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Chapter XIV
Civil War

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On the 16th of April, four days following the assault on Fort Sumter, Gov. Samuel J. Kirkwood of Iowa received the following telegram from Simeon Cameron, secretary of war:

"Call made on you by tonight's mail for one regiment of militia for immediate service."

That very day the governor proclaimed to the people of Iowa that the nation was imperiled and invoked the aid of every loyal citizen in the state. The telegram above alluded to was received at Davenport. The governor was then residing at Iowa City, but there was no telegraphic communication in those days between the two cities.

It was important that the dispatch should reach the eyes of the governor at once, and General Vandever, then a civilian, volunteered to take the message to Iowa City. The governor was found on his farm outside the city by the self-appointed messenger, dressed in homespun and working in the field. Reading the dispatch. Governor Kirkwood expressed extreme surprise and exclaimed: "Why, the President wants a whole regiment of men! Do you suppose I can raise so many as that, Mr. Vandever?" When ten Iowa regiments were offered a few days later the question was answered.

"Whether in the promptitude of her responses to the calls made on her by the general Government, in the courage and constancy of her soldiery in the field," said Col. A. P. Wood of Dubuque upon one occasion, "or in the wisdom and efficiency with which her civil administration was conducted during the trying period covered by the War of the Rebellion, Iowa proved herself the peer of any loyal state. The proclamation of her governor, Samuel J. Kirkwood, responsive to that of the President calling for volunteers to compose her first regiment, was issued on the fourth day after the fall of Sumter. At the end of only a single week men enough were reported to be in quarters (mostly in the vicinity of their own homes) to fill the regiment. These, however, were hardly more than a tithe of the number who had been offered by company commanders for acceptance under tlie President's call. So urgent were these offers that the governor requested on the 24th of April permission to organize an additional regiment. While awaiting the answer to this request he conditionally accepted a sufficient number of companies to compose two additional regiments. In a short time he was notifieti that both of these would be accepted. Soon after the completion of the second and third regiments, which was near the close of May, the adjutant general of the state reported that upward of one hundred and seventy companies had been tenderee to the governor to serve against the enemies of the Union.

"Much difficulty and considerable delay occurred in fitting these regiments for the field. For the First Infantry a complete outfit - not uniform - of clothing was extemporized, principally by the volunteered labor of loyal women in the different towns, from material of various colors and qualities obtained within the limits of the state. The same was done in part for the Second Infantry. Meantime an extra session of the General Assembly had been called bv the governor to convene on May 15th. With but little delay that body authorized a loan of $800,000 to meet the extraordinarv expenses incurred and to be incurred by the executive department in consequence of the new emergency. A wealthy merchant of the state - ex-Governor Merrill, then a resident of McGregor - immediately took from the governor a contract to supply a complete outfit of clothing for the three regiments organized, agreeing to receive, should the governor so elect, his pay therefor in state bonds at par. This contract he executed to the letter, and a portion of the clothing which was manufactured in Boston to his order was delivered at Keokuk, the place at which the troops had been rendezvoused, in exactly one month irom the day on which the contract had been entered into. The remainder arrived only a few days later. This clothing was delivered to the regiments, but was subsequentlv condemned by the Government for the reason that its color was gray, and blue had been adopted as the color to be worn by national troops.

"The first order for the Iowa volunteers to move to the field was received June 13th. It was issued by General Lyon, then commanding the United States forces in Missouri. The First and Second Infantry immediately embarked in steamboats and moved to Hannibal. Some two weeks later the Third Infantry was ordered to the same point. These three, together with many others of the earlier organized Iowa regiments, rendered their first field service in Missouri. The First Infantry formed a part n( the little army with which General Lyon moved on Springfield and fought the bloody battle of Wilson's Creek. It received unqualified praise for its gallant bearing on the field. In the following month (September) the Third Iowa with very slight support fought with honor the sanguinary engagement of Blue Mills Landing; and in November the Seventh Iowa, as a part of a force commanded by General Grant, greatly distinguished itself in the battle of Belmont, where it poured out its blood like water, losing more than half of the men it took into action. The initial operations in which the battles referred to took place were followed by the more important movements led by General Curtis of this state and other commanders, which resulted in defeating the armies defending the chief strategic lines held by the Confederates in Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee and Arkansas, and compelling their withdrawal from much of the territory previously controlled by them in those states. In these and many other movements down to the grand culminating campaign by which Vicksburg was captured and the Confederacy permanently severed on the line of the Mississippi River, Iowa troops took a part in steadily increasing numbers. In the investment and siege of Vicksburg the state was represented by thirty regiments and two batteries, in addition to which eight regiments and one battery were employed on the outposts of the besieging army. The brilliancy of their exploits on the many fields where they served won for them the highest meed of praise both in military and civil circles. Multiplied were the terms in which expression was given to this sentiment, but these words of one of the journals of a neighboring state - 'The Iowa troops have been heroes among heroes' - embodies the spirit of all.

