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"The History of Polk County, Iowa" 
published by the Union Historical Company, Birdsall, Williams & Co. 1880.  


TWENTY-THIRD INFANTRY
The Twenty-third Iowa infantry volunteers, was organized at 
Des Moines during the fall of 1862, under the direction of 
Colonel William Dewey. It was mustered into the United 
States service, September 19, 1862. On the 20th a portion of 
this regiment left for Keokuk, and on the 26th the remainder 
arrived at that place. On the 28th it embarked for St. Louis, 
where it arrived the 30th and reported to General Curtis, who 
ordered the regiment to Schofield Barracks, where it was 
quartered and kept on provost duty in the city until October 
7, when it was ordered to Pilot Knob, Missouri, where it 
remained encamped until the 15th, when it was sent to 
Patterson.
While encamped at this place the regiment suffered severely 
with numerous camp diseases, and was engaged in several 
successful expeditions.
December 1, the members were called upon to mourn the 
loss of their leader, Colonel Dewey.
December 20, it broke camp and started for Van Buren, 
Missouri; and January 11, 1863, started for West Plains, 
Missouri, where they arrived after much difficulty on account 
of cold and rain. February 25, 1863, it returned to Pilot knob, 
where it remained in camp until March 9, and then started for 
Ste. Genevieve, and from there to New Madrid, Missouri, 
and remained there until March 20, and then embarked for 
Milliken's Bend, Louisiana. On the 11th of April broke camp 
and proceeded, via. Richmond, Louisiana, to a point 
opposite Grand Gulf Mississippi, and witnessed the 
bombardment of that place by gunboats, and the next 
morning crossed the Mississippi river below Grand Gulf and 
continued the march until after midnight, when the advance 
was fired on by the enemy's pickets. At 8 o'clock, May 1, the 
regiment was ordered to advance and charge down a hill on 
the enemy, who were partially concealed in a dense 
canebrake. Into this they went with fixed bayonets, and 
drove them from it. They were under fire until 3 o'clock, when 
they made another charge and drove them back in such 
confusion that they could not make another stand that day. 
The regiment was held in reserve at Champion's Hill until 
afternoon, when they were deployed as skirmishers. May 17 
it started for Black River
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Bridge, where the enemy had a line of entrenchments three 
miles long with a deep bayou in front of them. Here the 
regiment signally distinguished itself by charging the 
enemy's works and taking 2,500 prisoners. This result was 
not obtained without a heavy sacrifice. Colonel Kinsman
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and one captain were mortally wounded, and four other 
officers wounded and 134 enlisted men killed and wounded. 
Colonel Samuel S. Merrill of the Twenty-first, who was 
supporting the Twenty-third, was also severely wounded. 
It was at Milliken's Bend the regiment next distinguished 
itself. It was a chance battle for them. After the battle of 
Black River Bridge, they were detailed to guard the prisoners 
they had captured, as a mark of honor, to the north. They 
had done so and were on their return to the front, and when 
at Young's Point, word was sent to Colonel Glasgow, who 
succeeded Kinsman, that the enemy were threatening 
Milliken's Bend, which was garrisoned only by a few colored 
troops. Colonel Glasgow at once started to their relief, and 
arriving there in the night was advised by the commander of 
the garrison to remain on board his transports, which he did, 
as no immediate attack was anticipated. To his surprise, 
when daylight dawned, he discovered great commotion 
among the garrison, and away beyond across, the open 
fields which stretch back from the Bend for half a mile, was 
discovered a long line of rebel infantry emerging from the 
timber at double. quick. Orders were given to hurriedly 
disembark. A few rods back from the river was the levee, 
behind which the colored troops were already stationed. 
Across this open space the Twenty-third must pass to reach 
the levee, and after landing it started on the road by the right 
flank. The enemy also started for the same point, and it was 
a lively race. The right of the Twenty-third reached the levee 
as the enemy came up on the other side. The left was in the 
rear, and as it came up the enemy poured into it a deadly 
fire. The struggle was terrific, and soon became a hand-to-
hand fight. It is declared that Col. Glasgow was spattered 
and besmeared with the blood and brains of his own men 
who were slaughtered and clubbed with the bayonets and 
butts of rebel rifles. In one instance, John Virtue a powerful 
man of company B, came face to face with a rebel on the top 
of the levee. Each resorted to the bayonet, and after a few 
parries, each pierced the other through the body with fatal 
wounds. While they were thus struggling and at the moment 
of the fatal thrust, Thomas McDowell of company B, rushed, 
upon the rebel and beat his brains out with the butt of his 
musket. Thus the terrible fight went on until the arrival of 
gunboats from below, when a few shots from the boats 
drove the rebels back to the woods. The frightful losses of 
the Twenty-third show the fierceness of the contest and the 
bravery of the men. After this battle the regiment rejoined its 
brigade in the rear of Vicksburg, and remained in the 
trenches until its surrender.
July 5 started in pursuit of General Johnson, capturing 
Jackson, Mississippi, driving the enemy across the Pearl 
River. The excessive heat and arduous duty was heavy on 
the regiment, and they returned to Vicksburg with one 
hundred and twenty men for duty. August 13 it was 
transferred to the Department of the Gulf and proceeded to 
New Orleans. September 4, started with General Banks' 
Teche expedition as far as Opelousas, and returned to New 
Orleans. November 16, in connection with other forces,, 
embarked for the coast of Texas, and captured Fort 
Esperanza on Matagorda Island. July 16, the regiment went 
to Indianola and remained there on post duty until March 14, 
when it returned to Matagorda Island; and April 16 embarked 
for New Orleans, and was ordered to reinforce General 
Banks, at Alexandria, Louisiana. It formed a junction with 
him at Morganza, Louisiana. July 13, were ordered to 
proceed to St. Charles, Arkansas, and established a post 
there. August 6, returned to Morganza. After this it
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was at Duvall's Bluffs, Brownsville, and in 1865 embarked for 
Kennville, Louisiana. They afterward distinguished 
themselves in the operations around Mobile, where they 
were ever in the front. After the fall of Mobile it accompanied 
the Federal forces to Texas and was mustered out at 
Harrisburg, July 26, 1865.
The regiment had three colonels: Col. Wm. Dewey, who died 
soon after taking the field, November 30, 1862; Wm. H. 
Kinsman, who was killed at the battle of Black River Bridge, 
May 17, 1863, while leading this regiment in a charge on the 
enemy; and Samuel L. Glasgow. The bravery of the last two 
was never questioned. They were often tested, and one 
marked trait in their character was that they did not send 
men, but led them. The record of the regiment forms an 
important part in the noble, heroic deeds of the fighting Iowa 
brigade.
Polk county was represented in companies A, B, C, E, F, G, 
by men whose bravery and heroism are especially 
mentioned throughout the reports of superior officers. The 
county was also represented on the staff, to wit: 
 
Charles J. Clark, major. 
Robert W. Cross, quartermaster. 
Arthur J. Barton, chaplain. 
Wm. Merrill, sergeant-major. 
Orin Belknap, sergeant-major. 
Charles S. Hepburn, hospital steward. 
James R. Crawshaw, fife major; discharged February 20.
COMPANY A.#
Leonard B. Houston, captain; commissioned August 10; 
promoted major May 19, 1863. 
Theodore G. Cree, second lieutenant, August 1; promoted 
to captain May 20, 1863; resigned October 21, 1863 
Orin Belknap, junior, fourth sergeant, August 1; promoted to 
third sergeant October 1, 1862; discharged December 19, 
1863. 
William S. Saylor, fifth sergeant, August 1; promoted to 
fourth sergeant October 1, 1862; discharged January 6, 
1863. 
Lyman P. Houston, third corporal, August 1. 
Mervin Smith, fourth corporal, July 19; [also Merion]; 
discharged October 21, 1863.
PRIVATES.
Ashford, Elderkin P., August 1. 
Fagan, Joseph, August 1. 
Hepburn, Charles S., August 14; promoted to hospital 
steward September 19, 1862; died at camp Patterson, 
Missouri, Nov. 3, 1862. 
Jones, Albert, July 25. 
Jordan, Henry C., August 14. 
Lucas, Francis M., July 20; discharged October 19, 1863:
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Lucas Daniel, August 20; transferred to invalid corps May 
21, 1864. 
McCain, Wm. S., July 20. 
Saylor, James A., August 1; discharged November 24, 
1862. 
Stevens, John A., August 3; discharged August 7, 1863. 
Thompson, Andre, August 4; died at New Orleans 
November 7, 1863.
COMPANY B.#
Charles J. Clark, captain, August 1; promoted to major 
December 1, 1862; to lieutenant-colonel May 19, 1863.
#Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated
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Joel M. Walker, first lieutenant, August 11, promoted to 
captain December 1, 1862 
Stephen Waterbury, second- lieutenant, August 1; 
promoted to first lieutenant December 1, 1862; resigned 
June 10, 1863. 
Chauncy A. Williams, first sergeant, August 1; promoted to 
second lieutenant December 1, 1862; resigned March 5, 
1863. 
Henry Crabtree, second sergeant, August 1; promoted to 
first sergeant; wounded at Milliken's Bend June 7, 1863. 
Amos Wright, third sergeant, August 1. 
Calvin M. Burt, fourth sergeant, August 2. 
Oliver P. Rhinehart, fifth sergeant, August 1. 
Erastus S. Derrickson, first corporal, August 2. 
William Benell, second corporal, August 1; promoted to 
sergeant; wounded at Port Gibson, Mississippi, May 1, 1863; 
died at Duvall's Bluffs, Arkansas, December 7, 1864. 
Matthew C. Brown, third corporal, August 7. 
Daniel A. Swim, fourth corporal, August 1. 
George C. Baker, fifth corporal, August 1. 
Sereno C. Beals, sixth corporal, August 5. 
Emanuel Young, seventh corporal, August 1. 
Edward L. Halladay, eighth corporal, August 2. 
Dwight Derrickson, musician, August 1. 
Joseph Levalley, musician; August 1.
PRIVATES.
Ballard, John, August 9; promoted to corporal; wounded 
May 28; date and place unknown; died of wounds on board 
of steamer, June 4,1863. 
Beighler, Harrison, August 9; wounded at Spanish Fort, 
Alabama, March 22, 1865; promoted to corporal. 
Beighler, Enoch, August 9; died at Vicksburg July 23, 1863. 
Beeson, Henry H., August 1; wounded at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1863; died of wounds at Van Buren Hospital, 
Louisiana, June 9, 1863. 
Carr, William H., August 13. 
Carr, Henry, August 13; wounded at Anderson's Hill, 
Mississippi,. May 1, 1863; transferred to invalid corps 
February 16, 1863. 
Condit, Daniel M., August 5; died at Vicksburg July 26, 
1863. 
Covey, William, August 8. 
Derrickson, Wm. W., August 1; discharged December 1, 
1862. 
Dennis, John, August 8. 
