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The following account of the regiments partly recruited from Keokuk county, is compiled from the Adjutant-General's reports:
THIRD INFANTRY.
The Third regiment was emphatically an Iowa representative regiment. It was organized quickly under the first call for troops, when the people rushed to arms as if by magic. It had representatives from all parts of the State. It rendezvoused at Keokuk, was mustered into the United States service June 10, 1861, and at once sent to Missouri, where guerrillas, horse-thieves and bushwhackers were harassing Union citizens everywhere. It was entangled in " red tape " at the start, and went to the field without a commanding officer above the rank of captain. It was equipped with the old Springfield muskets of " 1848," but without bayonet, cartridge or ration. Its first night was spent on the field in open air, trusting in Provi- dence, tired and hungry. Col. Williams joined the regiment at Chilli- cothe, but was soon after ordered to St. Louis under arrest, when Lieut .- Col. John Scott assumed command, who, September 15, moved out from Cameron to join the 16th Illinois against the rebel general, Atchison. At Blue Mills the impetuosity of the men, eager for fray, led them into an ambush which resulted disastrously, and taught them a good lesson. Its next position was to guard the North Missouri railroad, where it remained until March, 1862, when it was ordered south, disembarking at Pittsburg Landing March 17, joining the noble Fourth Army Division. It was at Shiloh, winning military glory by the loss of 200 out of 450 men engaged. June 2 it went with Sherman to Memphis. In September it went back to Corinth, fighting at Hatchie on the way. For seven months following it was with Grant, through central Mississippi back to Memphis, thence to Vicksburg, taking part in its capture; thence it joined Sherman in his chase after Joe Johnson, and was more conspicuous for brilliant service than any other Iowa regiment. In the siege of Jackson it also distinguished itself. Thence, in December, returned to Vicksburg, and accompanied Sherman in his Meridan expedition, after which it took a veteran furlough. The non-veterans were ordered to the Red River campaign. The two were
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never again united, the veterans, on returning to the field, joining Sher- man in his "March to the Sea," and at Atlanta, July 24, 1864, it literally fought itself out of existence. Its color-sergeant fell pierced with bullets, the colors captured. Subsequently, a squad of the regiment, who had been captured and taken into Atlanta, saw their colors borne through the streets by a squad of cavalry. They made a dash, recaptured it, and tore it into shreds. In July, 1864, it was so decimated as to lose its organization, and the few remaining men were consolidated with the Second Infantry, when, four days later, they were mustered out, July 12, 1865. The regiment has one of the saddest, and yet noblest, records of all those sent from the State.
COMPANY H .*
Bradley, Wm. R., killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Lathrop, Frederick O.
Hendrick, Charles, discharged March 25, 1862, for disability. Murdock, Melancthon D., discharged November 26, 1861, for disability.
FIFTH INFANTRY.
The Fifth Infantry took the field in August, 1861, and first served in Missouri, going to Jefferson City August 14; thence, in September, to Columbia, Boonville, Glasgow, Springfield, Syracuse; thence back to Boonville; thence to Cairo, February 22, 1862, at which date it had not met the enemy. From Cairo it at once went to Benton, thence with Gen- eral Pope to New Madrid, where, March 4th, it encountered the enemy in force treble its own, but held its position two hours under a heavy fire. At Island No. 10 the valor of the regiment won the inscription of the bat- tle on their banner. Thence the regiment went to Corinth. It was while there Colonel Worthington, a brave and excellent officer, was accident- ally shot by a sentinel. After the siege of Corinth the regiment joined in the pursuit of Beauregard to Booneville, thence returned to Corinth, and in June went to Ripley, Rienzi, back to Clear Springs; thence to Jacinto; thence against Price at Iuka, where, September 19th, it was engaged in
that terrible engagement. For six miles from Jacinto to Iuka the Fifth led the advance of the division, beating back the enemy, until, when three miles distant from Iuka, the enemy was met in force. The Fifth was the first in line of battle, and from that moment until every cartridge was gone held its place. Its loss of 217 men of the 482 tells the story of its heroism. Fifteen non-commissioned officers were killed. October 3d and 4th, next met the enemy at Corinth. The march to Yockona; thence back to Memphis; thence down the Mississippi to Grand Lake; thence to Hel- ena, and the wild chase down the Yazoo Pass,-all are a part of the history of this regiment. At Champion's Hill, May 16, 1863, the regiment showed its pluck. For an hour and a half it, with its brigade, held an im- portant and perilous position, and the last thirty minutes of which it had no ammunition except what was gathered from cartridge-boxes of dead and wounded on the field. From that time to the fall of Vicksburg its history is that of all who took part therein. After the fall of Vicksburg the regi- ment went to Helena, thence to Memphis, thence with General Sherman across the country to Chattanooga, where it took active part in the battle
*Enlisted June 1, 1861.