"At the beginning of the war the population of Iowa included about 150,000 men, presumably liable to military service. The state raised for general service thirty-nine regiments of infantry, nine regiments of cavalry and four companies of artillery, composed of three years' men, one regiment of infantry composed of 100 days' men. The original enlistments in these various organizations, including 1,727 men raised by draft, numbered a little more than 69,000. The reenlistments, including upward of 7,000 veterans, numbered very nearly 8,000. The enlistments in the regular army and navy and organizations of other states will, if added, raise the total to upward of 80,000. The number of men who under special enlistments and as militia took part at different times in the operations on the exposed borders of the state was probably as many as 5,000.

"Iowa paid no bounty on account of the men she placed in the field. In some instances toward the close of the war, bounty to a comparatively small amount was paid by cities and towns. On only one occasion, that of the call of July 18, 1864, was a draft made in Iowa. This did not occur on account of her proper liability, as established bv previous ruling of the war department to supply men under that call, but grew out of the great necessity that there existed for raising men. The Government insisted on temporarily setting aside in part the former rule of settlements and enforcing a draft in all cases where subdistricts in anv of the states should be found deficient in their supply of men. In no instance was Iowa, as a whole, found to be indebted to the general Government for men on a settlement of her quota account."

BOONE ANSWERS THE CALL TO ARMS

It truthfully may be recorded that when the citizens of Boone County fully awoke to the terrible significance of the firing on Fort Sumter, there was hardly an able-bodied man of any importance in the community who was not ready and willing to meet upon the field of battle the enemies of his country, to fight for her honor, her integrity and the union of states for all time. And to her lasting fame and pride, it is a matter of enduring history that during the whole struggle of the Federal Government for supremacy, but once was the draft put in execution in Boone Countv, and that only in two townships, to fill the quota of her troops.

When word reached Boonesboro that the South had declared war upon the North, there was some doubt among her citizens as to the accuracy of the intelligence; but later dispatches confirmed the dreadful tidings and a spirit of sadness, rather than of revenge, was in evidence on every hand; and the dread of an internecine war was made manifest by leading men of the community, in private conversation and hastily called public meetings. However, the spirit of loyalty was uppermost and soon meetings were held in the various townships for the purpose of recruiting troops for the field. S. B. McCall, who was the organizing sheriff of Boone County, was the first to recruit a company for the service, securing men for the purpose in Boone and adjoining counties; not, however, in time to be assigned to a regiment under the first call. This mattered little, as the second call was soon sent throughout the land and Captain McCall's company was ordered by the governor to encamp at Keokuk, where it was mustered into the volunteer service of the United States June 8, 1861, as Company E, Third Infantry.

The second company raised in Boone County was recruited by W. P. Berry, who was ably assisted by W. J. Wheeler, William D. Templin and S. G. Moffatt. This body of men was mustered into the service in September, 1861, as Company D, Tenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry.

C. W. Wilson and Isaac J. Mitchell recruited the next company in Boone County. Wilson was elected captain and with his company was mustered in at Davenport in January, 1862. The organization was assigned to the Sixteenth Iowa Volunteer Infantry and became Company D.

The most popular military organization formed in Boone County was made possible by the patriotic and strenuous efforts of Dr. Theodore DeTar, W. L. DeFore and P. J. Shannon, who, by their determined efforts in raising money, holding war meetings in various parts of the county and in personal appeals to the patriotic hearts of the citizenry, induced a sufficient number of willing and liberty loving men to enlist. Great enthusiasm and display of loyalty were manifest when these brave men left their homes and loved ones for the many unknown dangers confronting them. Public demonstrations were in order at the courthouse the day of their departure, a beautiful flag was presented by a delegation of ladies and leading citizens took it upon themselves to escort in wagons the soldier boys to Iowa City. At this point the company entrained for Dubuque, where it was mustered into the United States army as Company D, Thirty-second Iowa Infantry.

The companies becoming a part of the volunteer forces of the United States army raised in Boone County have been mentioned, but these do not cover the full list of brave men who went into the Civil war from Boone County. Many others joined various companies, not only of the Iowa contingent, but of other states.

