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Sergt. Luke Feran, e. Aug. 17, 1862.
Sergt. R C. Bare, wd. at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., and died at Camden Sept. 20, 1864.
Sergt. Eli Troxel, e. Aug. 21, 1862.
Sergt. A. W. Eddy, e. Aug. 13, 1862, trans. to V. R. C. May 6, 1864.
Sergt. H. Robinson, e. Aug. 21, 1862.
Corp. I. H. French, e. Aug. 14, 1862, trans to V. R. C Aug. 10, 1864.
Corp. M. McElroy, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Corp. A. J. Ferguson, e. Aug. 11 1862.
Corp. A. Robertson, e. Aug. 20, 1862.
Corp. F. Hull. e. Aug. 15, 1862, disd, Nov. 24, 1863, disab.
Corp. Hiram Miner, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Corp. II. E. Christie, e. Aug. 5, 1862.
Wagoner H. A. Bunton, e. Aug. 11, 1862, died at Little Rock Oct. 22, 1864.
Anderson, Marion, e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Anderson, William, e. Aug. 13, 1862.
Atcheson, Jesse, e. Aug. 16, 1862, died at Paducah, Ky., Aug. 28, 1863.
Adams, Ira A. e. Aug. 21, 1862, died at Duvall's Bluff Sept. 3, 1863.
Burklead, John W., e. Jan. 5, 1864, wd. at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
Burk, John, e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Brubaker, Elias, e. Sept. 26, 1862, disd. July 15, '64, disab.
Burrett, E. G., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Baldwin, Joseph, e. Aug. 16, '62, disd. July 21, '63, disab.
Black, James J., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Cassady, William.
Daniels, William. e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Daugherty, M. A., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Elliott, G. W. e. Jan. 2, 1864.
Ferguson, John S., e. Ang. 11, 1862.
Fuller, Alfred, e. Aug. 20, 1862.
Gault, John, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Gillchrist, James, e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at St. Louis Oct. 12, 1863.
Goon, Elias, e. Aug. 20, 1862, disd. Jan. 30, 1863, disab.
Gephart, Joseph, e. Aug. 7, 1862.
Gillett, C. H., e. Aug. 12, 1862, disd. Aug. 30, 1863, disab.
Hopkins, D. W., c. Aug. 15, 1862.
IIolliday, A. J., e. Jan. 4, 1864.
Hagan, James, e. Aug. 12, 1862, wd. at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark.
Hodge, George W., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Haines, Henry, e. Aug. 15, 1862, died at Iowa City Nov. 24, 1862.
Harper, E. R., e. Ang. 12, 1862.
Howe, A. J., e. Ang. 15, 1862, trans. to Inv. Corps Jan. 15, 1864. Inman, George E., e. Jan. 5, 1864.
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Johnston, John, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Kuhn, Peter, e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Kelley, James, e. Aug. 12, 1862.
Ketterman, L. J., e. Aug. 16, 1862, died on steamer City of Memphis Oct. 4, 1863.
Langham, W. D., e. March 30, 1864.
Lash, Joseph R., e. Ang. 10, 1862, died at Little Rock April 9, 1864.
Lee, Isaac, e. Aug. 30, 1862, wd. and captd. at Jenkins' Ferry, Ark., died May 27, 1864.
Livingston, Robert, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Livingston, Andy, e. Aug. 8, 1862.
Miller, C. E., e. Jan. 2, 1864, died Aug. 3, 1864, at Little Rock.
Morford, Isaac, e. Aug. 8, 1862, died at Helena, Ark., Dec. 30, 1863.
McDowell, Alex., e. Aug. 22, 1862, died at St. Louis Nov. 30, 1863.
Parker, Henry E., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Patrick, D., e. Aug. 15, 1862, wd. and captd. at Jenkins' Ferry, died at Camden, Ark., Nov. 24, 186-1.
Patterson, James R., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Pelton, O. Shea, e. Aug. 16, 1862.
Robinson, D. K., e. Aug. 15, 1862.
St. Peters, Alex., e. Aug. 17, 1862, disd. Dec. 21, '63, disab. Steele, George H., e. Aug. 21, 1862.
