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Company H, a large part of which came from Douglas County, was mustered in at Omaha, July 3, 1861, with George F. Kennedy, of Florence, as captain ; Lyman M. Sawyer, first lieutenant; Silas A. Strickland, of Bellevue, second lieutenant. Lieutenant Strickland was appointed regimental adjutant on July 24, 1861, and William T. Clark was made second lieutenant. Claiborne Wilkinson and John Haney served as sergeants; James Jones, George N. Russell and John W. McNabb were corporals; Nils Mortenson, farrier, and the following were enrolled as privates :
Rufus Anderson, William B. Crawford, Charles H. Dingee, Daniel Dingec, Richard Dingee, George Dungan, William W. Ivory (transferred to Company C as first lieutenant on August 11, 1862, and on September 7, 1862, was pro- mnoted to the captaincy of Company H), Henry C. Landon, Carl Mathieson, Ludwig Mathieson, Henry A. Moore, James H. Moran, John Moran, Samuel WV. Nurse, Daton Penterpaugh, Thomas Powers, Christopher Reeves, George J. Reeves, Henry Sage, Hans Schneckloth, Stephen W. Seward, Thomas Shay- lor, George H. Slightam, Augustus Swenson, Solomon Taylor, Barney Tunisson, Thaddeus Warner, George W. Wilburn, John G. Wilhelm.
Company I was composed chiefly of men from Missouri and Iowa. John Talbot, of Omaha, was first lieutenant of the company from September 24, 1864, and the following Douglas County men served as privates: George Acton (bugler), Martin Agon, Christian Anderson, Louis Backstein, George Bigway, Albert H. Bliven, John Bordeaux, John Brown, Edward Burgess, James Carson, Andrew P. Christenson (promoted sergeant), William L. Crippen, George W. Criss, Francis A. Curtis, Zachariah C. Dosler, John Earl (promoted corporal),
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Jonathan Edwards, Jr., Nelson Feants, Levi W. Ferry, Frank Fisher, Henry C. H. Fitzgerald (promoted corporal), Stanton Fordice, James M. Gibbs (pro- noted corporal), Gottlieb Green (promoted corporal), George P. Hall, Hans- ford Henson (promoted sergeant), Theodore F. Hickman, Leroy L. Holman, William L. Humes, Isaac Hutchins, George B. Lewis (promoted sergeant), Andrew Lundwall (company saddler), William C. Mayer, Robert L. McElroy (promoted corporal), Samuel A. Musser, William S. Rancier, Richard Sellers, Marion Summers, James S. Surles, Joseph S. Surles, Charles Waldron, Walter Walker (promoted musician).
Company K was organized at Omaha, but contained men from all parts of Nebraska and a few from Missouri and Iowa. It was mustered in on July 21, 1861, with Joseph W. Paddock as captain; Robert A. Howard, first lieutenant; Edward Lawler, second lieutenant. Captain Paddock was trans- ferred to General Steele's staff in April, 1862, when Lieutenant Lawler be- came captain, Lieutenant Howard having been transferred to Merrill's Horse. Henry F. C. Krumme was captain of the company from August 31, 1864, to December 23, 1865, when he was succeeded by Lewis Lowry, promoted from second lieutenant. James Steele, who was mustered in as a private and pro- moted to quartermaster sergeant, was first lieutenant at the time of muster out. All the commissioned officers, with one exception, were from Douglas County. Lyman Richardson was second lieutenant for a time until transferred to Company F as captain.
The sergeants from Douglas County at the time of muster in were: Charles W. Cox, William G. McMurtrie, William G. Hackett, Theodore S. Gillmore, Michael O'Rourke and Thomas Burgoyne. The corporals were: James C. McNulty (promoted sergeant), Thomas Kelley, Lewis Lowry (promoted cap- tain), Charles Thompson (promoted regimental commissary sergeant), Andrew Dunn, Thomas Doak and John T. Nelson. Hans P. Jensen was enrolled as musician and promoted to commissary sergeant.
