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Davenport Daily Gazette Wednesday Morning April 16, 1862
Late News
List of killed and Wounded in the 11th Iowa, at the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6th and 7th, 1862.
Col. HARE, Acting Brigadier, wounded severely in right hand. Lt. Col. HALL, commanding the regiment, wounded in ankle, slightly. Maj. ABERCROMBIE, wounded in head, slightly.
Company A.
Killed.-Wm. FIELDMAN; Jno GEODOCKE; Geo. W. CALLENDER. Wounded.-1st Lt. J. W. ANDERSON, head, slightly; Sergt. SHELLABARGER, arm; Corp CORWIN, foot; Corp J. M. TAYLOR, back, slightly; Corp R. LIVINGSTON, hand. Privates.-C. ENSTLER, finger lost. R. THETMAN, back; J. S. STRETCH, head, severely; J. OAKES, shoulder; L. W. GATES, finger; H. VANKIESSILD, leg slightly; C. KINGSLAND, hip, slightly; E. FORTMAYLOR, shoulder, severely; C. GESLER, leg, slightly; Wm. REID, leg. Three killed; 15 wounded.
Company B.
Killed.-Corp Wm F. HOUGH, Hardin Co. Wounded.-Slightly-Capt Chas. FOSTER, wrist; Orderly AKERS, thigh; Corp R. V. HERSEY, hand. Privates.--Daniel DALE, hand; Addison GARWOOD, hand; C. N. HAMMOND, neck; John RATAN, hand; David STAFER, abdomen, severely, Martin DENBOW, neck; Geo HAWORTH, thigh; John W. RAMSEY, arm; Wm. N. Street, arm; Jas. FITZGERALD, arm; Thos. C. SMITH, shoulder. One killed; 14 wounded.
Company C.
Killed-Sam'l FRITZ.
Wounded.-Corp Gerodes WYNCOOP, wrist, slightly; Corp Jos. W. MOORE, leg, slightly. Privates.-Severely, A. E. CAMPBELL, shoulder; G. W. LIVINGSTON, shoulder, dead; Wm. HARP, jaw; Henry MILLER, neck; Wm. EDMONDSON, arm; Jas. C. DUNCAN, arm. Slightly.-S. H. CALDWELL, shoulder; Jas. W. WATTS, head; John H. PATTEN, foot; David CUMMINS, head; Jos MANNERS, head; Thos. REID, shoulder; Chalmers REYNOLDS, head. One killed; 15 wounded.
Company D.
Killed.-Sergt. Henry Sibert. Private-Thos. CAREY; Peter CRAVEN; Wm. LEVERICH; Wm. WHITE. Wounded.-Sergt. Beecher CHATFIELD, ankle, slightly; Corp John HUGHES, face severely; Corp Walter G. ROGERS, breast and back; severely; Corp Alex THOM, hip, slightly. Privates-Severely, F. M. EDGE, hand; Jno MILLSOP, arm; R.R. McREA, mouth. Slightly, B. F. HERR, foot; Christian HERR, neck; Chas. LAPORT, wrist; Oregon PRESCOTT, breast; S. N. RUCKER, thigh; Ira SHIFFLETT, hip; J. J. HAMLIN, both arms.
Company E.
Killed-1st Lt. J. F. COMPTON; Sergt. E. McLONEY; Privates T. M. HAINES, U. FRINK, G. CROOKS, John BUCKMAN. Wounded-Slightly, Corpl J. M. DANIELS, in hand; Privates B. ROSSART, side; A. H. HATCH, shoulder; E. MOONEY, shoulder; C. RANKIN, shoulder; M. MUSENEY, leg; G. SIMMONS, knee. Severely, F. DWIGGINS, in hip; E. CRISMAN, arm broken. Six killed and eleven wounded.
Company F.
Killed-Corpls G. I. BARNES and Martin A. McLAIN; Private H. H. RILEY. Wounded-Seriously, 1st Lt. J. D. MILES; Sergt. N. S> McKINNEY, leg; Privates S. S. LYTLE, shoulder; T. CAMPBELL, shoulder; Jno WILLIAMS, head; W. WHICHER, leg. Slightly--, Sergt. E. G. JACKSON, side; Corpl Jackson COULTER, arm; Privates Taylor THOMAS, hand; John KETING, finger; W. P. SHELTON, leg; Isaac MARTIN, hand; John RALSTON, hand; David JONES, hand; Alex CAPEN, foot. Three killed. Sixteen wounded.
Company G.
Killed-Privates Wm. BLACJ, Theodore PALLET, Mortimer HOBART. Wounded-2d Lt. G. W. BARR, arm, seriously; Corpl Geo. McNEELY, hand, slightly; Privates Clinton HALL, neck seriously; Osco CONNER, leg, severely. Slightly, Larson CROOKS, bruised; Wm. LINKINS, bruised; C. DAILY, hand; M. J. MILLER, knee. Three killed. Eight wounded.
