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Samuel Singmaster.
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was while there, in August, Forest made his dash into the city, and in the charge to drive him out, Lieutenant A. S. Irwin, of company F was mor- tally wounded. It was at the capture of Spanish Fort, in the seige of Mo- bile, the regiment most distinguished itself on the eighth of April, 1865. The regiment remained in the vicinity of Mobile until the spring of 1866, when, April 20th, they were mustered out at Selma, Alabama, and those not otherwise accounted for were mustered out then. Keokuk county was represented on the staff, to-wit:
Joseph Andrews, major, promoted from captain of company F; James McConnell, hospital steward, from company F.
COMPANY C.
Seaton, Joseph, enlisted August 10, 1861; discharged October 3, 1861, for disability.
Vastine, William M., enlisted Au- gust 10, 1861; veteranized Janu- ary 1, 1864.
Wilkins, Ebenezer, enlisted August 8, 1861.
Parker, Samuel G., enlisted August 18, 1862.
Parker, Alonzo, enlisted August 18, 1862.
COMPANY F .*
Joseph Andrews, captain; promoted major February 7, 1862; wounded at Shiloh; resigned January 26, 1862.
Solomon E. Start, first lieutenant; resigned March 3, 1862.
Rufus H. Law, second lieutenant; resigned for disability January 30, 1862.
William F. Hogin, first sergeant; promoted second lieutenant Feb- ruary 1, 1862; captain March 4, 1862; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Seth E. Hall, second sergeant; vet- eranized first sergeant January 1, 1864; discharged July 10, 1865, for disability.
Thomas F. Ford, third sergeant; discharged May 26, 1862, for disa- bility.
James R. Sturdevant, fourth ser- geant; captured at Shiloh.
Daniel N. Fish, fifth sergeant; vet- eranized January 1, 1864, as sec- ond sergeant; promoted first ser- geant January - 1865; first lieu- tenant August 3, 1865.
Owen E. Hogin, first corporal; vet- eranized January 1, 1864; pro- moted fourth sergeant February 10, 1864.
John J. Smith, second corporal; · discharged June 25, 1862, for dis- ability.
George Johnson, third corporal; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Mills R. Stephenson, fourth corporal; promoted sergeant- -; dis- charged September 5, 1863, for disability.
Joseph A. McIntire, fifth corporal; veteranized January 1, 1864; pro- moted first corporal February 10, 1864.
Archibald S. Irwin, musician; pro- moted first lieutenant March 4, 1862; captured at Shiloh; veter- anized January 1, 1864; killed at Memphis, August 21, 1864.
William Long, wagoner; discharged October 1, 1861, for disability.
PRIVATES.
Allen, David E. Brown, Porter D.
Besser, John, veteranized January 1,1864.
Bland, Calvin L., killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Brown, John T.
* Enlisted August 10, 1861, unless otherwise stated.
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Barker, Warren H.
Beardsley, Wilford W., veteranized January 1, 1864.
Carney, Thomas P.
Clark, John F., veteranized January 1,1864.
Clark, William H., wounded and cap- tured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Conger, William, wounded at Shi- loh.
Caldwell, Daniel W.
Crakoal, Augustus, captured at Shi- loh; died while prisoner at Mont- gomery, Ala., May 14, 1862.
Cox, Benjamin F., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged September 5,1862. Carlisle, James, killed at Shiloh.
Carlisle, Win., wounded at Shiloh.
Cary, Alva A., veteranized January 1, 1864; captured at Mephis Au- gust 21, 1864.
Doty, Edwin, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Deuniston, William.
Darling, Valoren O., discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
Dougherty, Edward, transferred to company I.
Daymude, William B.
Eaton, Alonzo A., discharged July 30, 1862, for disability.
Eaton. Levi J., veteranized January 1, 1864.
Emmons, Ames M.
Fowler, Jeremiah J., veteranized January 1, 1864.
Garrett, Alfred, veteranized January 1,1864.
Humes, Solomon, captured at Shi - loh; reported dead; date and place unknown.
Harvey, Hollin H., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Hendrix, John C., wounded at Cor- inth October 4, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864; reported also as discharged November 19, 1863, for disability.