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on the 25th of November, where it lost 106, most of whom were captured. After Chattanooga there is little of importance. It joined in the pursuit of Bragg to Graysville, Georgia; thence to Huntsville, Alabama, where it passed the winter. In April it came north on a veteran furlough, return- ing in May; was ordered to Kingston, Georgia. August 8, 1864, the vet- erans were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, as companies I and G. After the transfer the regiment was refitted and remounted at Nashville, and joined Wilson's brilliant march through Alabama and Georgia, at the close of which it was sent to Macon, Georgia, and August 9, 1865, was mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia. Keokuk county was represented in Co. F.
COMPANY F .*
Ezekiel S. Sampson, captain; pro- moted lieutenant-colonel May 23, 1862.
Uriah H. Keath, first lieutenant; promoted captain September 1862. Henry S. Douns, second lientenant; resigned from disability Decem- ber 1, 1861.
Charles S. Miller, first sergeant; re- duced to fourth sergeant at his own request December 1, 1861.
Sebastian Fisher, second sergeant; killed at Iuka September 19, 1862, while acting as second lieutenant. Charles Cosby, third sergeant; dis- charged January 30, 1862, for dis- ability.
Austin B. Rayburn, fourth sergeant; promoted second lieutenant De- cember 2, 1861; mustered out May 28, 1862.
Manassas M. Flary, fifth sergeant; reduced to ranks August 17, 1862. Wm. Cross, first corporal; reduced to ranks at his own request Decem- ber 1, 1862; wounded at Copper- ville, Miss., December 5, 1862; discharged March 3, 1863, for dis- ability.
James A. Renfro, second corporal; promoted third sergeant Angust 10, 1863; wounded at Inka Sep- tember 19, 1862; transferred to invalid corps March 16, 1864.
Franklin N. McCoy, third corporal; promoted second lieutenant Sep- tember 4, 1862.
Henry T. McNiel, fourth corporal; died at Syracuse, Mo., December 9, 1861.
Sherridan G. Rose, fifth corporal; re- duced to ranks at his own request; wounded at Iuka; discharged October 5, 1862, for disability.
Henry. B. Landers, sixth corporal; promoted fifth corporal December 9, 1861; wounded at Iuka.
Abram G. Long, seventh corporal; promoted fourth sergeant March 15, 1862; wounded at Iuka; dis- charged December 11, 1862, for disability.
Elvin M. Holcomb, eighth corporal; promoted second lieutenant June 1, 1862; killed at Iuka September 19, 1862.
Wm. Eberhart, musician; wounded at Iuka; discharged February 28, 1863, from wounds.
Charles S. Sprague, musician; re- duced to ranks October 21, 1862; promoted fifth corporal October 21, 1862; veteranized in company G, fifth cavalry, January 5, 1864. Bennet F. Gore, wagoner, died at Boonville, Mo., January 22, 1862.
PRIVATES.
Allen, Abel D., discharged February 13, 1862, for disability.
Beavel, Andrew, wounded at Iuka; veteranized company G, fifth cav- alry, January 5, 1864.
Butler, Martin V. B., absent October 13, 1861.
* Enlisted July 3, 1861, unless otherwise stated.
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Baldwin, James S., died December
3, 1861, at Warsaw, Mo.
Cross, Eli, enlisted August 5, 1862; discharged October 22, 1862, for disability.
Crosby, Charles, discharged January 3, 1862, for disability.
Cotton, Wm. L., veteranized fifth cavalry April 11, 1864.
Campbell, George, wounded at Champion's Hill May 16, 1863; veteranized fifth cavalry January 5, 1864.
Campbell, Wm. L., discharged Feb- ruary 13, 1862, for disability.
Cabler, Edward, discharged March 22, 1862, for disability.
Cabler, John, wounded at Iuka.
Cross, Wm. P., wounded at Coffe- ville, Miss., December 5, 1862; veteranized fifth cavalry, first cor- poral, company G, January 1, 1864.
