Boone County IA Archives Military Records.....Boone County In The Civil War Civilwar ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ia/iafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00001.html#0000031 March 31, 2009, 3:53 pm Boone County In The Civil War CHAPTER XIV BOONE COUNTY IN THE CIVIL WAR On the 16th of April, four days following the assault on Fort Sumter, Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood, of Iowa, received the following telegram from Simeon Cameron, secretary of war: "Call made on you by tonight's mail for one regiment of militia for immediate service." That very day the governor proclaimed to the people of Iowa that the nation was imperiled and invoked the aid of every loyal citizen in the state. The telegram above alluded to was received at Davenport. The governor was then residing at Iowa City, but there was no telegraphic communication in those days between the two cities. It was important that the dispatch should reach the eyes of the governor at once, and General Vandever, then a civilian, volunteered to take the message to Iowa City. The governor was found on his farm outside the city by the self-appointed messenger, dressed in homespun and working in the field. Reading the dispatch, Governor Kirkwood expressed extreme surprise and exclaimed: "Why, the President wants a whole regiment of men! Do you suppose I can raise so many as that, Mr. Vandever?" When ten Iowa regiments were offered a few days later the question was answered. "Whether in the promptitude of her responses to the calls made on her by the general Government, in the courage and constancy of her soldiery in the field," said Col. A. P. Wood, of Dubuque, upon one occasion, "or in the wisdom and efficiency with which her civil administration was conducted during the trying period covered by the War of the Rebellion, Iowa proved herself the peer of any loyal state. The proclamation of her governor, Samuel J. Kirkwood, responsive to that of the President calling for volunteers to compose her first regiment, was issued on the fourth day after the fall of Sumter. At the end of only a single week men enough were reported to be in quarters (mostly in the vicinity of their own homes) to fill the regiment. These, however, were hardly more than a tithe of the number who had been offered by company commanders for acceptance under the President's call. So urgent were these offers that the governor requested on the 24th of April permission to organize an additional regiment. While awaiting the answer to this request he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments. In a short time he was notified that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the second and third regiments, which was near the close of May, the adjutant general of the state reported that upward of one hundred and seventy companies had been tendered to the governor to serve against the enemies of the Union. "Much difficulty and considerable delay occurred in fitting these regiments for the field. For the First Infantry a complete outfit-not uniform of clothing was extemporized, principally by the volunteered labor of loyal women in the different towns, from material of various colors and qualities obtained within the limits of the state. The same was done in part for the Second Infantry. Meantime an extra session of the General Assembly had been called by the governor to convene on May 15th. With but little delay that body authorized a loan of $800,000 to meet the extraordinary expenses incurred and to be incurred by the executive department in consequence of the new emergency. A wealthy merchant of the state-ex-Governor Merrill, then a resident of McGregor-immediately took from the governor a contract to supply a complete outfit of clothing for the three regiments organized, agreeing to receive, should the governor so elect, his pay therefor in state bonds at par. This contract he executed to the letter, and a portion of the clothing which was manufactured in Boston to his order was delivered at Keokuk, the place at which the troops had been rendezvoused, in exactly one month from the day on which the contract had been entered into. The remainder arrived only a few days later. This clothing was delivered to the regiments, but was subsequently condemned by the Government for the reason that its color was gray, and blue had been adopted as the color to be worn by national troops. "The first order for the Iowa volunteers to move to the field was received June 13th. It was issued by General Lyon, then commanding the United States forces in Missouri. The First and Second Infantry immediately embarked in steamboats and moved to Hannibal. Some two weeks later the Third Infantry was ordered to the same point. These three, together with many others of the earlier organized Iowa regiments, rendered their first field service in Missouri. The First Infantry formed a part of the little army with which General Lyon moved on Springfield and fought the bloody battle of Wilson's Creek. It received unqualified praise for its gallant bearing on the field. In the following month (September) the Third Iowa with very slight support fought with honor the sanguinary engagement of Blue Mills Landing; and in November the Seventh