Harding. William T.
Hagan, Robert D., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged for disability. Hendrix, Isaac W.
Hornish. John M., discharged No- vember 23, 1862, for disability. Hodson, George W., wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Howard, Amos M., veteranized Jan- uary 1. 1861.
Holtz, William, veteranized January 1,1864.
Hensley, Timothy, killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Huggins, George H., enlisted Au- gust -
Hendrix, Thos. J., discharged April -, 1863, for disability.
Jacobs, Noah, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Jacobs, John B. [D.], discharged August 5. 1862, for disability.
Johnson, Geo., promoted third cor- poral; killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Kreger, William, wounded at Shi- loh: veteranized January 1, 1864. Konkright, William W., wounded at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Laffer, Benjamin F., captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1×64.
Lash, Daniel W., captured at Jack- son, Mississippi, July 10, 1863; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Littler, George L., discharged Feb- rnary 7, 1862, for disability.
Long, William, captured at Shiloh; rejoined regiment, and discharged October 3, 1862, for disability.
Lain, Thomas V., killed at Shiloh. Mayres. Frederick.
Matthews, Alvin T., captured at Shiloh: died October 15, 1862, at Petersburg, Virginia, while a pris- oner.
Maryvess, John H., discharged July 11, 1862, for disability ; re-enlisted February 23, 1863.
Morgan, Cornelius L., discharged April 26. 1862, for disability.
Mc Masters, William R, discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
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McConnell, James, promoted hospi-
tal steward November 27, 1861; veteranized January 1, 1864; dis- charged February 14, 1865, for disability.
Monical, John D., killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Martin, Henry L., enlisted August 30, 1862; died at Davenport, Jan- uary 16, 1863.
McElroy, John A., discharged Jan- uary 10, 1862, for disability.
Nelson, George W., died at Keokuk, October 27, 1862.
Nanke, Frederick.
Nelson, Jonathan M., discharged April 16, 1862, for.disability.
Neiman, Charles, discharged Feb- ruary 7, 1862, for disability.
Oswalt, Alfred, discharged January 14, 1862, for disability.
Paul, Franklin A., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Perkins, George W., wounded at Corinth, October 4, 1862.
Richardson, Silas J., discharged February 7, 1862, for disability.
Reynolds, Joseph H., discharged April 14, 1862.
Reynolds, Silas W., veteranized Jan- nary 1, 1864.
Richardson, Benj. F., captured at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Roland, Wm., discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
Reed, Charles, discharged April 26, 1862, for disability.
Rockafeller, Peter R., veteranized January 1, 1864.
Shockley, Samuel M., wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged September 18, 1862, for disability. Sloan. Norman, captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged Sep- tember 12, 1862, for disability.
Sloan, Newton, captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died while prisoner at Tuscumbia, Ala., April 25, 1862.
Smith, Charles, died at Sedalia, Mo., January 2, 1862.
Seibel, Adolph, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Torrence, Wm. M., killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Uthman, Frederick, died January 8, 1864, at Sigourney.
Vogel, Andrew J., captured at Shi- loh April 6, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Ward, Jolın W., promoted eighth corporal September 21, 1861; sec- one lieutenant March 4, 1862; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; resigned March 25, 1863.
Williams, Isaac M., wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of wounds May 6, 1862.
York, Joseph M., veteranized Jan- nary 1, 1864.
ADDITIONAL.
Clark, Robert W., enlisted March 17, 1865.
Hickman, J. Q. F., enlisted March 11, 1865.
COMPANY G.
Wetherill, H. B., enlisted September 3, 1861; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Burns, William H,, enlisted January 18, 1863; re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864; wounded at Spanish Fort April 7, 1865.
Schutaz, Jacob F., enlisted March 31,1864.
Wetherill, Edwin, enlisted March 31, 1864; died May 10, 1865, at Montgomery, Ala.
Chapman, Charles, veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Goben, Joseph, veteranized January 1. 1864.
Walters, Robert H., veteranized January 1, 1864.
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ELEVENTH INFANTRY.
The Eleventh Infantry regiment was organized in September and October, 1861; company D, in which Keokuk county was represented, was organ- ized in September. It, with the thirteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth Iowa regiments, formed the third brigade of the sixth division, seventeenth army corps. Shiloh was its introduction to the art of war, where the Iowa brigade proved to be of good mettle on a terrible field of battle. The brigade had not yet learned to fire by battalion and company, and could only answer the fire of the enemy thus made with fire by file. The heaps of fallen enemies in front of them showed they were good marksmen. Its second battle was at Corinth. The winter of 1862 was spent in the opera- tions in front of Vicksburg, Milliken's Bend, Providence, Bayou Tensas and Macon, to the close of the Vicksburg campaign in July, 1863. It then, in August, went with the brigade on the expedition to Monroe, Lou- isiana; in October, to Jackson; in December, to Redbone; in February, 1864, on the Meridan expedition; at the close of which it, in March, came home on veteran furlough, having re-enlisted in January. It returned to the front and joined General Sherman's army at Neworth, Georgia, and first met the enemy at Kenesaw, June 15, and lost its first man, and in the skirmishes which daily followed it met its heaviest losses, like the remainder of the Iowa brigade on the 22nd of July in the siege of Atlanta, where the Iowa brigade were under fire of the enemy nearly eighty-one days, sixteen of which were in battle. After driving Hood's army from the country, the army cut loose from its base; in October, joined in the mem- orable " March to the Sea," the seventeenth corps being assigned to the right wing, the Army of the Cumberland to the left. Starting on the 6th of November, thence to Richmond, Washington, the Grand Review, and Louisville, where it was mustered out July 15, 1865, having traveled over eight thousand miles, over half of which was on foot, and having a record of 386 men, and 40 officers, lost.
COMPANY F .*
Haroly B. Trotter, third sergeant; veteranized January 1, 1864; pro- moted first lieutenant December 1, 1862; discharged October 26, 1864, for disability.
Merritt S. Russell, seventh corporal; discharged January 28, 1862, for disability.
Ferrand, Ferd. H.
North, John D., died at Jefferson City, January 4, 1862.
Ramsey, Abraham C., veteranized August 1, 1864. Smith, Isaac N., died at St Louis, December 11, 1861.
Snodgrass, James A., discharged March 17, 1862. Vastive, Benjamin, veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
THIRTEENTH INFANTRY.
The Thirteenth Infantry was organized in October, 1861. Company D, in which Keokuk county was represented, was mustered in on the 21st. Its first colonel was the gallant hero, Marcellus M. Crocker, who was rap- idly promoted to brigadier-general. He led the regiment in but two bat-
* Enlisted September 23, 1861.
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tles, at Shiloh and Corinth. The Thirteenth received its baptismn of blood at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, where for ten hours it was under the fire of the enemy, sustaining a loss of twenty-four killed, and one hundred and thirty- nine wounded; missing nine.
Immediately after the battle of Shiloh, the Iowa brigade was organized, composed of the eleventh, thirteenth, fifteenth and sixteenth Iowa regi- ments, and became one of the oldest and most distinguished brigades in the Army of the Tennessee. It was accorded the honor of once saving the en- tire army of the Tennessee from a terrible defeat. The history of the Thirteenth is that of the noble old iron-breasted brigade. In the winter of 1862-3, the regiment with its brigade, returned from General Grant's march into central Mississippi, to Lafayette, Tennessee; and on the 22d of January, left for Young's Point, Louisiana, where the regiment worked hard on the celebrated Vicksburg canal, and until the following September its duties were fatiguing. On the 6th of May, the enemy evacuated a point opposite Grand Gulf, and the Iowa brigade at once took possession, and until after the battles of Champion's Hill and Black River Bridge, Grand Gulf was held by the Iowa brigade, and was a base of supplies for Grant's army. At midnight, on the 19th of May, the Iowa brigade was ordered back to Young's Point, by forced marches, and sent by boat to the assist- ance of Sherman up the Yazoo river, but it was not needed, and retraced its steps, arriving at the front on the 22d. On the 26th, the brigade was ordered out with McArthur's division, to disperse the enemy who were concentrating in the direction of Yazoo City and the upper Big Black, to move on Grant's rear. This march will be remembered by the Thirteenth as the hardest made by the regiment, unless that to Monroe, Louisiana, and one through the bottomless swamps of South Carolina are excepted. It was in the heat of a southern summer sun, amid suffocating dust and at rapid pace, but was not barren of results. The return march through Yazoo valley resulted in the destruction of immense quantities of corn and cotton, and the addition of five thousand head of cattle, sheep and hogs to the commissariat of Grant's army. The autumn and most of the winter were spent by the Thirteenth at Vicksburg, and it was there the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, though it did not take its furlough until after the march to Meridian. The remainder of the history of the regiment is summed up in the noble record of the army, in the three unparalleled marches of General Sherman-from Dalton to Atlanta; Atlanta to Savannah; Savannah to Goldsboro and Washington. The heroic act which gave the regiment a national reputation was at the capture of Columbia, South Carolina, on the 17th of February, 1865; Lieutenant Colonel J. C. Kemedy, placed the regimental colors on the capitol building. The regiment was inustercd out at Louisville, Kentucky, July 21, 1865. The total casualities of the regi- ment were 542 of enlisted men, and 49 of officers, or the largest of officers f any Iowa regiments except the second, sixth and seventh.
COMPANY D .*
Abraham C. Price, captain; resigned November 11, 1862. Joseph B. Homan, first lieutenant; resigned April 19, 1862.
Justinian Ray, second lieutenant; resigned February 8, 1862. Alonzo J. Pope, first sergeant; wounded at Shiloh, April, 1862; promoted second lieutenant April 20, 1862; first lieutenant Novem-
* Enlisted October 10, unless otherwise stated.
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ber 12, 1862; captain May 24, 1864; major May 12, 1865; cap- tured at Atlanta July 22, 1864. Brice McBeth, second sergeant; pro- moted first sergeant April 20, 1862; discharged October 23, 1862, for disability.
Thomas F. Griffin, third sergeant; promoted second sergeant April 20, 1862; discharged November 4, 1864, for disability.
Robert F. Lowe, fourth sergeant; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; promoted third sergeant April 20, 1862; first sergeant October 23, 1862; veteranized January 4, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain June 26, 1864; died of wounds June 30, 1864, at Big Shanty, Ga. William R. Triggs, fifth sergeant; promoted fourth sergeant April 20, 1862; died at Vicksburg Au- gust 7, 1863.
William I. McLean, first corporal; discharged for disability March 1, 1862.
William Chesney, second corporal; promoted fifth sergeant July 25, 1862.
Lorenzo A. Linville, third corporal; promoted fifth sergeant April 20, 1862; sergeant-major July 25, 1862.
Wesley II. Orton, fourth corporal; promoted third corporal April 20, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864, ordered to ranks July 1, 1864.
James E. Brown, fifth corporal; dis- charged for disability January 26, 1862.
James H. Wangh, sixth corporal; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; reduced to ranks at own request; discharged July 20, 1862, for dis- ability.
Samuel P. Bailey, seventh corporal. John T. Parker, eighth corporal; promoted commissary sergeant February 12, 1862; promoted se- cond lieutenant November 12, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864; promoted first lieutenant May 20,
1864; captured near Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1364; promoted captain May 12, 1865. David W. Shean, musician; veter- anized January 1, 1864.
Thomas A. Wade, musician; veter- anized January 1, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Adams, Henry C., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; promoted fifth cor- poral January 22, 1864.
Anderson, Homer, died at Jefferson City, January 5, 1862.
Allen, John N., veteranized January 1, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; promoted fourth cor- poral January 22, 1864.
Bell, Robert.
Blair, John T., promoted.
Barnes, Joseph, enlisted February 10, 1862; veteranized January 1, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; died at Annapolis, Maryland, December 4, 1864.
Bringman, Oscar D., enlisted Decem- ber 14, 1863.
Brown, Vestal S.
Baker, William, died near Grand Junction, Tennessee, November 13, 1862.
Buck, Dudley, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Basil, Stephen, died at Jefferson City, January 4, 1862.
Boyd, Abraham.