The data for this article were procured from the adjutant general's report, and every man's name obtainable by careful and diligent effort has been preserved in the war archives of the state. The roster following contains, as near correctly as possible, the names of all serving in the Civil war from Boone County:

THIRD REGIMENT, COMPANY E
Samuel B. McCall, first lieutenant; wounded at Shiloh, April 6. 1862; promoted captain June 26, 1861; mustered out June 18, 1864; appointed captain and C. S. U. S. V. March 11, 1865, and brevet major U. S. V., July 25. 1865

lohn H. Smith, second surgeon; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862

Thomas Mulvana, fifth surgeon; wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri, September 17, 1861; killed at Shiloh, April 6, 1862

Henry M. Groves, fifth corporal; promoted to third corporal, September 1, 1862; reduced to ranks, June 16, 1862

William H. Cummings, musician

Privates
Atkisson, William K.
Atkisson, James, promoted to wagoner
Barrett, George W., wounded July 12, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi
Bennett, Jesse, discharged December 15, 1862
Chambers, William C., promoted to eighth corporal, May 27, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862
Castine, John, wounded at Shiloh; transferred February 16, 1864, to invalid corps
Gilmore, David B., promoted to third corporal, November 1, 1861; killed July 12, 1863, at Jackson, Mississippi
Hope, John H.
Harris, Lewis, captured February 27, 1864, near Pearl River, Mississippi
Harlan, Michael T., discharged December 18, 1861
Kirkendall, John W., discharged July 10, 1862
Mullen, Guilford, promoted to fourth corporal, April 6, 1862
Mitchell, James H., discharged May 3, 1862
Mitchell, James, died at Quincy, Illinois, November 17, 1861
Martin, Nathan G.
Marsh, Samuel, wounded at Metamora, Tennessee, October 5, 1862; discharged December 20, 1862, for wounds
Paynes, James R.
Pardee, Bartley N., wounded at Blue Mills, Missouri, September 17, 1861; wounded May 18, 1863, on steamer near Island No. 82
Paxton, William K., promoted to sixth corporal, October 16, 1862;
Ross, Albert C.
Ramsey, M. Kennedy
Ramsey, George, Jr.
Spurrier, William A., promoted to sixth corporal, June 26, 1861; died at Savlorville, November 23, 1861
Spurrier, Joseph J., promoted to sixth corporal, November 16, 1861; wounded at Shiloh, April 6, 1862; promoted to fourth sergeant, April 6, 1862
Walker, Martin V., died at Macon City, Missouri, September 18, 1861
Ward, Obed R.
Zenor, Samuel P., wounded and captured at Shiloh, April 6, 1862.

TENTH INFANTRY, COMPANY D
William P. Berry, captain, enlisted Julv 11, 1861; resigned March 1, 1862
William J. Wheeler, first lieutenant; enlisted Julv 11, 1861; resigned March 29, 1862
William Rankin, second lieutenant; reported but not commissioned; enlisted July 11, 1861; discharged December 20, 1861
John (Josiah) Fritz, first sergeant; enlisted August 1, 1861; died at Mound City, Illinois, November 11, 1862
Stephen G. Moffatt, second sergeant; enlisted August 3, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1862; mustered out December 26, 1864
Isaac Stover, third sergeant; enlisted August i, 1861; promoted to first lieutenant March 30, 1861;, but not mustered; was mustered out as first sergeant; wounded at Mission Ridge November 25, 1863
George Meyers, fourth sergeant; enlisted August 3, 1861
Alanson C. Eberhart, fifth sergeant; enlisted August 19, 1861; promoted to second sergeant February 1, 1864; to captain March 30, 1865, but mustered out as first sergeant
Paschal D. Robertson, first corporal; discharged January 21, 1862
Reuben Parcell, third corporal; died March 8, 1863, at Memphis, Tennessee
Jerome B. White, fourth corporal; promoted to sergeant; wounded May 16, 1863, at Champion's Hill, Mississippi; died June 18, 1863, of wounds at Champion's Hill; enlisted August 17, 1861
Alexander Draper, fifth corporal; enlisted August 24, 1861; discharged November 10, 1862
Oliver Lewis, seventh corporal, enlisted August 3, 1861; discharged November 11, 1862

