History of Winneshiek and Allamakee
Counties Iowa,1882 |
The principal regiments of Iowa State troops in which Allamakee County volunteers served, were the 5th 12th and 27th Infantry, and the 1st, 6th and 9th Cavalry. A brief outline of their operations is given below.
The Fifth Regiment was mustered into the service in July, 1861, at Burlington, whence it went to Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis, in August, and spent the fall and most of the winter at various points in Missouri. In February, 1862, it was sent southward, and took part in the operations at New Madrid, Island No. 10, Iuka, Corinth, Vicksburg, Jackson, Champion Hills, and Mission Ridge. At the expiration of its three years term of service it was disbanded, the veterans being transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
The Twelfth Regiment was organized at Camp Union, Dubuque, in October and November, 1861, mustered into the service November 25, 1861, and shortly after went to Benton Barracks, St. Louis, where it remained until January 27, 1862, when it were ordered south. It immediately went to the front, under General Grant, with the force that caused the evacuation of Ft. Henry, and thence to Ft. Donelson where it was the first time in action, February 12, 13 and 14, 1862. In the first days fight at Shiloh, April 6, 1862, they were allowed to be surrounded, having had no orders to fall back, and after several hours desperate fighting were obliged to surrender, at 6 oclock p.m., 16 men being killed and 98 wounded, among the latter being Col. Woods, severely. About 400 were captured and remained over six months in rebel prisons before they were paroled. Those who were not captured were immediately reorganized as Companies E and K of the "Union Brigade", and took a prominent part in the siege of Corinth, and in the battle of Corinth, in October following. About the first of April, 1863, the Regiment was reorganized at Benton Barracks, and immediately reported to General Grant in the field near Vicksburg. On December 25th, 1863, the regiment re-enlisted as veterans, and served until mustered out January 18, 1866, at Memphis, when they were ordered to Davenport for final pay and discharge, January 25th. The regiment participated in twenty-five engagements, viz: Fort Donelson, Shiloh, siege of Corinth, battle of Corinth, Jackson, Vicksburg, Jackson (siege and capture), Brandon, White River, Tupelo, Nashville, Brentwood Hills, Spanish Fort, besides twelve skirmishes at different dates. It was under fire 112 days, and marched 2,670 miles. Total miles traveled, 13, 809. The total number of causalities was 582, of which 95 were killed in action or mortally wounded, 217 died of disease, 22 died of disease caused by wounds, 247 discharged for disability and wounds, and one dismissal.
The Twenty-seventh Regiment was mustered into service at Camp Franklin, Dubuque, October 3, 1862. Companies A, B and I were largely recruited in this county. The regiment was first ordered into Northern Minnesota to superintend the payment of friendly Indians in that region, and thence to Cairo, Ill., thence to Mississippi, thence to Tennessee, thence to Arkansas, doing duty most of the year 1863 as provost guards, train guards and picket guards, except in September, when it assisted in the capture of Little Rock. March 10, 1864, the regiment moved from Vicksburg to take part in the Red River expedition, and assisted in the capture of Fort De Russey, March 14. At Pleasant Hill, April 9, the regiment came out with following casualties: Killed in action, 4; wounded, 70; missing, 14. In October and November, 1864, was in pursuit of Price through Missouri, and thence moved to Nashville, Tenn. Thence in February and March, 1865, to Cairo, New Orleans, and into Alabama, participating in the capture of Mobile, and in July to Vicksburg, St. Louis, and Clinton, Ia., where they mustered out August 7, 1865, having marched over 3,000 miles, and traveled by steamboat and rail over 10,000 miles. Its principal engagements were in the Red River expeditionPleasant Hill and Old OaksDitch Bayou, Ark., Cane Creek, Tupelo, Old Town Creek, Nashville, and Fort Blakely.
