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Otteson, John, February 6, 1864; company unknown.
Taylor, John Q. A., October 15, 1864; company unknown.
THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY.
The Thirth-ninth regiment rendezvoused at Des Moines in 1862. Octo- ber 26 it moved to Davenport, where it received equipments and clothing. November 24 following it was mustered into the grand army of the United States. While at Davenport nearly half the regiment went through the process of measles. December 13, the regiment was ordered to report to General Tuttle at Cairo, the sick having scarcely recovered. It disembarked at Columbus and spent its first night in the field in mud and rain, under miserable tents. December 18, it started by rail for Corinth, where For- rest was destroying railroads and menacing General Dodge, arriving at Corinth about dark. Immediately after they passed Trenton, Forrest cut the railroads. Here the regiment was placed behind earthworks near Jack- son several days, expecting an attack. There was much suffering from scanty rations and the want of facilities to cook what they had. It having been ascertained that Forrest was at Huntingdon, the regiment on the twenty -second moved back to Trenton to repair the railroad, under orders to carry five days' rations and one hundred rounds of ammunition. This was the first march of the regiment. On the second day it was found neces- sary to leave about one hundred men who had become worn out with fa- tigue. That day, while attempting to reach Trenton, they were suddenly surrounded by Forrest's cavalry at Shady Grove, and one hundred men taken prisoners, who did not get back to their regiment for a month. On the thirty-first of December, at Parker's Cross Roads, they met the whole of Forrest's army, of about seven thousand men; a fierce and bloody battle ensued, with only about one thousand, six hundred Union soldiers. The fight #Enlisted in August, 1862, unless otherwise stated.
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began at nine o'clock in the morning and lasted until three in the afternoon, when reinforcements arrived and Forrest fled. For two hours this raw regi- ment stood undaunted and unmoved like veterans, when by a mistaken order the regiment retired to the rear in confusion, where they reformed and marched back to the battle-ground. Company A was detached to guard the train, where they three times repulsed a regiment of Forrest's cavalry who attempted to force their way to the rear of the regiment. During the engagement fifteen of the company captured over forty rebels. The Union boys rested that night on the battle-field. Four hundred prisoners, five hundred horses and seven cannon were captured. The cannon of the Un- ion forces were knocked to smithereens. The next morning the regiment returned to Jackson, arriving on the second day of January. On the sixth the regiment again started to fulfill the order to report to General Dodge at Corinth, the Parker Cross Road affair having been a diversion. Arriving at Corinth it was assigned to the Second brigade, and from that time, for more than a year, it was stationed on garrison duty, passing most of its time in camp, during which time it made several marches as guards to trains, requiring several days. It was while there, May 6, company H, while guarding a corral a few miles from Corinth, suddenly found them- selves inside a cordon of rebel calalry, eight hundred strong, and, with a few exceptions, marched off.
November 2, General Dodge moved his forces to Pulaski, Tennessee, ar- riving on the eleventh. The Thirty-ninth regiment was sent seven miles north to Reynold's station, where it guarded railroads until the twelfth of March, when it started for Athens; thence, in May, to Huntsville where the whole of General Dodge's command assembled, and marched to Dalton, joining Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The days of garrison and guard duty for the Thirty-ninth were now over. It was stationed with other regiments at Rome, to guard Sherman's flank and his line of communications. Oc- tober 8, was fought the memorable battle of Allatoona, in which this regi- ment won its highest fame. It was seven thousand rebels, with advantage of position, against one thousand, eight hundred Union men. The rebels moved unexpectedly with massed forces. The Thirty-ninth was stationed where the heaviest column of the enemy charged. Twice the charge was re- pulsed by the Thirty-ninth, who stood like a stone wall. It was at " Chick- asaw Bayou" for five hours, but the regiment on the third charge was forced to fall back, yielding only step by step. The loss was, in killed, five officers, twenty-seven enlisted men; wounded, one officer, sixty-one enlisted men; prisoners, two officers, sixty-eight enlisted men.
Polk county was represented in company's B, E, F, I and K, and on the staff, to wit:
Joseph M. Griffiths, major; commissioned September 16, 1861; wounded at Parker's Cross Roads December 31, 1862; promoted to lieutenant-colonel October 6, 1864; to colonel May 12, 1865; mustered out as lieutenant- colonel.