Iowa, as a part of a force commanded by General Grant, greatly distinguished itself in the battle of Belmont, where it poured out its blood like water, losing more than half of the men it took into action. The initial operations in which the battles referred to took place were followed by the more important movements led by General Curtis of this state and other commanders, which resulted in defeating the armies defending the chief strategic lines held by the Confederates in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas, and compelling their withdrawal from much of the territory previously controlled by them in those states. In these and many other movements down to the grand culminating campaign by which Vicksburg was captured and the Confederacy permanently severed on the line of the Mississippi River, Iowa troops took a part in steadily increasing numbers. In the investment and siege of Vicksburg the state was represented by thirty regiments and two batteries, in addition to which eight regiments and one battery were employed on the outposts of the besieging army. The brilliancy of their exploits on the many fields where they served won for them the highest meed of praise both in military and civil circles. Multiplied were the terms in which expression was given to this sentiment, but these words of one of the journals of a neighboring state-'The Iowa troops have been heroes among heroes'-embodies the spirit of all. "At the beginning of the war the population of Iowa included about 150,000 men, presumably liable to military service. The state raised for general service thirty-nine regiments of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry and four companies of artillery, composed of three years' men, one regiment of infantry composed of 100 days' men. The original enlistments in these various organizations, including 1,727 men raised by draft, numbered a little more than 69,000. The reenlistments, including upward of 7,000 veterans, numbered very nearly 8,000. The enlistments in the regular army and navy and organizations of other states will, if added, raise the total to upward of 80,000. The number of men who under special enlistments and as militia took part at different times in the operations on the exposed borders of the state was probably as many as 5,000. "Iowa paid no bounty on account of the men she placed in the field. In some instances toward the close of the war, bounty to a comparatively small amount was paid by cities and towns. On only one occasion, that of the call of July iH, 1864, was a draft made in Iowa. This did not occur on account of her proper liability, as established by previous ruling of the war department to supply men under that call, but grew out of the great necessity that there existed for raising men. The Government insisted on temporarily setting aside in part the former rule of settlements and enforcing a draft in all cases where subdistricts in any of the states should be found deficient in their supply of men. In no instance was Iowa, as a whole, found to be indebted to the general Government for men on a settlement of her quota account." BOONE ANSWERS THE CALL TO ARMS It truthfully may be recorded that when the citizens of Boone County fully awoke to the terrible significance of the firing on Fort Sumter, there was hardly an able-bodied man of any importance in the community who was not ready and willing to meet upon the field of battle the enemies of his country, to fight for her honor, her integrity and the union of states for all time. And to her lasting fame and pride, it is a matter of enduring history, that during the whole struggle of the Federal Government for supremacy, but once was the draft put in execution in Boone County, and that only in two townships, to fill the quota of her troops. When word reached Boonesboro that the South had declared war upon the North, there was some doubt among her citizens as to the accuracy of the intelligence; but later dispatches confirmed the dreadful tidings and a spirit of sadness, rather than of revenge, was in evidence on every hand; and the dread of an internecine war was made manifest by leading men of the community, in private conversation and hastily called public meetings. However, the spirit of loyalty was uppermost and soon meetings were held in the various townships for the purpose of recruiting troops for the field. S. B. McCall, who was the organizing sheriff of Boone County, was the first to recruit a company for the service, securing men for the purpose in Boone and adjoining counties; not, however, in time to be assigned to a regiment under the first call. This mattered little, as the second call was soon sent throughout the land and Captain McCall's company was ordered by the governor to encamp at Keokuk, where it was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States June 8, 1861, as Company E, Third Infantry. The second company raised in Boone County was recruited by W. P. Berry, who was ably assisted by W. J. Wheeler, William D. Templin and S. G. Moffatt. This body of men was mustered into the service in September, 1861, as Company D, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry. C. W. Wilson and Isaac J. Mitchell recruited the next company in Boone