Cooper, George W., died September 16, 1861, at Jefferson City, Mo. Ellsworth, Francis M., discharged February 14, 1863, for disability. Ferry, George H., wounded at Iuka; promoted to corporal; transferred to invalid corps August, 1863. Fulton, Wm. J., killed at Iuka Sep- tember 19, 1862. 4
Greene, Isaac H., killed at Iuka Sep- tember 19, 1862.
Glandon, David C., died of wounds at Iuka September 21, 1862.
Goss, Charles W. (or S.), died of wounds at Iuka September 21, 1862.
Gano, Charles, wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; promoted corporal; wounded and captured at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
Hudson, John W., died at Syracuse, Mo., November 2, 1861.
Hall, Robert M., discharged April 22, 1863, for disability.
Hall, John, wounded at Iuka.
Hartwell, Abram, promoted fifth corporal July 1, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant October 21, 1862;
promoted first sergeant -: captured at Mission Ridge No- vember 25, 1864.
Hart, Daniel, captured at Madison Station, Ala., May 17, 1864.
Jacques, John Joseph, promoted corporal; captured at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863.
Jones, David M., died of wounds at Iuka September 21, 1862.
Ketchum, John V., died' of wounds at Iuka.
Long, Isaac, killed at Iuka Septem- ber 19, 1862.
Laffer, Reason P., promoted eighth corporal June 17, 1862; wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862.
Laffer, James E., enlisted August 26, 1862; discharged May 19, 1863, for disability.
Laffer, Phillip, enlisted August 26, 1862; discharged May 15, 1863, for disability.
Lineback, Jacob, discharged March 5, 1863, for disability.
Lineback, Henry, killed at Cham- pion's Hill May 16, 1863.
Morgan, George E, promoted eighth corporal December 1, 1861; dis- charged July 19, 1862, for inju- ries by falling accidentally.
Morrison, Lewis M., promoted first sergeant June 16, 1862; reduced to ranks at his own request Sep- tember 4, 1862; transferred to in- valid corps February 16, 1864.
Mohme, Charles, discharged Janua- ry 8, 1862, for disability.
McChanahan, Robert, promoted sec- ond corporal August 10, 1861; wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; discharged October 2, 1862, for disability.
McNeil, David, promoted seventh corporal October 21, 1862; vet- eranized company G, fifth caval- ry, January 5, 1864.
Myers, Wm. R., wounded accident- ally; discharged November 22, 1862, for disability.
Minor, Pleasant E., wounded at Iuka.
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Miller, Samuel, discharged Septem- ber 8, 1862, for disability.
McCampbell, David S., wounded at Champion's Hill May 16, 1863. Payton, Henry C.
Passig, Henry F. B.
Pinkerton, Miron, discharged De- cember 1, 1862, for disability.
Pringle, Nelson.
Rose, Henry, veteranized company G, fifth cavalry, January 5, 1864. Reed, James.
Roland, James H., wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; Champion's Hill May 16, 1863; died of wounds at Baker's Creek, Miss., May 18, 1863.
Rodman, James M., discharged No- vember 30, 1861, for disability.
Sprague, Charles S., enlisted July 31, 1861; veteranized company G, fifth cavalry, January 5, 1864.
Stone, Clark B., enlisted August 31, 1862; veteranized seventh corps, company G, fifth cavalry, January 5, 1864.
Stone, Frederick, discharged April 23, 1863, for disability.
Sınith, William C., discharged Feb- ruary 3, 1862, for disability.
Smith, Walter, died November 1, Smith, Frank.
1861, at Hermanville, Missouri. Shanafelt, Wesley.
Slate, Lionel L, died September 13, 1862, at Jefferson Barracks.
Slate, Ord, wounded at Iuka Sep- tember 19, 1862; died of wounds October 5, 1862, at Jackson, Ten- nessee.
Stumer, Frederick.
Shively, Samuel B.
Shipman, Alfred, wounded at Iuka September 19; died at Jackson October 5, 1862; reported also as
- discharged April 22, 1863, for dis- ability.
Shockly, William, veteranized in company G, fifth cavalry January 5, 1864.
Shockly, Thos. A., wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; killed at Chattanooga November 25, 1863. Switzer, Wm. L., wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; discharged December 20, 1862, for disability; [also reported as Welcome G.]
Smack, Finley M., promoted sev- enth corporal June 16, 1863; pro- moted first sergeant October 21, 1862; veteranized O. M. S. com- pany G fifth cavalry February 13, 1864.