Privates-Peter Albertson, L. B. P. Bartholomew ( transferred from Com- pany E), Joseph H. Badger (promoted corporal), Jacob Boliber, Hamilton Bridwell, Levi Buchanan, Victor Buchanan, Emil Burmester (transferred to regimental band), Arthur P. Callahan (promoted corporal), James W. Chip- man (promoted corporal), John Combs, John Connell, William Denison, James H. Doak (promoted sergeant), Joseph Effelberg, Charles Friderick, James Garner, Franklin Hallowell (promoted sergeant), William H. Hendrickson (promoted sergeant), John Hensman (promoted corporal), Hugh F. Humphreys (promoted sergeant), John B. Hutchinson, Peter Jensen, David B. Johnson, John T. Johnson, John F. Kendrick (promoted corporal), Peter Kingrey, James C. Lornson, Lewis Loskey, James Lyons, Jonathan Lyon, Jr., (promoted sergeant ). William M. May, Francis O. McCauley (promoted sergeant), Thomas B. McDaniel (promoted corporal), James McKinniss (promoted corporal), Nathan Middauglı (promoted corporal), James P. Morgan (promoted corporal), Daniel Murphy (promoted corporal), John Murphy, Jerry Myncham, James O'Neil, No. I (pro- moted corporal), James O'Neil, No. 2 (promoted corporal), John L. Parker, William C. Pavey, James Peterson, John Pickels, Jasper Privett, William Proffit, James H. Radiff, Christopher Reeves, Christian Retzloff, John Roggen- sach, Festus W. Salem, Alfred B. Seay, John Sheffield, George Shoaf, Robert
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M. Slagle, Joseph F. Smtih, Philip Smith, Robert W. Stevenson, Mordecai Stout, David D. Terry, Claybrook F. Thomas, Richard Turpin, Joseph Watkins, William W. Watson (promoted corporal), Joseph Young.
On the regimental records appear the following names as "unassigned re- cruits": Joseph Baskan, John Brown, Albert G. W. Crowell, Alfred G. Davis, Samuel Gardner, Reuben Kiser, Joseph Morris, John Murray, Benjamin F. Sperry, Joseph Stogden, Charles Walker, Charles Whalen.
Shortly after the regimental organization was completed, the First Infantry was ordered south. Its first engagement with the enemy was at the capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 15, 1862. From there it moved to Pittsburgh Landing and was actively engaged in the battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862, where it lost a number in killed and wounded. It was next ordered to Memphis, Tenn., where it remained but a short time, going from there to Missouri. During its service in that state and Arkansas, it was engaged at Cape Girardeau, Pilot Knob, Grand Prairie, and in numerous skirmishes with guerrilla bands around Devall's Bluff and Helena. In August, 1864, those whose time had expired were mustered out, and on July 10, 1865, the re-enlisted men were consolidated with the
FIRST VETERAN BATTALION
Company A of this battalion was mustered into the United States service at Omaha on January 14, 1864, with George Armstrong as captain. The last company was mustered in on August 31, 1864, when Captain Armstrong was promoted to major, in command of the battalion. Charles F. Porter was mus- tered in as first lieutenant, but was promoted to the captaincy when Captain Armstrong was commissioned major, and Henry F. C. Krumme was second lieutenant. He was later transferred to Company D as captain and Merrill S. Tuttle was made second lieutenant. John Talbot, of Company I, First Regiment, was commissioned first lieutenant on November 29, 1864. The roster of non-commissioned officers shows the following Douglas County men: William Carroll, first sergeant; Francis O. McCauley, quartermaster sergeant; Merrill S. Tuttle, William P. Pudney, sergeants; Smith N. Reed, John S. Crume, War- ren B. Franklin, Judson A. Langstaff, corporals. Tuttle was promoted to second lieutenant and Crume, Franklin and Langstaff to sergeants. Hugh H. Hunter was the company saddler, and C. H. Catlin the blacksmith.