Thompson, Marquis, e. Aug. 15, 1862.
Thomas, John B., e. Aug. 15, 1862, died at Iowa City Nov. 5, 1862.
Todd, R. M., e. Aug. 5, 1862, disd. July 12, 1863, disab. Wood, P. J., e. Ang. 8, 1862.
Wood, William H., e. Aug. 8, 1862.
FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY.
Company C.
Capt. Jno. H. Shields, com. June 4, 1804.
Sergt. John C. Porter, e. May 21, 1864.
Sergt. Jas. B. Locke, e. May 21, 1864.
Sergt. Silas R. Osgood, e. May 21, 1864. Corp. Wm. Holladay, e. May 30, 1864. Corp. Wm. G. Goodwin, e. May 21, 1864.
Corp. Jas. M. Tarpenning, e. May 21, 1864.
Corp. Jno. W. Eckman, e. May 21, 1864. Musician Wm. Wood, e. May 21, 1864.
Barker, Jas. W., e. May 21, 1864. Boles, Irvin S., e. May 21, 1864 Boody, J. K., e. May 21, 1862.
Brown, A. R., e. May 21, 1864, died.
Brown, Geo. T., c. May 30, 1864.
Burnett, I. J., e. May 30, 1864.
Brain, Jas., e. May 30, 1864. Crawford, Jas. J., e. May 21, 1864. Coovet, A. N., e. May 21, 1864. Davis, Wm. P., e. May 23, 1864.
Dyke, E. B., e. May 21, 1864.
Elson, A. M., e. May 21, 1864.
Ervin, Z. B., e. May 25, 1864.
Fawcett, Jno. A., e. May 21, 1864, died Sept. 28, 1864, at Keokuk.
Fullenwider, W. HI., e. May 21, 1864.
Fawcett, A. H., e. May 21, 1864.
Goodwin, Jno. N., e. May 21, 1864.
Good, Jno. W., e. May 24, 1864.
Geddes, Jno. C., e. May 21, 1864. Greer, John F., e. May 20, 1864.
Haines, Alfred, e. May 21, 1864.
Hanna, A. G., e. May 21, 1864.
Jones, G. W., e. May 21, 1864.
Kensey, S., e. May 21, 1864.
Kendall, Lawrence, e. May 21, 186-1.
Kerns, Thomas, e. May 30, 1864, died Sept. 22, 1864, at Davenport.
Louderbach, H. T., e. May 21, 1864.
Maynard, Wmn., e. May 25, 1864.
Morris, Isaiah, e. May 30, 1864.
Matthews, A. J., e. May 21, 1864. Moody, John, e. May 21, 1864. Meskimen, J. M., e. May 21, 1864. Porter, Jas. R., e. May 21, 1864.
Peek, Henry, e. May 30, 1861. Pavey, Thomas, e May 21, 1864.
Stookey. M. F., e. May 21, 1864. Smith, Silas A., e. May 21, 1864.
Wood, W., e. May 21, 1864, died July 25, 1864, at Helena Ark. . Young, Hulet, e. May 12, 1864.
Dobbins, A. N., e. June 4, 1864.
Company K.
Fay, H. W., e. May 21, 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- panies 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 nien, 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 I.
Sergt. David C. Onstott, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Sergt. Jas. C. Scott, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf. Corp. Jos. M. Meskimans, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from `Co. G. 5th inf.
Brainard, Jas., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Blakely. E. C., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf., wil., disd. Sept. 1, 1865.
Baldwin, Jas., vet., Jan. 5, 1861, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Clark, Wm. F., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Cox, Wm. A., from Co. G, 5th inf.
Cox, Henry, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Cantonwine, David, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Ditch, David, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, ath inf.
Hatfield, L. S., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Hayck, Geo. vet., Jan. 5. 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Johnson, Jas., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Meskimons, Jas. M., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf., disd., term expired.
Moody, Jas., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Meskimons, Lewis, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf. Porter, Richard, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G. 5th inf., killed at Columbus, Ga., April 16, 1865.
Robbins, W. O., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Stewart, Wm. F., vet., Feb. 6, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
Stewart, Elijah, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf. Starks, L. II., vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from C'o. G, 5th inf.