George C. Tichenor, adjutant; commissioned September 15, 1862; pro- moted to major and aid-de-camp February 2, 1865.
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COMPANY B .;
John H. Dykeman, captain, August 6; resigned August 6, 1864.
Andrew T. Blodgett, first lieutenant, August 6; promoted to captain, August 7, 1864.
William A. Patterson, second lieu- tenant, August 7; resigned July . 19, 1864.
F. D. Kenworthy, second sergeant, August 17.
Elisha F. Russell, third sergeant; . captured at Shady Grove, Tenn., December 30, 1862.
Franklin R. Thurber, fourth ser- geant, August 15; promoted to first lieutenant January 1, 1865.
Robert F. Ward, fifth sergeant, Au- gust 12; wounded at Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864; died of wounds at Resaca May 18, 1864. Thomas J. Kinney, first corporal, August 12; captured at Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864.
Joseph Gifford, third corporal; Au- gust 12; captured at Shady Grove, Tenn., December 30, 1862.
Alanson Harrison, fourth corporal, August 15; discharged June 2, 1863.
George M. McClure, fifth corporal, August 15.
Cyrus Cave, seventh corporal, Au- gust 12.
William B. Harr, musician, August 12.
Edwin C. Russell, musician, August 15.
Harry Williams, wagoner, August 8; discharged December 12, 1863.
PRIVATES.
Armstrong, Samuel, August 15. Baker, William J., August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; wounded at Resaca, Ga., May 16, 1864.
Bates, Oliver D., August 22.
Brown, Zachariah A., July 25. Bunce [Bance], James E., August 12; discharged June 5, 1863. Barnes, Owen, August 12.
Case, Isaac, August 14.
Carder, Frederick, Aug. 12; wound- ed at Allatoona October 5, 1864. Cefley, Andrew, August 22; died at Chattanooga June 27, 1864.
Coffey, William G., August 17.
Coffey, George A., August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Chamberlain, William H., August 11; wounded at Parker's Cross Roads December 31, 1862; died at Jackson January 9, 1863, of wounds.
Crandall, Caleb, August 12; captur- ed at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; discharged February 28, 1863.
Daily, Patrick, August 12.
Elliott, Henry H., August 5; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; wounded at Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864; died at Chat- tanooga June 3, 1864, of wounds. Gaddis, Cornelius S., August 12; discharged May 11, 1862.
Groom, A. S. R., August 12.
Harrison, Hudson, August 12; died at Corinth, Miss., February 12, 1863.
Hendricks, S. D., August 15.
Holbrook, Carlisle D., August 15; captured at Shady Grove Decem- ber 30, 1862; discharged Novem- ber 5, 1863.
Holcombe, Jacob, August 15; cap- tured at Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864.
Holcombe, Asher W., August 14; .captured at Red Mound, Tenn., December 31, 1862.
Hoover, Henry S., August 12; dis- charged February 23, 1863.
Hurd, William P., August 12; cap- tured at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
#Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated.
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Jessup, Byron, August 6; captured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Johnson, John W., August 20. Johnson, Benj. [T.] F., August 11; discharged February 19, 1863. Keeney, John W., August 12.
Keeney, Joseph M., August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Keeney, Daniel T., August 12; kill- ed at Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864. Kuplin, Wilson [also Kemplin], Au- gust 15.
Krewson, Amos, August 12; captur- ed at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Lickingteller, Jonathan, August 21. Love, William, August 11.
Manbeck, Henry, August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; wounded at Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864.
Manbeck, Elijah, August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Markham, Simon, August 12.
Mills, James W., August 12; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Mills, John E., August 13; captured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; wounded at Allatoona Oc- tober 5, 1864; died at Nashville January 12, 1865.
Rush, William D., August 22. Simmons, Amos, August 14.
Simmons, Nicholas W., August 22; died at Corinth February 8, 1863. Starkey, Marion B., August 14; cap tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Sullivan, James O., August 12. Taylor, Henry, August 12.
Taylor, Thomas O., August 12; died at Jackson, Tenn., March 14, 1863.
Vannamon, William J., August 11. Warren, Henry F., August 14.
Wheaton, Jeremiah S., August 14; discharged November 1, 1863. Wright, Thomas, August 12.
COMPANY D.}
Dutton, Charles A., January 4.
Laporte, Thomas C., January 2; wounded, date and place unknown; died March 9, 1865, in New York harbor.
Norton, Daniel D., January 4. Whitecroft, John, January 2. Watson, Charles A. B., January 2.
COMPANY E.#
John C. Preston, musician, August 22; reduced to ranks; captured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; captured at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
William Adamson, musician, Au- gust 2; reduced to ranks; captur- ed at Allatoona October 5, 1864. Ewing, DeWilton M., August 22. Morgan, Thomas, August 22.
Smith, Richard, August 21; cap- tured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862.
Cole, Charles J., August 22.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Hutson, John W., December 28, 1863.
Maulsby, Levi B., August 31, 1864; wounded at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Brooks, James F., enlisted August 17. COMPANY I .*
Augustus Yerger, first lieutenant, August 22; promoted to captain January 1, 1863; resigned Novem- ber 11, 1864.
*Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated.
#Enlisted in 1864.
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Robert C. Hunter, second lieuten- ant, August 16; promoted to first lieutenant January 1, 1863.
John Finan, first sergeant, August 15; captured at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862.
William L. Keaggy, second sergeant,
August 13; captured at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862. John Shanly, third sergeant, August 22. ..
Palestine Jones, fifth sergeant, Au- gust 9.
Charles Leftwick, first corporal, Au- gust 12; wounded at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
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William McQueen, second corporal, August 16.
Sireno S. Farrington, third corporal, August 15.
Erastus Scott, fourth corporal, Au- gust 22.
Andrew J. Melvin, fifth corporal, August 14; discharged August 22,1863.
Thomas R. Leonard, sixth corporal, August 6; discharged February 23, 1864.
Elias Holladay, seventh corporal, August 13; discharged Septem- ber 20, 1863.
Andrew J. Wilder, eighth corporal, August 22.
Thomas R. Nichols, musician, Au- gust 22; captured at Parker's Cross Roads December 31, 1862; discharged May 21, 1863.
David Edwards, wagoner, August 22.
PRIVATES.
Admonson, [Adamson ] Joshua, Aug- ust 22; killed at Atlanta October 5, 1864.
Adair, Joseph, August 15.
Boatwright, Daniel B., August 12; discharged December 8, 1864.
Bragord, Richard T., August 22. Bowles, John, August 14. Bowles, Joseph, August 22. Clark, Tally, August 22.
Cole, Samuel D., August 22; cap- tured at Allatoona, Georgia, Oc- tober 5, 1864.
Eckhart, Lewis C., August 14; cap- tured at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862.
Edmondson, Henry, August 4.
Fenwick, William A., August 15. Foster, John, August 22; captured at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862.
Foster, George W., August 12; cap- tured at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862; discharged May 12, 1863.
Green, Luther T., August 16; dis- charged September 20, 1863.
Johnson, George, August 22.
Leonard, James G., August 6; died at Corinth February 2, 1863.
Lee, John N., August 15.
Lewis, James, August 14.
Miller, Isaac, August 8; died at Ben- ton Barracks, Missouri, December 11, 1863.
Myers, Isaac, August 12; captured at Parker's Cross Roads Decem- ber 30, 1862.
Myers, Andrew J., August 12.
McBee, Charles M., August 22.
McBee, James H., August 22.
Morris, Perry, August 7.
Morris, John, August 8.
Martin, James, August 22; captured at Parker's Cross Roads Decem- ber 30, 1862.
Perry, John, August 15; discharged January 21, 1863.
Runyan, Charles F., August 12.
Runyan, John E., August 12.
Runyan, Orison J., August 12.
Sharp, William, August 12; woun- ded at Allatoona October 5, 1864; died of wounds at Rome, Georgia, October 26, 1864.
Smith, Eli, August 15.
Smith, Joseph, August 13; wounded at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
Sanford, William B., August 22. Sanford, George A., August 12. Sumter, Bluford, August 12. Teesdale, Benjamin, August 22.
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Turner, Parmenas, August 15.
Warren, Alfred, August 15; captured at Parker's Cross Roads Decem- ber 30, 1862.