Privates-Edward W. Allen, Peter Artman, Adoniram I. Bailey (promoted commissary sergeant ), William A. Ball, James Bates, William T. Biliter, Ben- jamin A. Brown, William R. Couch, George HI. Dudley (promoted corporal ), Abel Halleck, James II. Harris, James Johnson, John W. Johnson, Jonas O. Johnson, William Johnson, John W. Kirwin,_Frederick Koup, Alfred Lowe, John J. Mathews (promoted sergeant), William R. Mellus, John Miller, James H. Ogburn, Patrick O'Sullivan, Sylvester Pockett, Charles H. Ray, Iliram J. Ritchey, Leonidas Rogers (promoted corporal), Robert Rogers, Calvin 1 .. Searl, Thomas Smith, John B. Sullivan, Joseph Watkins, Dudley Watts, James C. Waugh, Henry Young.
Company B was mustered in during the months of March and April, 1864. W. H. B. Stout was mustered in as second lieutenant and promoted to first lieu-
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tenant in January, 1865. George J. Reeves was quartermaster sergeant; William A. Tiffany, commissary sergeant; Charles Monroe, sergeant; John Brown, William H. Weeks, James Ratliff, G. W. Wilburn, corporals; John Lennett, bugler, Harrison Martin, blacksmith; John Hahn, farrier; Lorenzo S. Mills, saddler, and Edward P. Talcott, wagoner.
Privates-Andrew Adams, Kasper Arnold, Charles Barothy, Frank Bradley (promoted corporal), Charles W. Davis, Michael J. Davis, Francis M. Gibson (promoted corporal), Thompson A. Kemmis, Henry W. Kuck, James Lane, Henry Laskowski, Frederick T. Longley (promoted corporal), Carl Mathieson, Ludwig Mathieson, Henry A. Moore, James H. Moran, John Moran, Samuel W. Nurse, Thomas Powers, John Price (promoted corporal), George N. Russell, Henry Sage, Hans Schneckloth, Thomas Shaylor, George H. Slightam, Charles Summerlad, Solomon Taylor, John G. Wilhelm.
Company C contained comparatively few Douglas County men. It was mustered in June 7, 1864, with Henry Kuhl, of Plattsmouth, as captain. Calvin P. Moore, of Omaha, was mustered in as commissary sergeant; Louis Wachtel, sergeant ; Jonathan Lyon, Jr., Orris F. Odell and John Hughes, corporals ; William Evans and Birchard Whitcomb, buglers; John Springer, wagoner.
Privates-Calvin Ball, James M. Bender, Alexander C. Brown, Robert Carrie, John Crane, John Creek, William H. Harrison, Thomas Jefferson, Richard Lindley, Benedict O'Neil, William Osburn, Jackson B. Pierce, James Smith, William E. Swihart, John Tucker, Lewis Wallace, Albrecht Werth, Oliver Whitney, Andre Wilson, James W. Wood, John Wright, Isaac V. Zook.
Company D was mustered in on the last day of August, 1864, with Henry F. C. Krumme as captain ; Louis Neals, quartermaster sergeant ; John Haney, commissary sergeant; Charles W. Benton, Joseph W. Crowell, Andrew P. Christensen and George B. Lewis, sergeants; Hansford Henson, James Lyons, William E. Opelt, Louis Backstein, James Jones and Thomas McCauley, corpo- rals; John Bordeaux, bugler; Nils Mortenson, farrier; Augustus Swenson, blacksmith; Leonard A. Collins, wagoner.
