BOUQUET (BOQUET), N. S.

BOUQUET, LYON, SEIGEL, LOGAN, STONE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/1/2025 at 10:27:43

BURLINGTON CITY.
(P. O. BURLINGTON)

BOUQUET, N. S. born near Landau, in the kingdom of Bavaria, Nov. 14, 1842; left Germany at the age of 15 years for America, landing in New York ; from here he went to St. Louis, where he learned the cooper trade ; in the spring of 1860, he came to Burlington and worked at his trade until 1861, when he enlisted in the 1st I. V. I., for three months, being actively engaged under Generals Lyon and Seigel at the battle of Wilson's Creek, after which he was discharged and re-enlisted July 5, 1862, in the 25th I. V. I., 1st Division, 2d Brigade, 15th Corps, commanded by Gen. John A. Logan ; Mr. Boquet was appointed 2d Sergeant of Company E ; they went from St. Louis to Helena, Kan., thence shipped to Young's Point, and were engaged at the siege of Vicksburg and the surrounding battles ; came to Memphis, and from Resaca, Tenn., engaged for the Atlanta campaign and were all through Sherman's march to Georgia ; he was at Goldsborou, N. C, the deciding battle of the late war ; his regiment, the 25th Iowa, fought as skirmish line on the right of the corps, for forty-eight hours, which gave them the prominent position of the army ; the regiment was reduced by 147 men killed and wounded ; after the capture of Johnson's army, they went to Richmond and Washington ; the 15th Corps was in advance of the army, the division in advance of the corps, the brigade in advance of the division, the regiment in advance of the brigade, and the 25th Iowa had the right at the grand review ; N. S. Boquet, was the left guide ; the 25th Iowa went to Davenport, Iowa, where the respective companies were disbanded ; during the ceremonies of disbanding, the brigade at Davenport, Sargeant Boquet was presented by Brig. Gen. Geo. A. Stone, former Colonel of the 25th Iowa, with the colors of the regiment for safe-keeping, in honor of the bravery and heroism displayed in serving his country ; coming home to Burlington, Companies E, D and G disbanded and retired to private life in 1865. In 1873, Mr. Boquet was appointed Deputy City Marshal, and served till March 1, 1874 ; he then went to California, where he engaged in prospecting, spending the main part of his time on or near Lone Star Mountain ; some of his hunting exploits in the Far West, are of an interesting character ; in 1876, he returned to Burlington, and has since been on the police force.

Source: BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY
HISTORY OF DES MOINES COUNTY IOWA
CHICAGO: WESTERN HISTORICAL COMPANY, 1879

Transcription typed/proofed as article was originally published in 1879