Entwistle, Geo. W., August 7. 
Filmer, John, August 13; killed at Milliken's Bend June 7, 
1863. 
Grimes, David S., August 15; discharged February 24, 
1864. 
Grigsby, Geo. W., August 2; wounded near Vicksburg June, 
1863; died on hospital steamer City of Memphis July 14, 
1863.
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Hughes, Eusebius, August 5. 
Henkel, John S., August 14; discharged June 15, 1863. 
Henkel, Benjamin, W., August 14; died at Fort Esperanza, 
Texas, March 21, 1864. 
Herbert, William, August 9. 
Hanna, Cyrus G., August 9. 
Howland, Charles A., August 5;. discharged September 5, 
1864. 
Harlow, Lloyd, August 6. 
Harlow, Randolph F., August 6;. died at Vicksburg July 5, 
1863. 
Jones, Andrew J., August 1. 
Johnson, William P., August 21;. discharged July 25, 1863. 
Kirsher, John, August 13; discharged July 25, 1863. 
Kirsher, Jasper, August 8; transferred to invalid corps; date 
unknown.
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Koons, Elijah, August 15. 
Kratzer, Howard, August 14. 
Lyon, William D., August 7. 
Lyon, James H., August 1; wounded at Milliken's Bend June 
7, 1863; transferred to invalid corps April 30, 1863. 
Leonard, Lawrence, August 14; died at St. Louis, July 14 
1863. 
Little, Louis, August 21. 
Madison, Anderson J., August 1; transferred to invalid 
corps July 5, 1865. 
Millard, Homer A., August 7. 
Millard, Henry J., August 1; died at Vicksburg July 23, 1863. 
Mosgrove, William, August 1; wounded at Port Gibson May 
1, 1863; died of wounds June 6, 1863, at Magnolia Hospital, 
Mississippi. 
Miller, Johathan G., August 1. 
Miller, Ezra W., August 1. 
McIntire, Wm. K., August 7; discharged February 26, 1863. 
McDowell, Thomas, August 2, promoted to corporal; 
wounded at Milliken's Bend June 7, 1863; died at Eddyville 
August 26, 1863. 
McCauley, Charles H., August 1. 
Mey, Julius L., August 21. 
Murphy, John, August 1. 
Nussbaum, Benj. F., August 1; wounded at Vicksburg June 
14, 1863; died June 20, 1863, at Vicksburg of wounds. 
Nelson, Thomas, August 2. 
Nicholas, George M., August 7. 
Napper, Renard, August 7; wounded at Millikeri's Bend 
June 7, 1863. 
Pritchard, John, August 1. 
Riley, George, August 9; died on battle-field at Little Rock 
July --, 1864. 
Stover, Henderson, August 1; wounded at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1863; discharged June 3, 1864. 
Shaw, James E., August 7. 
Summy, Henry B., August 1; wounded at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1363. 
Sharp, Donald C., August 1; wounded, date and place 
unknown; died of wounds at St. Louis November 14, 1862. 
Shellhart, George, August 1. 
Shellhart, Samuel, August 9. 
Stevens, George C., August 5; died at Patterson, Missouri, 
December 9, 1862. 
Schooner, Randolph, August 15; discharged April 19, 
1863. 
Swope, Henry R., August 1. 
Sibbett, Benj. F., August 7. 
Spencer, Thomas, August 5. 
Vestal, So1omon A., August 1. 
Virtue, John, August 1; wounded at Milliken's Bend June 7, 
1863; died on steamer City of Memphis June 10, 1863.
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Waterman, Andrew J., August 9; discharged December 26, 
1864. 
Waterman, Henry, August 21. 
Warden [Worden], George, August 5; discharged 
December 26, 1864. 
Wilson, Clark, August 6; died at Keokuk July 5, 1864. 
Wiley, James, August 10. 
Wood, Hartford, August 11. 
Wacker, John, August 1. 
Walker, Augustus D., August 2. 
Walker, John S., August 5; wounded at Milliken's Bend 
June. 7, 1863. 
Weitman, Francis, August 11; promoted to first sergeant; to 
second lieutenant March 6, 1863. 
Yazel, David, August 1. 
Young, Daniel, August 2; discharged March 12, 1863. 
Young, Henry B., August 4; discharged April 12, 1863. 
Young, Henry, August 2; discharged April 12, 1863. 
Young, Isaac, August 7.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS
Dunwoody, Lorenzo D., February 26, 1864; died at New 
Orleans August 18, 1864. 
Coffman, Isaac, Marqh 22, 1864.
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Miller, Lorenzo P., March 24, 1864. 
Story William C., June 26, 1863. 
Swim, James R., March 26, 1864. 
Warden, Daniel, March 23, 1864. 
Young, Louis, March 28, 1864.
COMPANY C.#
James C. Gregg, captain, July, 24; resigned November 25, 
1862. 
John A. T. Hull, first lieutenant, July 24; promoted to captain 
November 26, 1862. 
Benjamin Jennings, second lieutenant, August 7; promoted 
to first lieutenant January 1, 1863; to captain, November 6, 
1863. 
Wm. H. Downs, first sergeant, August 9; promoted to 
second lieutenant January 1, 1863; killed at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1863. 
David W. Johnson, third sergeant, August 9. 
William Kysar, fourth sergeant, August 1; promoted to 
second sergeant October 4, 1862; died at St. Louis July 16, 
1863. 
Francis M. Howard, fifth sergeant August 1; promoted to 
fourth sergeant October 4, 1862; discharged June 16, 1863. 
James O' Bleness, first corporal, August 1; promoted to 
third sergeant; killed at Milliken's Bend June 7, 1863. 
H. Spotts, second corporal, August 1. 
Jeremiah D. Williams, third corporal, August 7; discharged 
February 25, 1863. 
Austin Warnick, fourth corporal, August 7; wounded at. 
Milliken's Bend June 7, 1863. 
Robert Howard, fifth corporal, August 9. 
Joseph W. Lasell, sixth corporal August 6; reduced to ranks 
September 29, 1862. 
Euphrates Tuthill, seventh corporal August 9; promoted to 
sixth corporal September 29, 1862. 
Benjamin P. West, eighth corporal August 1; promoted to 
seventh corporal September 29, 1862; died at Patterson, 
Missouri, November 25, 1862. 
James R. Crawshaw, musician, August 1; promoted to fife-
major September 19, 1862.
PRIVATES
Angelo, Samuel H., August 9. 
Bull, John T., August 7; died at Van Buren Hospital, 
Louisiana, June 14, 1863. 
Bull, William, August 9; wounded at Black River Bridge, 
Mississippi, May 17, 1863; died of wounds at Memphis June 
21, 1863. 
Bird, Empson, August 9; discharged April 14, 1863. 
Butler, William B., August 9; promoted to fifth sergeant 
October 4, 1862; discharged January 2, 1863. 
Butler, Charles A., August 9; wounded at Black River 
Bridge, Mississippi, May 17, 1863. 
Birch, Francis A., August 1; transferred to invalid corps. 
Betts, Shepherd W., August 9; discharged March 6, 1863.
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Brown, Joy P., August 9; discharged May 6, 1863. 
Bailey, Quary, August 9. 
Brown, John, August 9; died at St. Louis February 25, 
1863. 
Christy, William, August 1. 
Crystal, John, August 1; discharged July 24, 1865. 
Conison, Lemuel M. [Carison], August 9; wounded at 
Black River Bridge May 17, 1863; died of wounds May 20, 
1863. 
Cahal, James H., August 7. 
Collins, Elislia, August 9; discharged March 6, 1863. 
Collins, Hiram, August 9. 
Campbell, Frederick T., August 9.
#Enlisted in 1862 unless otherwise stated.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY. 573
Couch, William S., August 9. 
Dewey, Robert H., August 9; promoted to commissary-
sergeant September 19. 
Deaton, James R. [K.], August 7; discharged March 23, 
1863. 
Dean, Win. M., August 9. 
Dean, James H., August 9. 
Darling, Porter N., August 9; died at New Orleans 
November 14, 1863. 
Evans, Win. M., August 7; wounded at Black River Bridge 
May 17, 1863. 
Frederick, Corwin B., August 9. 
Ganett, Lyle A., August 9. 
Gregory, William, August 6. 
Howard, Francis A., August 7; discharged June 16, 1863. 
Huggins, David, August 1. 
Harvey, William, August 3; killed at Black River Bridge May 
17, 1863. 
Halterman, Jackson, August 9; discharged January 9, 
1863. 
Harrison, John J., August 1. 
Howard, W. H., August 9; wounded at Black River Bridge 
May 17, 1863. 
Juvenall, John M., August 9; died at Patterson, Mo., 
November 25, 1862. 
Jones, Charles L., August 9. 
Leonard, Newton G., August 9. 
Little, John S., August 9. 
Laughlin, Robert, August 9; discharged November 17, 
1862. 
Lang, Lewis, August 5. 
McDowell, Michael [McDonnell], August 9; discharged 
January 31, 1863. 
Miller, John L., August 1; discharged April 14, 1863. 
Mattern, William H., August 9. 
Nelson, David, August 9; died at St. Louis February 25, 
1863. 
Owens, Henry, August 8; discharged April 1, 1865. 
Pricer, William, August 1. 
Ramsey, Martin K., August 7. 
Robinson, Hubert S., August 1; [reported also Stewart S. 
Robinson as wounded at Black River Bridge May 17, 1863.] 
Robinson, Smith C., August 9; died at Ironton, Mo., 
December 2, 1862. 
Rison, Bailey, August 7; transferred to invalid corps July 1, 
1864. 
Stuart, Bazil, August 9. 
Stuart, John W., August 9; promoted to eighth corporal 
September 29. 1862; to seventh corporal 
November 25, 1862; wounded at Black River Bridge May 17, 
1863. 
Smith, Hardin, August 1. 
Sherrill, John W., August 1. 
Sherrill, Elisha C., August 1; died near Saylorville, March 
27, 1865. 
Sherrill, William H., August 1. 
Stark, Benjamin P., August 9. 
Swift, Jeremiah, August 9; wounded at Black River Bridge 
May 17, 1863. 
Scarbrough, James, August 9; wounded at Black River 
Bridge May 17, 1863; died at Memphis
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July 11, 1863, of wounds. 
Stockdale, Richmond, August 7; transferred to invalid 
corps. 
Saylor, John Q. A., August 1; discharged February 28, 
1863. 
Shirts, Roscius, August 6. 
Taft, Joel, August 7. 
Thrailkill, Joseph, August 9; discharged January 26, 1863. 
Vice, Henry, August 9; died at Vicksburg July 28, 1863. 
West, Samuel V., August 1. 
West, Henry C., August 1; died at Vicksburg August 5, 
1863; 
Witmer, George W., August 1. 
Webb, John G., August 1; killed at Port Gibson May 1, 
1863. 
Webb, James R., August 7. 
