VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO LIVED IN MADISON COUNTY 

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Shown below are veterans of the American Civil War known to have resided in Madison County, Iowa, either before the war, after the war or both, their rank and unit in which they served, and their service if known.
County Coordinator's Note:  The names of veterans serving from Madison County are readily obtainable. The County Coordinators would welcome your inputs for data on veterans who lived in Madison County but served from elsewhere.  We would also welcome the submittal of photographs of any of these veterans as soldiers in uniform.

 

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VETERAN RANK & UNIT SERVICE

Dabney, Albert R.

Private, Company K, 15th Iowa Infantry

Enlisted and mustered 16 October 1864. Mustered out 24 July 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky.
Paid substitute for Orrin Bissell.
Dabney, Henry Unknown Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Dabney, Isaac W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862
Dabney, John W. 7th Corporal, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Nov 1861
Dailey, Arthur Private, Company H, 150th Pennsylvania Infantry Enlisted 03 Feb 1864, mustered 08 Mar 1864, mustered out 23 Jun 1865
Danford, Michael F. Private, Company H, 25th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 26 Jun 1861, mustered out 16 Jul 1864, expiration of term of service
Danforth, Challen Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864
Daniel, Charles M. Private, Company H, 47th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 14 Feb 1865, mustered in 06 Mar 1865, mustered out 21 Jan 1866 at Selma, Alabama
Daniel, Daniel Company G, 17th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 20 May 1861, mustered out 20 Jun 1864, Columbia, Tennessee
Darby, Daniel H. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 19 Oct 1861, discharged 05 Apr 1863
Darby, John Elias Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 31 Mar 1864, discharged 18 Jun 1865
Darnall, Caleb Enos Private, Company C, 3rd Colorado Cavalry Enlisted & mustered 01 Sep 1864, mustered out 31 Dec 1864 at Denver Colorado
Darnall, James Albert Apollos Private, Company C, 28th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862
Davidson, Daniel N. Corporal, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 13 Aug 1862, died at Vicksburg 31 Jul 1863
Davidson, John Private, Company D, 38th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, mustered 20 Nov 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC
Davis, George Berry Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Jul 1861, wounded at Pea Ridge
Davis, Henry C. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 10 Jun 1863
Davis, James R. Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Davis, Joseph Daniel 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry Enlisted and mustered 17 Jun 1861 as Sergeant in Company I, 40th Pennsylvania Infantry. Discharged 21 Nov 1862 to accept commission as 1st Lieutenant in Company E, 177th Pennsylvania, mustered out with Company 05 Aug 1863. Mustered as 1st Lieutenant into Company H, 103rd Pennsylvania Infantry, mustered out 25 Jun 1865 at New Berne, North Carolina
Davis, Levi Burcham 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 50th Indiana Infantry Commissioned 20 Oct 1864, mustered in 19 Nov 1864, resigned 01 Mar 1865
Davis, Peter Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 May 1864
Davis, William H. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 19 Mar 1864
Dawson, Martin V. Private, Company B, 14th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Apr 1863, mustered in 02 May 1863, mustered out 16 Nov 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Dawson, William Private, 3rd Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted 23 Dec 1863, mustered in 05 Jan 1864, mustered out 23 Oct 1865 at Davenport, Iowa
Dean, Solomon Adams Private, Company K, 84th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 03 Dec 1863, mustered 30 Dec 1863, transferred to 57th Indiana Infantry 09 Jun 1865, mustered out 14 Dec 1865
Deardorf, Pleasant Private, Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Oct 1862, mustered out 15 May 1865 at Davenport, Iowa.
Deardorf, William H. Private, Company B, 40th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862, mustered in 01 Oct 1862, mustered out 02 Aug 1865 at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation
Dearduff, Edward Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Jan 1862
Debord, Meres C. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, captured at Parker’s Cross Roads, discharged 21 Jun 1864
Debusk, Elihu Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, died of typhoid fever at Rolla, Missouri 17 Nov 1861
Debusk, Isaac Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Nov 1861, died of grief at Cassville, Missouri 16 Mar 1862
Debusk, William S. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, died of wounds at Pea Ridge
Decker, Ethel Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861
Decker, Jacob Isaac Private, 7th New York Regular Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Deeter, Abraham Corporal, Company I, 5th Iowa Consolidated Cavalry Dates unknown, transferred from Company D, 5th Infantry as Corporal
Deets, Aaron Private, Company G, 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Enlisted 14 Mar 1864, mustered out 13 Jul 1865 at Cloud Mills, Virginia
Deets, Benjamin Franklin Private, Company B, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 29 Aug 1862, wounded severley in hand at Mission Ridge, Tennessee 25 Nov 1863, mustered out 28 May 1854 at Washington, DC
Delong, Austin Private, Company K, 34th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Jan 1861, mustered out 15 Aug 1865 at Houston, Texas
Delong, Fenton L. Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted  29 Sep 1864. Mustered out 02 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.
Delong, James Unknown Identified as a Civil War veteran by the WPA during their grave registration project in the 1930s. We have been unable to find any data to support this claim.
Delong, Joseph H. Private, Company B, 5th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Jun 1861, wounded severely in left leg, 19 Sep 1862 at Iuka, Mississippi, discharged on account of wounds 03 Dec 1862
Demotte, Charles W Private, Company I, 20th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 01 Jun 1861, mustered 05 Sep 1865 as Corporal with disability
Denman, Jacob Israel Physicians Asst, Company U, 69th New York Infantry Commissioned 23 Mar 1865, mustered 30 Mar 1865, mustered out with regiment 15 Jul 1865
Denny, William H Private, Company G, 50th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, 08 Apr 1863 on Surgeon's certificate of disability
Deuel, Benjamin F. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864, mustered 04 Jun 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Devault, Henry F. Sergeant, Company H, 22nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862
Devine, John Private, Company F, 45th Wisconsin Discharged at Nashville, Tennessee, 17 Jul 1865, one year service
Devine, John Daniel Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Feb 1864, mustered out 20 Jan 1865 at Little Rock, Arkansas
Dewey, James H. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 29 May 1864, died 13 Sep 1864, buried at Jefferson Barricks National Cemetery, Missouri.
Dewitt, James Peter Private, Company K, 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Dec 1863, mustered 14 Dec 1863, mustered out 12 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
Dick, Reuben Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 May 1861
Dickinson, Chester L Captain, Company I, 6th Michigan Heavy Artillery See pension application 239020
Dickson, James Private, Company I, 8th Iowa Infantry

Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry

 Enlisted 29 Sep 1861, mustered out 15 Feb 1862 at Sedalia Missouri, discharged as worthless. 

Enlisted 4 May 1864, Mustered out, 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Dill, Samuel M. 7th Corporal, Company I, 40th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Aug 1862, mustered 10 Oct 1862, promoted 8th Corporal 01 Apr 1865, promoted 7th Corporal 24 Jun 1865, mustered out 02 Aug 1865 at Fort Gibson, Cherokee Nation
Dillman, Samuel A. Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 03 Dec 1861, re-enlisted 01 Jan 1864
Dinsmore, Charles Private, Company D, 3rd Vermont Infantry Enlisted & mustered 01 Jan 1862, mustered out 31 Jul 1862
Diser, John F. Private, Company G, 126th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, mustered 04 Sep 1862, mustered out 12 Jul 1865 at Pine Bluff, Arkansas
Doak, William Private, 2nd Iowa Battery Enlisted 01 Dec 1862. Mustered out 07 Aug 1865 at Davenport, Iowa.
Doan, William H. Private, Company C, 17th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 06 Apr 1862 at Oskaloosa, Iowa
Doan, Zacharias D. Private, Company C, 40th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Jan 1864. Mustered 11 Feb 1864. Mustered out 09 May 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
Dobbins, Hiram Private, Company A, 12th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 Nov 1861, mustered 10 Nov 1861, wounded 04 Oct 1862 at Corinth, Mississippi, discharged for disability 11 Feb 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri.
Dobbins, Joshua Private, Company G, 9th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 02 Sep 1863, mustered 21 Sep 1863, Mustered out 03 Feb 1866 at Little Rock, Arkansas
Doll, Leonidas Hamline Private, Company E, 7th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted and mustered 02 Apr 1864, mustered out 17 May 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
Dolphin, William E. Private, Company F, 2nd New York Cavalry Enlisted  23 Sep 1861. Promoted to Full Corporal. Mustered out on 10 Sep 1864 at New York, New York.
Donaldson, John Private, Company C, 5th Kansas Cavalry Enlisted 12 Aug 1861, mustered out 07 Sep 1864
Donovan, James Wright Private, Company K, 13th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Sep 1861, mustered 02 Nov 1861, discharged for disability 04 Oct 1862 at Keokuk, Iowa
Dooley, Andrew Jackson 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 8th Minnesota Infantry Enlisted 13 Aug 1862, mustered 15 Oct 1862, promoted to 1st Sergeant 25 Oct 1862, promoted to 2nd Lieutenant 01 Dec 1862, mustered out 04 Apr 1865
Dooley, John Bufkin Private, Company D, 32nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, mustered 06 Oct 1862, mustered out 23 Aug 1865 at Clinton, Iowa
Dooley, Michael James Private, Company A, 1st Nebraska Infantry Enlisted 30 Aug 1864, mustered out 12 Nov 1864
Doop, Simon W. Private, Company E, 150th Illinois Infantry Enlisted and mustered 04 Feb 1865 at Danville, Illinois, discharged 16 Jan 1866, with Company at Atlanta, Georgia. Simon lived in Madison County with son James Oliver after his wife passed away.
Doremus, James A. Private, Company F, 9th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 05 Sep 1861
Dorothy, Charles H. Private, Company K, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 26 May 1864
Dorrance, Alexander P. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Aug 1862, killed at Walnut Hills, Mississippi 19 May 1863
Dorrance, James H. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, wounded at Pea Ridge and Chickasaw
Dorrell, Francis Bugler, Companies C & F, 2nd Illinois Cavalry Enlisted and mustered 12 Jun 1863, mustered out 05 Sep 1865 at St. Louis, Missouri
Doty, Milo L. 2nd Lieutenant, Company G, 34th Iowa Infantry Appointed 14 Aug 1862, resigned 11 Feb 1863 at St. Louis, Missouri
