Polk County IA Archives History - Books .....Polk County In The War - Cavalry 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, 2:36 am Book Title: Annals Of Polk County, Iowa And City Of Des Moines FOURTH CAVALRY. Warr, William, enlisted October 11, 1861; discharged August 9, 1862. Reeves, Elza A., enlisted September 5, 1864. COMPANY C. Charles Graham, enlisted December 20, 1861; joined from company G; promoted to battalion saddler's sergeant April 12, 1862 COMPANY G. Charles Graham, private; enlisted December 20, 1861; transferred to company C February 21, 1862. COMPANY L. William Henry Sells, first lieutenant; enlisted November 19, 1861; promoted to paymaster United States navy January 9, 1862. SEVENTH CAVALRY. This regiment was organized at Davenport in the early spring of 1863, and six companies of it were sent to the west to protect the settlers of Nebraska, Minnesota and the Dakotas from the Indians, who at that time were hostile and threatening. Their first experience in the field was a march across the state of Iowa from Davenport to Omaha, Nebraska, and from the latter place they were sent to various parts in that then territory. In September the two remaining companies were sent to Omaha, and from that time the entire service of the regiment was spent upon the frontier, at different places in that then vast stretch of country, then almost uninhabited by whites, west of the Missouri River and extending to the Rocky Mountains. There they were occupied in keeping the Indians in check, sometimes fighting and chasing them and performing most arduous duties. The regiment was scatttered [sic] in detachments, which took part in nearly every Indian expedition from 1863 to the fall of 1865, and fought in the battles of White Stone Hill, Tahkahokutah, Bad Lands, Little Blue, Julesburg, Mud Springs and Rush Creek. Polk County was represented in companies A, D, E and C. Companies A and C took a tilt with five hundred Cheyenes on Little Blue River August 12, 1864, fighting from 11 o'clock in the morning until 7 o'clock in the evening, with the loss of only two men. The distance traveled from the organization to February, 1865, was 5,300 miles. Company D was engaged with the Indians on February 8 at Mud Springs, and on the 9th at Rock Springs, Indian Territory, losing one man killed and two wounded. June 11, 1865 the company, with a small detachment from A and B, in all 135 men, were detailed to escort about 2,000 Sioux to Julesburg, with their familes [sic] and lodges. On the morning of the 14th the Indians revolted, and Captain Fouts was shot and his body stripped and mutilated. The Indians finally fled to the hills and bluffs, leaving their lodges and loose plunder. Part of the regiment remained in active service after their term of enlistment had expired, and received special thanks of the department. The regiment was mustered out in detachments. It had, in fact, lost its regimental organization some time previous, its colonel having been mustered out many months before the men were. The casualties were: Killed, 45; died, 101; discharged, 246. COMPANY A. Delford, Franklin, enlisted February 27, 1863; promoted to first sergeant; to first lieutenant April 14, 1866; mustered out as first sergeant. Michael, Addison, enlisted February 24, 1863. COMPANY D. Enlisted in 1863, unless otherwise stated. Charles Sutton, trumpeter, enlisted March 1. Anderson, David L., enlisted March 6. Biggs, Amos, enlisted March 1. Ball, John W., enlisted March 17. Barkenhalaltz, Peter, enlisted April 3. Colburn, Dexter B., March 6. Craig, Lewis, enlisted March 15. Forbes, Win. B., enlisted March 1. Hoagland, Theodore, enlisted March 3. Jones, Andrew, enlisted March 4. Jones, Benjamin S., enlisted March 4. MsIntire, [sic] James, enlisted April 18, 1863. Porter, Rezin, enlisted April 4. Roper, John E., March 14. Sanford, Abraham, April 15. ADDITIONAL ENROLLMENTS. Jones, D., enlisted August 5, 1864. COMPANY E. James M. Houston, sixth sergeant, enlisted March 3; promoted to fifth sergeant July 29, 1863. Wiliam [sic] R. Bradford, second corporal, March 13. James White, trumpeter, March 15. PRIVATES. Cochran, John C., March 13. Cassady, James, April 1. Kesler, Jacob, February 21. Sprague, James, May 15. COMPANY L. Stephens, E. J. M., private, enlisted November 12, 1861. EIGHTH CAVALRY. This regiment was mustered into the United States service September 30, 1863, and before being fully equipped with horses and arms was ordered to join Gen. Rosecranz at Chattanooga. At Louisville additional equipments were supplied, and the regiment proceeded to Tennessee, and for some time was engaged in the pursuit, capture or dispersion of guerillas and bushwhackers in that state. It did some good fighting on several occasions, notably at Lost Mountain, Lovejoy's Station and Newman. Starting from Ked Clay and including the Stoneman raid around Atlanta, the regiment was under fire every day for more than one month. The regiment assisted in the pursuit of Gen. Wheeler and in driving Gen. Forrest back in his raid in Tennessee in the fall of 1864. They were next engaged in the front of the rebel, Gen. Hood, in his advance on Nashville, and