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Morgan, Jno. L. enlisted July, 1861, taken prisoner at Belmont, Novem- ber 17, 1861, released, re-enlisted December 29, 1864, as veteran.
Mohaney, Jos. D., enlisted July, 1861, taken prisoner at Belmont, died at Annapolis, Md., of chronic diarrhea, December 2, 1862.
Mady, Wm., enlisted July, 1861.
McClure, Thos. B., enlisted July, 1861, wounded in leg at Belmont, discharged at Corinth July 26, 1862.
Martin, Geo. W., enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Belmont, discharged July 1, 1862, at Corinth.
Norton, Gilbert W., enlisted July, 1861, discharged for disability at Pittsburg, Tenn., March 24, 1862. Oswandle, Henry C., enlisted July, 1861, severely wounded at Corinth, re-enlisted as veteran, February 6, 1864.
Phillips, Aaron, enlisted July, 1861, discharged on account of sickness at Keokuk, March 7, 1863.
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Parsons, Silas, enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Belmont, discharged at Pittsburg, Tenn., March 24, 1862, re-enlisted August 13, 1862, killed at Oostanaula River, Ga., May 15, 1864.
Pearsons, John L., enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Corinth.
Pierson, John W., enlisted July, 1861, taken prisoner at Belmont. Sharp, Stephen D., enlisted July, 1861,
afterward corporal, wounded at Donelson, discharged at Keokuk August 21, 1862.
Schock, Jacob, enlisted July, 1861, afterwards corporal, discharged May 24, 1862.
Snooks, James W., enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Belmont and Corinth, killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Sproule, Thos. S., enlisted July, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran December 29, 1863, killed in action near Mariet- ta, Ga., July 4, 1864.
Snooks, Isaiah, enlisted July, 1861, lost left arm, discharged January 7, 1863.
Silverthorn, Wm. W., enlisted July, 1861, discharged at Corinth Aug- ust 11, 1862.
Summers, James W., enlisted July, 1861, killed in battle of Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
Shipley, James G., enlisted July, 1861, discharged at Pittsburg, Tenn., April 28, 1862, for disabili- ty.
Smith, Harvey, enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Belmont, died at Smithland, Ky.
Tredick, Thomas, enlisted July, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran December 29, 1863.
Thompson, Johnson, enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Belmont, dis- charged at Corinth September 17, 1862.
Todd, Wm. H., enlisted July, 1861, wounded in head at Shiloh, dis- charged at Keokuk September 3, 1862.
Thompson, Thos. J., enlisted July, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran Jan- mary 4, 1864.
Vanlandingham, W. H., enlisted July, 1861, wounded at Donelson and Shilolı, discharged at Keokuk September 12, 1862.
Walker Sam J., enlisted July, 1861, taken prisoner at Belmont, died at Macon, Ga., a prisoner of war.
Winkleman, Benj. F., enlisted July, 1861, discharged for disability at Pittsburg, March 24, 1862.
Wymore, Samuel H., enlisted July, 1861, wounded in arm at Belmont, jawbone broken at Corinth, re-en- listed as veteran December 25, 1863.
White, Elias, enlisted July, 1861, kill- ed at Belmont, November 7, 1861, Wharton, Robt., enlisted July, 1861. died at Mound City Hospital, October 26, 1861.
Wilson, Philander D., enlisted July, 1861, taken prisoner at Belmont November 7, 1861, discharged at St. Louis December 30, 1862.
Wharton, Cyrus B., enlisted July, 1861, died at Corinth, August 11, 1862.
Wagner, Fred B., enlisted July, 1861, discharged at Pittsburg, Tenn., April 10, 1862, for lung disease.
Worth, Lawrence B., enlisted July, 1861.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Seary, Thos. I., enlisted August 13, 1861.
Stattler, David E., enlisted Septem- ber 2, 1861, died at Mound City Hospital, November 6, 1861.
Raider, Thos. G., enlisted September 6, 1861, re-enlisted as corporal December 29, 1863.
Bonsel, Jas. S., enlisted September 2, 1861, killed at Shiloh April 6, 1862.
Gregg, Hayden A., enlisted Decem- ber 1, 1861.
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Johnson, Francis M., enlisted Dec.