Privates-Peter Albertson (appointed bugler), Christian Anderson, William Barry, George Bigway, Albert H. Bliven, John Brown (appointed bugler), Ed- ward Burgess, James Bush, Arthur P. Callahan (promoted corporal), James Carson, William L. Crippen, George W. Criss, Zachariah T. Dozier, John Earl (promoted corporal), Jonathan Edwards, Jr., Nelson Feanto (promoted corpo- ral), Henry C. H. Fitzgerald (promoted sergeant), Stanton Fordice, James M. Gibbs, Gottlieb Green, George P. Hall, Oscar Hart, Theodore F. Hickman, Leroy L. Holman, William L. Humes, Alonzo R. Hunt, Isaac Hutchins, Larsen Janson, Peter Jensen, David B. Johnson, John T. Johnson, William King, James C. Lornson, Andrew Lundwall, Jacob P. Maple (promoted sergeant), William M. May, John W. McNabb (promoted corporal), Christopher Merchenter, Walker M. Monday, James P. Morgan (promoted corporal), Isaac Moorin, Jolın L. Parker, William C. Pavey, James Peterson, John Pickels, Jasper Privett, Wilson Ramaly, Festus W. Salem, Alfred B. Seay, Richard Sellers, Robert M. Slagle, Joseph F. Smith, Robert W. Stevenson, Mordecai Stout, James S. Surles, Joseph S. Surles, Joseph Tucker (appointed wagoner), Barney Tunisson, Thaddeus Warner, George S. Williams, William H. Worthly.
While the Civil war was in progress the Indians of Nebraska and adjoining Vol 1-12
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states took advantage of the situation to go on the war path. The service of the First Battalion, Nebraska Veteran Volunteers, was therefore confined to warfare against the savages, and at least two engagements occurred in Nebraska -Smith's Station, May 12, 1865, and Alkali, October 22, 1865. In both these actions the Indians were defeated, the loss of the battalion in killed and wounded being slight. The battalion was mustered out on July 1, 1866.
SECOND CAVALRY
The Second Nebraska Regiment, known as the Second Cavalry, was organ- ized between October, 1862, and March, 1863, and was mustered into the United States service for nine months. At the time of muster in Robert W. Furnas, of Brownville, was colonel; William F. Sapp, of Omaha, lieutenant- colonel; George Armstrong, major; Aurelius Bowen, surgeon; H. O. Hanna, assistant surgeon; Josiah S. McCormick, quartermaster; Charles Powell, hospital steward; Charles S. Moore, farrier and veterinary surgeon. The other field and staff officers came from outside of Douglas County.
Company A was organized at Florence and was mustered in at Omaha on October 23, 1862, with Peter S. Reed, of Fontenelle, captain; Silas E. Seely, of Fontenelle, first lieutenant; Elias H. Clark, of Fort Calhoun, second lieutenant. All the other members of the company are credited on the muster roll to Florence. The non-commissioned officers at the time of muster in were as follows: Presley H. Green, first sergeant; John C. Seely, quartermaster sergeant ; William R. Bowen, commissary sergeant; Bradford Bailey, George W. Wolcott, Jonathan E. Dorsey, John K. Smith and James S. Riddler, sergeants ; John Lyons, James C. Crawford, Charles F. Eisley, Elisha Aldrich, Peter Lemon, Henry L. Howard, Daniel G. Selden and Andrew J. Critchfield, corporals ; George A. Hamer and John H. Stork, farriers ; John A. Hall, saddler (promoted regimental saddler) ; Isaac M. Davis, wagoner (promoted quartermaster ser- geant) ; Daniel W. Case, teamster.