Of the service performed by the cavalry it is difficult to give a connected sketch, so much of it being by detached companies. The First Regiment operated in Missouri and Arkansas during 1862, doing good service against Quantrell and other guerrillas, and participating in the battles of Clear Creek, Prairie Grove, etc. During 1863 it was engaged in hot work in Arkansas a great deal of the time, making an excellent record. In 1864 the veterans were in Arkansas and Missouri, constantly scouting and skirmishing with guerrilla bands, participating in the campaign against Price and the battle at Boonville. In 1865 the regiment operated against Forrest in Tennessee and Mississippi, and went to Texas that summer. On the 19th of February, 1866, they left Austin, Texas, for Davenport, where they were discharged and paid off, in March.
The Sixth Cavalry was mustered in at Davenport early in 1863, and participated in several campaigns under Gen. Sully against the Indians in Dakota. They were mustered out in Sioux City October 17, 1865.
The Ninth was mustered in November 30, 1863, at Davenport, and proceeded to St. Louis, where it remained until May, 1864, when it was transported to Duvalls Bluff, Ark., and the remainder of that year performed scouting, foraging and garrison service in that vicinity, with frequent engagements with guerrilla bands. The service during 1865 was similar, until the cessation of hostilities, when the companies were assigned stations at various points. The regiment was mustered out at Little Rock, Ark., in February, 1866.
The total number of men furnished by Allamakee county during the war was about eight hundred, or two hundred more than her quota. A complete list of them it is impossible to prepare at this day. The following is as nearly full and correct a roster as we have been able to make it from a through search of the Adjutant Generals reports, and consultation with those best posted in the matter. It numbers 805, but contains some repetitions because of the transfer of some men from one organization to another, and possibly contains a few names that belong to other counties. On the other hand, there are numerous omissions that cannot be supplied from any records we can obtain:
VOLUNTEER ROSTER OF ALAMAKEE COUNTY
Abbreviation:---d, died; k,
killed; pro, promoted
THIRD INFANTRY Wm. S. Orr, k,
Atlantic, July 21, 64 |
FIFTH
INFANTRY Richard Barrett |
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INFANTRY |
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Paul M.
Krohn G. W. Botsford W. E. Lytle, d, Iuka, 62 C. W. Chery Jas. W. Manson, d, Memphis, 64 J. W. Cowles A. J. Oyle Henry Papka, d, Jefferson City M. T. Sparks Henry Pope Wm. F. Stirts, k, Champion Hill, 63 Nathaniel Philbrick Michael Shindler Wm. T. Powell John W. Smith M. D. Rublee Andrew Soll Chas. H. Lercrence David D. Terrill H. D. Spaulding Newton E. Terrill J. Sheidecker, k, Iuka, 62 Edwin Taylor S. C. Thomas J. Wampler, d, Otterville, Mo. J. A. Fosdick Chas. Rannish Jacob Ryder |
NINTH INFANTRY |
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TWELFTH INFANTRY |
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W. C.
Earle, Capt., Col. 71st A.D. Lyman H. Merrill, 1st Lieut, d, rebel prison, Montgomery, May 29, 1862 J. H. Borger, 1st Lieut. John D. Cole, 2d Lieut., 1st Lieut. Vet. R. C. Elias Repp Daniel Harbaugh, d Macon, Oct. 18, '62 Frank E. Hancock, d. Annapolis, Oct.27, 62 J. D. Spaulding Stephen Thibodo Adam Decker John Upstrom Cornelius Denny George Ibach John Dowling Wm. P. Winter Isaac Edwards Elisha J. White Matthias Englehorn John L. Bryant, d. Macon, 62 D. P. Jennings Josiah H. Butts Ole Olesen. George Calico, d. St. Louis, 62 Charles C. Ogan. L. B. Churchill Edwin R. Perry, d. Annapolis, Nov. 20. '62 Henry Jones Charles King, d. Macon, 62 James W. Patterson, d. Memphis, 64 Frank Klees Ira E. Peck, d. Macon, 62 Bryan McGuire Peter Sjodin Jasper J. Miner, d. St. Louis, 61 Richard Schiffhauer Frederick Monk William Steeker Alonzo Noyes Robert Bathen Charles H. Noyes, d. Macon, 62 Samuel Kieven, d. Macon, 62 Isaac Woodmansee Edwin T. Greenup, D. Memphis, 64 William M. White, d. Macon, 62 Stephen H. Greenup Edwin W. Wood. Lawrence Hannon, d. Cairo, 64 Stephen Wood. Knud Iverson C. Clevens, d. Macon, 62 George F. Nye, d. Nov. 16, 63 Geo. Candee. M. H. Pratt Erick Erickson. Jacob Beisel A. L. Barnhart, d, Memphis, 64 Ansel E. Mann Merrit J. Burt Lewis Johnson Levi Plank |
Watson R.