Privates
Blunk, Moses, enlisted August 24th, discharged October 13, 1862
Coe, Samuel, enlisted August 20th
Doren, John V., enlisted August i8th, died December 24, 1861, at Bird's Point, Missouri
Eads, James R., enlisted August 15th
Gaston, Larne, enlisted October 28th
Goodman, Jacob, enlisted August 12th
Hornbuckle, George W., enlisted August 26th, promoted to second sergeant; wounded at Champion's Hill, Mississippi, May 16, 1863; killed at Chattanooga, Tennessee, November 25, 1865
Hagan, John B., enlisted August 12th, discharged June 26, 1862
Holcomb, Charles L., enlisted September 2d
Hull, James, enlisted August 24th
Hurst, Andrew, enlisted August r3th, discharged December 11, 1862
Jesse, Samuel, enlisted August 12th
Joice, Peter, enlisted August 12th, wounded September 19, 1862, at luka, Mississippi
Kirby, George W., enlisted September 30th
Madden, Malen M., enlisted August 16th, died at Mound City, Illinois, December 7, 1861
Marks, David, enlisted August 12th
Miller, Robert G., enlisted August 12th, discharged Januarv 26, 1S62
Myers, Delany, enlisted August 26th, discharged May 6, 1862
McAnully, James L., enlisted October 28th
McCall, John, enlisted September 29th; wounded at Mission Ridge, Tennessee, November 25, 1863
Needham. Melvin, enlisted August 12th, discharged January 26, 1862
Needham. Sylvester, enlisted February 23, 1864
Noland, Albert C., enlisted February 23, 1864; died April 16, 1H64, at Huntsville, Alabama
Noland, Nathaniel, enlisted August 29th, promoted to corporal February 1, 1864
Phipp, William D., enlisted September 30th, promoted to corporal January 1, 1864
Price, Israel, enlisted August 13th, promoted to second sergeant January 1, 1864
Radcliff, William, enlisted September 30th
Sanford, Alonzo L., enlisted February 23, 1864
Sanford, John H., enlisted August 29th
Shockey, Henry, enlisted August 13th
Smith, Oliver, enlisted July 21, 1864
Sprague, William D., enlisted February 29, 1864
Starr, Edgar, enlisted August 20th, transferred to invalid corps Februarv 15, 1864
Stine, Isaac, enlisted August 12th, promoted to corporal January 1, 1864
Stone, Henry J., enlisted August 26th, wounded May 16, 1863, at Champion's Hill
Templin, William, enlisted August 24th, promoted October 21, 1861; resigned March 29, 1862
Upton, Jonas H., enlisted August 12th, discharged April 6, 1862
Wheeler, William J., enlisted August 19th
Wilson, Edward, enlisted August 18th

FIFTEENTH INFANTRY, COMPANY B
Barnes, Martin V. B., enlisted November 5th, wounded and missing at Shiloh April 6, 1862
Benbow, Barclay, enlisted October 10th, appointed wagoner April 15, 1862
Boudinot, Lucius, enlisted October 10th, promoted hospital steward February 22, 1862; discharged June 4, 1862
Boudinot, William A., enlisted November 1st, captured near Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864
Bushnell, Drayton, enlisted January 24, 1862
Dyer, William, enlisted January 27, 1862; discharged June 17, 1862
Hamilton, Joseph H., enlisted October 30th, discharged December 27, 1862
Hamilton, William S., enlisted October 30th, died at Keokuk, Januarv 9, 1862
Hughes, George T., enlisted November 1st, wounded July 22d, near Atlanta, Georgia
Hurst, John H., enlisted October 22d
Torr, Wilford H., enlisted November 6th, wounded May 1, 1862; died June 12, 1863, at St. Louis
Waldo, Joseph A., enlisted October 12th, promoted to sixth corporal September 8, 1862; to first corporal November I, 1862
Waldo, William W., enlisted October 12th, discharged February 8, 1862

COMPANY D
Crandall W. Williams, captain; enlisted October 9th, captured at Corinth October 3, 1862
George H. Holcomb, second lieutenant; enlisted September 25th; wounded at Shiloh; killed in battle at Nick-a-jack Creek, Georgia, July 21, 1864
William C. Crooks, second sergeant; enlisted November 11th; wounded at Shiloh; died of wounds April 9, 1862
Amos S. Collins, third sergeant; enlisted October 19th; wounded at Shiloh; promoted to second sergeant April 17, 1862; discharged July 7, 1862
David C. Hull, first corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; promoted fifth sergeant April 17, 1862; reduced to ranks
Caleb Greene, eighth corporal; enlisted January 7, 1862; promoted to seventh corporal March 7, 1862; reduced to ranks April 17, 1862
John Mitchell, wagoner; enlisted October 16th; died at Monterey, Tennessee, May 22, 1862