Shallenbarger, Joseph B., enlisted August 16, 1861; discharged July 25, 1862, for disability.
Taylor, Wm. C., captured at Madi- son Station, Alabama, May 17, 1864.
Thomas, Harrison, died Nov 10, 1861, at Boonville, Missouri.
Tipton, George B., wounded at Iuka September 19, 1863; at Vicksburg May 22, 1863; transferred to in- valid corps May 15, 1864.
Teller, John W., killed at Iuka Sep- tember 19, 1862.
Voss, Harding, enlisted August 16, 1861.
Woodruff, Nehemiah H., discharged September 21, 1862, for disability. Wilson, Abel P., wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; discharged -October 5, 1862, for disability.
Woods, James, wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; transferred to invalid. corps February 15, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Stone, Anson H., enlisted June 24, 1861; veteranized company G fifth cavalry April 11, 1864.
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SEVENTH INFANTRY.
The Seventh Infantry entered the service immediately after the battle of Bull Run. There was an urgent demand for troops, and the regiment was hurriedly organized, and, after muster, on July 24, 1861, it was sent to St. Louis for equipal, thence to Ironton, where it received its first drill in the manual of arms. Thence it was stationed and served at Cape Girardeau, Cairo, Fort Holt, Mayfield Creek, Camp Crittenden, Fort Jefferson, Ken- tucky, Norfolk and Bird's Point, leaving the latter November 6, 1861, on the memorable Belmont expedition, to cut off troops being sent to Price's army, and to protect troops being sent by Gen. Grant in pursuit of Jeff. Thompson. At the battle of Belmont, November 7, the regiment was the hero of the day. It suffered more than any other regiment, and received special mention by Gen. Grant for its gallantry. A remarkable incident occurred while the Union troops were re-embarking in transports after this battle. The last boat had been landed, and as the hawser was being cast off, rebel artillery suddenly came to the river bank, a gun was quickly placed in position, and leveled on the loaded transport, and the gunner was in the act of pulling the lanyard, when a shell from a Un- ion gunboat exploded beneath the carriage of the gun, hurling the carriage, gun and all, high in air, demolishing the carriage, and while in mid air, the gun exploded. The rebel gunners and several others were killed. After this battle the regiment returned to Bird's Point, remained two months, when they took part in the capture of Fort Henry. February 12, they joined the march against Fort Donelson, and the gallantry of Iowa troops on that occasion made J. G. Lauman, colonel of the regiment, a brigadier general. From Donelson the regiment moved to Pittsburg, and took part in the battle of Shiloh. Next followed the siege at Corinth ;. thence to Iuka, where, on the 19th of September, the fifth regiment. suffered so terribly. The Seventh was not in this battle, being employed in a stragetic movement to attract the enemy in another direction, but at. Corinth it was hotly engaged, losing one-third the number engaged. All the color-guard but one were killed or wounded. The regiment remained in the vicinity of Corinth, and in October, 1863, moved to Pulaski with Gen. Dodge's command. In December they re-enlisted as veterans, and came North on veteran furlough. In April it returned to the field, and with the second went to the front, and joined the campaign against Atlanta. At Oastanula river the regiment with Price's brigade was moving through heavy timber, when it was suddenly charged by a whole brigade of rebel infantry. The brigade counter-charged with a rush, driving the enemy from the field, and gaining a position which necessitated the evacuation of Resaca, by the rebels. The Seventh lost heavily in this engagement. After Atlanta had fallen, the Seventh, with Rice's brigade, was transferred to the fifteenth army corps, and its history was that of Gen. Logan's division, marching nearly back to Dalton, around through Snake Gap, thence to Savannah, thence 480 miles through swamps, amid suffering and storm, to Goldsboro, where the Confederacy collapsed. The regiment then started on the homeward march, via Raleigh, to Washington, where it was a part of the grand review, proud of its record inscribed on its banners. Thence it moved to Louisville, Kentucky, where, July 12, 1865, the veteran heroes were called up for muster out. Five hundred and fifty-nine were " checked " as killed or wounded. The regiment had two Colonels, both of whom were made brigadier-generals.
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COMPANY F.
Warner, Stephen C., fourth corporal; enlisted July 11, 1861; died March 1, 1862, at Smithland, Ky.
Brooks, Joseph W., eighth corporal; promoted to sergeant; discharged September 10, 1862, for promo- tion in thirty-third Missouri in- fantry.
