. July 20, 1865.
Schoolcraft, Herman, e. Aug. 15, 1863.
Stickney, John, e. Aug. 10, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga. Sutton, B. B., e. Aug. 3, 1863, captd. at Newnan, Ga.
Thomas, T. B., e. Aug. 18, 1863. Thorp, A. G., e. Aug. 8, 1803.
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HISTORY OF MARSHALL COUNTY.
Twenty-fourth Infantry.
Crisman, J. E., e. March 31, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Wilson, John L., e Feb. 29, 1>64, m. o. July 17, 1865. Wilson, J. C., e. Feb. 29, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Wilford, Oliver, e. March 31, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Twenty-eighth Infantry.
Asst. Surg. E. J. B. Statler, com. Sept. 16, 1×62, resd. Jan. 20, 1864. Wright, John J., P. Oct. 2, 1864, m o. July 31, 1865.
1 Thirty-first Infantry.
Woodbridge. G .. Dec. 2, 1864, m. o. June 27, 1865.
Thirty-fifth Infantry.
Asst. Surg. E. J. B. Statler, com. Sept. 1, 1864, from surg. 2 th inf., m. o. Aug. 10, 1865.
Thirty-seventh Infantry.
Shyrock, John, e. Oct. 9, 1862, m. o. at Davenport, date unknown.
Fortieth Infantry.
Meredeth, Benj., e. Jan. 5, 1864, mn. o. Ang. 2, 1865.
Forty-second III. Infantry.
Bell, Thomas, e. Aug. 4, 1861.
Forty-eighth Infantry.
Bartlett, Chas. H., e. May 14, 1864, m. o. Oct. 21, 1864.
First Cavalry.
Burdan. F., Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. Feb. 15, 1866.
Ogden, A. F., e. Feb 25, 1864, m. o. Feb. 15, 1866.
Third Cavalry.
Lawson, John EL., vet. March 29, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865.
Fourth Cavalry.
B. V. S. John G. McBroom, Sept. 23, 1861, prmtd. Jan. 15 1862, from private Co. E, m. o. Oct. 25, 1862.
Andrews, John M., vet Feb. 29, 1864, in. o. Aug. 10, 1865. Sergt. II. W. Curtis, e. Oct. 17, 1861. vet. March 31, 1864, prmtd. 2d lieut., m. o. Ang. 10, 1865.
Allen, John M .. e. April 16, 1864, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865. Brombarger, E., e. April 16, 1864, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865. Stewart, Amos, e. April 16, 1864, m. o. Ang. 10, 1865.
Sixth Cavalry.
Q. M. S. John W. Anderson, e. Dec. 1, '62, m. o. Oct. 17, '65 Cross, D. C., e. Dec. 1 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Myers, Francis, e. Oct. 15, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Kenoyer, Wm., e. Feb. 7, 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Corp. F. B. Leonard, e. Sept. 27, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Bishop, Jesse, e. Dec. 6, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17. 1865. Davis, C. P., e. Dec. 30, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Slate, 1. J., e. Dec. 8, 1862, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Vest, George W., e. Feb. 18, 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Weatherby, F. A., e. Feb. 16, 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Hughes, C. B., e. feb. 11, 1863, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Ballard, James M., e. April 25, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865 Ballard, William J., e. April 25, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Ballard, J. A., e. April 25, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Ballard, Reuben, e. March 31, 1861, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Duncan, E. J., e. April 25, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Dawson, M. M., e. April 30, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Loucks, John D., e, March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Marsh, J. E, e. March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Patterson, W'm. A., e. March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Prescott, S., e. Oct. 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Rodman, James M., e. March 30, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Sutton, P. M., e. March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Sherwood, William Il., e. Oct. 29, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Ulery, William, e. March 24, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865. Wilcox, Daniel, e. March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 17, 1865.
Seventh Cavalry.
Kennedy, James II., e. Feb. 24, 1863, m. o. May 17, 1866. Warner, William, Nov. 2, 1864.