Bottorf, James M., discharged April 9, 1864.
Bottorf, Isaac W., wounded at Shi- loh April 6, 1862; discharged November 15, 1862, for disability. Brokaw, Wm. H., captured at At- lanta July 22. 1864.
Brunt, Samuel W., wounded at Shi- loh April 6, 1862; promoted fourth corporal April 20, 1862; third sergeant October 23, 1862.
Booten. George M., enlisted Feb- ruary 10, 1862; veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; captured-date and place unknown.
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Booten, William S., wounded at Kenesaw Mountain July 2, 1864; discharged May 26, 1865.
Beardsley, John S., enlisted January 5, 1864.
Bonsall, Emmon, enlisted March 17, 1862.
Bonsall, Leoi, enlisted March 25, 1862; died on steamner "City of Louisville" June 2, 1862.
Bray, Harman.
Brown, David S., enlisted October 18, 1862; teamster division head- quarters; ordered to regiment and not heard of since.
Castor, Lewis, wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died at Vicksburg October 4, 1863.
Curtis, Norval F., wounded at Shi- loh April 6, 1862; died at Milli- ken's Bend, Louisiana, September 28, 1863, by burning of steamer "R. Campbell, Jr."
Cochrane, Win. C., discharged No- vember 20, 1862.
Cooper, Wmn. H., discharged Aug- 2, 1862.
Curry, James D., veteranized Janu- ary 1, 1864; promoted fifth ser- geant January 22, 1864.
Dalton, William, wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Dobie, George W., discharged Jan- uary 14, 1862, for disability.
Dunbar, John S., veteranized Janu- ary 1, 1864.
Dana, George B., appointed hospital steward October 8, 1862.
Dawson, John M.
Ellis, John M., wounded at Kene- saw Mountain July 8, 1864.
Farra, John R., discharged April 21, 1863, for disability.
Ford, Chauncy. veteranized January 1, 1864 : promoted eighth corporal July 1, 1864.
Fleming, Franklin F., wounded at Shiloh; promoted third sergeant January 29, 1864.
Fritzler, Albert, wounded at Shiloh. Green, William S., discharged April 23, 1863, for disability.
Gregory, Oscar L., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Gorrell, Josiah, appointed wagoner. Hornback, Abraham, veteranized January 1, 1864.
Hogin, Geo. B., promoted commis- sary sergeant; promoted second lieutenant February 12, 1862; first lieutenant April 20, 1862; captain November 12, 1862; resigned May 23, 1864
Hebard, Stephen S., transferred for promotion to captain fourth Mis- sissippi Infantry (colored).
Irvin. Jacob, discharged October 23, 1862.
Johnson, William, wounded at Shi- loh; veteranized January 1, 1864; transferred for promotion in col- ored regiment.
Johnson, Charles A.
Johnson, Samuel E., wounded at Shiloh; transferred for promotion in ninth Louisiana colored regi- ment.
Jacobs, John W., wounded at Shi- loh; veteranized January 1, 1864; promoted first corporal January 22, 1864.
Kendall, Charles F., veteranized January 1, 1864; promoted sev- enth corporal July 4, 1864.
Lasch, Jacob, discharged October 23, 1862, for disability.
Lickey, George, killed at Shiloh. McDaniel, Andrew B., enlisted Jan- uary 27, 1864; killed at Atlanta July 21, 1864.
McGahey, Wm. B., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; promoted first ser- geant July 1, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 21, 1864.
McIntosh, Clark C., wounded at Shi- loh April 6, 1862; discharged for wounds July 2, 1862.
McLean, S. Calvin. McLenahan, James E.
McCrery, James, died July 10, 1863, at regimental hospital.
McPeek, Charles H., missing at Shi- loh; supposed to have been killed and buried unrecognized.
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Martin, Richard S., promoted eighth
corporal February 12, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862. Marshall, Charles W., discharged May 1, 1862, for disability. Meeker, David B., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; killed at Atlanta July 21, 1864.
Melogue, William L., veteranized January 1, 1864; promoted fourth sergeant January 22, 1864; cap- tured at Atlanta July 22, 1864. Miller, Abram A., promoted sccond corporal July 25, 1862; veteran- ized January 1, 1864, as private; promoted sixth corporal July 1, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; died March 16, 1865, at Wheeling, West Virginia.
Minteer, Upton W., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged December 29, 1862, for disability.
Nelson, John C., enlisted February 17, 1864; died at Mound City May 25, 1864.
Paslay, Morgan, wounded at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Pinkerton, Handy, enlisted Febru- ary 20, 1864.
Pinkerton, Cyrus, veteranized Jan- - mary 1, 1864; missing in action at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Phelps, Daniel M., wounded at Shi- loh; discharged August 15, 1862. Ringlow, George W., enlisted Jan- nary 29, 1864.
Robinson, Herrick, wounded at Shi- loh.
Rider, Nelson, died at Stevenson, Al- abama, January 2, 1865.
Skinner, William, veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864, as corporal. Stillwell, George F., discharged for disability May 1, 1862. Shaver Peter.
Sisson, James J., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; missing at Atlanta, in action, July 22, 1864.
Sisson, William C., enlisted March 25, 1864; wounded July 8, 1864, near Atlanta; mustered out July 21, 1865.
Shean, David W., enlisted December 19, 1862.
Shawhan, Daniel W., discharged Au- gust 11, 1862.
Stokesberry, John W., discharged May 1, 1862, for disability.
Stokesberry, Joseph A., died Octo- ber 24, 1862, at Vicksburg, Mis- sissippi.
Skean, John W., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; wounded at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Silence, George W., died at Pitts- burg Landing April 7, 1862.
Stranahan, Andrew, wounded at Shiloh; veteranized January 1, 1864.
Smith, George M., veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Slatterly, John, enlisted November 3, 1864; died May 21, 1865, at Doud's Island, New York.
Wyman, Stephen, veteranized Jan- uary 1, 1864; missing in action at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Wilson, Thomas, died July 9, 1862, at Muscatine.
White, Thomas M.
Wilson, John, enlisted February 28, 1864.
Whiteman, Calder. Williams, James W.
Yearick, Sam'l W., promoted fourth corporal October 23, 1862; vet- eranized January 1, 1864.
Young, Benjamin G., enlisted No- vember 18, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Rickey, Henry, died June 12, 1862, near New Albany, Indiana.
White, Frederick E., enlisted De- cember 11. 1862; veteranized Feb- ruary 19, 1864.
White, Lewis, enlisted April 18, 1864; killed at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
Wragar, Albert, enlisted March 28, 1864; wounded July 9, 1864; transferred to veteran invalid corps.
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Bringman, Oscar D., enlisted De-
cember 3, 1863; company un- known.
Fuller, Ezra, enlisted March 20,
1862; company unknown.
FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.
The Fifteenth was organized in the fall of 1861. Company A in which Keokuk county was represented was mustered in November. The regi- ment had the advantage of several months drill, and no regiment left the State better prepared in that regard than this. April 1, 1862, it went to the field, reaching Pittsburg Landing on that memorable Sunday, the 6th of April, after the battle had been going on several hours. It was imme- diately put to the front, and came out with a loss of one hundred and eighty-eight, in killed, wounded and missing. At Corinth it was again unfortunate. It was in the Vicksburg campaign, and in the famous Mer-
idian raid. It came home on veteran furlough in March, 1864, and on re- turning to the front it joined the Atlanta campaign, losing heavily in the skirmishes about that city before the battle, July 22, in which it lost heav- ily. It joined the march to the sea; to Goldsboro, Raleigh and Washing- ton. It was mustered out at Lonisville, July 24, 1865. It suffered more casualties than any regiment sent from this State. Of the seventeen hun- dred and sixty-three members of the regiment, but seven hundred and twelve were present at the muster out. It carried its banner seven thous- and, eight hundred and ninety-eight miles. It hangs in the State arsenal torn in shreds by leaden hail, a token of valor and honor to the brave inen who bore it.
COMPANY A.
Robert G. Forgrave enlisted May 6; 1861; third sergeant from first sergeant company E second infant- ry; promoted second sergeant March 1, 1862; reduced to ranks May 21, 1862.
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