· Wicker, Samuel, August 15. Williams, Jacob J., August 6. Wallace, David S., August 7. Wallace, George W., August 13.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Ball, Aaron, August 22; died at Davenport November 9, 1862.
Bradford, Isaac V., January 25, 1864; captured at Allatoona Oc- tober 5, 1864.
COMPANY K.t
Burdan, Alfred, August 20.
Treel, Charles, September 10.
Kennedy, Thomas J., August 4.
*Grimes, Nathaniel, September 12, 1864.
*Hendricks, Martin B., February 29, 1864.
*Howell, Jesse, October 17, 1864.
*Hays, Jacob E., May 3, 1864.
*Leftwick, Cornelius B., March 21, 1864.
*McCurdo, Alfred, May 3, 1864.
*Woldrige, James A., September 15, , 1864.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS.)
This regiment was organized under proclamation of the President, April 21, 1864, calling for 100,000 to serve for one hundred days, in fortifications, or wherever their services might be required. This was for the purpose of relieving the veteran troops from such duty, that they might be sent forward for more effective service. Under the proclamation of the Gov- ernor, four days later, the valiant people of the State responded promptly to fill the quota of 10,000 demanded of them, although far ahead of all requisitions made by the Government. Polk county was quick to act, and was notably represented in the Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh and Forty- eighth regiments, raised under this call. It was mustered in July 13, 1864, and mustered out October 21, 1864.
Polk county was represented on the staff, to wit:
Josiah Hopkins, major; Lucius Boudinot, hospital steward; William. Merrill, principal musician.
COMPANY HỆ
Josiah Hopkins, captain; promoted to major June 1.
William VanDorn, second lieuten- ant; promoted to first lieutenant June 1, 1864.
William H. Minnick, third sergeant. Thomas J. Pierce, fifth sergeant; promoted to first sergeant June 3, 1864.
Elijah L. Pierce, second corporal; promoted to first corporal June 10, 1864.
Adoniram J. Beals, third corporal; promoted to second corporal June 10, 1864.
Emery Merrill, musician.
William Merrill, musician; promot- ed to principal musician June 1, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Burt, George W. Braunt, Horatio.
Bishop, John E.
Baker, Elisha.
Brooks, James E. T.
Baker, Francis M.
*Company unknown:
tEnlisted in 1862 unless otherwise stated. #Enlisted May 11:
the Ford.
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Beason, Albert. Curl, George. Casbier, Elijah. Dickey, James A. Erlick, Samuel S. Filmer, Edward. Grant, George W.
Hopkins, Silas W. Hopkins, Robert. Highland, John W.
Kenaston, James A., promoted to eighth corporal July 10, 1864.
Moore, William R.
Merrill, Emery. Pierce, William B.
Rutgers, Reuben R. Richards, Jonathan.
Ruttgers, Peter M. Ruttgers, John H., died at Daven- port, September 15, 1864.
Stephens. Charles.
Shewey, James M. .
Wheelhouse, John M.
FORTY-SEVENTH.
(ONE HUNDRED DAYS.)
This regiment was one of the ten tendered by the government to the war department, under the call for eighty five thousand men, for aid to General Sherman in his campaign of 1864. The offer was accepted, and at the close of the term of one hundred days, President Lincoln, in a special manner, returned thanks to the regiment for, the efficient service rendered in the brilliant victories over Hood and Johnston in Georgia. The regiment was, mustered into the United States service June 4, 1864.
Polk county was represented in companies A, F, H and I.
COMPANY A.
Laudaker, Josephus, enlisted May 24, 1864:
COMPANY F.+
David J. Pattee, captain. Welden England, first lieutenant. Josiah M. Vale, second lieutenant. Edward A. Lewis, first sergeant. Samuel S. Etheridge, second ser- geant.
Hiram Smith, third sergeant.
Lionel Foster, fourth sergeant.
Charles F. Whitney, first corporal. William H. Turner, second corporal. Rippley N. Baylies, third corporal. Leander Bolton, fifth corporal.
Horace B. Baker, sixth corporal. Charles T. P. Bass, seventh corporal. Alvln J. McCrary, eighth corporal. Welcome C. Geer, musician.
PRIVATES,
Barlow, James M.
Blair, John G.