1, 1861, died at Lagrange, Tenn., of lung disease, Sept. 21, 1863.
Petticord, Hedgeman, enlisted De- cember 1, 1861, discharged at Pittsburg, Tenn., March 24, 1862. Summerville, B. F., enlisted Deeem- ber 1, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran December 29, 1863.
Denny, Jno. E., enlisted Dee. 1, 1861, discharged at Keokuk, September 30, 1862.
Lamb, Isaac F., enlisted December 1, 1861, died of measles at St. Louis, Jannary 12, 1862.
Gaston, James E., enlisted December 1, 1861, discharged for disability at St. Louis, April 11, 1862.
Hollingsworth, H. C., enlisted De- cember 1, 1861, killed at Corinth, October 3, 1862.
Proctor, James M., enlisted Decem- ber 1, 1861, re-enlisted January 2, 1864, as veteran, wounded.
Sproule, John S., enlisted December 1, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran De- cember 29, 1863, promoted Fifth Corporal February 11, 1864.
Dunbar, Theo. M., enlisted Decem- ber 27, 1861, wounded at Corinth. Jones, Edward, enlisted December 27, 1861, wounded at Corinth, dis- charged for wounds January 19, 1863.
Robart, Hiram, enlisted December 27, 1861, wounded in breast at Ft. Donelson, re-enlisted veteran December 26, 1863.
Jarvis, John M., enlisted January 28, 1862, died of inflammation of the brain at Pittsburg, Tenn., March 29, 1862.
Jenny, Thos., enlisted August 23, 1861.
Gaston, Jasper H., enlisted Septem- ber, 1, 1862.
Groves, James W., enlisted Septem- ber 1, 1862.
Hoit, John W., enlisted Angust 12, 1862.
Hoit, William, enlisted August 12, 1861.
Smith, Joseph R., enlisted August 12, 1861, promoted First Lieuten- ant September 20, 1864.
Horn, Daniel W., enlisted August 12, 1861, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps July 1, 1864.
Smith, Joseph, enlisted Angust 12, 1861.
Hoover, H. S., enlisted Angust 13, 1861.
Michener, Wm. P., enlisted August 14, 1861.
Weekly, Artemas, enlisted August 25, 1861.
Hallowell, David J., enlisted Ang- ust 26, 1861, transferred to Inva- lid Corps August 13, 1863.
Hallowell, Wm. C., enlisted August 26, 1861.
Woodward, Wm. H., enlisted Sep- tember 12, 1861.
Bonsall, Whiton C., enlisted Decem- ber 22, 1862.
Martin, Geo. W., enlisted August 21, 1862.
Mattox, James C., enlisted June 8, 1862.
Critchell, Ephraim, enlisted January 29, 1864.
Craver, Jarel, enlisted Feb. 20, 1864. Garner, Wmn. H., enlisted February 19, 1864.
Groves, John H., enlisted February 3, 1864.
Gullion, Jeremiah, enlisted February 21, 1864, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, December 30, 1864. Hayes, Henry, enlisted February 6, 1864, captured.
Henseyl, Henry, enlisted February 3, 1864.
Hern, Sam. A., enlisted Feb. 21, 1864.
Hoit, Amasa, enlisted September 3, 1864.
James, Barnabas, enlisted February 3, 1864.
Kalson, S. V., enlisted February 2, 1864, wounded, and discharged at Keokuk, June 21, 1865.
Knudson, O. G., enlisted February 2, 1864.
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Matthews, Nelson, enlisted February 21. 1864.
Matthews, Win., enlisted February 29,1864
Matthews, Thos. J., enlisted Febru- arv 29, 1864.
McDonough, James, enlisted Febru- ary 15, 1864.
McKama, Cyrus C., enlisted Janu- ary 27, 1864.
McMains, Sanford C., enlisted Feb- ruary 7, 1864.
McMains, Francis, enlisted February
7, 1864, killed at Oostanaula riv- er, Ga., May 15, 1864.
McDonough, E. C., enlisted March 31, 1864.
McGrue, George, enlisted March 7, 1864.
Oswandle, Henry C., enlisted Feb- rnary 6, 1864.
Rhone, Dandridge, enlisted Decem- ber 4, 1863.