Privates 187
Boone, Harrison, enlisted January 4, 1862; killed at Shiloh
Bromley, Joseph, enlisted January 27, 1862
Bustram, Charles, enlisted January 24, 1862; discharged October 4, 1862
Cromwell, Newton, enlisted January 7, 1862; wounded and captured
at Nick-a-Jack Creek, July 21, 1864
Cromwell, Thomas J., enlisted December 25th, transferred May 1, 1864, to Invalid Corps
Cunningham, Maximilian, enlisted December 26th, supposed to have died in a northern hospital in 1862
Cunningham, Solomon C., enlisted January 5, 1862; died near Corinth May 17, 1862
Francis, John, enlisted November 27th
Gildea, Jefferson, enlisted December 23d, discharged August 18, 1862
Gildea, Oliver, enlisted November 9th, died at Corinth June 25, 1862
Higbee, James W., enlisted December 2d, wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 24, 1864
Howard, George B., enlisted November 11th
Huffman. John, enlisted January 7, 1862; died in hospital at Davenport February 17, 1862
Hull, George, enlisted December 23d; died at Monterev June 8, 1862
Hull, Jackson, enlisted December 23d, promoted to corporal January 5, 1864; captured at Atlanta, Georgia, July 22, 1864
Hull, Martin, enlisted December 23d
Long, Jacob, enlisted January 24, 1862; died at Davenport February 17. 1862
Long, Madison, enlisted Jamiarv 24, 1862; died at Corinth August 10, 1862
Lair, Abraham, enlisted January 23, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864
Milligan, William P., enlisted October 20th, discharged September 4, 1862
Myers, Thomas, enlisted January 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta Julv 22, 1864
Needham, Captain O., enlisted October 20th, died at Davenport January 14, 1862
Parr, Thomas J., enlisted October 9th, promoted to seventh corporal April 17, 1862; wounded at luka September 19, 1862; promoted to fifth corporal July 4, 1862; to third corporal September 1, 1862
Peck, Charles W., enlisted October 9th, discharged July 4, 1862
Rozell, Joshua J., enlisted January 24, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864
Scramlin, Charles H., enlisted October 10th, captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864
Shaw, William, enlisted November 9th, died at Davenport January 12, 1862
Stark, Ancel, enlisted February 22. 1864; wounded at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia, June 25, 1S64; killed July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-Jack Creek, Georgia
Stark, George S., enlisted October 18th, wounded at Big Shanty, Georgia, July 14, 1864
Thrift, Josiah M., enlisted December 2d, captured at Shiloh, discharged March 7, 1863
Thrift, William H., enlisted December 21st, discharged November 21, 1862
Zenor, Spear S., enlisted November 28th, wounded at Shiloh, discharged July 24, 1862

COMPANY F
David F. Hamilton, first corporal from private March 27, 1862;
enlisted February 15, 1862; died August 1, 1862, place unknown

Privates
Barnes, James M., enlisted January 29, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and at luka August 19, 1862; missing after September 19, 1862; supposed to be dead
Buchanan, John, enlisted February 13, 1862; died March 20, 1862
Carpenter, Hezekiah. enlisted February 15, 1862; wounded at Shiloh, discharged November 5, 1862
Carpenter, John, enlisted March 7, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and luka August 19, 1862
Carpenter, William, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged June 22, 1862
Hamilton, Wesley B., enlisted February 13, 1862; died June 20, 1862
Smith, Fillman, enlisted February 15, 1862; discharged May 27, 1862

COMPANY K
J. F. Alexander, first lieutenant; enlisted February 24, 1862; resigned June 7, 1862
N. N. Stringer, second lieutenant; enlisted February 14, 1862; resigneil May 4, 1 862
William D. Kinkade, fifth corporal; captured at luka September 19, 1862, and at Atlanta July 22, 1863
George Huxford, eighth corporal; enlisted February 28, 1862; promoted to first sergeant February 28, 1865; to second lieutenant
July I, 1865, but not mustered; was mustered out as first sergeant

Privates
Bass, D. M., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded at Nick-a-Jack Creek July 21, 1864
Coe, H. P., enlisted February 8, 1862; wounded June 12, 1864, at Big Shanty, Georgia, and July 21, 1864, at Nick-a-jack Creek; transferred to veteran reserve corps April 28, 1865
Corbin, Americus V., enlisted November 30th, captured at Atlanta July 22, 1862; transferred to veteran reserve corps
Cox, Jonathan, enlisted January 29, 1864
Diel, James, enlisted February 26, 1862; wounded at luka, discharged February 3, 1863
Dollason, Austin, enlisted February, 1862; captured March 16, 1865,
at Goldsboro, North Carolina
Dollason, John, enlisted February 9, 1862; died July 4, 1862, at Fort Dodge
Fisher, Jesse, enlisted February 20, 1862; died September 9, 1862, at Bolivar, Tennessee
Hamilton, Jacob, enlisted February 24th
Harlan, Joshua, enlisted February 13, 1862; died August 20, 1862, at Corinth, Mississippi
Harris, John M., enlisted February 20, 1862; wounded June 27, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
Hofifman, George, enlisted February 7, 1862; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864
Parks, Levi, enlisted February 26, 1862; died August 24, 1864, at Nick-a-Jack Creek, Georgia
Parks, Samuel S., enlisted February 13, 1862; wounded at Shiloh April 6, 1862; captured August 27, 1864
Remington, Samuel, enlisted February 13, 1862; discharged May 10,
1862
Roister, Robert, enlisted April 21, 1864; captured at Atlanta July 22, 1864
Shaffer, Amaziah, enlisted February 28, 1862
Tomlinson, _____, enlisted November 18, 1864
Vontrees, William, enlisted March 8, 1862; wounded June 7, 1863, at Vicksburg; died of wounds June 9th
Ward, Allen, enlisted February 10, 1862; captured at Atlanta
Ward, William, enlisted February 24, 1864
Williams, Alfred E., enlisted October 27, 1864
Wilson, Albert, enlisted February 24, 1862; killed June 24, 1864, at Kenesaw Mountain, Georgia
Wilson, H. R., enlisted February 6, 1862
Zimbleman, Philip, enlisted February 12, 1862; died April 29, 1862, at St. Louis