Bloodgett, Charles W.
Bolton, Homer.
Bolton, Lewis E.
Brooks, Benjamin A.
Brown, Leonard.
Bryan, Samuel H.
Chenoweth, Simon M.
Couch, Josephus.
Crow, Edward.
Crow, William M.
Dailey, James J.
Day, Edwin W.
Evans, Ira T.
Fagan, Ezra B.
Flemming, Edwin S.
Frazier, George S.
Gaston, William H.
Hague, Joseph.
Holliday, Solomon B.
#Mustered in June 4, 1864.
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Hunter, David J. Hyland, Edmund. Jeffries, Charles W. Johnson, Arthur W. Jones, George W. Jones, James W. Kimmons, John. Koozer, Daniel. Little, George M.
Martin, David. Mattern, Miles D., died at Helena August 27, 1864. Mitchell, Henry S.
Mitchell, Wm. B. Mott, David B.
Morgan, Frank P.
McCain, George D.
McConnell, Benjamin I.
McConnell, Oscar.
McDonald, Michael.
McCurdy, John L., died at Helena Arkansas, August 1, 1864.
McDowell, John B.
Nicholas, John W.
Peet, Edward W. Peet, Henry J.
Rollins, Millard F., died at Helena, Arkansas, July 16, 1864.
Robinson, Lorenzo L. Rutherford, John. Sampson, William C.
Scarbrough, Martin. Shaw, Thomas. Sleckman, John.
Smith, William H. M.
Smith, William H.
Smith, Scott.
Stone, George T.
Tarbell, Edward.
Ward William H.
Weeks, A. W. C.
Wilshire, John.
Wright, Michael.
COMPANY H.
McCarthy, Felix, enlisted May 16, 1864.
COMPANY I.
Low, Madison, enlisted August 23. Mason, Oscar B., enlisted August 23. Stone, George enlisted August 24.
FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS.)
This regiment was mustered into service June 13, 1864. Polk county was represented in companies B and D.
COMPANY B.
COMPANY D.
William H. H. Cunningham, fifth sergeant; enlisted June 10, 1864. George Devin, enlisted June 20, 1864.
William L. McCrady, sixth corporal; promoted to fifth corporal; re- duced to ranks July 24; re-enlisted September 5, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS.
FIRST.
Brooks, McKenny, company B., en- listed April 18, 1861.
THIRD.
Woods, John L., company E; en- listed May 21, 1861; wounded at
Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of wounds April 9, 1862 .. Draper, Martin V. B., company E, enlisted June 1, 1861.
FIFTH.
McCready, Wm. L., enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged Sept. 14, 1861.
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SEVENTH.
Evans, Joseph Bedford, company F; killed at Belmont November 7, 1861.
Gregg, Hayden A., company C, en- listed November, 1861.
EIGHTH.
Griffith, Albert L., company C, en- listed January 21, 1865. Metcalf, Elisha N., private, company D, enlisted March 24, 1865.
Wilkinson, Edgar C., private, com- pany H, enlisted January 27, 1865.
FOURTEENTH.
Lindsley, Robert, company E; died of disease at Macon, Ga., August 22, 1862.
McGeary, Joseph D., enlisted Sep- tember 28, 1861; captured at Shi- loh April 6, 1862 [reported also McGarrough], company E.
McGarrough, John T., enlisted Sep- tember 28, 1861 [also McGeary], company E.
Milton, John L., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E; died Sep- tember 19, 1832, at Mound City, Ill.
Woodward, Robert, company E, en- listed Angust 5, 1861; died June 12, 1862, at St. Louis, of disease. Rutherford, James W., enlisted Sep- tember 28, 1861, company E. Van Horn, Phineas, enlisted Octo- ber 10, 1861, company E. Edwards, Charles, enlisted Decem- ber 1, 1863, company G.
THIRTY-SECOND.
Elias Modlin, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to third corporal January 23, 1863; killed at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864.
Isaac N. Alderman, company K, en- listed August 22, 1862; promoted to eighth corporal January 23, 1863; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864; discharged June 21, 1865.
Luellen, Francis, private, company K, enlisted August 15, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864; died of wounds April 22, 1864.