Rhone, Thos, enlisted December 4, 1863.
Whitten, Warren T., enlisted Feb. 18, 1864.
COMPANY F.
First Lieutenant Thomas S. Barnes,
commissioned Second Lieutenant July 24, 1861, promoted First Lien- tenant June 12, 1862, resigned August 2, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Bridenstine, Mason, enlisted July 11,
1861, killed at Belmont, November 7, 1861.
Beers, Wade, enlisted July, 1861, discharged at Bird's Point, No- vember 1, 1861.
Doran, Isaac S., enlisted as veteran December 24, 1863.
Ewing, Thomas, enlisted as veteran December 26, 1863.
COMPANY I.
Lawson, George, enlisted as veteran December 24, 1863.
Schwallen. enlisted as veteran De- cember 24, 1863.
Woodruff, John W., enlisted as vet- eran December 24, 1863, severely wounded at Lay's Ferry, Georgia, died at Keokuk, May 6, 1865, of chronic diarrhœa.
EIGHTH INFANTRY.
The greater part of Mahaska's enlistments in this regiment were enrolled in Company H. The regiment rendezvoused at Davenport during the sum- mer of 1861, at Camp Mcclellan. In September it was removed to Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, and there equipped for the field. After remaining there two weeks the command was ordered to Syracuse; from thence it was engaged in a scouting party sent down through Springfield in pursuit of Price, who retreated into Arkansas. The regiment countermarched to Se- dalia, Missouri, in November, and then went into winter quarters. In March they removed by steamer to Pittsburg Landing, where they were encamped for some days previous to the battle of Shiloh. In this battle, on Sunday, April 6, after holding an exposed position for ten hours, this regiment, with other Iowa volunteers, was surrounded and captured at six o'clock in the evening, having lost near two hundred in killed and wounded. The prisoners included almost all the volunteers of the Eighth Iowa, and were marched to Corinth; thence by train to Memphis; by steamer to Mo- bile, and up the Alabama river to Montgomery, where they were put into some cotton sheds. After six weeks of rongh treatment they were removed to worse quarters at Macon, Georgia, where some of the prisoners were shot
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down without provocation, and otherwise shamefully treated, as was the cus- tom in Southern prisons. Here they remained upward of three months, when they were taken to Libby prison, and there exchanged. The men were allowed to go home on furlough, and to reorganize in December, 1862. Being ordered again to St. Louis, they spent some time in Benton Barracks. In the spring of 1863, after assisting in Grant's first movement on Vieks- burg, they passed through Louisiana south of the city, and crossed into Mississippi. After taking part in the first siege of Jackson, they spent forty days in rifle pits in rear of Vicksburg. Lost heavily in the assault of May 22. At Black river, second seige of Jackson, and Brandon, the regi- ment engaged in battle, with more or less loss. The command came to Memphis in the fall of 1863, and remained there nearly a year on provost duty, assisting in resisting Forrest's raid. In the fall of 1864 the regiment engaged in the siege of Mobile, and remained in that vicinity until they were mnstered out.
[NOTE .-- This regiment was mustered out at Selma, Alabama, April 20, 1866. Officers not otherwise accounted for, mustered out as with the regiment.]
Major Fred S. Palner, enlisted in Co. H, commissioned Captain Septem- ber 23, 1861, wounded at Shiloh, commissioned Major April 4, 1863, re- signed June 22, 1863.
Adjutant Marion Campbell, from Sergeant-Major to Captain Co. F, Janu- ary 11, 1865, first enlisted as private, September 28, 1861, in Co. H, then Third Sergeant, wounded and prisoner at Shiloh.
Sergeant-Major John S. Lytle, enlisted Third Sergeant Co. H, August 12, 1861, promoted Second Sergeant November 1, 1861, promoted Sergeant- Major March, 1862, taken prisoner at Shiloh April 6, 1862, released, pro- inoted Second Lieutenant, Co. H. April 4, 1863, promoted First Lieuten- ant July 26, 1864, promoted Captain January 7, 1865, discharged for disability September 1, 1865, died at Oskaloosa November 20, 1865.
COMPANY E.
