Jasper County, Iowa Civil War Enlistment - 5th Iowa Infantry Transcribed by Joan Achille . Submitted to the USGenWeb Project Archives on June 2nd, 1998. ====================================================================== "1878 History of Jasper County, Iowa", pg. 415 & 416 Fifth Iowa Infantry The regiment was mustered in at Burlington, 15 Jul 1861, and ordered to Keokuk 2 Aug, from which point they were sent into MO for a few days in pursuit of bushwhackers, after which they were sent to St. Louis, and from thence ordered to Jefferson City MO, and from there to Boonville, MO; thence followed the rebel army under Price to Springfield, MO and on their return encamped at Syracuse until the following February, when they were moved across the country to St. Louis, and transported to Cairo, where they remained a few weeks and were transferred to Cape Giradeau. They were then marched to New Madrid, where they had a skirmish with the enemy. After the fall of New Madrid, they crossed the Mississippi and marched to Tiptonville to intercept and capture rebels who were attempting to escape from Island No. 10. They were then ordered back to New Madrid, thence to a point above Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, thence by way of Cairo and the Tennessee River to Pittsburgh Landing, to take part in the operations before Corinth. Upon the evacuation of Corinth, they followed the rebels to Rienzi and Jacinto until 18 Sept 1862, when they started for Iuka, where on the 19th, they took part in the battle of Iuka, where Co A went into a fight with 43 men, and had 27 killed and wounded. It was here that the regiment distinguished itself, so that it was complimented very highly by the Generals commanding. The position they held was in support of a battery, which in consequence of a superiority of numbers of the enemy, was at one time captured; but rallying to the rescue, the 5th Regiment retook the battery with the terrible loss above mentioned. They returned to Jacinto on the 21st of Sept., thence moved to Corinth to take part in the battle at that place. Engaged in the pursuit of the rebels after that battle, they remained in camp at Corinth until November, when they joined the expedition against Vicksburg, going by way of Holly Springs to Oxford, thence to Memphis, where they remained in camp until Spring of 1863. From here they were ordered to Helena, thence in the Yazoo Pass expedition. After their return to Helena they moved to Milliken's Bend, and through Louisiana to a point below Vicksburg, and thence by gunboat to a point below Grand Gulf, MS. From here they were ordered to Raymond and Jackson and back to the battle of Champion Hills. After this they engaged in the pursuit of the rebels to Vicksburg, and took part in the charge on the 22 of May. They then took their places in the siege of Vicksburg, where they remained in camp until the last of June, when they were ordered to Black River, to confront the enemy coming to the relief of Vicksburg. They returned to Vicksburg 1 July, and remained in camp until 1 Sept., when they were ordered to Helena for the purpose of joining the expedition against Little Rock, but were from there ordered to Chattanooga by way of Corinth, marching a considerable portion of the distance. They were then transferred to the 17th Corps, and took part in the battle of Chickamauga, where the regiment lost 30 men in killed and wounded, and 8 officers and 76 men taken prisoners, leaving only 65 men in the regiment who answered at roll call that evening. They afterward went down the river to Stevenson and Huntsville, AL where they remained all Winter. In April, 1864, the veterans of the regiment went home on furloughs, and on their return were placed on the railroads to do guard duty, being most of the Summer at Kingston, GA. They pursued the rebel General Wheeler in the last raid to the rear of Sherman, in June 1864, traveling during the time nearly nine hundred miles, and being three weeks without blankets or change of clothing. About the last of July, 1864, the non-veterans of the regiment were mustered out of the service, leaving 180 men, who, on application to the War Department were transferred to Fifth Iowa Cavalry, leaving 11 officers without a command, who were mustered out of service 28 Sept 1864, at Gen. Kilpatrick's headquarters, fifteen miles south of Atlanta, GA. COMPANY A Hawk, Capt William C., enl 24 June 1861, wnd. at Iuka and Champion Hills. Tubbs, F. G., enlisted 24 Jun 1861, wnd. at Iuka, disch. 