County. Wilson was elected captain and with his company was mustered in at Davenport in January, 1862. The organization was assigned to the Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and became Company D. The most popular military organization formed in Boone County was made possible by the patriotic and strenuous efforts of Dr. Theodore DeTar, W. L. DeFore and P. J. Shannon, who, by their determined efforts in raising money, holding war meetings in various parts of the county and in personal appeals to the patriotic hearts of the citizenry, induced a sufficient number of willing and liberty loving men to enlist. Great enthusiasm and display of loyalty were manifest when these brave men left their homes and loved ones for the many unknown dangers confronting them. Public demonstrations were in order at the courthouse the day of their departure, a beautiful flag was presented by a delegation of ladies and leading citizens took it upon themselves to escort in wagons the soldier boys to Iowa City. At this point the company entrained for Dubuque, where it was mustered into the United States army, as Company D, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry. The companies becoming a part of the volunteer forces of the United States army raised in Boone County have been mentioned, but these do not cover the full list of brave men who went into the Civil war from Boone County. Many others joined various companies, not only of the Iowa contingent, but of other states. The data for this article were procured from the adjutant general's report, and every man's name obtainable by careful and diligent effort, has been preserved in the war archives of the state. The roster following contains, as near correctly as possible, the names of all serving in the Civil war from Boone County: THIRD REGIMENT COMPANY E Samuel B. McCall,first lieutenant: wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; promoted captain June 26, 1861; mustered out June 18, 1864; appointed captain and C. S. U. S. V., March 11, 1865, and brevet major U. S. V., July 25, 1865. John H. Smith, second surgeon; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Thomas Mulvana, fifth surgeon; wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri, September 17, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. Henry M. Groves, fifth corporal; promoted to third corporal, September 1, 1862; reduced to ranks, June 16, 1862. William H. Cummings, musician. Privates Atkisson, William K.; Atkisson, James, promoted to wagoner; Barrett, George W., wounded July 12, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi; Bennett, Jesse, discharged December 15, 1862; Chambers, William C., promoted to eighth corporal, May 27, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; Castine, John, wounded at Shiloh; transferred February 16, 1864, to invalid corps; Gilmore, David B., promoted to third corporal, November 1, 1861; killed July 12, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi; Hope, John H.; Harris, Lewis, captured February 27, 1864, near Pearl River, Mississippi; Harlan, Michael T., discharged December 18, 1861; Kirkendall, John W., discharged July 10, 1862; Mullen, Guilford, promoted to fourth corporal, April 6, 1862; Mitchell, James H., discharged May 3, 1862; Mitchell, James, died at Quincy, Illinois, November 17, 1861; Martin, Nathan G.; Marsh, Samuel, wounded at Metamora, Tennessee, October 5, 1862; discharged December 20, 1862, for wounds; Paynes, James R.; Pardee, Bartley N., wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri, September 17, 1861; wounded May 18, 1863, on steamer near Island No. 82; Paxton, William K., promoted to sixth corporal, October 16, 1862; Ross, Albert C.; Ramsey, M. Kennedy; Ramsey, George, Jr.; Spurrier, William A., promoted to sixth corporal, June 26, 1861; died at Saylorville, November 23, 1S61; Spurrier, Joseph J., promoted to sixth corporal, November 16, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; promoted to fourth sergeant, April 6, 1862; Walker, Martin V., died at Macon City, Missouri, September 18, 1861; Ward, Obed R.; Zenor, Samuel P., wounded and captured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862. TENTH INFANTRY, COMPAXY D William P. Berry, captain, enlisted July 11, 1861; resigned March 1, 1862. William J. Wheeler, first lieutenant; enlisted July 11, 1861; resigned March 29, 1862. William Rankin, second lieutenant; reported but not commissioned; enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged December 20, 1861. John (Josiah) Fritz, first sergeant; enlisted August 1, 1861; died at Mound City, Illinois, November 11, 1862. Stephen G. Moffatt, second sergeant; enlisted August 3, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1862; mustered out December 26, 1864. Isaac Stover, third sergeant; enlisted August 1, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1865, but not mustered; was mustered out as first sergeant; wounded at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863. George Meyers, fourth sergeant; enlisted August 3, 1861. Alanson C. Eberhart, fifth sergeant; enlisted August 19, 1861; promoted to second sergeant February 1, 1864; to captain March 30, 1865, but mustered out as first sergeant. Paschal D. Robertson, first