Buff, Frank, enlisted August 13, 1861, discharged Angust 9, 1862. Coffman, H. T., enlisted August 13, 1861, discharged for disability at Sedalia, Jannary 13, 1862. Mccullough, Chas., enlisted as vet- eran January 1, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Sixth Corporal Henry B. Abston, discharged for disability June 10, 1862, at Sedalia.
COMPANY H.
Captain Charles S. Wells, enlisted as Second Lieutenant August 12, 1861, promoted Captain April 4, 1863, mustered out September 28, 1864, wounded at Shiloh.
Captains Palmer and Lytle, see above for record.
Captain John M. Ball, enlisted Aug- ust 12, 1861, First Corporal, Co. HI, promoted Third Sergeant No- vember 1, 1861, promoted Second Sergeant March 1, 1862, taken prisoner at Shiloh, released, ap- pointed First Sergeant, promoted First Lieutenant January 7, 1865, promoted Captain December 2, 1865.
First Lieutenant David G. Craigie, enlisted August 12, 1861, wound- ed at Shiloh, promoted Captain and A. A. G. U. S. Volunteers July 2, 1864.
First Lieutenant William Kirkpat- rick, enlisted as private Septem- ber 28, 1861, wounded and priso- ner at Shiloh, commissioned De- cember 2, 1865.
J.W. Mc MULLEN
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First Sergeant H. W. H. Widows, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, died a prisoner of war at Macon, Ga., of typhoid fever, June 26, 1862.
Fourth Sergeant Francis E. Yearick, enlisted Aug. 12, 1861, promoted to Commissory Sergeant Nov. 1, 1861, re-enlisted Jan. 1, 1864.
Fourth Sergeant Charles Blanchard, enlisted as private, promoted Ser- geant November 1, 1861, wounded and taken prisoner at Shiloh.
First Corporal Francis M. Ellis, en- listed Seventh Corporal August 12, 1861, promoted First Corporal November 1, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Second Corporal Robert MeManns, enlisted August 12, 1861, killed at Corinth October 3, 1862.
Third Corporal Wm. H. Else, enlist- ed August 12, 1861.
Fourth Corporal Jonathan Platz, en- listed August 12, 1861, mortally wounded at Shiloh, died at Savan- nah, Tenn., April 10, 1862.
Fifth Corporal Thos. J. Marsh, en- listed August 12, 1861.
Sixth Corporal Geo. McDevitt, en- listed August 12, 1861, wounded and taken prisoner at Shiloh, re- enlisted as veteran Jan. 1,1864, dis- charged Feb. 5, 1865, for disability. Seventh Corporal Hiram C. Tuttle, enlisted as Eighth Corporal Aug- ust 12, 1861, promoted Seventh Corporal November 1, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, discharged February 14, 1863.
Eighth Corporal Noah W. Peach, enlisted as private Angust 12, 1861, promoted Eighth Corporal November 1, 1861, taken prisoner at battle of Shiloli, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Blizzard, Jno. M., enlisted August 12, 1861, missing at Shiloh, re- enlisted as veteran Jan. 1, 1864.
Billings, Jacob L., enlisted Angust 12, 1861, wounded at Shiloh, and discharged at Keokuk August 21, 1862.
Ball, Caggett C., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Cousins, Wm. S., enlisted August 13, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Calvin, Luther, enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded in right leg at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Dove, Silas P., enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded at Corinth, re-en- listed as veteran January 1, 1864. Davis, James S., enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded in hand and arm, discharged August 13, 1862.
Ellis, S. A., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Fife, Wm., enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged at St. Louis by order of Gen, Halleck.
Follett, David E., enlisted August 12, 1861.
Goodwin, David H., enlisted August 12, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Gregory, Nathan, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, discharged October 13, 1862.
Groves, Morton D., enlisted August 12, 1861, mortally wounded at Shiloh, died at Pittsburg, Tenn., May 10, 1862.
Gerard, F. Marion, enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged for disability July 27, 1862.
Hartman, Mahlon, enlisted August 12, 1861, died at Sedalia, Mo., February 1, 1862.
Hart, John, enlisted August 12, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran Janu- ary 1, 1864.
Hurley, Wm. H., enlisted August 12, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864, wounded, died of wounds, at New Orleans, April 22, 1865.