Privates-Oney Aldrich, Adoniram J. Bailey, Andrew Baker, Levi Baker, Seth M. Baker, Chester Bannister, Charles H. Barber, Horatio G. Barber, Austin W. Beals (promoted corporal), Robert B. Beals, John Beebe, William Bell, James Billeter, Marks J. Billeter, William G. Bingham, Arthur Bloomer (promoted corporal), Sherod Boone, John S. Bowen, Isaac B. Burton, Josiah Cox, James Craig, Jr., William R. Dickerson, Edgar A. Dodge, Casper Eberline, Edward Fleicheneur, Samuel A. Francis, Lemuel Franklin, Warren B. Franklin (promoted sergeant), Leonard Gilbert, Frank Gravier, William F. Green (pro- moted saddler), Charles Grovihan, James Gugins, John Gugins, John G. Hause, Thomas Heaton, Christy Heneman, Fernando C. Howard, Joseph H. Hutchinson (promoted corporal), Thomas Johnson, Benjamin L. Keyes, Jolın W. Kirwin, John Kneoll, John G. Knight (promoted corporal), Frederick Koup, Henry Koup, William E. Lee, John Lepray (promoted corporal), Josiah Long, Wil- liam N. McCandlish (promoted sergeant), John McGinness, William R. Mellus, George Moore, William Mulliken (promoted sergeant), Henry B. Myers, John Osterloh, Thomas S. Patterson, George W. Peck, Joseph F. Pugsley, Sidney Reese, Washington Runyan, Chester O. Sampson, John J. Schademan, Jacob Schwab, John F. Scott (promoted corporal), Amos Shick (transferred to the
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artillery with General Sully's expedition), Julius Shuth, George H. Slightam, Thomas Smith, Ferdinand Stankey, Dolphin Swarts, William H. Turner, Charles Valentine, George Wagner, Augustus L. Ward, George W. Wilburn, Thomas Wilson, Absalom Yost (promoted corporal), Milo F. Young.
Company B was organized at DeSoto and was mustered in on October 24, 1862. Benjamin F. Dilley, of Douglas County, was mustered in as quarter- master sergeant; James S. Gibson, corporal; James Isom, farrier; James Foley, saddler; Lyman A. Harmon, wagoner, and the following privates were credited to the county :
Augustus Ault, Edward Blackstone, Daniel Bostwick, Jesse Bowman, Edwin T. Ferris, Milton M. Harney, Stevenson Ide, George Lawrence, Hiram C. Lydick, William A. McAllister, William G. Olinger, Frederick Shield (promoted quartermaster sergeant), Jesse Spillman, Porter S. Walker and Charles R. Whipple.
Company C was mustered in on October 30, 1862. It contained only a few men from Douglas County, all of whom enlisted as privates, to-wit: Moses Har- rison, Oscar M. Johnston, John Mathews, Nephi Stewart.
Company D was mustered in at Omaha on November 3, 1862, with Henry Gray, of Douglas County, first lieutenant; Wilbur B. Hugus, second lieutenant ; Horace C. Newman, sergeant; James R. Crandall, corporal, and the following Douglas County privates :
George Acton (appointed saddler), Peter Albertson, Samuel M. Buckenridge, John Chafman, Andres Chestersen, John H. Clauson, George W. Crist, Joseph W. Crowell, Dominique Deyback, James Douglas, Henry C. H. Fitzgerald, James M. Gibbs, Moses Hotaling, Peter Jensen, James Johnson, John Knudsen, An- drew G. McCausland, John McCune, James McEvoy, Michael McGary, Daniel McMillan, William H. McTwiggan, John Orchard, Robert W. Paddock, William P. Rowe (promoted corporal), Louis Scherb and Walter Walker.
Nelson Brown and Alexander Welch served as privates in Company E; Douglas County was not represented in Companies F and G; Daniel Clemins was farrier of Company H, in which Joseph H. Badger, Asa Coleman, James H. Clark and William G. Fowler served as privates. Company I was organized at Dakota City and contained no Douglas County boys, but in Company K the county was well represented.
Company K was mustered in at Omaha on January 22, 1863, with Edwin Patrick, captain; William B. James, first lieutenant; Philip P. Williams, second lieutenant, all from Omaha. Of the non-commissioned officers Douglas County furnished Samuel Stopher, quartermaster sergeant; Jacob A. Denham, commissary sergeant; Albert W. Merrick, Hugh S. Blair, E. H. Gibson and Robert C. Avery, sergeants; Andrew J. Harmon, Judson A. Langstaff, Cyrus P. Smith, John Hensman, Henry A. Pierce, Edward W. Hutchinson, James B. Davis and Albert J. Skinner, corporals; Perry Stuck and Frank Dozier, far- riers; Joseph Tucker, wagoner; E. C. Whiting, saddler.