Walsh, Thomas, August 9. 
Wilcox, Jas. R., August 9; wounded at Black River Bridge 
May 17, 1863. 
Woodrow, William H., August 9; wounded at Black River 
Bridge May 17, 1863. 
Wilcox, Gilbert, August 5.
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Yocum, John, August 7; died on floating hospital at 
Nashville, Tenn., July 26, 1863.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Ballard, James, March 16, 1864. 
Denton, James K., March 14, 1864. 
Dailey, Lewis N., March 29, 1864; died at Vicksburg July 
28, 1864. 
Enfield, Samuel, March 14, 1864; died on steamboat Kate 
Dale, July 14, 1864. 
Grossnickle, Jonathan, May 14, 1864. 
Howard, Francis A., March 12, 1864. 
Howard, Marion L., March 16, 1864. 
Hewitt, Franklin E., December 4, 1863. 
Jones, Albert M., March 29, 1864. 
McCormick, Charles, March 19, 1864; discharged 
November 10, 1864. 
McMichael, James M., March 29, 1864. 
Phillips, Clark C., March 21, 1864. 
Wright, John W., March 12, 1864.
COMPANY E.#
William E. Houston, second lieutenant, July 25; promoted 
to first lieutenant November 11, 1862; to captain April 6, 
1865. 
William Merrill, second lieutenant, August 12, from sergeant 
major; promoted to quartermaster July 25, 1863. 
Thomas J. Saylor, fourth sergeant, August 1. 
Robert H. Fink, fifth sergeant, August 1; killed at Milliken's 
Bend, La., June 7, 1863. 
Vincent S. Martin, fourth corporal, August 12 promoted to 
third corporal, September 8, 1862. 
John M. Rosencrants, sixth corporal, August 12; promoted 
to fifth corporal September 8, 1862; died in St. Louis July 11, 
1863. 
William Wilson, eighth corporal, July 18; promoted to 
seventh corporal September 8, 1862; killed at Milliken's 
Bend June 7, 1863. 
David S. McQuiston, musician, August 1.
PRIVATES.
Ashworth, Abraham, August 13. 
Betts, Mathias, August 14; discharged February 7, 1863. 
Betts, James W., August 12; transferred to marine brigade 
January 1, 1863: died at Keokuk September 4, 1863. 
Buzick, William C., August 12. 
Cottle, Elias, August 4; wounded at Spanish Fort, Alabama, 
March 28, 1865. 
Craig, Alexander, August 13; wounded at Port Gibson, 
Mississippi, May 1,1863. 
Fink, W. W., August 11.
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Jameson, John D., August 16; died at Rolla, Missouri, 
January 29, 1863. 
Kees, Thomas, August 14. 
Moore, John W., August 15. 
Pearson, John VP., August 12. 
Porter, John, August 12; wounded at Milliken's Bend June 
7, 1863; transferred to invalid corps September 1, 1863. 
Sunday, William, August 14; died at Camp Patterson, 
Missouri, December 22, 1863. 
Springer, Jacob S., August 15; killed at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1863. 
Swallow, William J., August 12; discharged June 10, 1863. 
Sutton, Aguiller, August 9. 
Stanhope, Luther W., August 12, killed at Milliken's Bend 
June 7, 1863. 
Woodward, Wm. H., August 14.
#Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY. 575
COMPANY F.
John M. Pollock, musician, August 22; died at Ironton, 
Missouri, January 3, 1863
COMPANY G.#
John Ross, second sergeant 
Cowgill, Gustavus V., died at Des Moines December 2, 
1863. 
Forbes, Francis H., discharged October 13, 1863. 
Fox, George W., died at Ironton, Missouri, March 26, 1863. 
Gillay, George C., discharged April 5, 1863. 
Hammer, Richard, died at Memphis September 6, 1863. 
Hayes, James [K. P.]. 
Smith, John R. 
Cory, Benjamin C., February 15, 1864; transferred to 
Twenty-ninth infantry. 
Hudson, Thomas J., died at New Orleans September 1, 
1864.
COMPANY H.#
Barker, William B., August 20; wounded at Black River 
Bridge May 18, 1863. 
Derrickson, Charles W., January 4, 1864 
Hewitt, Franklin E., December 14, 1863. 
Huston, Zachary T., January 4, 1864. 
Haines, Jonathan C., January 4, 1864. 
Myers, Asahel W., August 1, 1863. 
Hopkins, John, March 12,1864; company unknown. 
Hudson, Lewis, February 6, 1864; company unknown. 
Otteson, John, February 6, 1864; company unknown. 
Taylor, John Q. A., October 15, 1864; company uknown.
THIRTY-NINTH INFANTRY
The Thirty-ninth regiment rendezvoused at Des Moines in 
1862. October 26 it moved to Davenport, where it received 
equipment and clothing. November 24 following it was 
mustered into the grand army of the United States. While at 
Davenport nearly half the regiment went through the process 
of measles. December 13, the regiment was ordered to 
report to General Tuttle at Cairo, the sick having scarcely 
recovered. It disembarked at Columbus and spent its first 
night in the field in mud and rain, under miserable tents. 
December 18, it started by rail for Corinth, where Forrest 
was destroying railroads and menacing General Dodge, 
arriving at Corinth about dark. Immediately after they passed 
Trenton, Forrest cut the railroads. Here the regiment was 
placed behind earthworks near Jackson several days, 
expecting an attack. There was much suffering from scanty 
rations and the want of facilities to cook what they had. It 
having been ascertained that Forrest was at Huntingdon, the 
regiment on the twenty-second moved back
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to Trenton to repair the railroad, under orders to carry five 
days' rations and one hundred rounds of ammunition. This 
was the first march of the regiment. On the second day it 
was found necessary to leave about one hundred men who 
had become worn out with fatigue. That day, while 
attempting to reach Trenton, they were suddenly surrounded 
by Forrest's cavalry at Shady Grove, and one hundred men 
taken prisoners, who did not get back to their regiment for a 
month. On the thirty-first of December, at Parker's Cross 
Roads, they met the whole of Forrest' s army, of about seven 
thousand men; a fierce and bloody battle ensued, with only 
about one thousand, six hundred Union soldiers. The fight
$Enlisted in August 1862, unless otherwise stated.
576 HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY
began at nine o'clock in the morning and lasted until three in 
the afternoon, when reinforcements arrived and Forrest fled. 
For two hours this raw regiment stood undaunted and 
unmoved like veterans, when by a mistaken order the 
regiment retired to the rear in confusion, where they 
reformed and marched back to the battleground. Company A 
was detached to guard the train, where they three times 
repulsed a regiment of Forrest's cavalry who attempted to 
force their way to the rear of the regiment. During the 
engagement fifteen of the company captured over forty 
rebels. The Union boys rested that night on the battlefield. 
Four hundred prisoners, five hundred horses and seven 
cannon were captured. The cannon of the Union forces were 
knocked to smithereens. The next morning the regiment 
returned to Jackson, arriving on the second day of January. 
On the sixth the regiment again started to fulfill the order to 
report to General Dodge at Corinth, the Parker Cross Road 
affair having been a diversion. Arriving at Corinth it was 
assigned to the Second brigade, and from that time, for more 
than a year, it was stationed on garrison duty, passing most 
of its time in camp, during which time it made several 
marches as guards to trains, requiring several days. It was 
while there, May 6, company H, while guarding a corral a 
few miles from Corinth, suddenly found themselves inside a 
cordon of rebel cavalry, eight hundred strong, and, with a 
few exceptions, marched off. November 2, General Dodge 
moved his forces to Pulaski, Tennessee, arriving on the 
eleventh. The Thirty-ninth regiment was sent seven miles 
north to Reynold's station, where it guarded railroads until 
the twelfth of March, when it started for Athens; thence, in 
May, to Huntsville where the whole of General Dodge's 
command assembled, and marched to Dalton, joining 
Sherman's Atlanta campaign. The days of garrison and 
guard duty for the Thirty-ninth were now over. It was 
stationed with other regiments at Rome, to guard Sherman's 
flank and his line of communications. October 8, was fought 
the memorable battle of Allatoona, in which this regiment 
won its highest fame. It was seven thousand rebels, with 
advantage of position, against one thousand, eight hundred 
Union men. The rebels moved unexpectedly with massed 
forces. 
 
The Thirty-ninth was stationed where the heaviest column of 
the enemy charged. Twice the charge was repulsed by the 
Thirty-ninth, who stood like a stone wall. It was at 
"Chickasaw Bayou" for five hours, but the regiment on the 
third charge was forced to fall back, yielding only step by 
step. The loss was, in killed, five officers, twenty-seven 
enlisted men; wounded, one officer, sixty- enlisted men; 
prisoners, two officers, sixty-eight enlisted men. 
 
Polk county was represented in company's B, E, F, I and K, 
and on the staff, to wit 
 
Joseph M. Griffiths, major; commissioned September 16, 
1861; wounded at Parker's Cross Roads December 31, 
1862; promoted to lieutenant-colonel October 6, 1864; to 
colonel May 12, 1865; mustered out as lieutenant colonel. 
George C. Tichenor, adjutant; commissioned September 
15, 1862; promoted to major and aid-de-camp February 2, 
1865.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY 577
COMPANY B.#
John H. Dykeman, captain, August 6; resigned August 6, 
1864. 
Andrew T. Blodgett, first lieutenant, August 6; promoted to 
captain, August 7, 1864. 
William A. Patterson, second lieutenant, August 7; resigned 
July 19, 1864. 
F. D. Kenworthy, second sergeant, August 17. 
Elisha F. Russell, third sergeant; captured Shady Grove, 
Tenn., December 30, 1862. 
Franklin R. Thurber, fourth sergeant, August 15; promoted 
to first lieutenant January 1, 1865. 
Robert F. Ward, fifth sergeant, August 12; wounded at 
Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 1864; died of wounds at Resaca May 
18, 1864. 
Thomas J. Kinney, first corporal, August 12; captured at 
Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 1864. 
Joseph Gifford, third corporal; August 12; captured at 
Shady Grove, Tenn., December 30, 1862. 
Alanson Harrison, fourth corporal, August 15; discharged 
June 2, 1863. 
George M. McClure, fifth corporal, August 15. 
Cyrus Cave, seventh corporal, August 12. 
William B. Harr, musician, August 12. 
Edwin C. Russe, musician, August 15. 
Harry Williams, wagoner, August 8; discharged December 
12, 1863.
PRIVATES.
Armstrong, Samuel, August 15. 
Baker, William J., August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; wounded at Resaca, Ga., May 16, 
1864; 
Bates, Oliver D., August 22. 
Brown, Zachariah A., July 25. 
Bunce [Bance], James I, August 12; discharged June 5, 
1863. 
Barnes, Owen, August 12. 
Case, Isaac, August 14. 
Carder, Frederick, Aug. 12; wounded at Allatoona October 
5, 1864. 