corporal; discharged January 21, 1862. Reuben Parcell, third corporal; died March 8, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee. Jerome B. White, fourth corporal; promoted to sergeant; wounded May 16, 1863, at Champion's Hill, Mississippi; died June 18, 1863, of wounds at Champion's Hill; enlisted August 17, 1861. Alexander Draper, fifth corporal; enlisted August 24, 1861; discharged November 10, 1862. Oliver Lewis, seventh corporal, enlisted August 3, 1861; discharged November 11, 1862. Privates-Blunk, Moses, enlisted August 24th, discharged October 13, 1862; Coe, Samuel, enlisted August 20th; Doren, John V., enlisted August 18th, died December 24, 1861, at Bird's Point, Missouri; Eads, James R., enlisted August 15th; Gaston, Larne, enlisted October 28th; Goodman, Jacob, enlisted August 12th; Hornbuckle, George W., enlisted August 26th, promoted to second sergeant, killed at Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 25, 1865; wounded at Champion's Hill, Mississippi, May 16, 1863; Hagan, John B., enlisted August 12th, discharged June 26, 1862; Holcomb, Charles L., enlisted September 2d; Hull, James, enlisted August 24th; Hurst, Andrew, enlisted August 13th, discharged December 11, 1862; Jesse, Samuel, enlisted August 12th; Joice, Peter, enlisted August 12th, wounded September 19, 1862, at Iuka, Mississippi; Kirby, George W., enlisted September.30th; Madden, Malen M., enlisted August 16th, died at Mound City, Illinois, December 7, 1861; Marks, David, enlisted August 12th; Miller, Robert G., enlisted August 12th, discharged January 26, 1862; Myers, Delany, enlisted August 26th, discharged May 6, 1862; McAnully, James L., enlisted October 28th; McCall, John, enlisted September 29th; wounded at Mission Ridge, Tennessee. November 25, 1863; Needham, Melvin, enlisted August 12th, discharged January 20, 1862; Needham, Sylvester, enlisted February 23, 1864; Noland, Albert C., enlisted February 23, 1864; died April 16, 1864, at Huntsville, Alabama; Noland, Nathaniel, enlisted August 29th, promoted to corporal February 1, 1864; Phipp, William D., enlisted September 30th, promoted to corporal January 1, 1864; Price, Israel, enlisted August 13th, promoted to second sergeant January 1, 1864; Radcliff, William, enlisted September 30th; Sanford, Alonzo L., enlisted February 23, 1864; Sanford, John H., enlisted August 29th; Shockey, Henry, enlisted August 13th; Smith, Oliver, enlisted July 21, 1864; Sprague, William D., enlisted February 29, 1864; Starr, Edgar, enlisted August 20th, transferred to invalid corps February 15, 1864; Stine, Isaac, enlisted August 12th, promoted to corporal January 1, 1864; Stone, Henry J., enlisted August 26th, wounded May 16, 1863, at Champion's Hill; Templin, William, enlisted August 24th, promoted October 21, 1861; resigned March 29, 1862; Upton, Jonas H., enlisted August 12th, discharged April 6, 1862; Wheeler, William J., enlisted August 19th; Wilson, Edward, enlisted August 18th. FIFTEENTH INFANTRY, COMPANY B Barnes, Martin V. B., enlisted November 5th, wounded and missing at Shiloh April 6, 1862; Benbow, Barclay, enlisted October 10th, appointed wagoner April 15, 1862; Boudinot, Lucius, enlisted October 10th, promoted hospital steward February 22, 1862; discharged June 4, 1862; Boudinot, William A., enlisted November 1st, captured near Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864; Bushnell, Drayton, enlisted January 24, 1862; Dyer, William, enlisted January 27, 1862; discharged June 17, 1862; Hamilton, Joseph H., enlisted October 30th, discharged December 27, 1862; Hamilton, William S., enlisted October 30th, died at Keokuk, January 9, 1862; Hughes, George T., enlisted November 1st, wounded July 22d, near Atlanta, Georgia; Hurst, John H., enlisted October 22d; Torr, Wilford H., enlisted November 6th, wounded May 1, 1862; died June 12, 1863, at St. Louis; Waldo, Joseph A., enlisted October 12th,'promoted to sixth corporal September 8, 1862; to first corporal November 1, 1862; Waldo, William W., enlisted October 12th, discharged February 8, 1862. COMPANY D Crandall W. Williams, captain; enlisted October 9th, captured at Corinth October 3, 1862. George H. Holcomb, second lieutenant; enlisted September 25th; wounded at Shiloh; killed in battle at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia, July 21, 1864. William C. Crooks, second sergeant; enlisted November 11th; wounded at Shiloh; died of wounds April 9, 1862. Amos S. Collins, third sergeant; enlisted October 19th; wounded at Shiloh; promoted to second sergeant April 17, 1862; discharged July 7, 1862. David C. Hull, first corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant April 17, 1862; reduced to ranks. Caleb Greene, eighth corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; promoted to seventh corporal March 7, 1862; reduced to ranks April 17, 1862. John Mitchell, wagoner; enlisted October 16th; died at Monterey, Tennessee, May 22, 1862. Privates-Boone, Harrison, enlisted January 4, 1862; killed at Shiloh; Bromley, Joseph, enlisted January 27, 1862; Bustram, Charles, enlisted January 24, 1862; discharged October 4, 1862; Cromwell, Newton, enlisted January 7, 1862; wounded and captured at Nick-a-jack Creek, July 21, 1864; Cromwell, Thomas J., enlisted December 