Privates-John C. Anderson, Jacob Bohliber, Edward Britton, William S. Brown, Charles Buck, Stewart S. Caldwell, Winchester Cheeney, Robert Clemens, James Cormen, Isaac V. Cornish (promoted corporal), John H. Coulter, Wil- liam H. Doyle, Alfred H. Guinn, Abel Hallock, Samuel A. Hamilton, Henry Hawkins, Andrew Helms, James H. Hindsley, John A. Holly, Thomas H.
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Holtam, A. Hopkins, James Hudson, Calvin C. Kinney (promoted corporal), M. Kowski, David A. Logan, Thomas McKnight, Gotfried Milverstedt, Henry H. Moore, Warren T. Moore, James Moran, John Moran, Charles T. Morgan, William Pickett, Elijah R. Pollard, Garvin Prior, William P. Putney, George W. Pyles, Jeremiah Pyles, George Richardson, Henry Richardson, H. C. Rowell, Thomas J. Smith (promoted corporal), W. J. Sowder, Edgar Stopher (pro- moted corporal), George Stuart, John B. Sullivan, Joseph W. Taylor, Thomas Thompson, Charles Van Alstyne, George C. Ward, Smith G. Ward (promoted sergeant), Freeman Wilkerson, Junior Wilkerson, John A. Wing, John Ziegler.
Company L was organized at Falls City and contained but two Douglas County men-Zachary T. Mullin and Samuel C. Pitzer-both of whom were enrolled as privates.
Company M was organized around Nemaha City, where it was mustered in on March 24, 1862. The only Douglas County man upon the rolls of this company was Stearns F. Cooper, who was commissioned captain on the day the company was mustered in.
The Second Cavalry was employed against the hostile Indians in Nebraska and the Territory of Dakota. Its most severe engagement was the battle of White Stone Hill, Dakota Territory, September 5, 1863, where it suffered a slight loss in killed and wounded. It was mustered out by companies during the month of December, 1863.
CURTIS HORSE
The cavalry organization called the Curtis Horse was organized during the summer and early fall of 1861 and consisted of four companies. On December 20, 1861, it was consolidated with other organizations to form the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
Company A was mustered in at Omaha on September 14, 1861, with M. T. Patrick, captain ; William Kelsay, first lieutenant. Captain Patrick was pro- moted lieutenant-colonel in November and Lieutenant Kelsay was commis- sioned captain. In this company Douglas County furnished the following non- commissioned officers: Marion A. Hinds, quartermaster sergeant (promoted first lieutenant) ; Charles Edwards, Thomas W. Ritchie (promoted first lieu- tenant), Charles Mason, sergeants; James Campbell, Dudley Mizner, Alonzo H. Taylor, Joseph Graham, William Burt, corporals; William A. Thayer, bugler; James Pegg, farrier; Charles Tamblin, wagoner. Corporals Mizner, Taylor and Graham were each promoted to the rank of sergeant.
Privates-Napoleon B. Adkins (promoted corporal), Thomas Billings, Wil- liam Campbell, John W. Carter, Marion Crandall, Rudolph Crandall, Charles Feldman, Joseph Franklin, Charles Goodrich, John Griffey, Patrick Gwinn, Justice Hall, Thomas H. Harned, Francis M. Harris (appointed bugler), Martin Headley, Hugo Holdoegel, Joel Hoover, John D. Hurd, William Lawrence, Isaac J. Lewis, William Martins, C. McEvers, Patrick M. McGuire, William McGuire, Joseph Musgrave, Francis J. Melville (promoted corporal), Christian Olson, John N. Owens, George T. Paddock (promoted corporal), Carl Pulsifer ( promoted corporal), Frank Pulsifer, Thomas J. Reese, O. C. Ruttan, Wil- liam D. Runyan, Milton Sailing, George Thomas (promoted corporal), Walter
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Tuttle, John W. Warren, Thomas Warren, Michael Waters, Thomas Waters, Charles Watson, Thomas Wilson, George Whiting.