14 Nov 1862, wounded. COMPANY B Chapman, Capt. Samuel, comm. 15 Jul 1861, resd. 2 Dec 1861 Mateer, 1st Lt. Alex. C., comm. 15 Jul 1861, d. 14 Oct 1862 of wnds rec. in battle of Iuka. McKee, 1st Lt. Robert A, enl. as pvt. 24 Jun 1861, prom. to 2nd Lt. 2 Dec 1861, detailed Q. M. 27 Jan 1862, prom. to 1st Lt. 9 Dec 1862, trans to Co I 5th Vet. Cav. Campbell. 2nd Lt. John Q. A, enl as sgt 24 Jun 1861, prom to 2nd Lt 9 Dec 1862, trans to Co. I, 5th Vet Cav. Shellady, Sgt John, enl. 24 Jun 1861, disch 9 May 1862, disabled. Dungan, Sgt. William W., enl. 24 Jun 1861, wnd. at Iuka, trans. to 11th Regt, LA colored troops. Vanatta, Sgt. James, enl. 24 Jun 1861, wnd. at Iuka Kiesler, Sgt. Thomas R., enl. 24 Jun 1861, trans. to 11th Regt. LA colored troops. Adamson, Sgt. William, enl. 24 Jun 1861, wnd. at Vicksburg, disch. 25 Dec 1863, disabled (all the following enl. 24 Jun 1864 unless noted differently.) Humphrey, Cpl. Miles, disch. 1 Jan 1862 Edmonds, Cpl. E., died 1 Nov 1862 Loudenback, Cpl. J. M., wnd. at Iuka, capt. at Missionary Ridge. Jones, Cpl, Isaac J. Teter, Cpl., D. W. McCrosky, Cpl. James W., wnd. at Iuka Winslow, Cpl. W. C., wnd at Iuka Taylor, Cpl. James, died 4 Oct 1862 Bodley, Cpl. William F. Herron, Cpl. David, wnd. at Iuka Banks, Cpl. James P., wnd at Iuka, disch 4 Jan 1863, wounds. Work, Cpl. George F., capt. at Iuka Ritter, Cpl. A., Volk, Cpl. John M., capt. at Missionary Ridge, d. at Andersonville Beath, Cpl. T. E., died at Otterville, MO Rogers, Musician, J. R., disch. 26 Aug 1863, disabled Gist, Wagoner H. C., trans to Invalid Corps 15 Feb 1864 The following are privates: Atha, A. G. enl. 6 Sep 1862 Bixler, Daniel, capt at Missionary Ridge Butler, William Bodley, John D., kld in action at Iuka Borden, I. T., wnd. at Iuka, d. at St. Louis Carey, L. K., wnd. at Iuka, d. at Vicksburg Capel, S., enl. 11 Sep 1862 Cartwright, I, wnd at Vicksburg, capt at Missionary Ridge Cottrell, M. W., kld. at Iuka Campbell, M. K. Colyer, I. Dewitt, Burnett, wnd. at Iuka, died at Keokuk Dixon, John C. Fouts, William P. Fleming, Job, disch 30 Jan 1862, disabled Fisher, Joseph E. Gray, John Graham, William E. Helgerson, J., enl. 12 Sep 1862, trans to Miss. Marine Brigade Hunling, William E. Hill, William Hall, Hiram C., wnd. at Iuka Howard, W. H. Hammond, George M. Haxton, Wm. H., d. 19 Nov 1861 at St. Louis Hilsinger, J. M., d. at St. Louis Johnson, F. M., kld at Memphis by accid. disch. of revolver Jones, Theo. Jones, G. L., kld at Vicksburg Kennedy, S., wnd. at Champion Hills King, James A., trans as 2nd. Lt. 11th LA colored troops Kerr, Thomas, disch. for disabilities Lyman, H. I., disch 23 Aug 1863, disabilities Lowe, Geo. W., kld at Iuka Loudenback, D. R., capt at Missionary Ridge McReynolds, E. Martino, William Mesker, Jared Mahan, Geo. B. Maus, Wm. H., enl. 15 Aug 1862, trans to Inv. Corps 15 Feb 1864 Mattson, Wesley, wnd. at Corinth McDonald, T. L., d. 1 Dec 1861 McCulley, Wm. enl 21 Aug 1862, wnd. at Champion Hills Morris, Chas. M., wnd at Iuka and Vicksburg Piper, O. B., kild in battle of Iuka Poor, Thomas, wnd. at Champion Hills Peyton, John J., d. 27 Dec 1861 Preston, Thos. W., wnd at Corinth 3 Oct and 12 Oct. Reynolds, H. , wnd at Memphis accid, disch 7 Sep 1863 of wnds. Romans, A. D., wnd at Iuka Rhynehart, J., disch Sep 1862 Smaei, Jas. H., kld at Iuka Shelley, L. F., kld at Iuka Sparks, Wm H., wnd at Iuka, captd at Missionary Ridge Stearns, B. F. Scott, H., wnd at Iuka, d. at St. Louis Stem, J., enl 2 Aug 1861, d. 1 Jul 1862 at Clear Creek, MS Spurlin, Wm., wnd at Champion Hills, d. at Keokuk Sparks, John H. Watson, George Warell, W., wnd at Iuka Welsh, John H. COMPANY D Butin, Layton, enl 1 Jul 1861 Cooper, M. B, enl 1 Jul 1861 Hayes, S., enl 1 Jul 1861, d. at Syracuse, MO Payton, T. H., enl 1 Jul 1861, wnd at Iuka, disch 14 Feb 1863 COMPANY UNKNOWN Connor, Daniel, enl 27 Aug 1862 Eich, C., enl. 21 Aug 1862 McCusker, A., enl 29 Aug 1862 McDaniel P., enl 1 Sep 1862 Schlusser, J., enl 15 Aug 1862 ====================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, material may be freely used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material, AND permission is obtained from the contributor of the file. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for non-commercial purposes, MUST obtain the written consent of the contributor, OR the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent.