MILITARY: Civil War Roster II, Hamilton County, Iowa ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, for their private use as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. 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Residence, Webster City; nativity, Kentucky. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 26, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Thomas C. Allen. Age 33. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 27, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. Archibald Bellvill. Age 40. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1861. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease Sept. 15, 1863, Little Rock, Ark. Buried in National Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. Section I, grave 5. James Brock. Age 24. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability March 7, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. See Company F, Second Iowa Cavalry. Augustine Brown. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Germany. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered Sept. 7, 1864. Mustered out July 14, 1865, Mon6tgomery, Ala. Hiram N. Chancey. Age 28. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Virginia. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Promoted fifth corporal, Nov. 30, 1863; fourth corporal, May 30, 1864; third corporal, Feb. 1, 1865; second corporal, June 6, 1865; third sergeant July 13, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. William Courrier. Age 19. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1852, as Wagoner. Mustered Sept. 8,1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. James S. Cross. Age 32. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Aug. 11, 1864, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. James Duckett. Age 22. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa Roderick D. Faught. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton County; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Taken prisoner April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Davenport, Iowa James I. Gamble. Age 18. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Granted furlough March 5, 1863, for thirty days; never returned. John I. Hartman. Age 30. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Virginia. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 12, 1862, Dubuque, Iowa. Leonard Henkle. Age 28. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862, as fifer. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability June 29, 1865, Mound City, Ill. William K. Laughlin. Age 30. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, as fourth corporal. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Promoted third corporal Oct. 28, 1862; second corporal, Feb. 10, 1863; first corporal, March 1,3 1863; fifth sergeant, Sept. 26, 1863; fourth sergeant, May 30, 1864. Discharged Feb. 17, 1865, Louisville, Ky. David W. Layton. Age 22. Residence, Homer; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Deserted July 11, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Joshua McFarland. Age 20. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug.13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Wounded slightly April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1864, Clinton, Iowa. John McFarland. Age 33. nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered Sept. 28, 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865, Montgomery, Ala. Samuel McFarland. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted March 22, 1864. Mustered March 23, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Eighth Infantry, July 28, 1865. John McMiller. Age 26. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Wounded and taken prisoner April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Discharged for disability Feb. 14, 1865, St. Louis, Mo. John N. Maxwell. Age 27. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862, as first sergeant. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Discharged for disability March 19, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Levi Omstead. Age 30. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 23, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Nelson G. Omstead. Age 21. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered out June 6, 1865, Little Rock, Ark. Joseph T. Payne. Age 25. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Taken prisoner April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. Thomas J. Persons. Age 26. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8,1862. Promoted eighth corporal March 13, 1863; sixth corporal, Sept. 26, 1863; fifth corporal Oct. 10, 1863; fourth corporal Nov. 30, 1863; third corporal May 30, 1864; second corporal Feb 1, 1865; fifth sergeant June 6, 1865; first sergeant July 13, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. Theodore Philips. Age 43. Residence, Webster City; nativity, New York. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862.Mustered Sept.6, 1862. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. George Raines. Age 40.Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, New York. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1864. Mustered Sept. 3, 1864. Mustered out June 8, 1865, Montgomery, Ala. William H. Renner. Age 22. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 3, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Died of disease, Oct. 21, 1863, Little Rock, Ark. Buried in National Cemetery, Little Rock, Ark. Benjamin G. Scott. Age 26. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Promoted fife major, Oct. 6, 1862. Returned to Company Jan. 15, 1865. Mustered out June 7, 1865, Little Rock, Ark. James D. Stryker. Age 27. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept.6, 1862. Died of disease Feb. 18, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 37 ½, grave 34. Michael Watters. Age 44. Residence, Webster City; nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Died of disease, Nov. 8, 1863, Cape Girardeau, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 37 ½, grave 32. James L. Wilcox. Age 32. Residence, Homer; nativity, New York; Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Died of disease, Dec. 5, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Mo. Section 38, grave 50. Andrew Williams, Age 19. Residence, Webster city; nativity, Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Mustered Sept. 8, 1862. Taken prisoner April 9, 1864, Pleasant Hill, La. Died of disease, May 2, 1864, Tyler, Texas. THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY, COMPANY B John Eckstein. Age 24. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Germany. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Discharged for promotion as second lieutenant in Company I, Sixty-eighth United States Colored Infantry, May 12, St. Louis, Mo. George H. Welsh. Age 20. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Canada. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, as wagoner. Mustered Sept. 6, 1862. Promoted seventh corporal June 14, 1864; fifth corporal July 1, 1864; fourth corporal July 22, 1864; third corporal Oct. 4, 1864; first corporal July 5, 1865. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY, COMPANY K George Boyd. Age 33. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Norway. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864. Mustered April 20, 1864. Discharged for disability July 15, 1865, Montgomery, Ala. Alexander Church. Age 27. Residence, Hamilton County; nativity, New York. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Discharged for disability May 29, 1863, Fort Pillow, Tenn. Harvey Church. Age 21. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Discharged for disability March 18, 1863, Fort Pillow, Tenn. Chilson C. Sanford. Age 24. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Michigan. Enlisted Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Promoted fourth corporal Jan. 24, 1863; third corporal April 9,1864; second corporal May 1, 1864. Died of disease Sept. 11, 1864, Lakins Grove, Iowa. Lewis A. Schamp. Age 20. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 12. 1862. Mustered Sept. 3, 1862. Wounded slightly Dec. 16, 1864, Nashville, Tenn. Mustered out Aug. 24, 1865, Clinton, Iowa. COMPANY C, FORTY-FIFTH INFANTRY James D. Springer. Age 21. Residence, Webster City; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May 13, 1864. Mustered May 25, 1864. Discharged for promotion in Fifty-fifth United States Colored Infantry Sept 1, 1864, Memphis, Tenn. COMPANY C, FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY Peter Aikley. Age 18. Residence, Hamilton county; nativity, Pennsylvania. Enlisted May 17, 1864. Mustered July 13, 1864. Mustered out Oct. 21, 1864, Rock Island, Ill., expiration of term of service