Cefley, Andrew, August 22; died at Chattanooga June 27, 
1864. 
Coffey, William G., August 17. 
Coffey, George A., August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Chamberlain, William H., August 11; wounded at Parker's 
Cross Roads December 31, 1862; died at Jackson January 
9, 1863, of wounds. 
Crandall, Caleb, August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; discharged February 28, 1863. 
Daily, Patrick, August 12. 
Elliott, Henry, H., August 5; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; wounded at Calhoun, Ga., May 16, 
1864; died at Chattanooga June 3, 1864, of wounds. 
Gaddis, Cornelius S., August 12; discharged May 11, 1862. 
Groom, A. S. R., August 12.
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Harrison, Hudson, August 12; died at Corinth, Miss., 
February 12, 1863. 
Hendricks, S. D., August 15. 
Holbrook, Carlisle D., August 15; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; discharged November 5, 1863. 
Holcombe, Jacob, August 15; captured at Allatoona, Ga., 
October 5, 1864. 
Holcombe, Asher W., August 14; captured at Red Mound, 
Tenn., December 31, 1862. 
Hoover, Henry S., August 12; discharged February 23, 
1863. 
Hurd, William P., August 12; captured at Allatoona October 
5, 1864.
#Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated.
578 HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY.
Jessup, Byron, August 6; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Johnson, John W., August 20. 
Johnson, Benj. [T.] F., August 11; discharged February 19, 
1863. 
Keeney, John W., August 12. 
Keeney, Joseph M., August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Keeney, Daniel T., August 12; killed at Calhoun, Ga., May 
16, 1864. 
Kuplin, Wilson [also Kemplin], August 15. 
Krewson, Amos, August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Lickinteller, Jonathan, August 21. 
Love, William, August 11. 
Manbeck, Henry, August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; wounded at Allatoona, Ga., October 5, 
1864. 
Manbeek, Elijah, August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Markham, Simon, August 12. 
Mills, James W., August 12; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Mills, John E., August 13; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862; wounded at Allatoona October 5, 1864; 
died at Nashville January 12, 1865. 
Rush, William D., August 22. 
Simmons, Amos, August 14. 
Simmons, Nicholas W., August 22; died at Corinth 
February 8, 1863. 
Starkey, Marion B., August 14; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Sullivan, James O., August 12. 
Taylor, Henry, August 12. 
Taylor, Thomas O., August 12; died at Jackson, Tenn., 
March 14, 1863. 
Vannamon, William J., August 11. 
Warren, Henry F., August 14. 
Wheaton, Jeremiah S., August 14; discharged November 1, 
1863. 
Wright, Thomas, August 12.
COMPANY D.#
Dutton, Charles A., January 4. 
Laporte, Thomas C., January 2; wounded, date and place 
unknown; died March 9, 1865, in New York harbor. 
Norton, Daniel D., January 4. 
Whitecroft, John, January 2. 
Watson, Charles A. B., January 2.
COMPANY E.#
John C. Preston, musician, August 22; reduced to ranks; 
captured at Shady Grove December 30, 1862; captured at 
Allatoona October 5, 1864. 
William Adamson, musician, August 2; reduced to ranks; 
captured at Allatoona October 5, 1864.
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Ewing, DeWilton M., August 22. 
Morgan, Thomas, August 22. 
Smith, Richard, August 21; captured at Shady Grove 
December 30, 1862. 
Cole, Charles J., August 22.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Hutson, John W., December 28, 1863. 
Maulsby, Levi B., August 31, 1864; wounded at Allatoona 
October 5, 1864.
COMPANY F.
Brooks, James F., enlisted August 17.
COMPANY I.*
Augustus Yerger, first lieutenant, August 22; promoted to 
captain January 1, 1863; resigned November 11, 1864.
*Enlisted in 1862, unless otherwise stated. 
#Enlisted in 1864.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY. 579
Robert C. Hunter, second lieutenant, August 16; promoted 
to first lieutenant January 1, 1863. 
John Finan, first sergeant, August 15; captured at Parker's 
Cross Roads December 30, 1862. 
William L. Keaggy, second sergeant, August 13; captured 
at Parker's Cross Roads December 30, 1862. 
John Shanly, third sergeant, August 22. 
Palestine Jones, fifth sergeant, August 9. 
Charles Leftwick, first corporal, August 12; wounded at 
Allatoona October 5, 1864. 
William McQueen, second corporal, August 16. 
Sireno S. Farrington, third corporal, August 15. 
Erastus Scott, fourth corporal, August 22. 
Andrew J. Melvin, fifth corporal, August 14; discharged 
August 22,1863. 
Thomas R. Leonard, sixth corporal, August 6; discharged 
February 23, 1864. 
Elias Holladay, seventh corporal, August 13; discharged 
September 20, 1863. 
Andrew J. Wilder, eighth corporal, August 22. 
Thomas R. Nichols, musician, August 22; captured at 
Parker's Cross Roads December 31, 1862; discharged May 
21, 1863. 
David Edwards, wagoner, August 22.
PRIVATES
Admonson, [Adamson] Joshua, August 22; killed at 
Atlanta October 5, 1864. 
Adair, Joseph, August 15. 
Boatwright, Daniel B., August 12; discharged December 8, 
1864. 
Bragord, Richard T., August 22. 
Bowles, John, August 14. 
Bowles, Joseph, August 22. 
Clark, Tally, August 22. 
Cole, Samuel D., August 22; captured at Allatoona, 
Georgia, October 5, 1864. 
Eckhart, Lewis C., August 14; captured at Parker's Cross 
Roads December 30,1862. 
Edmondson, Henry, August 4. 
Fenwick, William A., August 15. 
Foster, John, August 22; captured at Parker's Cross Roads 
December 30, 1862. 
Foster, George W., August 12; captured at Parker's Cross 
Roads December 30, 1862; discharged May 12, 1863. 
Green, Luther T., August 16; discharged September 20, 
1863. 
Johnson, George, August 22. 
Leonard, James G., August 6; died at Corinth February 
2,1863. 
Lee, John N., August 15. 
Lewis, James, August 14. 
Miller, Isaac, August 8; died at Benton Barracks, Missouri, 
December 11, 1863. 
Myers, Isaac, August 12; captured at Parker's Cross Roads 
December 30, 1862. 
Myers, Andrew J., August 12. 
McBee, Charles M., August 22.
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McBee, James H., August 22. 
Morris, Perry, August 7. 
Morris, John, August 8. 
Martin, James, August 22; captured at Parker's Cross 
Roads December 30, 1862. 
Perry, John, August 15; discharged January 21, 1863. 
Runyan, Charles F., August 12. 
Runyan, John E., August 12. 
Runyan, Orison J., August 12. 
Sharp, William, August 12; wounded at Allatoona October 
5, 1.564; died of wounds at Rome, Georgia, October 26, 
1864. 
Smith, Eli, August 15. 
Smith, Joseph, August 13; wounded at Allatoona October 
5, 1864. 
Sanford, William B., August 22. 
Sanford, George A., August 12. 
Sumter, Bluford, August 12. 
Teesdale, Benjamin, August 22.
580 HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY
Turner, Parmenas, August 15. 
Warren, Alfred, August 15; captured at Parker's Cross 
Roads December 30, 1862. 
Wicker, Samuel, August 15. 
Williams, Jacob J., August 6. 
Wallace, David S., August 7. 
Wallace, George W., August 13.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS.
Ball, Aaron, August 22; died at Davenport November 9, 
1862. 
Bradford, Isaac V., January 25, 1864; captured at Allatoona 
October 5, 1864.
COMPANY K.#
Burdan, Alfred, August 20. 
Treel, Charles, September 10. 
Kennedy, Thomas J., August 4. 
*Grimes, Nathaniel, September 12, 1864. 
*Hendricks, Martin B., February 29, 1864. 
*Howell, Jesse, October 17, 1864. 
*Hays, Jacob E., May 3, 1864. 
*Leftwick, Cornelius B., March 21, 1864. 
*McCurdo, Alfred, May 3, 1864. 
*Woldrige, James A., September 15, 1864.
FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS).
This regiment was organized under proclamation of the 
President, April 21, 1864, calling for 100,000 to serve for one 
hundred days, in fortifications, or wherever their services 
might be required. This was for the purpose of relieving the 
veteran troops from such duty, that they might be sent 
forward for more effective service. Under the proclamation of 
the Governor, four days later, the valiant people of the State 
responded promptly to fill the quota of 10,000 demanded of 
them, although far ahead of all requisitions made by the 
Government. Polk County was quick to act, and was notably 
represented in the Forty-fourth, Forty-seventh and Forty-
eighth regiments, raised under this call. It was mustered in 
July 13, 1864, and mustered out October 21, 1864. 
Polk County was represented on the staff, to wit:
 
Josiah Hopkins, major; Lucius Boudinot, hospital steward; 
William Merrill, principal musician.
COMPANY H
Josiah Hopkins, captain; promoted to major June 1. 
William VanDorn, second lieutenant; promoted to first 
lieutenant June 1, 1864. 
William H. Minnick, third sergeant.
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Thomas J. Pierce, fifth sergeant; promoted to first sergeant 
June 3, 1864. 
Elijah L. Pierce, second corporal; promoted to first corporal 
June 10, 1864. 
Adoniram J. Beals, third corporal; promoted to second 
corporal June 10, 1864. 
Emery Merrill, musician. 
William Merrill, musician; promoted to principal musician 
June 1, 1864.
PRIVATES.
Burt, George W. 
Braunt, Horatio. 
Bishop, John E. 
Baker, Elisha. 
Brooks, James E 
T. Baker, Francis M.
*Company unknown. 
#Enlisted in 1862 unless otherwise stated. !Enlisted May 11.
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HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY. 583
Beason, Albert. 
Casbier, Elijah. 
Curl, George. 
Dickey, James A. 
Erlick, Samuel S. 
Filmer, Edward. 
Grant, George W. 
Highland, John W. 
Hopkins, Robert. 
Hopkins, Silas W. 
Kenaston, James A., promoted to eighth corporal July 10, 
1864. 
Merrill, Emery. 
Moore, William R. 
Pierce, William B. 
Richards, Jonathan. 
Ruttgers, Peter M. 
Rutgers, Reuben R. 
Ruttgers, John H., died at Davenport, September 15, 1864. 
Shewey, James M. 
Stephens, Charles 
Wheelhouse, John M.
FORTY-SEVENTH. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS.)
This regiment was one of the ten tendered by the 
government to the war department, under the call for eighty-
five thousand men, for aid to General Sherman in his 
campaign of 1864. The offer was accepted, and at the close 
of the term of one hundred days, President Lincoln, in a 
special manner, returned thanks to the regiment for the 
efficient service tendered in the brilliant victories over Hood 
and Johnston in Georgia. The regiment was mustered into 
the United States service June 4, 1864.
Polk County was represented in companies A, F, H and I.
COMPANY A.