25th, transferred May 1, 1864, to Invalid Corps; Cunningham, Maximilian, enlisted December 26th, supposed to have died in a northern hospital in 1862; Cunningham, Solomon C., enlisted January 5, 1862; died near Corinth May 17, 1862; Francis, John, enlisted November 27th; Gildea, Jefferson, enlisted December 23d, discharged August 18, 1862; Gildea, Oliver, enlisted November 9th, died at Corinth June 25, 1862; Higbee, James W., enlisted December 2d, wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 24, 1864; Howard, George B., enlisted November 11th; Huffman, John, enlisted January 7, 1862; died in hospital at Davenport February 17, 1862; Hull, George, enlisted December 23d; died at Monterey June 8, 1862; Hull, Jackson, enlisted December 23d, promoted to corporal January 5, 1864; captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864; Hull, Martin, enlisted December 23d; Long, Jacob, enlisted January 24, 1862; died at Davenport February 17, 1862; Long, Madison, enlisted January 24, 1862; died at Corinth August 10, 1862; Lair, Abraham, enlisted January 23, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Milligan, William P., enlisted October 20th, discharged September 4, 1862; Myers, Thomas, enlisted January 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Needham, Captain O., enlisted October 20th, died at Davenport January 14, 1862; Parr, Thomas J., enlisted October 9th, promoted to seventh corporal April 17, 1862; wounded at Iuka September 19, 1862; promoted to fifth corporal July 4, 1862; to third corporal September 1, 1862; Peck, Charles W., enlisted October 9th, discharged July 4, 1862; Rozell, Joshua J., enlisted January 24, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Scramlin, Charles H., enlisted October 10th, captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Shaw, William, enlisted November 9th, died at Davenport January 12, 1862; Stark, Ancel, enlisted February 22, 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 25, 1864; killed July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-Jack Creek, Georgia; Stark, George S., enlisted October 18th, wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, July 14, 1864; Thrift, Josiah M., enlisted December 2d, captured at Shiloh, discharged March 7, 1863; Thrift, William H., enlisted December 21st, discharged November 21, 1862; Zenor, Spear S., enlisted November 28th, wounded at Shiloh, discharged July 24, 1862. COMPANY F David F. Hamilton, first corporal from private March 27, 1862; enlisted February 15, 1862; died August 1, 1862, place unknown. Privates Barnes, James M., enlisted January 29, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and at Iuka August 19, 1862; missing after September 19, 1862; supposed to be dead; Buchanan, John, enlisted February 13, 1862; died March 20, 1862; Carpenter, Hezekiah, enlisted February 15, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, discharged November 5, 1862; Carpenter, John, enlisted March 7, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and Iuka August 19, 1862; Carpenter, William, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged June 22, 1862; Hamilton, Wesley B., enlisted February 13, 1862; died June 20, 1862; Smith, Fillman, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged May 27, 1862. COMPANY K J. F. Alexander, first lieutenant; enlisted February 24, 1862; resigned June 7, 1862. N. N. Stringer, second lieutenant; enlisted February 14, 1862; resigned May 4, 1862. William D. Kinkade, fifth corporal; captured at Iuka September 19, 1862, and at Atlanta July 22, 1863. George Huxford, eighth corporal; enlisted February 28, 1862; promoted to first sergeant February 28, 1865; to second lieutenant July 1, 1865, but not mustered; was mustered out as first sergeant. Privates—Bass, D. M., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded at Nick-a-jack Creek July 21, 1864; Coe, H. P., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded June 12, 1864, at Big Shanty, Georgia, and July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-jack Creek; transferred to veteran reserve corps April 28, 1865; Corbin, Americus V., enlisted November 30th, captured at Atlanta July 22, 1862; transferred to veteran reserve corps; Cox, Jonathan, enlisted January 29, 1864; Diel, James, enlisted February 26, 1862; wounded at Iuka, discharged February 3, 1863; Dollason, Austin, enlisted February, 1862; captured March 16, 1865, at Goldsboro, North Carolina; Dollason, John, enlisted February 9, 1862; died July 4, 1862, at Fort Dodge; Fisher, Jesse, enlisted February 20, 1862; died September 9, 1862, at Bolivar, Tennessee; Hamilton, Jacob, enlisted February 24th; Harlan, Joshua, enlisted February 13, 1862; died August 20, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi; Harris, John M., enlisted February 20, 1862; wounded June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Hoffman, George, enlisted February 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Parks, Levi, enlisted February 26, 1862; died August 24, 1864, at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia; Parks, Samuel S., enlisted February 13, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; captured August 27, 1864; Remington, Samuel, enlisted February 