Taylor, L. D., vet., Feb. 6, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
White. John, vet., Jan. 5, 1864, from Co. G, 5th inf.
SIXTH CAVALRY.
The Sixth Cavalry was recruited in 1862, and wass nt to Minnesota immediately after being mounted and drilled, where it marched under Gen. Sully against the Indians. During August, 1863, three companies of the Sixth, under command of Maj. House, while on detached service, undertook to hold a camp of 1,500 Indians until word could be sent to the main force, but this proved to be almost too large a job for the men ; for the Indians
Adams, Augustus, e. June 21, 1864 Andrews, Geo., e. May 24, 1864.
Barger, Jas. L., e. May 21, 1864.
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were breaking away just as Gen. Sully came up with Col. D. S. Wilson at the head of the Sixth and Col. Furnas in command of the Second Nebraska. The battle began instantly. two companies of the Sixth going through the camp, and Col. Furnas joining Maj. House. The engage- ment lasted till after dark, when the bugles sounded the recall. The Indians fled during the night, leaving every- thing but their ponies and arms behind. The next day (5th), the command destroyed half a million pounds of dried meat, three hundred lodges, and other valuable property. Over a hundred dead Indians were found on the field. July 28, 1864, the Sixth had a hand in the en- gagement with the Indians at Tahkahokutah, where the Indians occupied a secure position on some steep and rocky bluffs partly covered with timber. The Indians threw out mounted skirmishing parties eight or ten miles in advance of this position, which were driven back to the bluffs. The Indians were then shelled out of their position in the rocks and forced to retreat with consider- able loss. August 8th, the regiment, which had camped the previous night on the Little Missouri, had a skirmish with a heavy force of Indians, and on the following day got a chance to charge them a distance of over two miles, killing a considerable number. The regiment remained in Dakotah until Winter, bivouacked at Sioux City until Spring, and was mustered out in October, 1865.
Company H.
Capt. Jeptha M. Van Meter, e. as sergt. Sept. 22, 1862, prmtd. comy. sergt., then capt. July 13, 1865.
Sergt. Wm. W. Davis, e. Sept. 15, 1862, kld. Sept. 3, 1863, at White Stone Hill, D. T.
Farrier A. Merchant, e. Sept. 15, 1862.
Farrier J. W. Davis, e. Sept. 24, 1862.
Conley, Wm., e. Sept. 22, 1862.
Dummett, W. H., e. Sept. 24, 1862.
Dummett, W. K., e. Sept. 26, 1862, kld. at battle of White Stone Hill, D. T.
Stickney, Julins, e. Oct. 10, 1862.
Company I.
Corp. Milo N. Higgins, e. Sept. 24, 1862, died at White Stone Hill, D. T., Sept. 4, 1862, wds.
Company K.
Johnson, Lantz, e. Oct. 31, 1862. Harper, D. C., e. Oct. 31, 1862.
UNKNOWN.
Campbell, Sam'l, e. Oct. 26, 1864.
Castine, Jacob, e. Oct. 26, 1864.
Ireland, Jacob, e. Oct. 26, 1864.
Neel, G. W., e. Oct. 24, 1864.
Richardson, C., e. Oct. 26, 1864.
Sullivan, C. E., e. Oct. 29, 1864.
Steward, O. H., e. Oct. 29, 1864.
SEVENTH CAVALRY.
This regiment was organized at " Camp Hendershott," Davenport, in the Summer of 1863, and ordered to duty against the Indians in Nebraska, Dakotah, Colorado and Kansas. Portions of the regiment were engaged in the battles of White Stone Hill, Tahkahokutah, Bad Lands, Little Blue Julesburg, Mud Springs, Rush Creek, Horse Creek, Cow Creek, and other engagements, in which the brave Iowa boys fought gallantly. The battle of Jules- burg, Colorado, was fought by Company F, under Capt. O'Brien. The Indians in large numbers had attacked a train. Capt. O'Brien marched to its assistance, and the hatte continued during the day. The company lost thirteen killed, and the Indians lost fifty-five. The regi- ment remained on the plains fighting Indians until 1866.
Company G.