Laudaker, Josephus, enlisted May 24, 1864:
COMPANY F$
David J. Pattee, captain 
Welden England, first lieutenant. 
Josiah M. Yale, second lieutenant. 
Edward A. Lewis, first sergeant. 
Samuel S. Etheridge, second sergeant. 
Hiram Smith, third sergeant. 
Lionel Foster, fourth sergeant. 
Charles F. Whitney, first corporal. 
William H. Turner, second corporal. 
Rippley N. Baylies, third corporal. 
Leander Bolton, fifth corporal. 
Horace B. Baker, sixth corporal. 
Charles T. P. Bass, seventh corporal. 
Alvln J. McCrary, eighth corporal. 
Welcome C. Geer, musician.
PRIVATES
Barlow, James M. 
Blair, John G. 
Bloodgett, Charles W. 
Bolton, Homer.
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Bolton, Lewis E. 
Brooks, Benjamin A. 
Brown, Leonard. 
Bryan, Samuel H. 
Chenoweth, Simon M. 
Couch, Josephus. 
Crow, Edward. 
Crow, William M. 
Dailey, James J. 
Day, Edwin W. 
Evans, Ira T. 
Fagan, Ezra B. 
Flemming , Edwin S. 
Frazier, George S. 
Gaston, William H. 
Hague, Joseph. 
Holiday, Solomon B., Mustered in June 4, 1864.
584 HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY.
Hunter, David J. 
Robinson, Lorenzo L. 
Hyland, Edmund. 
Ruthertford, John. 
Jeffries, Charles W. 
Sampson, William C. 
Johnson, Arthur W. 
Scarbrough, Martin. 
Jones, George W. 
Shaw, Thomas. 
Jones, James W. 
Sleckman, John. 
Kimmons, John. 
Smith, William H. M. 
Koozer, Daniel. 
Smith, William H. 
Little, George M. 
Smith, Scott. 
Martin, David. 
Stone, George T. 
Mattern, Miles D., died at Helena August 27, 1864. 
Tarbell, Edward. 
Ward William H. 
Mitchell, Henry S. 
Weeks, A. W. C. 
Mitchell, Wm. B. 
Wilshire, John. 
Mott, David B. 
Wright, Michael. 
Morgan, Frank P. 
McCain, George D.
COMPANY H.
McConnell, Benjamin I. 
McConnell, Oscar. 
McCarthy, Felix, enlisted May 16, 1864. 
McDonald, Michael. 
McCurdy, John L., died at Helena Arkansas, August 1, 
1864
COMPANY I.
Mc Dowell, John B. 
Nicholas, John W. 
Low, Madison, enlisted August 23. 
Mason, Oscar B., enlisted August 23 
Peet, Edward W. 
Peet, Henry J. 
Stone, George, enlisted August 24. 
Rollins, Millard F., died at Helena, Arkansas, July, 16, 
1864.
FORTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY. (ONE HUNDRED DAYS)
This regiment was mustered into service June 13, 1864. 
Polk County was represented in companies B and D.
COMPANY BCOMPANY D.
William H. H. Cunningham, fifth sergeant; enlisted June 10, 
1864. 
William L. McCrady, sixth corporal; promoted to fifth 
corporal; reduced to ranks July 24; re-enlisted September 5, 
1864. 
George Devin, enlisted June 20, 1864
MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS.
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FIRST
Brooks, McKenny, company B., enlisted April 18, 1861
THIRD
Woods, John L., 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.
FIFTH
McCready, Wm. L., enlisted July 1 1861; discharged Sept. 
14, 1861.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY 585
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, Edgar C., private, company H, enlisted January 
27, 1865.
FOURTEENTH
Lindsley, Robert, company E; died of disease at Macon, 
Ga., August 22, 1862. 
McGeary, Joseph D., enlisted September 28, 1861; 
captured at Shiloh April 6, 1862 [reported also McGarrough], 
company E. 
McGarrough, John T., enlisted September 28, 1881 [also 
McGeary], company E. 
Milton, John L., enlisted September 28, 1861, company E; 
died September 19, 1862, at Mound City, Ill. 
Woodward, Robert, company E, enlisted August 5, 1861; 
died June 12, 1862, 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, La., April 9, 1864. . 
Isaac N. Alderman, company K, enlisted August 22, 1862; 
promoted to eighth corporal January 23, 1863; wounded and 
captured at Pleasant Hill, La., 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.
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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) $
John W. Clifton, fifth sergeant, company D, Angust 19. 
Peter Callahan, first corporal, company D, August 19; died 
at Helena April 10, 1864.
$Enlisted in 1863, unless otherwise stated.
586 HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY
James Saylor, second corporal, company D, August 19. 
Gabriel Robinson, sixth corporal, company D, August 22; 
died at Keokuk November 10, 1863. 
William Newbern, musician, company D, August 26. 
Wllford 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, Ark., 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. Key, first sergeant, company I, October 9. 
Charles Richardson, company I, October 2. 
Jas. 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 37, 
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 close of war. 
Lyon, Jonathan, Second Nebraska; sergeant; discharged at 
close of war. 
McClain, William A., company G, Second Nebraska; died 
from exposure.
NOTE. 
SIXTEENTH INFANTRY 
By an oversight the name of this regiment was omitted in its 
proper place; companies D, F and K, on pages 562-63, 
belong to the Sixteenth.
SECOND CAVALRY.
The Second cavalry was organized in August 1861, 
mustered in August 30, and began its active operations at 
Bird's Point, where it arrived February 19, 1862. On the 27th 
it began the pursuit of Jeff. Thompson's army toward New 
Madrid, scattering his forces in all directions. Its principal 
service was in Tennessee, northern Alabama, and 
Mississippi, and under its gallant
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colonel (Hatch) acquired an enviable reputation for its dash 
and heroism. During the summer of 1862 it was attached to 
the cavalry brigade of Gen. Phil. Sheridan, with 
headquarters at Rienzie, Miss. In November it moved to La 
Grange, Tennessee, and from that point moved out
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY 587
with Grierson on his wonderful raid through Mississippi, to 
destroy railroads, bridges and property, to create a diversion 
in favor of the army moving to the attack of Vicksburg; the 
Second being detailed to make a feint in another direction to 
draw the enemy away from the main movement, the enemy 
attacked it as though they believed it were the main column. 
The Second carried consternation with it, and fought right 
and left. It started with seventy rounds of ammunition, and 
had two left on getting to camp. It had 250 horses, worn 
down with fatigue, they broke down the second day. Train 
mules and borrowed mules were taken to remount the men. 
On arriving at camp the mules were returned and the men 
remounted. Fifty prisoners were taken, one hundred of the 
enemy wounded, and the barracks, stores and ammunition 
for 5,000 men destroyed. 
 
The next important move of the Second was that in pursuit of 
Forrest to Jackson in July, 1863. In the winter of 1863-64 the 
regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and after a furlough 
returned to Memphis, from whence it again joined in the 
pursuit of Forrest and in the operations against Hood in 
Tennessee. During the fall it had several severe 
engagements, and was constantly on the scout. Its officers 
were mentioned with high praise by commanders, for the 
conduct of the regiment during the campaign. It did not go 
with the march to Macon, Georgia. It was mustered out at 
Selma, Alabama, September 19, 1865. Polk County was 
represented in companies B and D.
COMPANY B.
Isaiah W. Wilson, private, enlisted July 30, 1861; died at St. 
Louis May 12, 1862.
COMPANY D#
*George C. Graves, captain; mustered in August 30; 
discharged October 3, 1864. 
Gustavus Washburn, first lieutenant; resigned July 2l, 
1861. 
Joseph E. Jewett, second lieutenant; promoted to major 
Fourth cavalry October 14, 1861; resigned June 3, 1862. 
Samuel Noel, enlisted August 1, first sergeant; promoted to 
second lieutenant October 29, 1861; resigned June 3, 1862. 
*Samuel J. Dangler, quartermaster sergeant, August 1; 
promoted to first sergeant June 4, 1862; to first lieutenant 
September 5, 1863; to brevet captain United States veterans 
April 2, 1865. 
Henry H. Helton, second sergeant; wounded at Booneville 
June 9, 1862; discharged August 22, 1862. 
*Francis M. Griffith, third sergeant; promoted to second 
sergeant August 2, 1862; to first sergeant Feb. 2, 1864; to 
captain July 4, 1865. 
Thomas H. Townsend, fourth sergeant; reduced to fifth 
sergeant; promoted to quartermaster sergeant June 4, 1862. 
Junius E. Wharton, fifth sergeant; promoted to fourth 
sergeant; discharged September 10 1862. 
William Edwards, first corporal; promoted to third sergeant 
October 1, 1862. 
Daniel Hall, second corporal; promoted to first sergeant 
December 23, 1861; to second lieutenant June 4, 1862; 
dismissed February 1, 1864; wounded at Blackland, 
Mississippi, June 8, 1862. 
William Duncan, promoted to second corporal; to 
commissary sergeant corporal October 1,
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1862.
#Enlisted August 2, 1862, unless otherwise stated. 
*Veteranized March, 1864.
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George Lum, fourth corporal; promoted to third corporal; to 
first October 1, 1862. 
James McMerdo, sixth corporal; promoted to fifth corporal; 
to sixth sergeant October 15, 1862; wounded at West Point, 
Mississippi, February 20, 1864. 
*John N. Butler, seventh corporal; promoted to sixth 
corporal; to fifth sergeant October 15, 1862. 
Daniel W. Jones, bugler; discharged September 30, 1862. 
William W. Hume, farrier. 
Henry H. Doughit, saddler, August 2; wounded April 26 and 
May 9 at Farmington, Mississippi; died of wounds May 29, 
1862, at Hamburg, Tennessee. 
Orine M. Hall, saddler.
PRIVATES
Barnett, Moses F., discharged October 23, 1861. 
Barlow, Bird K., August 2. 
Burk, Doctor F., promoted to eighth corporal January 8, 
1863. 
*Barrickman, Robert E., wounded at Prairie Station, 
Mississippi, February 20, 1864. 
Cotterell, Benj. F., discharged November 10, 1861. 
Canfield, Jeremiah. 
Canfield, Gilford B., promoted to sixth corporal October 15, 
1862. 
Chaffee, Jesse M., promoted to saddler October 15, 1862. 
Crockershaw, David M., died at St. Louis January 17, 1862. 
Duncan, Chapin, died at St. Louis March 5, 1862. 
Early, William. 
*Hayes, Martin Van B. 
*Humphreys, William T. 
Howard, Israel, drowned from steamboat at Cario, Illinois, 
April 22, 1862. 
*Hathaway, Perry. 
Johnson, Delanah. 
Kemp, Thos. G. J. 
Lee, Thomas. 
Lewis, Thomas C. 
*Mosler, James M. 
Mosler, Willim H., captured, place: unknown. 
*Polk, Ira L , promoted to seventh corporal October 15, 
1862. 