Company B was mustered in at Omaha on September 21, 1861, and its muster roll bears the names of the following Douglas County mien; John T. Croft, captain; Jeremiah C. Wilcox, second lieutenant (promoted captain of Company H); Erastus G. McNeely, first sergeant (promoted captain) ; Wil- liam P. Snowden, George McLean and Charles Edwards, sergeants; D. B. Thopham, O. H. Bonham, John S. Thompson, William Pierce and Philip Mc- Gary, corporals; Joseph Hensman, bugler.
Privates-F. A. Allen, E. Atkinson, David Baker, M. C. W. Bayliss, A. Beninger, P. A. Bevington, J. K. P. Billings, Richard Braschonsky, Nelson Brown, T. E. Chatfield, J. B. Clark, Warren Davis, Lewis Disher, William Dougherty, Antonio Giago, George F. Herral, Joseph G. Hersey, Samuel H. Hopkins, William Martin, H. B. Monciaran, James P. Pollock, Henry Shuth, Charles L. Slade (promoted corporal), William Torey, Manuel Toris, J. B. Towers, George R. Travor, Thomas S. Wallace, George Williams, August Williamson.
Company C was composed largely of men from Iowa and the southeastern part of Nebraska. Douglas County furnished to this company the following privates : Florence Allen, James Burns, Daniel Knight, John B. McCabe, Philip Oswald and Nathaniel F. Russell.
Company D was mustered into service at Benton Barracks, St. Louis, Mis- souri, November 13, 1861. Joseph S. Rich, of Omaha, was mustered in as quartermaster sergeant and afterward promoted to first lieutenant; Cyrus Day and Edmund G. Coombs were mustered in as sergeants, and the following Douglas County men were enrolled as privates: Elisha B. Day, Wiston Gar- rison, Edward R. Lane, George M. McAllister.
The service of the Curtis Horse was principally in Kentucky and Tennessee. On March 1I, 1862, it was engaged in a sharp fight with the enemy at Paris, Tenn., and on August 27, 1862, it was engaged at Cumberland Iron Works, where it lost a number in killed, wounded and captured. For some time it was stationed at Fort Heiman, Kentucky, where it had a number of skirmishes with the guerrilla bands that infested that section of the state. It was mustered out on August 11, 1865.
NEBRASKA MILITIA
In the summer of 1864 the Indians because so menacing that the governor ordered out the territorial militia. Company A, First Regiment, First Brigade, was mustered into the service of the territory at Omaha on August 30, 1864. for a period of sixty days. Of this company John R. Porter was captain ; Allen T. Riley, first lieutenant; Martin Dunham, second lieutenant ; Henry C. Hall, first sergeant; Abner G. Murphy, commissary sergeant; Justin Davis, quartermaster sergeant; Frank Winship, Jarvis H. Kimball, Perry Cain, James S. Neighley, sergeants; Henry Wait, Andrew J. Swartz, John J. Donalson, William Trumbull, corporals.
Privates-Thomas B. Adams (promoted corporal), John A. Arnold, Henry Astman (or Artman), William Boden, Louis Bouvier, John Brown, Childs
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Canon, William Crowell, John W. Denton, James Dooley, Edward Givens (pro- moted corporal), Henry Gotzche, Frank Gow, Grant Hamilton, Samuel Higgs, George Hunt (promoted corporal), States C. Incho, Frank M. Jenkins, Joseph H. Johnson, Charles Lee, Greenberry B. McMichael, William H. McMichael, Pardou Marshall (promoted corporal), James Menhenett, William Menhenett, Joseph S. Morgan, Daniel Murphy, Henry Nye (appointed farrier), James Rus- sell, James L. Sheldon, Charles S. Smith, Samuel C. Smith, Benjamin F. Stevens, George W. Wilburn, Peter Windheim, Charles Young.
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