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

SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.

   There were some twenty-four Polk county men in this fighting regiment and
they all did their part in making for it the gallant record the Sixteenth made
in the many battles and marches of the war. The history of this gallant regiment
is, through a now unavoidable error, omitted. The names of the Polk County men
in it are as follows:

COMPANY D.

   Harbor, James C, musician; January 10, 1862.
   Gilkey, William F., October 10, 1861; discharged at Jackson, Tenn., date
unknown.
   Hester, Levi R., October 10, 1861; killed at Iuku, [sic] September 19, 1861.
   Hester, Stephen, October 10, 1861.
   Hester, Francis M., April 4, 1864; wounded at Nickajack Creek, July 21, 1864;
discharged February 7, 1865, for wounds.
   Huber, James S., January 10, 1862.
   Wright George W., February 1, 1862.
   Chrisman, Lorenzo D., January 5, 1864; wounded at Nickajack Creek July 21,
1864; discharged May 29, 1864.
   Adkinson, Willaby, January 1, 1864; wounded at Nickajack Creek July 21, 1864.
   Shearer, John R., January 5, 1864; wounded in 1864; date and place not given.
   Pierce, Thomas G., December 31, 1863.
   (Thomas G. Pierce, senior, reported captured at Atlanta, July 22, 1864;
discharged May 31, 1865; Thomas G. Pierce, junior, wounded July 21, 1864, at
Nickajack Creek; died November 6, 1864, at Chattanooga; date of enlistment not
given.)

COMPANY F.   Enlisted in 1861, unless otherwise stated. 

   Madison R. Laird, second sergeant, December 18; wounded at Iuka, September
19, 1862; promoted to first sergeant; to second lieutenant January 12, 1863;
captured at Atlanta, July 22, 1864; mustered out May 15, 1865.
   Kessler, William H., January 11, 1862; promoted to musician; discharged
September 12, 1862.
   Alaway, Thomas J., February 17, 1862; died at Vicksburg July 7, 1863.
   Devault, James C., January 27, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6.

COMPANY K.   Enlisted in 1861, unless otherwise stated. 

   *John A. Emery, fifth sergeant; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain June 27, 1864;
captured at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1862. [sic]
   Ashley, James, March 1.
   Gulick, John (Galick), February 25; wounded; date and place unknown.
   Pierce, Andrew, February 5; discharged at Corinth; date not known.
   Redman, J. F., died at Bolivar, Tenn., September 7, 1862.
   *Woods, J. H., February 25.
   Weese, Charles, January 5, 1864; company unknown.

   * Veteranized in 1864.


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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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