also participated in the battle of Nashville and the pursuit of Hood's force out of Tennessee. They then went into quarters at Waterloo, Alabama, until March 15, when they joined the Wilson raid through Alabama. The regiment was mustered out at Macon, Georgia, August 13, 1865. Polk County was represented by Company M, and on the staff by: Owen F. Mitchell, commanding sergeant, formerly in Company I, Third U. S. Cavalry. COMPANY M Enlisted in 1863, unless otherwise stated. William H. Hoxie, captain; formerly captain Company B, Seventeenth infantry; wounded at Newman, Georgia, July 30, 1864; dismissed March 11, 1865. Henry Moreland, first lieutenant; formerly first sergeant Company B, Fifteenth Infantry; captured at Newman, Georgia, July 30, 1864; promoted to captain March 12, 1865. James R. Eldridge, second lieutenant, formerly Companies G and H, Ninth Infantry; resigned July 9, 1864. Eli Keeler, quartermaster-sergeant, June 22; from regimental commissary sergeant. Frank P. Phelps, commissary-sergeant, June 1. Warren Metcalf, second sergeant; formerly in Company H, Eleventh U. S. Infantry. Daniel C. Bishard, fourth sergeant; discharged May 25, 1865. Thomas O. Strange, sixth sergeant, June 1; wounded and captured at Newman, Georgia, July 30, 1864. Enoch J. Yount, third corporal, August 20; formerly in Company K, Eighth Infantry. Aaron Pugh, fourth corporal, July 4 George B. Leonard, fifth corporal, June 1; formerly in Company G, Eleventh Infantry. James H. Miller, sixth corporal, June 28. Thomas McClelland, seventh corporal, July 8; wounded at Cassville, Georgia, May 9, 1864; died May 24, 1864, or June 2, of wounds at Cassville. William W. Derrickson, eighth corporal, July 20. Scott Boone, trumpeter, June 24. James D. Thompson, farrier, August 25. James M. Vanscoyne, farrier, June 1; formerly in Company B, Eleventh Infantry and in naval service. Francis Bradley, wagoner, August 10; died at Kingston, Georgia, September 24, 1864. PRIVATES. Adamson, Samuel, July 15. Acres, Nathaniel, August 10. Ashley, James W., July 2. Alfred, Anderson, July 17. Boone, Pinkee, June 24. Barkhurst, Geo. W., June 24. Berry, George, August 10. Calahan, Thomas W., July 8. Crosthwait, Thos. P., July 15. Cleavinger, Wm., July 15. Chambers, Samuel, July 25. Davis, James W., July 8. Doran, Geo. W., July 9. Elliott, Benjamin, July 1. Foust, Henry, June 25; transferred to infantry corps, May 1, 1864. Goss, Swinford, July 15. Garrett, Cyrus W., July 18. Hick, Alfred, July 15. Houk, James, July 7. Hudnos, Win. T., June 15; captured at Newman, Georgia, July 30, 1864. Heady, Wm. J., July 8; captured at Florence, Tennessee, December 17, 1864. Hughart, John A., July 15. Hughart, John B., July 15; died at Louisville, Kentucky, March 17, 1765. Horton, James H., August 20. Johnson, Jonathan, July 5. Johnson, Iven, July 5. Jones, Jacob H., July 15. Jones, George W., July 15. Krowser, Moses W. (T.), July 1; killed at Macon, Georgia, April 15, 1865. Kelly, John B., July 4; captured near Franklin, Tennessee; date unknown. Knight, James T., August 20; wounded near Cassville, Georgia, May 9, 1864. Lee, Marshall, August 10. Martin, William, July 15. Mountain, Wesley, June 28; Captured at Newman, Georgia, July 3, 1864. McCall, Thomas H., July 15; captured at Tilton, Georgia, May 15, 1861; died at Andersonville prison March 17, 1865. Mattern, Winfield S., June 20; captured at Newnan, Georgia, July 30, 1864. Nicholson, William, July 3. Newell, Isaiah, July 6. Parker, William, June 1. Rhoades, John W., July 2; discharged July 10, 1865. Robinson, Thomas T., July 3. Shellhart, Valentine, July 15. Stiles, Geo. W., June 1. Stephen, Itharman, July 8. Tilton, William B., June 15. Train, Francis M., June 20. Vanscoyoc, Silas, June 25. West, Sumner B., July 20. Wilfong, David, June 25. Wooten, Jonathan, June 25. Williams, Joseph W., August 1. NINTH CAVALRY. Polk County had a few men in this regiment, among them being Edgar T. Ensign, of Des Moines, who had been an original member of Company D, Second Infantry, and had greatly distinguished himself at Port Donelson and in other engagements. He was made major of the Eighth and won more honors for himself by his military skill and unflinching bravery. In this regiment also served Joseph W. Haskell, a young man mostly reared in Des Moines. He served in the gallant Second Iowa Infantry, and was at Fort Donnelson and other battles. Discharged for disability, as soon as his health was partly restored he enlisted with his friend, Col. Trumbull, in the Ninth. The other members of the regiment from Polk County were: Edgar T. Ensign, major, from Company D, Second Infantry. COMPANY A. Haskell, Joseph W., enlisted September 23, 1863. COMPANY H. Robert Fryon, fifth sergeant; from Company E, Fourth Infantry. David Groves, trumpeter; enlisted October 18, 1863. PRIVATES. Cooley, George W., enlisted October 8, 1863. Owens, Thomas J. COMPANY L. West, Isaac J., private; enlisted August 16, 1863. 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. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ia/polk/history/1898/annalsof/polkcoun38nms.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/iafiles/ File size: 11.4 Kb