Here are the names of these men constituting Shelby county’s

ROLL OF HONOR.

Daniel S. Bowman, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Alexander Barr, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Joseph A. Bunnell, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Hezekiah N. Baughman, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
Charles E. Butterworth, Company B, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
William H. Buckholder, Company E, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
William A. Babb, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Henry Custer, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
William Cuppy, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Samuel Campbell, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Merriman Carlton, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
Jesse Casteel, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
George Casteel, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
Albert Crandall, Company D, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
Jonathan Custer, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
John Dewell, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
David Duckett, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
William Frantz, Company B, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
Henry Frantz, Company H, Fifteenth Iowa Infantry.
John Fritz, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
James Howell, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Christian Hack, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Perry Hack, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Harvey Ingalsbe, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
Luther Ingalsbe, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Alfred Jackson, Company F, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
Brafford Johnston, Company C, Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
John E. Knott, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Samuel W. Kemp, Company H, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
Robertson Keairnes, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
James G. Kemp, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Benjamin T. Larkin, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Milton Lynch, Company D, Thirteenth Iowa Infantry.
Peter H. Longcor, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
William M. Longcor, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Jeremiah Law Long, Company L, Fourth Iowa Cavalry.
Elias Monroe, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Charles W. Oden, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Martin Obrecht, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
David Romigs, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Jonas H. Reed, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
James Rhodes, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
William A. Rigg, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
Hiram Simmons, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Milton H. Stanton, Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry.
James L. Trenor, Company A, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
William B. Tarkington, Company C, Twenty-ninth Iowa Infantry.
Daniel White, Company B, Fourth Iowa Infantry.
Jonathan Watson, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Michael White, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Daniel Waterbury, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Warren Wicks, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Jasper N. Wyland, Company M, Ninth Iowa Cavalry.
Nicholas White, Company L, Fourth Iowa Cavalry.
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In addition, Ed. A. Sweeney enlisted in Company I, Twenty-third Iowa Infantry, but was refused by the mustering officer.

Of the above named soldiers, William Cuppy died of disease December 27, 1861, at Rolla, Missouri. James Howell died in action November 27, 1863, at Taylor’s Ridge, Georgia, and his remains lie buried in the national cemetery at Chattanooga, Tennessee, section D, grave 891. Benjamin T. Lakin was wounded slightly in the eye December 29, 1862 at Vicksburg, Mississippi. Jonas H. Reed died from an accidental wound received March 14, 1862, at Springfield, Missouri. Daniel White died of disease March 4, 1862, at Lebanon, Missouri, and his remains lie buried in the national cemetery of Springfield, Missouri, section 9, grave 60. Luther Ingalsbe died of disease August 27, 1864, at Devall’s Bluff, Arkansas. James G. Kemp died of disease March 4, 1864, at St. Louis, Missouri, and his remains lie in the national cemetery at Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, Missouri, section 6, grave 233. Jasper N. Wyland died of disease at Devall’s Bluff, Arkansas, July 9, 1864, and his remains lie in the national cemetery at Devall’s Bluff, Arkansas. Merriman Carlton died of disease May 27, 1863, at the Van Buren Hospital, and his remains lie in the national cemetery at Vicksburg, Mississippi, section H, grave 81. David Duckett died of disease July 25, 1863, at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana, and his remains lie buried in the national cemetery at Vicksburg, Mississippi, section B, grave 22. William A. Rigg was killed in action June 7, 1863, at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana. Henry Frantz was wounded in the side at Shiloh, Tennessee, April 6, 1862, and after reenlisting was again wounded in the left arm severely on July 22, 1864, near Atlanta, Georgia. Jeremiah Law Long died of disease May 13, 1862, at West Plains, Missouri. Perry Hack was wounded April 30, 1864, at Jenkins’ Ferry, Arkansas. Jonathan Custer died of disease February 21, 1863, at Helena, Arkansas. William B. Tarkington died of disease March 1, 1863, at Helena, Arkansas. Martin Obrecht was wounded May 17, 1863, at Black River Bridge, Mississippi. James L. Trenor became first lieutenant of the One Hundred and Thirteenth United Stated Colored Infantry January 20, 1864.

An investigation of the nativity of a large majority of the above named soldiers shows that eleven were born in Ohio, eight in New York, ten in Indiana, five in Pennsylvania, five in Illinois, two in Maryland, and one each in Iowa, Connecticut, Michigan, Maine, Missouri, Virginia, Ireland and France, Martin Obrecht having been born in the last named county.

It is interesting to know that Privates Jonathan Custer, Christian Hack, Perry Hack, Henry Custer and James L. Trenor enlisted where the City Hotel, now known as Hotel Harlan, stands. The oldest volunteer was Peter H. Longcor, forty-five years of age, and the youngest Hiram Simmons, who was but sixteen at time of enlistment. The Longcors were father and son.

Transcribed by Denise Wurner, October 2013 from the Past and Present of Shelby County, Iowa, by Edward S. White, P.A., LL. B.,Volume 1, Indianapolis: B. F. Bowen & Co., 1915, pp. 528-530.

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