*Ring, Edward. 
*Rickerbaugh, Perry, died at Memphis, April 23, 1864. 
*Rooker, Wm. D., wounded at Nashville, Tennessee, 
December 15, 1864. 
*Rooker, James W., wounded at Little Harpeth, Tennessee, 
December 1864; discharged June 21, 1865. 
Smith, Matthew F. 
Smith, Hardin. 
Sisley, Simon S., discharged October 15, 1862; died on his 
way home. 
*Slawter, James, wounded at Farmington, Mississippi, May 
9, 1862; captured July 16, 1863;
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place unknown. 
*Stewart, George W. 
Thimis, Augustus J., died at Benton Barracks, January 2, 
1862. 
Tipton, John J., promoted to fifth corporal October 1, 1862. 
Thatcher, Henry. 
Walker, Ephriam, died at St. Louis. January 8, 1862.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS
Alexander, Charles A., February 3, 1865. 
Catthern, Arthur S., October 11; promoted to eighth 
corporal December 23,1861. 
Dippert, Wm. W., October 11; promoted to saddler, October 
11, 1861. 
Rankins, Robert, October 11. 
Johnson, Zadoc J., July 20,1864. 
Moon, Joseph H., January 20,1864; killed at Lynnville, 
Tennessee, November 24, 1864. 
Needham, Melvin I. [J.], September 4, 1862; wounded as 
Oxford, Mis-
*Veteranized March, 1864.
FOURTH CAVALRY
The Fourth cavalry was rendezvoused at Camp Harlan, Mt. 
Pleasant, and mustered into the United States service 
November 25, 1861. It was mustered out at Atlanta, Georgia, 
August 10,1865; paid and disbanded at Davenport. 
The personnel of this regiment was above the average. The 
schools of Mt. Pleasant were largely represented. It also 
represented, perhaps, more fully than any regiment, the 
homes of the State. Its outfit was superior; its horses were 
unusually fine, its colonel being a critical judge of a good 
horse. The history of its first year's service is identical with 
that of the First cavalry-it scoured Missouri, sharing the 
same labors and trial. In May, 1863 it entered into more 
active and perilous service. It led the advance of Sherman's 
corps from Milliken's Bend, Louisiana, to Jackson, 
Mississippi, and was the only cavalry regiment with Grant 
from Grand Gulf to Jackson and Vicksburg. From Jackson it 
went to the rear of Vicksburg, operating on the right rear of 
the Union army and in front of Shermans line on Big Bear 
creek and Big Black river; thence returned with Sherman, 
after the capture of Vicksburg to Jackson; thence with 
Bussey to Canton; thence with the expedition to Memphis, 
across the country via Yazoo City, Lexington, Granada and 
Panola. In September 1863, took part in the diversion of the 
enemy from Sherman's movement from Memphis to 
Chattanooga. In October went with McPherson's 
reconnaissance toward Canton; led the van of Sherman's 
army in its rapid march from Vicksburg to Meridian. In the 
spring of 1864 re-enlisted as veterans, took a furlough, 
returned to the front in April at Memphis; thence, with 
Sturgis, made the expedition against Forrest; returned to 
Memphis, and in September joined in the pursuit of Price; 
thence joined the Grierson raid from Memphis down the 
railroad to Okolona; thence to Vicksburg; thence joined the 
brilliant march of General Winslow through Alabama and 
Georgia to Macon. In all these movements the Fourth was a 
prominent actor, and several times distinguished itself for its 
bravery and skill. 
 
In 1863, during six months, it took part in thirty different 
engagements, and traveled over two thousand miles. In 
1864, February 4, at Tunnell's Hill, it fought Ferguson's rebel 
cavalry from sunset till nine o'clock in the evening, driving 
then ten miles over a mountainous country. In the chase 
after Price the rear-guard of his flying army was overtaken 
by the Fourth on the 27th of September and routed, but he 
subsequently took a position on the Osage, and in the 
glorious charge upon it the Fourth led, crushing his lines, 
capturing his guns, and routing his whole army. For their 
bravery the regiment was ordered to inscribe "Big Blue" and 
"Osage" on their
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banner. In the Macon march, at Selma, where General 
Winslow met and whipped Forrest for the third time, the 
Fourth, in the final charge, rushed on the rebels like the 
whirlwind, scattering them in every direction. Forrest and 
Price had now learned to fear and respect Winslow's 
brigade. 
 
During the campaign from Chickasaw, Alabama, to Macon, 
Georgia, in 1865, the regiment captured in battle 2,436 
prisoners, including 146 commissioned officers; 21 pieces of 
artillery; 16 caissons; 10 battle flags; 1,650 stand of small 
arms; 738 horses and 142 mules. It captured and destroyed 
a vast amount of government property, and the great military 
supply depot of the Confederacy. It was one of the most 
brilliant and important achievements of the war. No officer or 
private failed to do his whole duty. If one gained more 
prominence than another it was because they happened to 
be at the right place at the right time. The Fourth never failed 
to do its duty, and the effectiveness of cavalry is in the 
promptness and celerity of its movements-its vigorous dash. 
Polk county was represented in companies C, G and I, and 
on the staff to wit: 
 
Joseph E. Jewett, major; Charles Graham, second 
battalion saddler-sergeant.
COMPANY A
Warr, William, enlisted October 12, 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 24, 1862.
COMPANY L
William Henry Sells, first lieutenant; enlisted November 19, 
1861; promoted to paymaster United States navy January 9, 
1862.
SEVENTH CAVALRY 
The Seventh cavalry was organized in the spring of 1863, 
rendezvoused at Davenport, and on the 27th was divided 
and six companies took their first experience in the field by a 
march across the State from Davenport to Omaha, and from 
thence were sent to various posts in the Territory of 
Nebraska. On the 5th of September the two remaining 
companies were sent to Omaha, and from that time the 
entire service of the regiment was spent on the frontier, at 
different places in that vast stretch of country from the 
Missouri river to the Rocky Mountains, fighting and chasing 
Indians, an arduous if not dangerous duty. To give a history 
of the regiment would necessitate a record of each 
company, for the regiment never moved in a body-in fact 
was never together as a
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whole. It was scattered in detachments, who took part in 
every expedition against Indians in the departments of 
Missouri, Kansas and the Northwest, from 1863 to the fall of 
1865, and fought wholly or part 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 L. Companies A and C took a tilt with 
five hundred Cheyennes on Little
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Blue river, August 12, 1864, fighting from eleven o'clock in 
the forenoon until seven in the evening, with a loss of only 
two men. The distance traveled from its organization to 
February 28, 1865, was five thousand three hundred miles. 
Company D went to Fort Laramie, thence to Fort Halleck, 
whence December 8, 1864, returned to Fort Laramie, and 
went into garrison for scouting, etc.; February 8 was 
engaged with Indiana at Mud Springs, and on the 9th at 
Rush Creek, I. T., in which one man of the company was 
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 
lodges and families. On the morning of the 14th, near Fort 
Mitchell, the Indians revolted, and Capt. Fouts was shot, and 
his bo 
dy stripped and mutilated. The Indians finally all fled to the 
hills and bluffs, leaving their lodges and loose plunder. 
January 6, 1866, companies A, C, D, I, and H, constituting 
the second battalion, with two other battalions, left Fort 
McPherson (Cottonwood Post) on an expedition against 
hostile Indians, returning after a severe and long march to 
the post February 19, and the following day the expedition 
disbanded. When it was considered that the men had 
already served out their full time; that this expedition was 
through a wild and unsettled country, amid the rigor of the 
severest weather known on the plains, with subsistence 
short, the men deserve, as they received, the highest 
commendation from commanding officers and the War 
Department. They did their duty well, and won the title of 
"Hiowa 'ell 'ounds " among the predatory enemies of the 
settlers on the border. 
 
The regiment was not formally mustered out, but was 
disbanded in detachments. Companies A to G were 
mustered out at Leavenworth, May 17, 1866. It had became 
so decimated as to lose regimental organization. In fact its 
colonel was not with the regiment for nearly a year before it 
was disbanded, having been mustered out January 31, 
1865. The casualties were: Killed, 145; died, 101; 
discharged, 246; wounded, 8. Of enlisted men and of 
officers: killed, 2; resigned, 15; dismissed, 6.
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#
Charles S. Sutton, trumpeter, enlisted March 1. 
Anderson, David L., enlisted March 6. 
Biggs, Amos, enlisted March 1. 
Ball, John W., enlisted March 17. 
Barkenhalalntz, Peter, enlisted April 3. 
Colburn, Dexter B., March 6. 
Craig, Lewis, enlisted March 15. 
Forbes, Wm. B., enlisted March 1.
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Hoagland, Theodore, enlisted March 3. 
Jones, Andrew J., enlisted March 4. 
Jones, Benjamin S., enlisted March 4. 
McIntire, James, enlisted April 18, 1863. 
Porter, Rezin, enlisted April 4. 
Roper, John E., March 14. 
Sanford, Abraham, April 15.
Cochran, John C., March 3. 
Cassaday, James, April 1. 
Kesler, Jacob, February 21. 
Sprague, James, May 15.
COMPANY L
Stephens, E. J. M., private, enlisted November 12, 1861.
EIGHTH CAVALRY
The Eighth was mustered into service September 30, 1863, 
and, before being fully equipped with either horses or arms, 
was ordered to the front to join General Rosecrans at 
Chattanooga. The remainder of the animals were procured 
as quickly as possible, and on the morning of October 17, 
the Eighth left Camp Roberts for Louisville, via Michigan City 
and Indianapolis, where they arrived on the 21st and went 
into camp near the Nashville railroad depot. They were soon 
furnished with shelter, tents, Colt's army pistols, and about 
300 Gallagher carbines. Drill was resumed. and the first 
dress-parade, mounted, took place on the evening of the 
22d, November 4th the regiment commenced its march to 
Nashville, Tennessee where it arrived on the 17th, making 
its first march of 200 miles in less than two weeks. On the 
1st of December the eighth left Nashville on the line of the N. 
& N. W. railroad.
After a general scout through that section of the country, the 
regiment was detailed by battalion to three different points, 
with headquarters at Waverly, Tennessee.
The capturing or dispersing of guerrillas was the principal 
duty of the Eighth Iowa cavalry, but whenever occasion 
offered, the regiment was not lacking in courage or coolness; 
and, in fact, did some excellent fighting on several 
occasions, among which was the engagements at Lost 
Mountain, Love Station, and at Newnan. Starting from Red 
Clay, and including Stoneman's raid around Atlanta, the 
regiment was under fire every day for more than a month. At 
Newnan, the mounted men that had been placed in position 
by General McCook to protect the only avenue of retreat for 
his forces on their return from their " raid around Atlanta," 
were all captured except a portion of company K and a few 
picked men from other companies, numbering seventeen in 
all,
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who made their escape under command of Captain Dance, 
by cutting through the enemy's line.