COMPANY D
Theodore DeTar, captain; wounded December 16, 1864, at Nashville; discharged May 15, 1865
William D. Templin, first lieutenant; wounded May 18, 1864, at Yellow Bayou, Louisiana; discharged March 30, 1865, for wounds
Rohcrt J. Shannon, second lieutenant; promoted first lieutenant, March 10, 1865; commanding captain August 23, 1865, but mustered out as first lieutenant
Joseph G. Miller, first sergeant; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died in rebel prison at Tyler, Texas, July 28, 1864
Joseph M. Harvey, second sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, August 23, 1865, but not mustered
Willis S. Defere, third sergeant; detailed as regimental wagonmaster, December 26, 1862
Francis M. Spurrier, fourth sergeant; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged November 24, 1864
Isaac C. Nutt, fifth sergeant; died November 8, 1863
Jasper W. Holmes, first corporal
Austin C. Worrick, second corporal; discharged January 20, 1865
Martin Summers, third corporal; reduced to ranks at own request
Malbern Pettibone, fourth corporal; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
Daniel W. Robbins, fifth corporal; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
William W. Petty, sixth corporal
John Weston, seventh corporal, wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died of wounds May 18, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee
William Stover, eighth corporal; reduced to ranks at own request; wounded at Little Red River, Arkansas, August 14, 1863
Joseph Bone, musician; discharged May 12, 1863, for promotion
Samuel Bone, musician
Norman P. Rogers, wagoner; discharged March 4, 1863