Pearson, Nathan H., private, com- pany K, enlisted August 22, 1862. Pearson, Samuel H., private, com- pany K, enlisted August 22, 1862; captured at Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864.
THIRTY-THIRD.
Charles H. Sharman, company G, enlisted September 4, 1862, fifth sergeant; promoted to second lieu- tenant February 25, 1863; wound- ed at Helena July 4, 1863; pro- moted to first lieutenant June 19, 1864; to adjutant January 6, 1865.
THIRTY-FOURTH.
John S. Davis, private, company D, enlisted August 13, 1862; pro- moted to hospital steward Octo- ber 15, 1862; died at Chicago Jan- uary 11, 1863.
Herrin, Thomas, private, company H, enlisted August 19, 1862.
FORTY-FIRST.
Stevens, Ed. J. M., company B, en- listed November 1, 1861.
FIRST COLORED (60TH U. S. INF'Y).}
John W. Clifton, fifth sergeant, com- pany D, August 19.
Peter Callahan, first corporal, com- pany D, August 19; died at Hel- ena April 10, 1864.
#Enlisted in 1863, unless otherwise stated.
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HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY.
James Saylor, second corporal, com- pany D, August 19.
Gabriel Robinson, sixth corporal, company D, August 22; died at Keokuk November 10, 1863.
William Newbern, musician, com- pany D, August 26.
Wilford Arnold, company D, Au- gust 19; died at Helena July 23, 1864.
Washington Bell, company D, Au- gust 24; died at Benton Barracks March 3, 1864.
John Bell, company D, August 24. Robert Beverly, company D, August 24.
Oscar Blue, company D, August 20.
William Clay, company D, August 20.
Frederick Douglass, company D, August 21; died at Helena, Ark., January 13, 1865.
Solomon Holmes, company D, Au- gust 24.
William R. Key, company D, Au- gust 26.
Alfred Pratt, company D, August 20; died at Helena January 11, 1865.
Walter White, company D, August 20.
William R. Key, first sergeant, com- pany I, October 9.
Charles Richardson, company I, Oc- tober 2.
Jas. Brown, January 9, 1865; com- pany unknown.
Lilburn Walden, March 4, 1865; company unknown.
MISSOURI REGIMENTS.
Adoneram J. Merritt, captain, com- pany K, Missouri engineer regi- ment of the West, enlisted Sep- tember 17, 1861.
George R. Spencer, Twenty-first regiment; killed at Mobile April 9, 1865.
Oliver P. Brown, company E, Twen- ty-fifth regiment, enlisted Febru- ary 17, 1862.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Lyon, H. H., Second Colorado; pro- moted to first lieutenant; dis- charged at close of war.
Lyon, Jonathan, Second Nebraska; sergeant; discharged at close of war.
McClain, William A., company G, Second Nebraska; died from ex- posure.
NOTE.
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.
By an oversight the name of this regiment was omitted in its proper place; companies D, F and K, on pages 562-63, belong to the Sixteenth.
SECOND CAVALRY.
The Second cavalry was organized in August, 1861, mustered in August 30, and began its active operations at Bird's Point, where it arrived Febru- ary 19, 1862. On the 27th it began the pursuit of Jeff. Thompson's army toward New Madrid, scattering his forces in all directions. Its principal service was in Tennessee, northern Alabama, and Mississippi, and under its gallant colonel (Hatch) acquired an enviable reputation for its dash and heroism. During the summer of 1862 it was attached to the cavalry brig- ade of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, with headquarters at Rienzie, Miss. In No- vember it moved to La Grange, Tennessee, and from that point moved out
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with Grierson on his wonderful raid through Mississippi, to destroy railroads, bridges and property, to create a diversion in favor of the army moving to the attack of Vicksburg; the Second being detailed to make a feint in another direction to draw the enemy away from the main movement, the enemy attacked it as though they believed it were the main column. The Second carried consternation with it, and fought right and left. It started with seventy rounds of ammunition, and had two left on getting to camp. It had 250 horses, worn down with fatigue; they broke down the second day. Train mules and borrowed mules were taken to remount the men. On arriving at camp the mules were returned and the men re- mounted. Fifty prisoners were taken, one hundred of the enemy wounded, and the barracks, stores and ammunition for 5,000 men destroyed.
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