Broadhead, William, wounded at Belmont November 7, 1861; dis- charged April 2, 1862, for disabil- ity.
Hampton, Wm. W., enlisted July 11, 1861; died of injuries from railroad accident at DuQuoin, Ill- inois, January 23, 1862.
Hoisington, James E., enlisted July 11, 1861; wounded at Corinth, October. 1862; discharged De- cember 23, 1862.
Hoover, Daniel G., enlisted July 11, 1861; veteranized December 26, 1863.
Kinney, Warren, enlisted July -, 1861; killed at Belmont Novem- ber 7, 1861.
Roe, Win., enlisted July 11, 1861; died at St. Louis, February 9, 1862.
COMPANY K.
Samuel R. Black, captain; enlisted July 11, 1861; resigned July 3, 1863.
Jacob Snyder, first lieutenant; en- listed July 11, 1861; resigned June 7, 1862.
.Jesse F. Warner, second lieutenant; enlisted July 11, 1861; promoted captain July 23, 1863; resigned August 29, 1864.
Timothy Spence, first sergeant; en- enlisted July 11, 1861; reduced to ranks November 6, 1861; pro- moted second sergeant, second lieutenant, July 23, 1863, and captain August 30, 1864.
Benjamin F. Kirkbride, second ser- geant; enlisted July 11, 1861; re- duced to ranks July 15, 1862.
Jolın N. Andrew, third sergeant;
promoted hospital steward Janu- ary 23, 1862.
Leonard T. Sims, fourth sergeant; enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged February 3, 1864, for disability James E. McIntyre, fifth sergeant; enlisted July 24, 1861; appointed musician October 21, 1861.
Samuel Goodwin, first corporal; en- listed July 11, 1861; reduced to ranks January 12, 1862.
Hugh L. Duke, third corporal, en- listed July 11, 1861; promoted third sergeant January 6, 1862; veteranized January 4, 1864; pro- moted second sergeant May 1, 1864.
Solomon M. Weyman, fifth corporal; enlisted July 11, 1861; promoted third corporal February 25, 1862; veteranized December 25, 1863; promoted fourth sergeant May 1, 1864.
John R. Jones, seventh corporal, enlisted July 11, 1861 ; discharged October 30, 1861, for disability.
David S. Bales, musician, enlisted August 23, 1862.
PRIVATES.
Bales, Riley W., enlisted July 19, 1861.
Bales, Johnathan L., enlisted De- cember 16, 1861 ; veteranized Jan- uary 4, 1864.
Brown, Merritt S., enlisted July 11, 1861; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; veteranized January 4, 1864.
Berry, Benjamin F., enlisted Janu- ary 11, 1861, discharged at Shiloh May 18, 1862.
Bales, William A., enlisted August 23, 1862; transferred to invalid corps August 13, 1863.
Bales, William D., enlisted Decem- ber 21, 1861.
Bales, Worthington W., enlisted August 23, 1862.
Bales, Zachariah, enlisted December 2, 1861.
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Brooks, Alvah A., enlisted July 11, 1862.
Brown, Isaac, enlisted February 20, 1864.
Charlton, George W., enlisted July 11, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Cable, William, enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged January 23, 1862, for disability.
Corpson, George, enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged November 1, 1861, for disability.
Davis, Anderson, enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged October 30, 1861.
Dare, James, enlisted July 11, 1861; promoted seventh corporal Sep- tember 1, 1862.
Dutton, Sereno, enlisted December 16, 1861; promoted fifth corporal February 25, 1862; third corporal September 1, 1862.
Franklin, John H., enlisted July 11, 1861 ; discharged October 29, 1861, for disability.
Faulkner, Nathan L., enlisted July 11, 1861.
Filley, Nathan H., enlisted August 22, 1862.
Hadley, William, enlisted July 11,
1861; discharged April 8, 1863, for disability.
Harlan, William B., enlisted July 11, 1861; veteranized December 22, 1863.
Henning. Isaac, enlisted July 11. 1861 ; discharged October 29, 1861, for disability.
Henshaw, Levi A., enlisted July 11, 1851; discharged October 30, 1862.
Hadley, Spencer J., enlisted July . 30, 1861.
Jones, Cyrus S., enlisted July 11, 1861; veteranized December 25, 1863.
Johnson, Enos, enlisted February 20, 1864.
Lee, Walter, enlisted March 14, 1862.
McPherson, Joseph, enlisted July 19, 1861.