The next business of the regiment was to assist in the 
pursuit of Wheeler, and in driving Forrest back from his 
invasion of Tennessee, in the fall of 1864. They were next 
engaged in the front of rebel General Hood in his advance 
upon Nashville, to which the regiment, with other forces fell 
back.
The regiment joined in the attack upon Hood at Nashville, 
and in the pursuit of his forces out of Tennessee. They then 
went into quarters at
#Enlisted in 1863 unless otherwise stated.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY. 593
Waterloo, Alabama, until the 15th of March, when they 
joined the Wilson raid through Alabama, and were mustered 
out at Macon, Georgia, August 13, 1865. 
 
Polk County was represented in company M and on the 
staff, to wit
Orren F. Mitchell, commissary-sergeant; formerly in 
company I, Third U. S. cavalry.
COMPANY M.#
William Hoxie, captain; formerly captain company B, 
Seventeenth infantry; wounded at Newnan, Georgia, July 30, 
1864; dismissed March .11, 1865. 
Henry Moreland, first lieutenant; formerly first sergeant 
company B, Fifteenth infantry; captured at Newnan, 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 Newnan, 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, Pinknee, June 24 
Barkhurst, Geo. W., June 24 
Berry, George, August 10 
Callahan, 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. 
Fount, Henry, June 25; transferred to infantry corps, May 1, 
1864. 
Goes, Swinford, July 15.
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Garrett, Cyrus W., July 18. 
Hick, Alfred, July 15. 
Houk, James, July 7. 
Hudson, Wm. T., June 15; captured at Newnan, Ga., 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, Ky., March 17, 
1865. 
Horton, James H., August 20 
Johnson, Jonathan, July 5. 
Johnson, Iven, July 15. 
 
#Enlisted in 1863 unless otherwise stated
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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, Newnan, Georgia, 
July 3, 1864 
McCall, Thomas H., July 15; captured at Tilton, Georgia, 
May 15, 1864; died at Andersonville prison March 1l, 1865. 
Mattern Winfield S., Jane 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.
The Ninth cavalry regiment was organized in the fall of 1863 
and mustered in at Davenport November 30, and was 
represented by nearly every county in the State. It was 
moved to Benton Barracks, where it remained until April 
14th, when it started for Little Rock. Its field of service was in 
Arkansas, and its most active service was when Steele was 
in a stage of siege at Little Rock. It was engaged in frequent 
short, sharp skirmishes. It took no part in the great battles of 
the war, still it performed two years' laborious and gallant 
service. It marched over two thousand miles, moved by 
steamboat and rail seventeen hundred miles, and, in 
scouting over eight thousand miles. It lost one hundred and 
sixty-four men by sickness and fifteen by wounds. It was 
mustered out at Little Rock in detachments in February and 
March 1866.
Polk County was represented in companies A, H and L, and 
on the staff, to-wit:
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
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Cooley, George W., enlisted October 8, 1863. 
Owens, Thomas J.
COMPANY L.
West, Isaac J., private; enlisted August 16, 1863.
HISTORY OF POLK COUNTY 595
LIGHT ARTILLERY-FIRST BATTERY
The First battery was organized in August 1861, and 
mustered out at Davenport July 1, 1865. Its first active 
service was at the battle of Pea Ridge, March 24, 1862; fired 
the first shot and suffered severely; thence, in June, joined 
Hovey's raid in an unsuccessful attempt to take Arkansas 
Post; thence, in December, with Steele's brigade, took part 
in the fight at Chickasaw Bayou; thence back to Arkansas 
Post, and were in at its capture; thence to the battle of 
Jackson; thence to the siege at Vicksburg; thence to the 
second capture of Jackson; back to Vicksburg; thence to 
Tuscumbia, having a five days' fight on the way at Cherokee 
Station; thence to Chattanooga, and on the morning of 
November 25 opened fire at Lookout Mountain, receiving 
special commendation for its work from Gen. Hooker. Here it 
had worn its guns out, and got new 10-pounder Parrotts. 
Thence the battery moved to Alabama. It was in many of the 
hardest fought battles of the war, yet never lost a splinter nor 
a strap; but its escape was several times accomplished by 
sheer desperation. 
 
Polk County was represented in this battery as follows:
Henry H. Griffiths, captain, from company E, fourth infantry; 
mustered out August 17, 1864.
PRIVATES
Skivinki, Edward, September 1, 1861; wounded at Pea 
Ridge March 7, 1862.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS
Allen, Charles, December 18, 1863; wounded at Vicksburg 
August 18, 1864. 
Allen, Fletcher, December 18,1863. 
Crabtree, George W., January 5. 
Callender, John D., December 23; killed at Atlanta August 
23, 1864. 
Coffeen, Henry, January 4, 1864. 
Callender, Wm. H., January 4,1864; died at Chattanooga, 
Tennessee, July 10, 1864. 
Crockerham, Joseph F., January 1. 
Dyer, John, January 2, 1864. 
Elliott, Thomas, January 4, 1864; discharged May 9, 1865. 
Fox, Franklin, January 4, 1864. 
Fenwick, James E., January 4, 1864. 
Gregg, James C., December 26, 
Hawkins, Thomas L., Jan. 3, 1864. 
Howard, John, January 1, 1864. 
Hobb, Joshua, December 30, 1863. 
Henderson, James M., January 4, 1864. 
Hoake, Hermon C., January 4, 1864. 
Hyatt, Elmer, December 25, 1863.
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Hainmon, William W., January 5, 1864. 
Howard, George, January 5, 1864; died at Woodville, 
Alabama, February 22, 1864. 
Johnson, John, January 4, 1864; died at Rome, Georgia, 
August 18, 1864. 
James, Elisha R., January 4, 1863. 
Jones, Win. R., January 30, 1863; died at Davenport 
February 18, 1863. 
Kurtz, Gotlieb, January 4, 1864. 
Kirby, Charles, January 4, 1864. 
Kesler, William, January 4, 1864. 
Loughran. Edmond, January 2,1864. 
Leggett, John W., January 4, 1864. 
Marrs, John W., December 26,1863; wounded; date and 
place unknown. 
Mack, Talbert, S., December 29, 1863. 
Madison, Bartie M., December 28, 1863.
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McMichael, William, December 23, 1863; killed at Atlanta 
July 20, 1864. 
Myerkoff, Herman T., December 29, 1863. 
McKelorge, Hugh, January 4. 
Murphy, James, January 4, 1864. 
Nagle, Webster, December 31, 1863. 
Parker, Madison, January 4, 1864. 
Payne, James P., December 22,1863. 
Stutsman, Solomon, January 4, 1864. 
Simmonds, Wm. V., December 26, 1863. 
Stemper, William H., January 4, 1864. 
Titus, Selah H., January 2, 1864. 
Thacker, Fielding T., January 4, 1864. 
Terro, Henry, January 1, 1864. 
West, Thomas C., December 23, 1863. 
Wright, William, December 29, 1863. 
Baker, Lewis P., March 12, 1864. 
Bishard, John F., March 11, 1864. 
Curran, James R., January 26, 1864. 
Cooper, Charles B., March 8,1864. 
Harmison, Andrew, August 20, 1864. 
Reeder, Wm. H., March 21, 1864. 
Reeder, Robert F., March 21, 1864; died at Jeffersonville, 
Indiana, January 22, 1865. 
Scott, Andrew, August 20, 1864. 
Young, John, January 26, 1864.
SECOND BATTERY#
Lewis Reynolds, first sergeant; enlisted August 11. 
*John Burke, third corporal, August 1. 
Thomas Foley, artificer, August 1.
PRIVATES.
Alderman, Jno. V., enlisted August 1. 
Buttolph, Jno. R., August 1. 
Buttolph, Romuluous, August 1; died at St. Louis 
December 9, 1861. 
Cluie, Squire G., August 1. 
Davis, Oliver P., August 1; promoted to second corporal 
July 24, 1862. 
*Ingraham, Joseph, August 1. 
*Phillip, Lewis F., August 1. 
Sunsteim, Wm, August 1; discharged October 16, 1862.
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Stobaugh, Samuel, August 1. 
Whittaker, Deacon J., August 1.
ADDITIONAL ENLISTMENTS
Bowman, Thomas, enlisted September 5, 1864. 
Burke, James S., September 5, 1864. 
Campbell, Wilson M., August 14, 1864. 
Coburn, Francis, August 29, 1864. 
Gilman, Milan A., March 21, 1864. 
Groves, Eli, August 29, 1864. 
Hines, Peter, February 25, 1864. 
Jones, James M., March 30 1864. 
Jones, John, February 19, 1804; died at Davenport April 17, 
1864. 
Johnson, Joel, February 19, 1864. 
Kurtz, John, September 5, 1864; died at Selma, Alabama, 
July 7, 1865. 
Lee, H. Peter, February 19, 1864; died at Memphis March 
25,1865. 
Reed, Samuel, February 19, 1864. 
Reed, William, February 16, 1864. 
Runs, Andrew J., August 20, 1864, 
Stephenson, Geo. R., March 30, 1862. 
Simmons, Baily R., September 5. 1864. 
*Bliler, Franklin F., November 10, 1862. 
*Doak, Wm., October 1, 1862. 
*Nelson, James, October 17, 1862. 
*Harris, George N., October 26, 1862.
*Re-enlisted in First Veteran battery March 
#Enlisted in 1861, unless otherwise stated.
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Crowe, Jno. F., September 25,1862 
Dazey, Charles F., October 17 1862. 
Roberts, Abel W., October 1, 1862. 
Webber, Jno. T., September 20, 1864.
MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY REGIMENTS
FIRST
George P. Ranslow, company G; enlisted August 26, 1862; 
discharged November 30, 1864. 
John B. McClelland, company M; enlisted September 1, 
1861; died Nov. 18, 1862 at St. Louis. 
William McGuire, company unknown; enlisted December 9, 
1863. 
Clement Burson, company D; enlisted February 4, 1864. 
Jacob Geffer, enlisted September 20, 1864; company 
unknown. 
James R. Scoggs, enlisted September 24, 1864; company 
unknown 
Stewart Madison, enlisted 1864; company unknown. 
James A. Weak, enlisted September 24, 1864; company 
unknown. 
Puriton, Lewis A., company listed December 26, 1863.
SIXTH
Garrett, James M., private, company B: enlisted November 
15, 1862. 
Stickney, Galusha A., private, company F; enlisted Sept. 
15, 1862. 
Jones, John W., private, company H; enlisted October 2, 
1862. 
Brady, Edward, private, company M; enlisted October 27, 
1862.
DODGE'S BRIGADE BAND
Edmund N. Curl, enlisted October 16, 1862.
RECAPITULATION
The capital of the State may well be proud of her war record. 
