Polk County IA Archives History - Books .....Polk County In The War - Miscellaneous Records 1898 ************************************************ 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 sdgenweb@yahoo.com April 12, 2006, 2:35 am Book Title: Annals Of Polk County, Iowa And City Of Des Moines MISCELLANEOUS. The following is a list of the Polk County men who served in other regiments, but in which there were not a separate company from the county. This list is no doubt imperfect and incomplete, and does not include all the Polk County men who singly or in small parties joined other Iowa regiments. It is also known that not a few residents of the city and county enlisted in regiments from other states and also in the regular army. Here, however, are gathered all the names obtainable after much research: FIRST. Brooks, McKenny, Company B, enlisted April 18, 1861. THIRD. Woods, John S., Company E, enlisted May 21, 1861; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; died of wounds April 9, 1862. Draper, Martin V. B., Company E, enlisted June 1, 1861. McCready, Wm. L., enlisted July 1, 1861; discharged September 14, 1861. SEVENTH. Evans, Joseph Bedford, company F; killed at Belmont November 7, 1861. Gregg, Hayden A., company C, enlisted November, 1861. EIGHTH. Griffith, Albert L., company C, enlisted January 21, 1865. Metcalf, Elisha N., private, company D, enlisted March 24, 1865. Wilkinson, Edward C, private, company H, enlisted January 27, 1865. FOURTEENTH. Lindsley, Robert, company E; died of disease at Macon, Georgia, August 22, 1862. McGarraugh, Joseph D., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E; captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862; discharged November, 1864. McGarraugh, John T., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E. Milton, John L., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E; died September 19, 1862, at Mound City, Illinois. Woodward, Robert, company E, enlisted August 5, 1861; died June 12, 1863, at St. Louis, of disease. Rutherford, James W., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E. Van Horn, Phineas, enlisted October 10, 1861, company E. Edwards, Charles, enlisted December 1, 1863, company G. THIRTY-SECOND. Elias Modlin, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to third corporal January 23, 1863; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864. Isaac N. Alderman, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to eighth corporal Jaunary [sic] 23, 1863; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged June 21, 1865. Luellen, Francis, private, company K, enlisted August 15, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864; died of wounds April 22, 1864. Pearson, Nathan H., private, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862. Pearson, Samuel H., private, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862; captured at Pleasant Hill April 9, 1864. THIRTY-THIRD. Charles H. Sharman, company G, enlisted September 4, 1862, fifth sergeant; promoted to second lieutenant February 25, 1863; wounded at Helena July 4, 1863; promoted to first lieutenant June 19, 1864; to adjutant January 6, 1865. THIRTY-FOURTH. John S. Davis, private, company D, enlisted August 13, 1862; promoted to hospital steward October 15, 1862; died -at Chicago January 11, 1863. Herrin, Thomas, private, company H, enlisted August 19, 1862. FORTY-FIRST. Stevens, Ed. J. M., company B, enlisted November 1, 1861. FIRST COLORED (60TH U. S. INFANTRY) Enlisted in 1863, unless otherwise stated. John W. Clifton, fifth sergeant, company D, August 19. Peter Calahan, first corporal, company D, August 19; died at Helena April 10, 1864. James Saylor, second corporal, company D, August 19. Gabriel Robinson, sixth corporal, company D, August 22; died at Keokuk November 10, 1863. William Newburn, musician, company D, August 26. Wilford Arnold, company D, August 19; died at Helena July 23, 1864. Washington Bell, company D, August 24; died at Benton Barracks March 3, 1864. John Bell, company D, August 24. Robert Beverly, company D, August 24. Oscar Blue, company D, August 20. William Clay, company D, August 20. Frederick Douglass, company D, August 21; died at Helena, Arkansas, January 13, 1865. Solomon Holmes, company D, August 24. William R. Key, company D, August 26. Alfred Pratt, company D, August 20; died at Helena January 11, 1865. Walter White, company D, August 20. William R. ey, [sic] first sergeant, company I, October 9. Charles Richardson, company I, October 2. James Brown, January 9, 1865; company unknown. Lilburn Walden, March 4, 1865; company unknown. MISSOURI REGIMENTS. Adoneram J. Merritt, captain company K, Missouri engineer regiment of the West, enlisted September 17, 1861. George R. Spencer, Twenty-first regiment; killed at Mobile April 9, 1865. Oliver P. Brown, company E, Twenty-fifth regiment, enlisted February 17, 1862. MISCELLANEOUS. Lyon, H. H., Second Colorado; promoted to first lieutenant; discharged at cdose [sic] of war. Lyon, Jonathan, Second Nebraska; sergeant; discharged at close of war. McClain, William A., company G, Second Nebraska; died from exposure. Additional Comments: Extracted from: 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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