Privates
Abercrombie, Harrison, enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; discharged December 16, 1864
Ainsworth, Willard C., enlisted Januarv 20, 1864
Andrews, Samuel, enlisted August 11, 1862
Annis, Francis, enlisted August 11, 1 862
Arasmith, Abner, enlisted August 11, 1862; died June 16, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Atkinson, James, enlisted August 11, 1862
Atkinson, John A., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed July 14, at Tupelo, Mississippi
Atkinson, Robert, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed August 27. 1863, at Bavou Metoe, Arkansas
Battin, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Georgia
Berry, William S., enlisted August 11, 1862
Blunk, Amos I., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; discharged November 1, 1864, for wounds
Blunk, Samuel C., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; discharged September 4, 1864, for wounds
Boone, Edward M., enlisted August 11, 1862
BufRngton, Jacob M., enlisted August 11, 1862; captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
Burkley, Alonzo J., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
Carpenter, Hezekiah, enlisted April 11, 1864
Carpenter, William D., enlisted August 11, 1862
Cline, Edward M., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863
Cline, Joseph I. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 13, 1863
Cree, Stephen W., enlisted August 11, 1862
Cummings, Isaac B., Jr.. enlisted August 11, 1862
Dalander, Andrew J., enlisted August 11, 1862
Davis, Cyrus M., enlisted August 11, 1862
Davis, James A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864; died May 4, 1864, while in hands of rebels
Dooley, Thomas E., enlisted August 11. 1862
Dooley, John B., enlisted August 11, 1862
Dyer, William R., enlisted November 8, 1862
Ebersole, Cyrus A., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded at Little Red River, August 14, 1863; transferred to Invalid Corps
Eckley, Edward, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863
Fox, George H., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas
Gilliland, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862
Gaskill, James, enlisted August 11, 1862
Goodrich, W. W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Red River, Arkansas; discharged January 16, 1864
Grayson, William G., enlisted August 11, 1862
Gwinn, Robert M., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred before muster to Company I
Harter, Nicholas, enlisted August 11, 1862; killed at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
Herron, John, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 24, 1864
Hickman, Benjamin N., enlisted August 11. 1862; wounded and captured at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
Hickman, Lewis S., enlisted August 11, 1862
Hickman, William C., enlisted August 11, 1862
Higbee, Tyler, enlisted August 11, 1862
Hughes, Isaac W., enlisted January 5, 1864
Hull, Fenolon W., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to eighth corporal December 26, 1862; wounded July 14, 1864, at Tupelo, Mississippi
Hunter, George D., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 7, 1863
Hurlburt, Jehiel B., enlisted August 11, 1862
Irwin, William H., enlisted August 11, 1862
Joice, John F., enlisted August 11, 1H62; died July 23, 1863, at Cape Girardeau
Joice, Garrett L., enlisted August 11, 1S62; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Jewett, David S., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third sergeant December 26, 1862; captured April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Jones, Levi, enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged November 16, 1863
Karby, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27, 1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas; discharged August 13, 1864, for wounds
Kelly, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862; died April 26, 1863, at Bloomfield, Missouri
Kinkead, Joseph H., enlisted August 11, 1862
Kirkendall, Henry C., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 1, 1863, at Duval's Bluff,
Arkansas
Kirkendall, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864
Landers, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864
Lawton, William B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Lee, Abbott, enlisted August 11, 1862
Lefferts, Charles, enlisted August 11, 1862
Leonard, William P., enlisted January 5, 1864
Linn, Augustus, enlisted January 5, 1864; missing at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana, April 9, 1864
McCall, Zachariah S., enlisted August 11, 1862; died October 5, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas
McFarlin, John W., enlisted January 5, 1864
Mahaffey, Isaac N. W., enlisted August 11, 1862
Manchester, William, enlisted January 5. 1864
Merrick, John H., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9. 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died April 20, 1864, of wounds
Moriarty, John J., enlisted August 11, 1862; enlisted January 28, 1864 missing at Pleasant Hill, April 9, 1864
Nelson, Jones W., enlisted August 11, 1862
Nutt, Edward O., enlisted August 11, 1862; discharged March 15, 1863
Overman, John W., enlisted August 11, 1862; died January 10, 1863, at Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Parker, David U., enlisted January 2, 1864
Patterson, Josiah B., enlisted August 11, 1862
Paxton, Sharon A., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 14, 1863, at Brownsville. Arkansas
Payne, Thomas, enlisted August 11, 1862
Peoples, William M., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Peterson, Peter, enlisted August 11, 1862
Peterson, Yonse, enlisted August 11. 1862; discharged October 4, 1863
Petty, Robert C., enlisted January 5, 1864
Segrin, John, enlisted August 11. 1862
Shafling, James, enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 25, 1863,
at Little Rock, Arkansas
Spicklemire, Thomas M., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana; died July 1, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee, of wounds
Starr, Jedediah L., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Strunk, Elias D., enlisted August 11, 1862; transferred March 12, 1863, for promotion to captain Fifth Regiment, U. S. V. A. D.
Tappin, Martin, enlisted August 11, 1862; died July 16, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois
Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864
Thompson, Thomas B., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana
Walker, Calvin M. J., enlisted August 11, 1862
Williams, Isaac, enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to corporal; died January 24, 1864, at Mound City, Illinois
Williams, James P., enlisted August 11, 1862; promoted to third corporal, September 26, 1862
Williams, Richard S., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 14, 1863, at Little Rock, Arkansas
Williams, Samuel B., enlisted August 11, 1862; wounded August 27,
1863, at Bayou Metoe, Arkansas
Williams, Spencer K., enlisted August 11, 1862; died September 5, 1863, at Brownsville, Arkansas
Webster, James W., enlisted Februarv 29, 1864
Wright, John E. R., enlisted August 11, 1862; killed April 9, 1864, at Pleasant Hill, Louisiana

COMPANY UNKNOWN
Anderson, Charles J., enlisted February 24, 1864
Berry, Levi, enlisted February 20, 1864
Blunk, Moses, enlisted February 20, 1864
Haggan, James A., enlisted February 20, 1864
Staley, Joseph, enlisted March 20, 1864
Thompson, Adam, enlisted February 20, 1864

COMPANY I
Birchard, Abner T., enlisted August 22, 1862; promoted to
quartermaster sergeant, November 8, 1862
Gwinn, Robert M., musician; enlisted in Company D, August 11, 1862
Huxford, Morton V., enlisted August, 1862

FORTY-FOURTH INFANTRY, COMPANY H
John J. Adams, first lieutenant; promoted to captain, June 1, 1864
William F. Boggs, first sergeant; promoted to first lieutenant, June 1, 1864
Randolph Schoonover, second sergeant
Madison I. Williams, fifth sergeant, from private
Adam Messmore, first corporal; returned to ranks June 10, 1864
Thomas J. Gilden, fourth corporal, June 10, 1864
Thomas Johnson, fifth corporal; promoted to fourth corporal, June 10, 1864
John A. Kees, seventh corporal; promoted to sixth corporal June 10, 1864