Mendenhall, Asa, enlisted July 30, 1861.
Manifee, Charles R., enlisted Febru- ary 20, 1864; wounded; place and date not reported.
Horten, Lewis, enlisted February 20, 1864.
Roop, John V., enlisted July 19, 1861; veteranized December 23, 1864.
Snead, John, enlisted July 11, 1861; veteranized December 23, 1864.
Storm, John W., enlisted July 11,
1861; veteranized January 4, 1864.
Strohm, Christian C., enlisted July 11, 1861; promoted seventh cor- poral October 30, 1861; fourth corporal February 25, 1862; sec- ond corporal September 1, 1862. Shaffer, Dudley C., enlisted August 23, 1862.
Smith, Elihu, enlisted August 15, 1862.
Stephens, Benj. G., enlisted August 21, 1862.
Stephens, Eli, enlisted November 30, 1861; discharged July 14, 1862, for disability.
Thompson, Hiram E., enlisted July 11, 1861; died October 28, 1861, at Montezumna, Iowa.
Thompson, John J., enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged April 1, 1862, for disability.
Wheeler, Gilbert, enlisted July 11, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; veteranized December 26, 1863.
Wightman, Minor, promoted fifth sergeant. October 22, 1861; first sergeant November 6, 1861; first lientenant June 8, 1862; resigned August 8, 1864.
Wiggins, Bert, enlisted July 11, 1861; died October 22, 1862, at Mound City, Illinois.
Warner, Washington, enlisted Aug- ust 21, 1862.
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Wilcox, Jesse W., enlisted February 20, 1864.
Yates, David, enlisted July 11, 1861.
York, Alfred M., enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged March 22, 1862, for disability.
York, Elias M., enlisted July 11,
1862, discharged October 28, 1862, for minority.
York, Moses, enlisted February 20, 1864.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
The Eighth Infantry was organized during the summer of 1861, rendez- voused at Davenport, moved to St. Louis in September, where it remained two weeks, received its equipment and moved to Syracuse, where it was stationed for three months engaged in scouting and pursuing Price in his retreat through Arkansas. It returned to Sedalia in November and went into winter quarters. In March, following, it went by steamer to Pitts- burg Landing, arriving just before the battle of Shiloh, in which it was en- gaged, and was its first battle. It was commanded by Colonel Geddes, its first colonel, Frederick Steele, having been promoted to brigadier-general. In this battle the regiment, with the second, seventh, twelfth and four- teenth Iowa regiments on its right, held an important position, the Eighth being the connecting link between the divisions of Wallace and Prentiss, to defend a battery placed in front of them. The struggle to capture this battery by the enemy was desperate, and the Eighth lost heavily in stub- bornly and successfully defending, losing nearly two hundred in killed and wounded. After maintaining their position from early in the morning until after four o'clock, Prentiss' line gave way, on the left of the regi- ment, and fled to the Landing, when, there being no opposition in front, the enemy swept around to the rear of the Eighth and thus effected its cap- ture about six o'clock in the evening, together with a greater portion of the twelfth and fourteenth Iowa and fifty-eighth Illinois. Companies I, C, and H, of the eighth, partially escaped capture, and were subsequently at- tached to the union brigade, which fought in the advance at Corinth with the second division. Company F was so stationed as to receive the brunt of the assault, and Captain Hogin was killed. The Eighth was the last to leave the advance line of the Union army at Shiloh on that terrible Sunday battle. It could have retreated and saved itself from capture, but its motto was to obey orders, and it was left alone to defend itself and the battery be- fore it for an hour after its supporting column had fled in terror from the field. From this date the paths of company C and F diverged. The his- tory of company C is that of the union brigade. Company F, with the other troops captured, were sent to Corinth, thence to Memphis, Mobile and Montgomery, where they were placed in cotton-sheds and treated badly for six weeks, when they were moved to Macon, Georgia, and were worse treated, being shot down without provocation, for three months, when they were taken to Libby prison and there exchanged, when they were permitted to come home on furlough, and in December the regiment was reorganized, and in the spring of 1863 joined Grant's army at Milliken's Bend, being as- signed to third brigade, third division, fifteenth army corps, which it accom- panied in all its tedious marches through Mississippi. It did not go with the army to Chattanooga, but remained at Vicksburg until winter, when it re-enlisted as veterans, came home on furlough, and returning, was or- dered to Memphis, where it remained on provost duty nearly a year. It
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