Doud, Patrick Private, Company E, 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 28 Sep 1864, mustered out 31 May 1865
Douglas, Isaac P. Private, Company D, 5th Iowa Cavalry Discharged 07 Feb 1862
Douglass, Addison C. Private, Company I, 19th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, discharged 05 Jul 1865
Douglass, Moses Scruggs Private, Company C, 4th Arkansas Cavalry, CSA This regiment, aka Gordon's Cavalry, was organized in Sep 1863 and disbanded in the spring of 1865. Most of this family left Madison County for the South in late 1860 when war seemed inevitable.
Dowden, John Wesley Medical Department, US Volunteers Details of service unknown
Dowding, Joseph Corporal, Company A, 2nd Battalion, 16th U.S. Infantry Enlisted 11 Mar 1862, mustered out 11 Mar 1865
Drake, Abraham H. Private, Company K, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 27 Sep 1864, died in service 02 Jan 1865 at Savannah, Georgia
Drake, Curtis M. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, died of measles at St. Louis 03 Nov 1862
Drake, James Calvin Private, Company G, 17th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Mar 1862, mustered 10 Apr 1862, discharged 21 Sep 1862 at Keokuk, Iowa
Drury, Lucien C. Private, Company A, 27th Missouri State Militia Infantry, CSA Service dates unknown
Duckett, Isaiah Company I, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Aug 1862, died at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana 15 Jul 1863
Du d'Huy, Henry Hospital Steward, Company B, 16th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Nov 1862, discharged 28 Mar 1865, changed name to "D'Huy" after service
Duff, John B. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864
Duff, Robert Private, Company D, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 28 Sep 1864. Mustered out 02 Jun 1865, Washington, D. C.
Dugan, William Sergeant, Company I, 116th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 17 Aug 1863, mustered out 02 Mar 1864
Dumstry, August Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Jul 1862, died at Black River Bridge 25 Apr 1863
Duncan, James G. Second Sergeant, , 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1861
Duncan, John M. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, captured at Allatoona
Duncan, Robert Leeper 1st Sergeant, Company F, 17th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 25 May 1861
Dunkle, William Henry Harrison First Corporal, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Sep 1861, mustered 11 Oct 1861, discharged 25 Oct 1862 at Keokuk, Iowa
Dunlap, William T. Private, Company H, 36th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862, mustered 27 Aug 1862, discharged for disease 15 Jul 1863 at Keokuk, Iowa
Dunlap, William W. Private, Company D, 102nd Illinois Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, mustered out as Corporal 06 Jun 1865
Dunsmore, Daniel G. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861
Durant, Edward D. Private, Company H, 15th Illinois Cavalry Enlisted 07 May 1861, mustered out 31 Aug 1864
Durbin, Edwin Francis Private, Company C, 14th Kentucky Cavalry Enlisted 16 Aug 1862, mustered in 21 Aug 1862, mustered out 16 Sep 1863 at Maysville, Kentucky
Duskin, William Julian Private, Company H, 46th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 May 1854, mustered 10 Jun 1864, mustered out 23 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Dutt, Charles Private, Company D, 5th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 24 Jun 1861, veteranized Company G, 5th Cavalry 01 Jan 1864
Dutton, Lewis Private, Company I, 168th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 02 May 1864, mustered 13 May 1864, mustered out 08 Sep 1864 at Camp Dennison, Ohio

 

 

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