Arlist, A. S., e. May 25, 1863.
Cotton, Isaac, e. May 10, 1863. Collicott, Seth, e. June 1, 1863. Jemerson, D. M., e. May 25, 1863. McGuire, D. T., e. May 10, 1863. Meeker, Thaddeus, e. June 1, 1863.
Randall, John, e. May 25, 1863. Underwood, J. N., e. June 1, 1863.
Company H.
Capt. John II. Brooks, com. July 13, 1863, dismissed Jan. 7, 1864.
Second Lieut. E. M. Hutchings, e. as sergt., prmtd. 2d lieut. July 10, 1864.
Alair, H. A., e. June 10, 1863, died at Fort Kearney, Jan. 26, 1864.
Bowen, J. W., e. May 10, 1863, kld. at Smoky Hill Cross- ing, Kan., by Indians, Aug. 16, 1864.
Burke, Thomas, e. June 12, 1863, deserted July 15, 1863. Henderson, George, e. May 25, 1863.
Jones, R. E., e. May 10, 1863.
Pitts, W. H., e. May 10, 1863.
Shoemaker, James, e. May 10, 1863.
Stewart, William, e. May 10, 1863.
Taylor, Chesley, e. June 16, 1863. UNASSIGNED.
Hinsdale, C. M., e. Oct. 21, 1864. Martin, J. A., e. Nov. 7, 1864.
NINTH CAVALRY.
This regiment, Col. Matthew M. Trumbull, was the last of the three-year regiments recruited in Iowa .It was or- ganized at Davenport, November 30, 1863, and ordered to Arkansas, where it remained performing heavy scouting, guard and garrison duty until the close of the war.
Company C.
Sergt. Edward McGuire, e. July 29, 1863.
Corp. Jacob J. Sanders, e. Aug. 29, 1863.
Teamster Peter B. Greenlee, e. June 25, 1863, died at Vinton Oct. 23, 1864.
Trumpeter J. L. Moore, e. June 25, 1863.
Bruce, C. L., e. Ang. 10, 1863.
Brown, Huston, e. Sept. 5, 1863.
Durand, F., e. July 25, 1863, died March 26, 1864, at St. Louis. Ilarris, B. F., e. July 4, 1863.
Kennedy. C., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
Mather, J. W., e. July 2, 1863.
Shaul, A. E., e. Aug. 8, 1863.
Stecce, William. e. Aug. 2, 1863, died Jan. 15, 1865, at Alton, Ill.
Urny, E. M., e. July 13, 1863, disd. April 26, 1864.
Yonng, W. T., e. July 7, 1863.
MISCELLANEOUS. First Infantry.
Blood, Alvin C., e. April 24, 1861, re-e. 12th infantry as sergt. Co. D, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861.
Murdock, Philip, e. April 24, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861. Starkweather, Jno., e. April 24, 1861, m. o. Aug. 25, 1861.
Second Infantry.
Burdick, Geo. D., e. Feb. 25, 1864, kld. Aug. 14, 1864, in action at Atlanta.
Eckerman, Geo. S., e. Feb. 29, 1864, wd. Aug. 5, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Mather, F. W., e. Feb. 30, 1864, died July 28, 1864.
Thompson, R. E., e. Feb. 5. 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Welsh, L. L., e. Feb. 20, 1864, died July 18, 1864, in hospital.
Sergt. Frank Evans, e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Corp. F. Seick, e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Boyd, Jno. R, e. Dec. 10, 1863, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Peppers, Wm. L., e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Raser, John, e. June 8, 1861, vet. Jan. 4, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Graves, A. W., e. Feb. 6, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Larrue, Thos. P., e. Feb. 18, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Merchant, J. B., e. Feb. 20, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Montgomery, M., e. Feb. 13, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Nicholson, I., e. Feb. 11, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Sowders, J. W., e. Feb. 28. 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Turner, L., e. Feb. 14, 1864, wd. Aug. 30, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865.
Thompson, R. E., e. Feb. 5, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Williams, E. C., e. Feb. 25, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865. Eckerman, M. G., e. Feb. 12, 1864, m. o. July 5, 1864. Eckerman, Geo. S., e. Feb 29 1864, wd. Aug. 5, 1864, m. o. July 12, 1865
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WAR RECORD OF BENTON COUNTY.