Isham, Benjamin, e. March 8, 1864, m. o. May 17, 1866.
Doty, N. B., e. April, 16, 1864, m. o. May 17, 1866.
Wheeler, Horace, e. Feb. 29, 1864, m. o. May 17, 1866.
Ninth Cavalry.
Brown, James W., e. Sept. 22, 1863.
Kintsley, Z. T., e. Sept. 22, 1863.
Lilly, David M. e. Oct. 14, 1863, m. o. March 23, 1866.
Williams, D., e. Sept. 21, 1863, m. o. March 23, 1866.
Sperlin, Samuel, e. Nov. 7, 1863, m. o. March 23, 1866.
U. S. Infantry (Colored). Rice, Henry, e. Oct. 31, 1864
Second Battery.
Church, G. W., e. March 30, 1864, mn. o. Aug. 7, 1865. Door, James, e. March 28, 1864, m. o. Aug. 7, 1865.
Third Battery.
Bronk, Peter A., March 31, 1864, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
EDUCATIONAL.
While the question of how to get a living was the foremost one in the minds of the pioneers, the less direct, though none the less important one of how to edu- cate their children, was not overlooked. Almost cotemporaneous with their own dwellings, they began the building of such school houses as they could. crude and primitive in the extreme, for such only would their appliances admit, and put together without regard to externals.
These same pioneer school houses will, in the future, be a theme for the artist-quite equal in every way to those supplied by the peasantry in the old world-with their quaint, simple fashions and unperverted lives. The eye of the connoisseur delights in these realistic representations of still life-the white- haired old grandfather, whose toil of years has only brought him his cottage and bit of land ; the still hard-working " gude wife," with bent body and withered but cheerful old face : the next generation just in the prime of labor, rough, uncouth and content to have for recreation a pipe and a mug of ale ; and the children, with rosy cheeks and stout limbs, dressed in the veritable costumes their grandmothers wore before them. And no wonder such a picture pleases nd charms the jaded senses of the worn-out worldling. But even that is not more fresh and unaccustomed than this log shanty, with its one small room, a
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window of but few panes of glass, and possibly a dirt floor ; and with rough- hewn benches ranged round the walls for seats, over which the pupil made a fine gymnastic flourish whenever he felt it necessary to reach his teacher. with his forefinger firmly planted on the knotty word or sum that puzzled him.
And is it possible that anything could be more primitive, even among the Indians themselves, than the suits of buckskin, in which, we are told, every pupil in one of the Marshall County schools was clad one Winter. Buckskin for Winter, and bare feet-despite the rattlesnakes-for Summer! These are the picturesque features for the artist's pencil. And what " learning " there was, must have been a " dangerous thing," for it was certainly " little ;" the grad- ing was far from exact ; the system was a kind of hit-or-miss affair ; but, never- theless, it was " school," and from the first there was a deeply rooted prejudice among the Iowa settlers in favor of schools. School for week-days, and a meet- ing house for Sunday ! this same little pen of a house served the two purposes. And could anything except the groves themselves-" God's first temples "-be nearer to nature as a tabernacle than was this, where some chance circuit preacher would have for his congregation every man, woman and child in the entire settlement-except one very old lady who was too infirm to go, as was the case once in this county. None of those hypercritical listeners there, you may be sure, who gauge the preacher by his "intellectuality," his " magnetism " or his "culture." It was the Word preached-welcome, pure and life-giving always-and not the preacher, which these listeners crowded to hear. If he but had the good Methodist zeal, then he was sure of devout hearers. He did not need to have " traveled," except upon his lone circuit over the prairie ; nor did he feel it necessary to use his pulpit in the interests of politics-if he knew his Bible, he was qualified; nor did his flock feel called upon to put their hands into their pockets and contribute toward sending their Pastor on a Summer vacation to the sea-side or to Europe. All these improvements have come in with better churches and more advanced ways of thinking. That was the old way, and a direct contrast to the new.
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