Company H
Killed-Henry C. ADY; Finley H. HEWAL; WM E. MIKESELL. Wounded-Slightly, 1st Lieut. Geo. D. MAGOON. Severely, Corpl Wm HERR, head; Corpl. Thos. G. LEWIS, shoulder. Lightly, privates Wm. A. GORDON, thigh; Warren Evans, leg; Jas. M. ALLEN; Conrad KRAUSE; Wm RICHARDS, head. Severely, Jno ZOELINA, foot;August KRAUS, face. Slightly, B. K. WINTERMUTE, arm and leg. Three killed and sixteen wounded.
Company I
Killed-Sergt. E. DANIELS; privates Madison RAYBURN, John HESTER. Wounded-Slightly, 2d Lt. A. B. WILES, neck; Sergt. J. E. CROWDER, finger. Severely, Corpl Wm. HALL, leg, R. L. MILLER, arm; Privates Jno TAHLMAN, since dead; Thos McKEAUGH, breast; G. F. GREENHOW, head; A. WILSON, leg; Wm CRAIG, leg; A. BEALL, lef; H. HINKHOUSE, leg; H BARNHOLDT, foot; J. B. SULLIVAN, arm; P E. SHAW, thigh and arm; P. C. Ebermin, shoulder and ahnd. Slightly, John TATTON, shoulder; Wm H. GARD, shoulder; Riley PENNEL, leg; John LEACH, arm; Chas. HOOPER, shoulder; Wm. ETHERTON, hand; M. KIEF, abdomen; S. MATTERN, leg; John WESSON, head; Peter E. DAVIS, shoulder; Orlando McGRUE, nose. Three killed and twenty-six wounded.
Company K Killed-Private N. BOGART. Wounded-slightly, Capt John C. MARVIN, leg. Severely, 2d Lt. O. P. KINSULAW; Sergt. Chas. MASON, arm and side; Corporal John DANCE, arm. Slightly, L. DAVIS, leg. Seriously, Privates S. GEARBART, wrist; J. WILKINSON, arm side and hip. Slightly, John ELDER, arm and side; B. FLUHARTS, leg; M. LATTIMER, foot; R. SMITH, hand. Missing-Private Wm. W. MITCHELL. One killed, eleven wounded, one missing.
The wounded are either on the boats, or in hospitals at Savannah, and are as well taken care of perhaps as is possible in the circumstances. But doubtless great numbers have died, and will die, who might have been saved if they could at once have received the surgeon's attention, and the nursing of home.
The Cedar Valley Times Cedar Rapids, Iowa Thurs., April 17, 1862
Iowa Troops at Pittsburg, Tenn.
We have at last an intimation from private dispatches received at Davenport of the fate of the brave Iowa troops in the battle of Pittsburg Landing. It is stated that each of the eleven regiments engaged suffered severely, and nearly all of the 8th, 12th and 14th regiments were taken prisoners. The 16th regiment, Col. Chambers [Alexander Chambers], which left Davenport less than a month ago, was also in the fight. Muscatine county has two companies in this regiment (Capts. Palmer's and Turner's.) [Capt. Alpheus Palmer and Capt. John H. Turner]. The 8th is commanded by Col. J. L. Geddes [James Loraine Geddes], and is composed of one company each from the following counties: Clinton, Scott, Washington, Benton, Marion, Keokuk, Iowa, Mahaska, Monroe, and Louisa. The 12(th) regiment is commanded by Col. J. J. Wood [Joseph Jackson Woods] of Jackson county and consists of companies from the counties from Hardin, Allamakee, Fayette, Linn, Black Hawk, Delaware, Winneshiek, Dubuque, and Jackson. The 14(th), Col. W. T. Shaw [William Tuckerman Shaw], of Anamosa, is made up of two companies from Johnson county, three from Henry, and one each from the counties of Jones, Jasper, Tama, and Des Moines, with a company composed of recruits from Jones, Des Moines and Cerro Gordo counties.