13, 1862; discharged May 10, 1862; Roister, Robert, enlisted April 21, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864; Shaffer, Amaziah, enlisted February 28, 1862; Tomlinson, _____, enlisted November 18, 1864; Vontrees, William, enlisted March 8, 1862; wounded June 7, 1863, at Vicksburg; died of wounds June 9th; Ward, Allen, enlisted February 10, 1862; captured at Atlanta; Ward, William, enlisted February 24, 1864; Williams, Alfred E., enlisted October 27, 1864; Wilson, Albert, enlisted February 24, 1862; killed June 24, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia; Wilson, H. R., enlisted February 6, 1862; Zimbleman, Philip, enlisted February 12, 1862; died April 29, 1862, at St. Louis. COMPANY D Theodore DeTar, captain; wounded Decemher 16, 1864, at Nashville; discharged May 15, 1865. William D. Templin, first lieutenant; wounded May 18, 1864, at Yellow Bayou, Louisiana; discharged March 30, 1865, for wounds. Robert J. Shannon, second lieutenant; promoted first lieutenant, March 10, 1865; commanding captain August 23, 1865, but mustered out as first lieutenant. Joseph G. Miller, first sergeant; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died in rebel prison at Tyler, Texas, July 28, 1864. Joseph M. Harvey, second sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, August 23, 1865, but not mustered. Willis S. Defere, third sergeant; detailed as regimental wagon-master, December 26, 1862. Francis M. Spurrier, fourth sergeant; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged November 24, 1864. Isaac C. Nutt, fifth sergeant; died November 8, 1863. Jasper W. Holmes, first corporal. Austin C. Worrick, second corporal; discharged January 20, 1865. Martin Summers, third corporal; reduced to ranks at own request. Malbern Pettihone, fourth corporal; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864. Daniel W. Robbins, fifth corporal; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864. William M. Petty, sixth corporal. John Weston, seventh corporal, wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died of wounds May 18, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee. William Stover, eighth corporal; reduced to ranks at own request; wounded at Little Red River, Arkansas, August 14, 1863. Joseph Bone, musician; discharged May 12, 1863, for promotion. Samuel Bone, musician. Norman P. Rogers, wagoner; discharged March 4, 1863. Privates- Abercrombie, Harrison, enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; discharged December in, 1864; Ainsworth, Willard C., enlisted January 20, 1864; Andrews, Samuel, enlisted August 11, 1862; Annis, Francis, enlisted August 11, 1862; Arasmith, Abner, enlisted August 11, 1862; died June 16, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Atkinson, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; Atkinson, John A., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed July 14, at Tupelo, Mississippi; Atkinson, Robert, enlisted Aug. 11, 1862; killed August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; Battin, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Georgia; Berry, William S., enlisted August 11, 1862; Blunk, Amos L, enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged November 1, 1864, for wounds; Blunk, Samuel C, enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; discharged September 4, 1864, for wounds; Boone, Edward M., enlisted August 11, 1862; Burlington, Jacob M., enlisted August 11, 1862; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Burkley, Alonzo J., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Carpenter, Hezekiah, enlisted April 11, 1864; Carpenter, William D., enlisted August 11, 1862; Cline, Edward M., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863; Cline, Joseph I. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863; Cree, Stephen W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Cummings, Isaac B., Jr., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dalander, Andrew J., enlisted August 11, 1862; Davis, Cyrus M., enlisted August 11, 1862; Davis, James A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died May 4, 1864, while in hands of rebels; Dooley, Thomas E., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dooley, John B., enlisted August 11, 1862; Dyer, William R., enlisted November 8, 1862; Ebersole, Cyrus A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Little Red River, August 14, 1863; transferred to Invalid Corps; Eckley, Edward, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863; Fox, George H., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; Gilliland, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Gaskill, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; Goodrich, W. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; discharged January 16, 1864; Grayson, William G., enlisted August 11, 1862; Gwinn, Robert M., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred before muster to Company I; Harter, Nicholas, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Herron, John, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 24, 1864; Hickman, Benjamin N., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; Hickman, Lewis S., enlisted August 11, 1862; Hickman, William C, enlisted August 11, 1862; Higbee, Tyler, enlisted August 11, 1862; Hughes, Isaac W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Hull, Fenolon W., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to eighth corporal December 26, 1862; wounded July 14, 1864, at Tupelo, Mississippi; Hunter, George D., enlisted August 11, l862; discharged March 7, 1863; Hurlburt, Jehiel B., enlisted August 11, 1862; Irwin, William H., enlisted August 11, 1862; Joice, John F., enlisted August 11, 1862; died July 23, 1863, at Cape Girardeau; Joice, Garrett L., enlisted August 11, 1862; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Jewett, David S., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third sergeant December 26, 1862; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Jones, Levi, enlisted August ii, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863; Karby, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; discharged August 13, 1864, for wounds; Kelly, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862; died April 26, 1863, at Bloomfield, Missouri; Kinkead, Joseph H., enlisted August 11, 1862; Kirkendall, Henrv C., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 1, 1863, at Duval's Bluff, Arkansas; Kirkendall, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Landers, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Lawton, William B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Lee, Abbott, enlisted August 11, 1862; Lefferts, Charles, enlisted August 11, 1862; Leonard, William P., enlisted January 5, 1864; Linn, Augustus, enlisted January 5, 1864; missing at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; McCall, Zachariah S., enlisted August 11, 1862; died October 5, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas; McFarlin, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864; Mahaffey, Isaac N. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Manchester, William, enlisted January 5, 1864; Merrick, John H., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died April 20, 1864, of wounds; Moriarty, John J., enlisted August 11, 1862; missing at Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864; enlisted January 28, 1864; Nelson, Jones W., enlisted August 11, 1862; Nutt, Edward O., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 15, 1863; Overman, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; died January 10, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri; Parker, David U., enlisted January 2, 1864; Patterson, Josiah B., enlisted August 11, 1862; Paxton, Sharon A., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 14, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas; Payne, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862; Peoples, William M., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Peterson, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862; Peterson, Yonse, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged October 4, 1863; Petty, Robert C., enlisted January 5, 1864; Segrin, John, enlisted August 11, 1862; Shading, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 25, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas; Spicklemire, Thomas M., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864 at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died July 1, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee, of wounds; Starr, Jedediah L., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Strunk, Elias D., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred March 12, 1863, for promotion to captain Fifth Regiment, U. S. V. A. D.; Tappin, Martin, enlisted August 11, 1862; died July 16, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois; Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864; Thompson, Thomas B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; Walker, Calvin M. J., enlisted August 11, 1862; Williams, Isaac, enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to corporal; died January 24, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois; Williams, James P., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third corporal, September 26, 1862; Williams, Richard S., enlisted August 11, 1862 ; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas; Williams, Samuel B., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; Williams, Spencer K., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 5, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas; Webster, James W., enlisted February 29, 1864; Wright, John E. R., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana. COMPANY UNKNOWN Anderson, Charles J., enlisted February 24, 1864; Berry, Levi, enlisted February 20, 1864; Blunk, Moses, enlisted February 20, 1864; Haggan, James A., enlisted February 20, 1864; Staley, Joseph, enlisted March 20, 1864; Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864. COMPANY I Birchard, Abner T., enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to quartermaster sergeant, November 8, 1862. Gwinn, Robert M., musician; enlisted in Company D, August 11, 1862. Huxford, Morton V., enlisted August, 1862. FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY, COMPANY H John J. Adams, first lieutenant; promoted to