Hanscom, Captain J. P. Jackson, 1st Lieut. Hubbard Goodrich George Bailey George Ettle L. D. Bearce John Feidt J. B. Beisel, d. 65 Henry S. Fry Wesley B. Bort B. Ferguson Madison J. Roe, d. Macon, 62 D. F. Goodykoontz H. R. Andrews Hiram Hawkins O. F. Adams John Hughes Gustavus Brock I. B. S. Isted Henry Kuck, d. Macon, 62 Simeon Peck, d. Macon, 62 Hans Knudtson Charles E. Rowe Aslak Larsen Al J. Rogers, Sergeant-Major August Lene, k. Tupelo, 64 Charles Russell Edward Lewis Thomas Stack, d. St. Louis, 62 Wm. F. Maynard, d. Vicksburg, 63 Richard B. Sargent Hugh McCabe Carson Smith Frank McKay John Sohn, d. Paducah, 62 Joseph Scott, d. St. Louis, 61 John Olsen Joseph Starts. James McClintock John J. Stillman, k, Donelson Feb 13, 1862 W. F. Sanner Thomas Dowling Knud Thronsen, d. Atlanta, 62. R. G. Pratt Jesse Thayer. C. S. Smith Robert Wampler. A. K. Bort Kensel Larson P. Bowe James McDonald Wm. L. Bailey Francis A. Winter, k. Tupelo, 64 Jo H. Huestis Rufus B. Winter Hans Knudson Horatio Birnum Orin E. Peck, d. Memphis, 64 Oviatt D. Burlingame John P. Peck B. Oleson F. H. Bartlett |
TWELFTH INFANTRY Co. C * A. C. Bushnell
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TWELFTH
INFANTRY Abrain S. Heitcher |
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TWELFTH INFANTRY Co. G S. M. N. Fladmark |
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TWELFTH
INFANTRY John Devine |
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TWELFTH
INFANTRY John Turlton |
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TWELFTH
INFANTRY D. A. Walcott, d. Taladego 65 |
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TWENTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY James I. Gilbert,
Colonel |
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A. M.
Haslip, Captian, d. Montgomery, July 3, '65 James A. Lyons, 2d Lieut. C. S. Richardson, d. Jackson, Tenn., April 12, '63 Jedediah N. Granger, 1st Lieut., Capt. Wm. H. Tuttle Wm Crane W. D. Harden, 2d Lieut. James W. Blacker Reuben K. Hall Hezekiah Biggs Charles O. Thompson C. J. Bishop James Patterson, d. Jackson, Tenn. 63 Albert N. Bond Richard Gates John Pixley Lucius Green W. S. Raymond D. Gardner E. B. Raymond Washington Gill Charles Rumph, Lieut. A D Henry Hill Romain Ryder Hiram Hawkins John E. Randall J. Y. Hawthorn Ezra W. Reed Wm. Hawthorn George W. Sherman Wm. V. Ingalls Alonzo D. Stiles Melvin E. Mann Daniel H. Shaff C. C. Marston, d. Jackson, Tenn. 64 Wm. B. Slick W. H. Morrison Wm. Shroda C. McMullen L. M. Schriber Linus Maxam Charles W. Schriber Milton D. Miller, d. Memphis 64 Wm. Shortreed C. F. Mitchell E. M. Stephens Lemuel Pratt Junius Patterson, d. Memphis 63 Wm. H. Crouch G. B. Pratt, d. April 17 65 |