The Daily Gazette May 2, 1862 Page 2 (Part 5)
On Thursday morning, the 23d, we arrived at Pittsburg Landing. We soon got orders to move up five miles to this place, and disembarked. Gen. Pope's division is on the left flank at this place, with the cavalry on the extreme left. The right is thrown out form the river below the landing, while the centre is held by Gen. Buell's division. Our lines must, I think, present a front of eight or ten miles. At the place where our troops poured back to the river on the 6th, there is a fine rolling bluff, perhaps a hundred feet high, over which it is said our troops swarmed by thousands. Less than half a mile above is a slough running up back of the bluff. Our gunboats took position at the mouth of the slough and saved our army. The battle-field presents a view of the rough side of war, many of the rebels being buried on top of the ground, which has washed off, leaving here an arm, there a leg, and again a skull exposed to view, while the stench arising form the shallow graves is far from pleasant. The day we arrived, the cavalry got orders to move five miles out on the Corinth road. The 1st battalion is now camped there. A rain set in during the night, and continuing, the order was suspended in the morning. To-day is clear again, and a few days will make the roads passable. The engineers are at work of the road. I do not know the number of our forces here, and wouldn't tell if I did; but we have enough to whip Beauregard's rebel hordes, and crown with victory the decisive battle of the Mississippi valley. Within ten days you may chronicle the glorious result. For 2d cavalry, address to Gen. Pope's division, Tennessee river. Hoping to give you details of the battle after the victory, I am yours, Diff.
Lieut. Noel B. Howard, of Clinton county, has been appointed Captain of co. I, 2d regiment, in place of Capt. Cox, resigned.
The Gallant Iowans
Iowa is a young State, but it is the home of heroes. With the present war she has begun a war history that yields in splendor and honor to that of no State in the Union, and no country on the globe. Her soil is the birthplace of a new chivalry, and she has become the mother of a new race of heroes. Her soldiers boast little, and she has no industrious penny-a-liner to boast for them. They are not fierce braggarts. They are as gentle and tractable as children. But when the storm of blood begins they are the guiding and governing heroes of the tempest. Were the harvest of death is to be reaped, they are the foremost of the reapers. Where a perilous assault is to be made, somehow or other there is always an Iowa regiment, or the wasted shadow of an Iowa regiment, to lead it. It was so atwilson's Creek; it was so at Belmont; it was so at Fort Donelson; it was so at Shiloh; it will ever be so throughout the war. All our Western troops have been heroes, but the Iowa troops have been heroes among heroes. The "Iowa First," "Iowa Second," "Iowa Fourth," and "Iowa Seventh," are bodies of men who would have given an additional luster even to Thermopylae, Marathon Austerlitz, or Wagram, and all Americans my be proud of Iowa.~~~St. Louis News.
Iowa Items
The following Iowa wounded were brought to Keokuk last Monday: Jasper T. Hubbard, Co. H, 2d; R. H. Jones, Co. G, 6th; J. W. West, Co. G, 7th; Edward T. Lanning, do; R. Austin, Co. H, 7th; H. Nichols, Co. F, 13th; C. H. Martin, Co. G, 13th; M. T. Snyder, Co. K, 13th; H. Loomis, Co. G, 14th.
Lieut. Noel B. Howard, of Clinton county, has been appointed Captain of Co. I, 2d regiment, in place of Capt. Cox, resigned.
The Cedar Valley Times Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Thurs. Morning, May 15, 1862
We are indebted to Quartermaster Mort. Higley for the following list of the killed, wounded and missing, in Company A, 15th Iowa Regiment, at the battle of Pittsburg. Mort., will please accept our thanks, and favor us frequently in this manner: Killed.--2d Lieut. J. B. Pennim [Jesse B. Penniman], of Lyons; Private Pat. H. Kennedy, of Cedar Rapids; Private Wm. W. Wood, of Cedar Rapids. Wounded.--Corporals--Wm. McLenahon [McLanehan, died Sept. 19, 1863], Lyons, in hip, severely; John Kimbrough, Cedar Rapids, in arm, severely; Wm. E. Elsroad [Elsroade], Ft. Madison, in hand, severely; Wm. H. Hershburger [Wm. C. Hershberger], Ft. Madison, in hand and arm, severely; M. Rhynsburger [Marinas], Pella, in hand and head, severely. Privates--Elisha Hopkins, Cedar Rapids, in leg, severely; Charles Stewart, Cedar Rapids, in shoulder, slightly; John D. Moon, Keokuk, in shoulder, slightly; Dirk Rhynsburger, Pella, in hand; Frank Lambard, spent ball, slightly [wounded in instep]; John D. Sims, Ft. Madison, slightly [wounded in hip]; Jacob Sells, Lyons, through wrist, severely; Jacob Brown, Cedar Rapids, in breast, severely; C. M. Wheelock [Charles], DeWitt, in leg, severely; Newten Dawson [Newton], Cedar Rapids, in breast, slightly; Henry Bunn, Cedar Rapids, in shoulder, slightly [died of pneumonia, Nov. 1, 1863, Vicksburg]; David Helmick, Ft. Madison, in leg, slightly [died of wounds June 13, 1862]. Missing.--Henry A. Palmer, Ft. Madison [Roster lists him as killed at Shiloh].
Soldier information from "Roster and Records of Iowa Troops in the Rebellion, Vol. 2." Civil War and Iowa: Greyhounds and Hawkeyes. CD-ROM. Creston, IA: O. J. Fargo, 2000.
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