captain, June 1, 1864. William F. Boggs, first sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, June 1, 1864 Randolph Schoonover, second sergeant. Madison J. Williams, fifth sergeant, from private. Adam Messmore, first corporal; returned to ranks June 10, 1864. Thomas J. Gilden, fourth corporal, June 10, 1864. Thomas Johnson, fifth corporal; promoted to fourth corporal, June 10, 1864. John A. Kees, seventh corporal; promoted to sixth corporal June 10, 1864. Privates Berhow, Oliver; Bromily, Arthur; Caldwell, Eon W.; Contwright, James; Decker, William M.; Gooden, Henry; Hetrick, John W.; Hoffman, Jefferson; Hoffman, Pleasant B.; Jay, Eli; Kintzley, Winfield S.; Kintzley, William Worth; McIntire, William K.; Nutt, Francis M.; Nutt, John; Parker, Robert S.; Parks, David M.; Pierce, Jasper; Sanders, William N., promoted to seventh corporal, June 10, 1864; Thomas, James S.; Thrift, William H.; Webster, Bird; Williams, J. Madison. MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS FOURTH Ricket, Jonathan N.; Company E; enlisted July 15, 1861. TENTH Fagan, Benjamin, Company K; enlisted December 2, 1861 ; transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 11, 1865. THIRTEENTH Allen, William, enlisted October 27, 1864. Broom, Tyler, enlisted October 27, 1864. Browhard, Martin, enlisted October 27, 1864. Cartright, Robert N., enlisted October 27, 1864. Dawkins, Thomas, enlisted October 27, 1864. Elsbury, John, enlisted October 27, 1864. Fruit, Jonathan W., enlisted October 27, 1864. Glidden, Jefferson D., enlisted October 27, 1864. Hall, Henry W., enlisted November 4, 1864. Holloway, Oliver, enlisted October 27, 1864. Hunt, Charles, enlisted October 29, 1864. Noland, William, enlisted October 27, 1864. Shaw, Levi, enlisted October 27, 1864. Silver, Allen T., enlisted October 27, 1864. Starke, Jesse B., enlisted October 27, 1864. Starke, Nelson, enlisted November 7, 1864. Vernan, Job 13., enlisted October 27, 1864. Vest, John, enlisted October 27, 1864. Williams, James S., enlisted October 27, 1864. Wilson, William, enlisted October 27, 1864. TWENTY-THIRD Clayton, William T., musician, Company A; enlisted August 1, 1862. Broyhill, George C, Company A; enlisted July 20, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps, April 1, 1864; died August 13, 1864. Buckhart, David L., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; promoted to corporal; discharged July 21, 1863. Buckhart, William H., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; died July 18, 1863, at Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. THIRTY-NINTH Ericson, Augustus, fourth sergeant Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; wounded and captured October 5, 1864, at Altoona, Georgia. Hanson, John A., Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; discharged February 9, 1864. Johnson, John A., enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I. Sodlund, Alex, enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I. FORTY-SIXTH Johnson, Gabriel, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864. Johnson, Enos, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864. Johnson, Larkin, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864. FORTY-SEVENTH Herring, William B., Company F; enlisted May 17, 1864; died at Helena, Arkansas, June 26, 1864. Underville, William H., enlisted May 16, 1864; Company F. NORTHERN BORDER BRIGADE Richardson, Franklin, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862, as first sergeant. Landon, Joseph, first corporal, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Nickerson, Francis M., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Payne, Samuel S., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Richardson, Columbus, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. Wilson, William. Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862. MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY SEVENTH Bennett, L. C, seventh corporal, Company E; enlisted March 18, 1863; died August 26, 1865, at Fort Kearney, Nebraska. Oliver, Thomas R., Company E; enlisted April 18, 1863. Hull, William, Company L; enlisted November 10, 1861. NINTH Averill, William C, Company H; enlisted October 10, 1863; died August 4, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas. Kelly, Henry C, Company H; enlisted October 12, 1863. Slish, Benjamin F., Company H; enlisted October 4, 1863; died February 6, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri. MISCELLANEOUS ARTILLERY Miller, Benjamin E., Second Battery; enlisted September 22, 1862; died February 15, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee. Truester, Cyrus J., Second Battery; enlisted October 2, 1862; transferred March 1, 1863, to Mississippi Marine Brigade. Additional Comments: [Transcriber's note: The first 5 chapters have to do with a brief and very general history of Iowa, geology, and Native American sociology. These chapters will not be transcribed.] Extracted from: HISTORY OF BOONE COUNTY IOWA N. E. GOLDTHWAIT SUPERVISING EDITOR ILLUSTRATED VOLUME I CHICAGO PIONEER PUBLISHING COMPANY 1914 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/boone/military/civilwar/other/boonecou11nmt.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 40.9 Kb