Third Infantry.
Musician Jno. R. Boyd, e. May 20, 1861, m. o. July, 1864. Barnes, Benj. R., e. May 20, 1861, trans. to heavy art. as com. sergt.
Dolph, Richard C., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills S. pt 17, 1861, m. o. July 18, 1864.
Evans, Frank, e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862, prmtd. corp., m. o. July 18, 1864.
Raser, Jno. J., e. May 20, 1861, m. o. July 18, 1864.
Seick, Ferdinand, e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills Sept. 17, 1861, m. o. July 18, 1864.
Walley, Thos. B., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills, disd. Ang. 21, 1862.
White, Jas. E., e. May 20, 1861, wd. at Blue Mills, trans. to 13th infantry, Jan. 1, 1862, mn. o. July 21, 1865.
Ninth Infantry.
First Lieut. Nathan Rice, e. as sergt. Ang. 3, 1861, prmtd. 2d lieut. Sept. 2. 1861, prmtd. Ist lieut. Jan. 29, 1862, killed in battle Pea Ridge, March 7, 1862. Nimrod, A. Green, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. July 18, 1865. HIooker, Adam, e. Feb. 26, 1864, m. o. July 18, 1865.
Sterns, Frederick, e. Feb. 21, 1864, m. o. July 18, 1865.
Eleventh Infantry.
Finharty, Bennett, e. Sept. 10, 1861, disd. July 9, 1862.
Fourteenth Infantry.
Frarey, Geo. W., e. March 3, 1862, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864. Corp. Wm C. Hafer, e. Oct. 9, 1861, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864. Arbuthnot, Daniel, e. Oct. 9, 1861, disd. Feb. 16, 1862, disab.
Heath, Wm., e. Oct. 9, 1861, missing at Shiloh, died April 15. 1864, from wds.
Laree, James M., e. Oct 29, 1861, captd. April 6, 1862, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864.
McClaury, Edmund, e. Oct. 9, 1861, died Oct. 18, 1862, at Toledo, Iowa.
Williams, John D., e. Oct. 9, 1861, prisr. at Shiloh, died May 27, 1862, at Macon, Ga.
Frazey, Geo. W., c. March 3, 1862, from Co. F, m. o. Nov. 16, 1864.
Sixteenth Infantry.
Second Lieut. Charles Geddes, e. as private Feb. 25, 1862'
printd. corp., then Ist sergt., com. 2d lieut. June 5, 1865, m. o. as 1st sergt. July 19, 1865.
Davis, George C., e. Feb. 7, 1862, m. o. July 19, 1865. Porter, Robert H., e. Feb. 25, 1862, vet. Feb. 25, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
White, Isom, e. Feb. 25, 1862, vet. Feb. 25, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Turner, George, c. Feb. 25, 1862, vet. Feb. 25, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Bates, Kimball, e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
McMurphy, R. L., e. Jan. 5. 1864, captd. July 22, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865. Price, MI. W., e. Jan. 5, 1864, kld. July 22, 1864.
Raff, Win., e. Jan. 5, 1864, died Aug. 16, 1864.
Reid, R. R., e. Dec. 26, 1863, m. o. July 19, 1865. Turner, C. II., e. Jan. 5, 1864, disd. Aug., 1862. Corr, John, e. Oct. 27, 1864, m. o. July 19, 1865.
Twentieth Infantry.
Chaplain Richard King, com. Dec. 15, 1864, m. o. July 8, 1865.
McGuire, William W., e. Aug. 1, 1862, disd. Feb. 3, 1863, disab.
Ross, Jacob H., e. Aug. 2, 1862, m. o. July 8, 1865. Staves, Anthony, e. July 28, 1862, disd. Feb. 20, 1863, disab.
Corp. Geo. C. Miller, e. June 25, 1862, from Co. K, Ist inf., I. o. July 8, 1865.
Fisher, Alfred, e. Jan. 14, 1864, m. o. July 8, 1865. Ven Eman, Wm. M., e. Dec. 11, 1863, m. o. July 8, 1865. Barnwell, John A., e. Oct. 27, 1864, m. o. July 8, 1865.