Her soldiers were the bravest of the brave, abundantly 
evidenced by the rapidity of promotion. She was represented 
in thirty-five regimental organizations and furnished over 
twelve hundred men to the army, largely in excess of her 
quota. The number of commissioned officers was as follows:
Brigadier-generals, 3; colonels, 5; lieutenant-colonels, 6; 
majors, 10; surgeons, 7; adjutants, 6; quartermasters, 2; 
captains, 40; first lieutenants 56; second lieutenants, 43.
FIELD AND STAFF
INFANTRY REGIMENTS
Noe W. Mills, colonel, Second infantry. 
Marcellus M. Crocker, colonel, Second infantry.
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Noe W. Mills, lieutenant colonel, Second infantry. 
Marcellus M. Crocker, lieutenant colonel, Second infantry. 
Marcellus M. Crocker, major. Second infantry. 
George L. Godfrey, adjutant, Second infantry. 
Edward L. Marsh, sergeant major, Second infantry. 
Samuel H. Lunt, sergeant major, Second infantry. 
Jared Warner, commissary-sergeant, Second infantry. 
John Lynde, commissary-sergeant. Second infantry. 
Ephriam P. Davis, hospital steward, Second infantry. 
George F. Lyon, hospital steward, Second infantry.
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Chas. H. Rawson, surgeon, Fifth infantry. 
Nathaniel McCalla, major. Tenth infantry. 
John C. Bennett, major, Tenth infantry. 
Wm. P. Davis, Surgeon, Tenth infantry. 
J. O. Skinner, assistant-surgeon, Tenth infantry. 
Wm. J. Hanger, drum major, Tenth infantry. 
John E. Smith, fife-major, Tenth infantry. 
Wm. H. Purdy, chief musician, Tenth infantry. 
Chas. Fox, first musician, Tenth infantry. 
Samuel Noble, second musician, Tenth infantry. 
Adam C. Bausman, third musician, Tenth infantry. 
John W. Warner, third musician, Tenth infantry. 
Edward J. McGorrisk, surgeon, Ninth infantry. 
James A. Williamson, colonel, Fourth infantry. 
James A. Williamson, lieutenant colonel, Fourth infantry. 
Alex. Shaw, assistant-surgeon, Fourth infantry. 
David Beach, assistant-surgeon, Fourth infantry.. 
James A. Williamson, adjutant, Fourth infantry. 
John E. Sells, adjutant, Fourth infantry. 
Marcellus M. Crocker, colonel, Thirteenth infantry. 
James H. Flynt, quartermaster-sergeant, Fifteenth infantry. 
Louis Boudinot, hospital steward, Fifteenth infantry. 
Edward J. McGorrisk, assistant-surgeon, Seventeenth 
infantry. 
William Ragan, major, Eighteenth infantry. 
Charles J. Clark, lieutenant colonel, Twenty-third infantry. 
Charles J. Clark, major, Twenty-third infantry. 
Leonard B. Houston, major, Twenty-third infantry. 
W. H. Ward, assistant-surgeon, Twenty-third infantry. 
Matthew C. Brown, adjutant, Twenty-third infantry. 
Robert W. Cross, quartermaster, Twenty-third infantry. 
William Merrill, quartermaster, Twenty-third infantry. 
Arthur J. Barton, chaplain, Twenty-third infantry. 
Charles S. Hepburn, hospital steward, Twenty-third infantry. 
James R. Crawshaw, fife-major, Twenty-third infantry. 
Charles H. Sharman, adjutant, Thirty-third infantry. 
Francis M. Slusser, chaplain, Thirty-third infantry. 
John S. Davis, hospital steward, Thirty-fourth infantry. 
Joseph M. Griffiths, colonel Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Joseph M. Griffiths, lieutenant-colonel, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Joseph M. Griffiths, major, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
George C. Tichenor, adjutant, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Josiah Hopkins, major, Forty-fourth infantry. 
George J. North, major, Forty-seventh infantry.
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James P. Roach, chaplain, Forty-seventh infantry.
CAVALRY REGIMENTS
P. H. Van Slyck, quartermaster-sergeant, Third cavalry. 
Joseph E. Jewett, major, Fourth cavalry. 
Charles Graham, second battalion saddler-sergeant, Fourth 
cavalry. 
Orren F. Mitchell, commissary-sergeant, Eighth cavalry. 
Edgar T. Ensign, major, Ninth cavalry.
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CAPTAINS
INFANTRY REGIMENTS
Marcellus M. Crocker, company D, Second infantry. 
Noe W. Mills, company D, Second infantry. 
Edgar T. Ensign, company. D, Second infantry. 
Nathaniel McCalla, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Samuel J. Dangler, United States Veterans. 
Henry H. Griffiths, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Wilmer S. Simmons, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Nathaniel McCalla, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Ebenezer E. Howe, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Robert Lusby, company K, Tenth infantry. 
Julien Bausman, company K, Tenth infantry. 
William Rahn, company K, Tenth infantry. 
Wilson T. Smith, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Adolphus G. Studor, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Christopher E. Lanstrum, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
William H. Goodrell, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
William H. Hoxie, company B, Seventeenth infantry. 
John H. Browne, company F, Seventeenth infantry. 
John H. Looby, company G, Eighteenth infantry. 
Leonard B. Houston, company A, Twenty-third infantry. 
Theodore G. Cree, company A, Twenty.-third infantry. 
Charles Clark, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Joel M. Walker, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
James C. Gregg, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
John A. T. Bull, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
Benjamin Jennings, company O, Twenty-third infantry. 
Robert W. Cross, company G, Twenty-third. infantry. 
Robert W. Cross, company H, Twenty-third infantry. 
John H. Dykeman, company B, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Andrew T. Blodgett, company B, 'thirty-ninth infantry. 
Augustus Yerger, company I, Thirty ninth infantry. 
Robert C. Hunter, company I, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Josiah Hopkins, company H, Forty-fourth infantry. 
David J. Pattee, company F, Forty-seventh infantry. 
Adoniram J. Merritt, company K, engineer regiment of the 
west.
CAVALRY REGIMENTS
George C. Graves, company D, Second cavalry.
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Francis M. Griffith, company D, Second cavalry. 
William H. Hoxie, company M, Eighth cavalry. 
Henry Moreland, company M, Eighth cavalry.
LIGHT ARTILLERY
Henry H. Griffiths, First battery. 
Melville C. Wright, Third battery.
FIRST LIEUTENANTS.
INFANTRY REGIMENTS.
Norton L. Dykeman, company D, Second infantry. 
Samuel H. Lunt, company D, Second infantry. 
Edgar T. Ensign, company D, Second infantry. 
Geo. L. Godfrey, company D, Second infantry. 
Edward L. Marsh, company D, Second infantry.
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Wm. L. Davis (veteran), company D, Second infantry. 
Chas. J. Clark, company A, Tenth infantry. 
John G. Hanna, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Hezekiah Van Dorn, company A, Tenth infantry: 
Ebenezer E. Howe, company A, Tenth infantry. 
William G. Swim, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Wilmer S. Simmons, company E, Fourth infantry. 
John E. Sells, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Sheldon C. Treat, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Emerson S. Bramholl, company E, Fourth infantry. 
George M. Bentley, company B, Tenth infantry. 
Steel Kenworthy, company B, Tenth infantry. 
Julian Bausman, company K, Tenth infantry. . 
William Rhan, company K, Tenth infantry. 
William C. Baylies, company K, Tenth infantry. 
Adolphus G. Studor, company B, Tenth infantry. . 
Christopher E, Lanstrum, company B, Tenth infantry. 
David King, company B, Tenth infantry. 
William H. Goodrell, company F, Fifteenth infantry. 
John H: Browne, company F, Seventeenth infantry. 
John A. Fullerton, company K, Seventeenth infantry. 
William Ragan, company I, Eighteenth infantry. 
Charles M. Condon, company I, Eighteenth infantry. 
Joel M. Walker, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Stephen Waterbury, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Matthew C. Brown, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Henry Crabtree, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
John A. T. Hull, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
Benjamin Jennings, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
Lyle A. Garrett, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
William E. Houston, company E, Twenty-third infantry. 
William Merrill, company E, Twenty-third infantry. 
Charles H. Sharman, company G, Thirty-third infantry. 
Andrew T. Blodgett, company B, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Franklin R. Thurber, company B, Thirty-ninth infantry.' 
Augustus Yerger, company I, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Robert C. Hunter, company I, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Erastus Scott, company I, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
William Van Dorn, company H, Forty-fourth infantry. 
Welden England, company F, Forty-seventh infantry.
CAVALRY REGIMENTS
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Gustavus Washburn, company D, Second cavalry. 
Samuel J. Dangler, company D; Second cavalry. 
Franklin Deford, company A, Seventh cavalry. 
Henry Moreland, company M, Eighth cavalry.
LIGHT ARTILLERY
Selah H. Titus, First battery. 
John Burk, Second battery.
SECOND LIEUTENANT
INFANTRY REGIMENTS
Noe W. Mills, company D, Second infantry. 
Edgar T. Ensign, company D, Second infantry.
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George L. Godfrey, company D, Second infantry. 
John H. Browne, company F, Seventeenth infantry. 
Edward L. Marsh, company D, Second infantry. 
John H. Looby, company G, Eighteenth infantry. 
John Lynde, company D, Second infantry. 
Charles M. Condon, company T, Eighteenth infantry. 
Augustus R. Robinson, Second U.S. volunteers. 
Theodore Cree, company A, Twenty-third infantry. 
Josiah Hopkins, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Stephen A. Waterbury, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Wm. P. Meekins, company A, Tenth infantry. 
Chauncey A. Williams, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Isaac Whicher, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Francis Weitman, company B, Twenty-third infantry. 
Sheldon C. Treat, company E, Fourth infantry. 
Benjamin Jennings, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
Richard W. Ross, company E, Fourth infantry. 
William H. Downs, company C, Twenty-third infantry. 
Felix T. Gandy, company E, Fourth infantry. 
William E. Houston, company E, Twentv third infantry. 
Josiah Hopkins, company A, Fourth infantry. 
Charles H. Sharman, company G, Thirty-third infantry. 
William P. Meekins, company A, Fourth infantry. 
Robert C. Hunter, company I, Thirty-ninth infantry. 
Jonathan J. Wright, company A, Fourth infantry. 
William Van Dorn, company H, Forty-fourth infantry. 
John W. Wright, company B, Fourth infantry. 
Josiah M. Vale, company F, Forty-seventh infantry. 
John H. Watson, company F, Thirteenth infantry.
CAVALRY REGIMENTS
Chris. E. Lanstrum, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Joseph E. Jewett, company D, Second cavalry. 
Reese Wilkins, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Samuel Noel, company D, Second cavalry. 
John S. Green, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Daniel Hall, company D, Second cavalry. 
David King, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Francis M. Griffith, company D, Second cavalry 
Robert Lyon, company B, Fifteenth infantry. 
Eli Keeler, company M, Eighth cavalry. 
Samuel T. Reese, company B, Seventeenth infantry.