Privates
Berhow, Oliver
Bromily, Arthur
Caldwell, Eon W.
Contwright, James
Decker, William H.
Gooden, Henry
Hetrick, John W.
Hoffman, Jefterson
Hoffman, Pleasant B.
Jay, Eli
Kintzley, Winfield S.
Kintzley, William Worth
Mclntire, William K.
Nutt, Francis M.
Nutt, John
Parker, Robert S.
Parks, David M.
Pierce, Jasper
Sanders, William N., promoted to seventh corporal, June 10, 1864
Thomas, James S.
Thrift, William H.
Webster, Bird
Williams, J. Madison

MISCELLANEOUS INFANTRY REGIMENTS

FOURTH
Ricket, Jonathan N.; Company E; enlisted July 15,1861

TENTH
Fagan, Benjamin, Company K; enlisted December 2, 1861; transferred
to Veteran Reserve Corps, June 1 1, 1865

THIRTEENTH
Allen, William, enlisted October 27, 1864
Broom, Tyler, enlisted October 27, 1864
Browhard, Martin, enlisted October 27, 1864
Cartright, Robert N., enlisted October 27, 1864
Dawkins, Thomas, enlisted October 27, 1864
Elsbury, John, enlisted October 27, 1864
Fruit, Jonathan W., enlisted October 27, 1864
Glidden, Jefiferson D., enlisted October 27, 1864
Hall, Henry W., enlisted November 4, 1864
Holloway, Oliver, enlisted October 27, 1864
Hunt, Charles, enlisted October 29, 1864
Noland, William, enlisted October 27, 1864
Shaw, Levi, enlisted October 27, 1864
Silver, Allen T., enlisted October 27, 1864
Starke, Jesse B., enlisted October 27, 1864
Starke, Nelson, enlisted November 7, 1864
Vernan, Job B., enlisted October 27, 1864
Vest, John, enlisted October 27, 1864
Williams, James S., enlisted October 27, 1864
Wilson, William, enlisted October 27, 1864

TWENTY-THIRD
Clayton, William T., musician, Company A; enlisted August 1, 1862
Broyhill, George C., Company A; enlisted July 20, 1862; transferred to Invalid Corps, April 1, 1864; died August 13, 1864
Buckhart, David L., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; promoted to corporal; discharged July 21, 1863
Buckhart, William H., Company A; enlisted July 25, 1862; died July 18, 1863, at Milliken's Bend. Louisiana

THIRTY-NINTH
Ericson, Augustus, fourth sergeant Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; wounded and captured October 5, 1864, at Altoona, Georgia
Hanson, John A., Company I; enlisted August 22, 1862; discharged
February 9, 1864
Johnson, John A., enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I
Sodlund, Alex, enlisted August 22, 1862; Company I

FORTY-SIXTH
Johnson, Gabriel, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864
Johnson, Enos, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864
Johnson, Larkin, Company C; enlisted May 23, 1864

FORTY-SEVENTH
Herring, William B., Company F; enlisted May 17. 1864; died at Helena, Arkansas, June 26, 1864
Underville, William H., enlisted May 16, 1864; Company F

NORTHERN BORDER BRIGADE
Richardson, Franklin, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862, as first sergeant
Landon, Joseph, lirst corporal, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862
Nickerson, Francis M., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862
Payne, Samuel S., Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862
Richardson, Columbus, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862
Wilson, William, Company C; enlisted September 26, 1862

MISCELLANEOUS CAVALRY

SEVENTH
Bennett, L. C., seventh corporal, Company E; enlisted March 18, 1S63; died August 26, 1865, at Fort Kearney, Nebraska
Oliver, Thomas R., Company E; enlisted April 18, 1863
Hull, William, Company L.; enlisted November 10, 1861

NINTH
Averill, William C., Company H; enlisted October 10, 1863; died August 4, 1865, at Little Rock, Arkansas
Kelly, Henry C., Company H; enlisted October 12, 1863.
Slish, Benjamin F., Company H; enlisted October 4, 1863; died February 6, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri

MISCELLANEOUS ARTILLERY
Miller, Benjamin E., Second Battery; enlisted September 22, 1862; died February 15, 1864, at Memphis, Tennessee
Truester, Cyrus J., Second Battery; enlisted October 2, 1862; transferred March 1, 1863, to Mississippi Marine Brigade

Source: History of Boone County, Iowa
N. E. Goldthwait, Supervising Editor
Illustrated, Volume I
Chicago, Pioneer Publishing Company
1914

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1914 History of Boone County Chapter XIVCivil War

1914 History of Boone County
Chapter XIV
Civil War