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M. Bailey James Briar John W. Pratt, 1st Lieut. Henry Baker Austin Kimberly E. C. Ballard James D. Maltbie Elisha Cuney Thomas McLenan Alex F. Cooksey, d. Memphis 64 F. B. R. Kussell, d. Tupelo, 64 Charles N. Colburn John J. Beedy Wm S. Conner, k. Yellow Bayou 64 Allen Blanchard Daniel Cole Truman Stoddard John Chapman George W. Allen Reuben Daniels O. C. Adams, d. Cairo 63 S. G. Dodge John D. Adams, d. Cairo 62 T. B. Douglas Wm. Barnoble Joseph Damron Samuel Dodson, d. Cairo 62 Warren Baird, d. Little Rock 63 Wm. J. Miller Joseph B. Smith Wm. T. Merrian, k. Old Town Creek 64 Wm. A. Stewart Jas W. McClasky, d. Memphis 65 W. H. Thornburg Meredith McGee Geo. W. Topliff, d. Jackson, Tenn. 63 Jas R. Newcomb Alonzo Thornton Wm. Niblock Jefferson P. Thorp, d. Vicksburg '64 Hiram Ogg David R. Walker James Osborn, d. Memphis 64 Wm. Wheeler, d. Prairie du Chien 65 Jefferson Osborne, d. Dubuque 62 Charles Cole, d. Memphis 64 A. J. Patterson Edward Conner Wm. J. Savoie, d. Red River 64 Elijah Perry, d. Memphis, 64 |
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Elisha Bennett George Burgess W. G. Coppernoll Robt. H. Williams Peter Conner, d. Memphis 64 Robt. Baender George Cornwall J. T. Robinson Stephen Dobbs John Corell, 1st Lt. C. R. Dodds Julius Nelson Frisbie Davis Levi Donnor, D. Wis., Nov., 63 John Dignan N. D. Hutson Robt. Pennel H. P. Harding, d. Ft. Snelling, Dec. 63 Ole Anderson John Hermanson T. A. Anderson S. J. Hartshorn John Alcorn Joseph Hawes Isaac Alcorn Pulaski Hughes John S. Monk John Pharp John Moyer, d. at Memphis, 63 Isaac Wightman R.D. McKnight Wm. H. Harrison C. H. Maxwell Franklin Melton Nelson Milks, d. Memphis 64 J. W. Osgood, d. Bayou Cotille Apr. 64 John Myers Milton T. Reed, d. Jackson, Tenn. 63 William Dubois Emil Roese Job Ellsworth, d. Memphis 64 Wm. Roese Peter Hector Richard Roese Francis B. Hale, d. Memphis 64 R. Ruprecht Andrew Hector Emil Stangier M. Anderson H. Strong, d. Lansing, Jan., 64 Aretus W. Butler William Strong Wm. E. Gardner F. F. Sturtevant Amon Iverson Wilhelm Schmidt Thomas C. Medary Erick Iverson Perry Reed, d. Louisville 65 |
Co. C Alden E. Wolcott |
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Co. E Warren Clough |
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Co. F Harvey Sargent |
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Co. H Walter F. Rich |
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Co. I |
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Henry
Geesen Jas. Beall, d. Columbus, Ky., 64 S. W. Moody, d. Memphis, 62 Henry Case Frank Holman Calvin H. Beall, d.------ E. Gillett Chas. Beeumer, d. Jackson, Tenn., 63 Jesse Burgess Solomon Babesck Seth Craig Wm. T. Stull Michael Casey James Stanley, d. Memphis, 63 Elias Dubes David M. Scott Harvery Eells Jas. Skipworth Tiffany Eells, d. Jackson, 63 A. Sawvell P. Hulverson A. P. Beeman, d. April 3, 64 Hans Johnson Frank Clark J. S. Mitchell Jas. McClintock A. McClintock Robt. E. Noble J. G. Moore, d. Jackson, Tenn., 63 H. L. Lewis, k. Old Town Creek 64 W. J. Pardee, k. Pleasant Hill, 64 Alden E. Wolcott J. H. Pettit Peter Lewis L. A. Powell, d. Jackson 63 S. S. Robinson E. Peabody, d. Jackson 63 J. Henry Robbins, d. Davenport 64 J. Pinkerton, d. Memphis 62 Oliver A. Ross |
Chas. T. Granger,
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THIRTY-EIGHTH INFANTRY Co. A Jerome Callahan |
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FIRST CAVALRY Co. A Bryon Pettit, d. Memphis 64 Co. K |
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Jas. Wood, d.
