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Book Title: Annals Of Polk County, Iowa And City Of Des Moines

FIFTEENTH INFANTRY.

   In this gallant regiment Polk county was represented in Companies B, F and G.
The Fifteenth was organized in February, 1862, mustered into U. S. service March
14, and was at Pittsburg Landing in April, where in its first fight it lost in
two days over one-fourth of its number. Its gallant history is thus summed up:

   I. Pittsburg Landing—Battle of Shiloh.

   II. Siege of Corinth—Summer and fall of 1862—Bolivar—Iuka—Battle of Corinth,
October 3d and 4th—Pursuit of Rebels to Ripley—Return to Corinth October 13th.

   III. Winter Campaign, 1862—Grand Junction—Holly
Springs—Oxford—Abbeville—Yockena Station—Return to Lafayette—Memphis—Front of
Vicksburg—Milliken's Bend—Providence—Canal digging to connect the Mississippi
with bayous Macon and Tensas.

   IV. Vicksburg Campaign—Milliken's Bend—Holmes' Plantation—Grand Gulf—Haines'
Bluff—Warrenton—Mechanicsville Expedition—Rear of Vicksburg—Black River
Expedition—Messenger's Ferry—Jackson—Return to Vicksburg.

   V. Fall and Winter, 1863-4-Expedition to Monroe La., in August; to Jackson in
October; to Redbone in December; Meridian in February, 1864; Veteran furlough in
March and April; thence to Huntsville, Alabama.

   VI. Summer Campaign of 1864—Huntsville—Decatur—Rome—Ackworth—Sherman's
March—Battles of Big Shanty, Noonday Creek, Brushy Mountain, Kenesaw,
Nick-a-Jack Creek, Atlanta, July 20 to 28—Jonesboro—Lovejoy—Atlanta.

   VII. Fall Campaign of 1864—Reconnoisance to Powder Springs—Pursuit of Hood to
Reseca—Gaylesville— Marietta—March to the Sea—Savannah, November and December,
1864.

   VIII. Winter Campaign through the Carolinas— Beaufort—Battles of Garden
Corner and Poctaligo, Jan. 14th; Salkahatchie, Feb. 3d; Orangeburg Feb. 12th;
Columbus, Feb. 13th; Fayette, March 11th; Bentonsville, March 20th; on to
Goldsboro. This was one of the most arduous campaigns in the history of the
regiment. Its marches by night through swamps for hours, waist deep, amongst
dense forests and snags, will never be forgotten. For its promptness and heroism
it received the special commendation of commanding officers.

   IX. Closing Campaign—Northward to "finish the job" —Raleigh—Review by Gen.
Grant April 23d, Jones' Station—Surrender of Johnson—March to
Petersburg-Richmond—Washington—Louisville—Muster out July 24, 1865—Home again at
Davenport July 29th.

   Out of 1,763 men who were members of the regiment during its organization,
1,051 were absent, killed, died or crippled for life; proof of valor,
patriotism, and love of country. It is said to have suffered more casualties
than any regiment sent from the state. It carried, its battle flag 7,898 miles,
and it now hangs in the State capitol.

   The regiment had three colonels: Hugh T. Reid, W. W. Belknap, promoted to
brigadier-general, and J. M. Hedrick, promoted to brigadier-general by brevet.
General Belknap subsequently became Secretary of War. The casualties were:
Officers killed in action, 6; died of wounds, 2; of disease, 1; wounded, 27;
discharged, 3; resigned, 27; enlisted men killed, 52; died of wounds, 78; died
of disease, 194; discharged, 302; wounded, 394; captured, 78. Polk County was
represented in Companies B and F, and on the staff to-wit: James H. Flint,
quarter-master, Lucius Boudinot.

COMPANY B.   Enlisted in 1861, unless otherwise stated.