Twenty-Fourth Infantry.
Carmon, A. J., e. Oct. 31, 1864, mn. o. July 17, 1865.
Barnard, Jas. W., e. Ang. 15, 1862, disd. March 15, 1864, for wds.
Cur, Lewis, e. Aug. 18, 1862, died May 20, 1863, wds.
Dulany, Wm., e. Aug. 21, 1862, captd. Oct. 19, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Evans, Wm. J., e. Aug. 12, 1862, disd. March 9, 1863, lisab.
Houghton, L. L., e. Aug. 20, 1862, trans. May 15, 1864, to Invalid Corps.
Park, S. S., e. Aug. 19, 1862, m. o. July 17, 1865. Rinchart, Jacob, e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Sheldon, John N., c. Aug. 15, 1862, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Turpenning, D., e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. July 17, 1865. Thomas, S. H., e. Ang. 18, 1862, m. o. July 17, 1865. Worth, M. H., e. Aug. 12, 1862, died April 2, 1863. Knouf, Geo., e. Aug. 15, 1862, m. o. July 17, 1865. Taylor, Jas. M., e. Aug. 9, 1862, m. o. July 17, 1865.
Thirty-first Infantry. Coffland, Geo. W., c. March 30, 1864, m. o. June 27, 1865
Thirty-second Infantry.
Shipman, J. B., e. Jan. 4, 1864, died June 12, 1864, at Memphis. Shipman, Jas. V., e. Jan. 1, 1864, m. o Aug. 24, 1865.
Thirty-seventh Infantry.
Second Lieut. Stephen D. Redfield, e. as Ist sergt. Sept. 1, 1862, prmtd. 2d. lieut. May 4, 1863.
Sergt. Geo. W. Perkins, e. Aug. 30, 1862.
Averill, David, e. Sept. 13, 1862.
Bliss, Nathan, e. Sept. 6, 1862.
Collicutt, Wm., e. Oct. 12, 1862.
Chase, Jas., e. Sept. 13, 1862, died March 28, 1863.
Gates, Loring, e. Sept. 3, 1862, died Aug. 23, 1863. Haines, James, e. Sept. 6, 1862, died at St. Louis, Mo., Jan. 24, 1863.
Hull, Elijah, e. Sept. 6, 1862, disd. May 18, 1864, disab. Jones, Wm., c. Sept. 3, 1862, disd. May 8, 1863, disab).
Lindsey, Robt. S., e. Oct. 8, 1862.
McCoy, Geo., e. Oct. 9, 1862, disd. Feb. 24, 1865. Randall, Elwood, e. Sept. 6, 1862, died May 1, 1863, wds.
Shoemaker, Michael, e. Sept. 3, 1862, died Feb. 16, 1864.
Terry, Geo., e. Sept. 26, 1862, died July 10, 1864.
Forty-Fourth Infantry.
Howe, Chas. M., e. May 6, 1864, m. o. Sept. 15, 1864. Smith, Edwin, e. May 4, 1864, m. o. Sept. 15, 1864.
Forty-sixth Infantry. Seeley, Jas., e. June 10, 1864, m. o. Sept. 15, 1864.
First Infantry, A. D. (60 U. S. Vols. A. D).
First Lieut. Daniel D. Smock, printd. from private Co. G, 13th vet. inf., m. o. Oct. 15, 1865.
First Cavalry.
Evans, L. H., e. July 18, 1861, m. o. Feb. 15, 1866.
Second Cavalry.
Fisk, J. II., e. Jan. 5, 1864, disd. March 8, 1865, disab. Fisk, Thaddeus, e. Jan. 5, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Fleming, Marshall, e. Feb. 3, 1864, wd. Dec. 15, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Dikeman, Abram, e. Jan. 21, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865. Second Lieut. Columbus P. French, e. as private Aug. 14, 1861, prmtd. corp., then q. m. sergt., com. 2d lieut. May 10, 1865, mn. o. as Ist sergt. Sept. 19, 1865,
Corp. Aaron B. Springer, e. Ang. 20, 1861, kld. June 4, 1862, in skirmish.
Hedrick, Nathaniel, e. Aug. 14, 1861, vet. March 1, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Arbuthnot, Jas., e. Feb. 3, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865. Bacon, W. A., e. Feb. 3, 1861, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865. Compton, E. M., e. Feb. 3, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865. Georgia, F. E., e. Oct. 18, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19. 1865. Lowe, D. M., e. Feb. 3, 1864, kld. Dec. 15, 1864. McQnin, B., e. Sept. 1, 1864, mn. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Springer, E. B., e. Sept. 1, 1864, died July 15, 1865. Younglove, Sanford, e. Sept. 15, 1864, m. o. Sept. 19, 1863. Leonard, Joshua, e. Aug. 29, 1862, m. o. Sept. 19, 1865.
Third Cavalry.
Baker, Lemon, e. Feb. 24, 1864, m. o., Aug. 9, 1865. Hatfield, Jacob, c. Feb. 27, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865. Johnson, John, e. Feb. 29, 1864, died Sept. 22, 1864, at Memphis.
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HISTORY OF BENTON COUNTY.
Putnam, W. S., e. Feb. 20, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865. Smith, Carey, e. Feb. 20, 1864, m. o. Ang. 9, 1865. Thomas, John, e. Feb. 2, 1864, m. o. Ang. 9, 1865. Stephens, John, e. Nov. 3, 1862, vet. Jan. 1, 1864, disd. Sept. 1, 1865. Kimball, H. S., e. Feb. 22, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865. McQuaid, A. E., e. Oct. 1, 1862, died Jan. 27, 1863. Abram, Lambert, vet., Jan. 1, 1864, m. o. Aug. 9, 1865.
Fourth Cavalry.
Lieut. Col. Thomas Doummond, com. Dec. 24, 1861, resd. June 3, 1862.
C'apt. Eugene R. Jones, e. as sergt. maj., prmtd. Ist lieut. May 31, 1864, prmtd. capt. Oct. 27, 1864, kld. at Selma Ala., April 2, 1865.
Logan, L. T., e. Nov. 13, 1861, m. o. Aug. 10, 1865.
Thirty-Fifth Missouri Infantry.
Burnett, G. G., e. Aug. 19, 1862, prmtd. corp. Jan. 1, 1863.
Third Battery.
Dolph, E. M., e. Dec. 22, 1863, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865. Dearth, G. W., wd. at Pea Ridge, disd. for prm. Sept. 8, 1862, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
Haun, David, m. o. Oct. 3, 1865. Lendisay, Jas., m. o. Oct. 3, 1865.
For four years and more, the notes of the fife and drum and bugle and the tramp of armed hosts were continually heard, from the Atlantic to the Pacific, from the Gulf of Mexico to British North America, and the clash of arms was borne northward on every breeze from the sunny but blood-drenched plains of the South. For four years and more, "grim-visaged war" had waved its crim- son banners over the fair fabric the Fathers had erected, in a vain endeavor to hurl it from its foundations. In this terrible and gigantic struggle Benton had borne its full part, and many a brave volunteer from its beautiful prairies had laid down his life on the battle field or starved to death in the rebel slaughter pens at Andersonville and Macon.
But now Sherman and his "brave boys in blue " had made their memorable and historic march to the sea, Lee had surrendered to the victorious army of the Union under Grant, the war was ended, peace restored, the Union preserved in its integrity, and the patriotic sons of Benton who were spared to witness the final victory of the armies of the Union returned to their homes to receive grand ovations and tributes of honor from friends and neighbors who had eagerly and jealously and anxiously watched and followed them wherever the varying fortunes of war had called them.
Exchanging their soldiers' uniforms for citizens' dress, most of them fell back to their old avocations-on the farm, in the mines, at the forge, the bench, in the shop, in the office, or at whatever else their hands found to do. Their noble deeds, in the hour of their country's peril, are now and always will be dear to the hearts of the people whom they so faithfully served. Brave men are always honored, and no class of citizens are entitled to greater respect than the brave volunteers of Benton County; not simply because they were soldiers, but because, in their association with their fellow-men, their walk is upright and their character and honesty without reproach.
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