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Ingham, John, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Johnson, Simeon O., enlisted Angust 12, 1861.
Lyon, Joseph F., enlisted Angust 12, 1861, wounded at Shiloh, dis- charged at Keokuk, November 8, 1862.
Lathrop, Benj. II., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Lowrey, Chancey, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Dower, H. H., enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded at Shiloh.
McGlasson, Wm. T., enlisted Ang- est 12, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
McDevitt, Chas., enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded at Shiloh and Corinth, discharged at Keokuk October 5, 1862.
Moore, Edwin W., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Moore, Geo., enlisted Angust 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re- enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Morris, Thos. H., enlisted August 12, 1861, afterward Sergeant, wounded at Jackson, Miss., died of wounds July 19, 1863.
Millar, Henry T., enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged for disability July 11, 1862, at Corinth.
Middleton, Andrew J., enlisted An- · gust 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Marks, Nelson W., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prison at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran and corpo- ral, January 1, 1864.
McFall, Geo. W., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, discharged for disability, Septem- ber 3, 1863.
McMains, Anderson, enlisted Au- gust 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Murphy, John, enliited August 12, 1861, missing at Shiloh.
Padgett, Wm. H., enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged at Corinth' August 5, 1862.
Phillips, Win., enlisted August 12, 1861, wounded at Shiloh.
Prine, Wmn. H., enlisted August 12,
1861, accidentally wounded at Sedalia, wounded at Corinth, dis- charged at Keokuk, July 31, 1862. Patrie, Jeremiah, enlisted August 12, 1861, killed at Shiloh.
Pomeroy, W. K. enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh. Rohrer, Stephen D., enlisted August 12, 1861, died of wounds at Savan- nah, Tenn., April 10, 1862.
Reome, Chas., enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged at St. Louis, April 13, 1862.
Rockwell, enlisted August 12, 1861, discharged at St. Louis, April 13, 1862.
Skiver, James, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re- enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Stratton, Jacob, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Shoemake, Isaac G., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Slater, Chauncey H., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Totten, Phillip, enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shilolı, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Vanhook, Marion S., enlisted August 12, 1861, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Wayman, Solomon R., enlisted Au- gust 12, 1861, died at Sedalia, February 5, 1862.
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Wilcox, Wm. M., enlisted Angust 12, 1862, wounded in shoulder at Shiloh, discharged at Keokuk, September 6, 1862.
Williams, Cyrus T., enlisted August 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, discharged January 8, 1863.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Allen, Franklin, enlisted September 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Bryan, N., enlisted September 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Barr, Z. H., enlisted September 28, 1861, accidentally shot and killed at Corinth, July 21, 1862.
Chadwick, O. B., enlisted September 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864.
Coffin, Erastus, enlisted September 28, 1861, wounded at Corinth.
Deboard, Geo. J., enlisted September 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864, died of congestion at Mont- gomery, July 10, 1865.
Cummins, Wm. H., enlisted Sep- tember 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, re-enlisted as veteran, Jan- uary 1, 1864.
Hurley, Isaac B., enlisted September 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, died a prisoner of war at Ander- sonville, September 20, 1864.
Hiatt, Jesse, enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged for disability, February 2, 1862.
Joy, Jas. M., enlisted September 28, discharged for disability, October 19, 1861.
Mendenhall, F. M., enlisted Septent- ber 28, 1861.
Noel, Isaac, enlisted September 28, 1861, mortally wounded at Shiloh, died, April 11, 1862.
Sherman, Wm., enlisted September 28, 1861.
Thorp, Wm. M., enlisted September 28, 1861, discharged Angust 11, 1863, for disability.
Williams, Enoch, enlisted Septem- ber 28, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh.
Wilson, Jonathan, enlisted Septem- ber 28, 1861, discharged for disa- bility, July 22, 1862.
Warner, Win. A. S., enlisted Septem- ber 28, 1861, discharged at Seda- lia, January 22, 1862.
Winder, Win. W., enlisted Septem- ber 28, 1861, discharged at Shiloh by order Gen. Grant, April 26, 1862.
Zane, Isaac H., enlisted September 28, 1861, wounded and taken pris- oner at Shiloh.
Prine, Mathew E., enlisted August 21, 1861, promoted Eighth Cor- poral, May 1, 1863, re-enlisted as veteran, January 1, 1864, dis- charged for disability, November 2, 1864.
Pomeroy, Edward, enlisted Decem- ber 22, 1862, promoted Third Ser- geant, September 1, 1863.
Campbell, Perry, enlisted December 20, 1862, re-enlisted as veteran January 1, 1864.
Follett, Jas. R., enlisted March 10, 1863.
Redpath, Wmn. R., enlisted as vet- eran, January 1, 2864.
COMPANY I.
Captain Charles P. Searle, enlisted August 12, 1861, in Co. H, as Second Sergeant, promoted Ser- geant-Major, March 1, 1862, pro- moted First Lientenant, Co. I, Angust 12, 1861, taken prisoner at Shiloh, commissioned Captain Co. I, March 4, 1863, resigned, Jannary 21, 1865.
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FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.
The place of rendezvous for volunteers in the Fifteenth Infantry was at Keokuk, where the first companies of the regiment appeared in autumn, 1861. Not until the latter part of February, 1862, were all the companies mustered in. In marked contrast with the enlistment of the Seventh Reg- iment, from the same place, the Fifteenth had had weeks of military drill, and few companies ever went out of the state better prepared for the field than those of this regiment. After several days spent at St. Louis in Benton Barracks, on the first day of April the regiment eagerly embarked on steamer for the department of the Tennessee. The regiment reached Pitts- burg Landing on that memorable Sunday, the 6th of April, when the con- test had already been raging for some hours. Immediately ordered to the front, on that and the following day the regiment won the praise of the com- manders for its bravery and desperate fighting. The maiden sacrifice of the Fifteenth was one hundred and eighty-eight in killed, wounded and missing. The regiment assisted in the siege of Corinth without serious loss. In rec- onnoitering about Bolivar, in a march to Corinth, and thence to Iuka, where the regiment was not ordered into action, the time was spent until the bat- tle of Corinth, in which the Fifteenth took a gallant part. In this battle, as well as at Pittsburg Landing, Captain Seevers received honorable mention in the reports of his superiors. The loss in this battle from the regiment in wounded, killed and missing, was eighty-five.
November 2d the regiment was ordered to Grand Junction, and for sev- eral weeks was engaged in drill with other troops. The command engaged in the unsuccessful campaign against Vicksburg, and in January, 1863, went into camp at Memphis. In a few days the regiment was transported to Milliken's Bend, thence to Lake Providence, and back to Milliken's Bend in April. In the spring campaign against Vicksburg the regiment had the remarkable experience of frequent engagements and several weeks in rifle pits, without a single casualty during the entire siege. A share was taken in the movement against Jackson immediately following.
The command took part in the luckless expedition to Monroe, Louisiana, and also in the famous Meridian raid. It had in the meantime become a veteran organization, and was furloughed in March, 1864. The first impor- tant campaign participated in after furlough was that of Atlanta. Even before the battle, it had lost in heavy skirmishing nearly one hundred officers . and men. Most desperate fighting was done by the regiment in the battle of July 22, the total casualties for that day being one hundred and thirty- two. The Fifteenth was engaged in the battle of Ezra Church, but with small loss.
With undiminished bravery and fortitude the Fifteenth engaged in the "Siege of Atlanta " and the " March to the Sea." Savannah to Goldsboro, Goldsboro to Raleigh, and thence to Washington City, by way of Peters- burg and the evacuated Southern capital. The regiment next went to Louis- ville for muster ont, and to Davenport for discharge, an aggregate travel of 8,518 miles. The Fifteenth Iowa suffered a greater number of casualties than any other regiment ever sent out from the state. Of one thousand, seven hundred and sixty-three men who had been members of the regiment, one thousand and fifty-one were absent at the muster out.
[NOTE .- This regiment was mustered out at Louisville, July 24, 1865. Officers not other- wise accounted for, mustered out as with the regiment.]
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Nathan A. Leonard, Drum-Major, enlisted October 22, 1861, as musician in Company B, promoted March 15, 1862, discharged for disability at Cor- inth, July 11, 1862.
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