   Wilson T. Smith, captain, August 26.
   Adolphus G. Studer, first lieutenant; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862;
promoted captain May 24, 1862; resigned Jan. 18, 1863.
   *Christian E. Landstrum, second lieutenant; promoted to first lieutenant May
24, 1862; to captain Jan. 19, 1863; mustered out May 16, 1865.
   Henry Moreland, first sergeant; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; discharged
November 1, 1862.
   William Stanberry, fifth sergeant; died at Corinth July 5, 1862.
   L. Jacob Kelsey, September 26; third corporal; promoted to second corporal
July 9, 1862; captured at Corinth.
   Rees Wilkins, fourth corporal, November 1; promoted to second sergeant March
27, 1862; to second lieutenant May 24, 1862; resigned December 16; (also
reported Resin W.)
   *Charles E. Harvey, fifth corporal, September 11; reduced to ranks October
18, 1862; wounded at Atlanta, Georgia, June 17, 1861.
   James H. Flint, sixth corporal, October 12; promoted to
quartermaster-sergeant September 8, 1862.
   George L. Rees, seventh corporal, September 25; promoted to fourth sergeant
September 15, 1862; died February 7, 1863, at Vicksburg.

PRIVATES.

   Atmore, Elijah W., September 12; promoted to third corporal October 7, 1862.
   Ballard, John, October 8; discharged October 17, 1862.
   *Boudinot, Wm. A., November 1; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
   Beekman, Chas., October 11; died at Keokuk December 25, 1861.
   Brazelton, Oliver P., October 22; discharged March 28, 1862.
   Burge, Andrew J., December 24; died at Pittsburg Landing June 1, 1862.
   *Cannon, Wm. P., November 4; veteranized as corporal.
   Cross, Robert W., November 4; promoted to commissary-sergeant, December 1,
1861; to quartermaster-sergeant, Twenty-third Infantry, August 11, 1862.
   Curran, Robert, December 21; discharged February 6, 1863.
   Conner, Leroy S., January 28, 1862; discharged August 5, 1863.
   Campbell, Milton, February 14
   Close, Wm. L., March 1, 1862; died March, 1862, at Keokuk.
   *Dickey, Wm. A., October 11.
   Edmondson, Henry, October 8; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; discharged May
26, 1862, for wounds.
   Elliott, Milton B., February 4, 1862.
   *Fox, Columbus P., September 10; captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864.
   *Fisher, John, October 2; wounded at Atlanta August 22, 1864.
   *Fennesty, Thos., October 8; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864.
   Fredergill, Christian, October 18.
   *Fisher, John S., November 1; wounded at Atlanta August 23, 1864.
   Flemming, Samuel, November 6; promoted to musician; discharged June 18, 1862.
   Foster, Joel, November 6; discharged November 13, 1862.
   Fessler, John, November 6; discharged November 27, 1862.
   Foster, Samuel, January 21, 1863; died at Vicksburg January 29, 1864.
   Green, Luther T., October 25; discharged June 16, 1862.
   Guthrie, John W., October 25; died at Keokuk May 21, 1862.
   *Goodrell, Mancil C., January 29; promoted to fourth corporal August 4, 1862;
transferred to marine brigade for promotion April 18, 1865.
   *Goodrell, Wm. H., January 31; promoted to fourth corporal March 27, 1862; to
fourth sergeant July 1, 1862; to first lieutenant, Company F, September 11,
1862; to captain, Company B, June 5, 1865.
   Ganus, John, February 1.
   Glenn, Franklin, February 14.
   *Hudson, Charles H., October 12.
   *Hahnan, John, September 25.
   Hazen, Edward, October 30; transferred to Company C, December 1, 1861;
discharged May 9, 1862; (reported also Edward Hague.)
   *Hardin, James, November 1; wounded at Atlanta August 23, 1864.
   Johnson, Jonathan, February 4; transferred to Company H, March 1, 1862;
wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged July 3, 1862.
   *Lester, George W., October 8.
   Lloyd, Calvin, September 26; died at St. Louis.
   *Lunt, Edward D., October 14; veteranized as corporal; captured at Atlanta
July 12, 1864.
   *Lyon, Robert, November 6; promoted to fifth sergeant August 26, 1864.
   Lenehan, Thomas, February 13, 1862; killed at Ezra Church, Georgia, July 28,
1864.
   Lyon, Thomas W., February 18, 1862.
   *Long, Charles, February 15, 1862; promoted to fifth corporal August 26, 1864.
   Mathias, James H., October 15; died at Jackson, Tennessee, September 3, 1862.
   McCauley, James, October 11.
   Morgan, Anson D., promoted to third corporal August 1, 1862; wounded at
Corinth October 2, 1862; died of wounds October 6, 1862.
   Mardis, Samuel, January 20, 1862; died on steamboat hospital, June 1, 1862.
   *Meek, Reuben, January 21, 1862; wounded May 1, 1862.
   Newland, Jasper N., January 16, 1862; died of wounds at Monterey, Tennessee,
July 1, 1862.
   Overmier, Amos, January 20, 1862; promoted to fifth corporal October 18,
1862; wounded May 1, 1862.
   Paine, John, September 14; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
   Pursley, William H., October 5; transferred to Company D, Seventeenth
Regiment, March 1, 1862.
   *Rayger, Thomas, October 18; wounded at Atlanta, July 21, 1864.
   Roper, George W., October 15; discharged November 23, 1862.
   Skinner, Daniel J., January 16, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862;
discharged December 4, 1862.
   Teal, Cornelius, September 14; discharged July 11, 1862.
   Thomas, Loren S., October 30; discharged March 15, 1863.
   Thornton, Thomas J., October 30; discharged November —, 1862.
   Thompson, Amos, October 30.
   Taylor, Henry P., February 6, 1862; died at Keokuk March 14, 1862.
   Wenzel, Conrad, September 9; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.
   Wilson, Thomas H., October 10; transferred to Company H March 15, 1862.
   Waldo, William W., October 12; discharged October 1, 1862.
   Williams, Lewis H., October 25; promoted to seventh corporal September 15, 1862.
   Winters, David K., January 29, 1862; wounded at Shiloh October 3, 1862; died
October 19, 1862, at Mound City, Illinois.
   *Stram, David W., January 16, 1862; (also reported David M. Strain); promoted
to fourth corporal August 6, 1864
   Stoughton, Benjamin F., February 16, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862;
died of wounds April 26, 1862, at Louisville, Kentucky.

ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.

   Benedict, Jason, January 4, 1864.
   Jones, Robert B., December 21, 1863.
   Parker, James M., January 5, 1864.
   Johnson, James F., March 22, 1864.
   Spotts, Franklin, October 3, 1864; died July 4, 1865, at Nashville.
   Stram, Wm. H., March 21, 1864.
   Wells, Levi, March 22, 1864; wounded at Atlanta July 23, 1864.
   Blair, Andrew F., January 1, 1865.
   Hamilton, Joseph M., September 26, 1864.
   Powell, Elihu, September 28, 1864.
   Quinnett, Vandamon, September 28, 1864; discharged April 14, 1865.

COMPANY F.

   William H. Goodrell, first lieutenant; commissioned September 14, 1862, from
fourth sergeant Company B; promoted to captain of Company B June 5, 1865.

COMPANY G.

   Paul, Joseph H., March 22, 1864; wounded, date and place unknown.
   Mayes, James A., January 10, 1865; died at Beaufort, South Carolina, March
20, 1865.
   Sanders, Levi H., March 22, 1864.
   Farley, Matt, March 22, 1864.

   *Veteranized January 19, 1863. 



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ANNALS OF POLK COUNTY, IOWA,
AND
CITY OF DES MOINES
BY WILL PORTER.

"And this volume, dedicated to its people, sets forth in attractive style all
the facts and incidents that go to make up the history of which all citizens are
justly proud."
—Major Hoyt Sherman.

GEO. A. MILLLER PRINTING COMPANY,
PRINTERS AND PUBLISHERS,
DES MOINES, IOWA,
1898.

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