Forsyth, Mo., 63 John Israel Jas. Chambers Chas Anderson A. J. Case E. E. Collins W. W. Carpenter, 1st Lieut. Daniel Cheadle, d. on way home Alex. Graham Barron Edwards Geo. Lewis D. P. Jennings Frank Pease B. B. Rathburne Lewis Reid Hiram Hackenburg H. O. Burger F. J. Howard John Douglass Geo. M. Josyln, d. Little Rock 64 Elias Reynolds Geo Ehll, d. Little Rock 64 B. G. Stanley Albert Burgess, k. Austin, Tex., 65 Allison Adams, d. Little Rock 64 Stephen Harris John Post, d. Postville Moses Bollman J. W. Kinsley Palmer Dobson Washington McNutt Samuel Stillions Wm. H. Saucer |
Co. M Francis A. Doray |
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Company Unknown John Blein |
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SIXTH CAVALRY Co. F |
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Henry A. Post Chas H. Bellows M. V. Beede H. E. Braymin Edward Ruth D. A. Blake, D. Dakota 65 Patrick Downes A. J. Butts Wm. Fitzgerald Jas. S. Bingay John Ehnes Chas. Merrill Patrick Ford Wm. Maxwell F. F. Gilman Wm. Monk Patrick Healy Andre Oleson Ben. Howard John F. Pitt Alfred Jarvis Philip I. Pierce Anton Steimer John Toole Lewis Speicher Jas. Thompson C. M. D. Wagner, k. White Stone, Dakota 63 S. Eells, d. Davenport 62 George Bellows John Hartley Leander Ferris John Ruth, d. Dakota 65 John Bones J. Mobley |
Co. K Elijah O. Esty Co.
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NINTH CAVALRY Co. E |
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Carl Schultze, d.
Jefferson Barracks, '64 Grandison Able Daniel Sires John Griffin John Stillions, d. Duvalls Bluff 64 J. K. Rinebait John W. Smith George C. Halsey Chas. Williamson Orin C. Halsey -------- ------- Dagle George Hackenburg -------- -------Dagle Neils Knudtson George J. Pettit John H. Kinning, d. Duvalls Bluff '64 D. B. Roderick Samuel L. Rush Adam Lingerfelt Russell K. Ross Louis Schultze |
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Michael Mahony Josiah Curran Harmon Martin Thos. Carey John Nelson Orin Deremo Tollef Oleson, Sr. T. Engebretson Tollet Oleson, Jr., d. Duvalls Bluff, 64 John P. Quinlan Frank Peterson |
Co. Unknown John V. Hazlett |
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ENGINEER REGIMENT OF THE WEST Co. I A. R. Prescott (pro
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TWENTY-SEVENTH MISSOURI INFANTRY H. Schierholz, Sergt. Major |
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NINETEENTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY John McKenzie, Co.
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THIRTY-SIXTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY E. W. Pratt, Lieut. Co. K |
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FIFTY-EIGHTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Benj. H. Howard, Co. D. |
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SEVENTY-FOURTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Job Blanchard, Musician |
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NINETY-FIFTH ILLINOIS INFANTRY Noah H. Pratt, Co. I., (pro 2d Lieut., 48th U. S. A. D.) |
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126th ILLINOIS INFANTRY Wm. B. Smith |
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SECOND WISCONSIN INFANTRY Franklin F. Forrest, Co. B. |
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THIRD WISCONSIN INFANTRY Geo. Krohn, Co. H. |
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SIXTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY P. F. Gulberg, Co.
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FIFTEENTH WISCONSIN INFANTRY Hans A. Lageson, Company B |
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SEVENTH MINNESOTA INFANTRY Louis Johnson, k. Tupelo, 1864 |
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SECOND KANSAS CALVARY John Eckerson, k.
Sulphur Springs, 1864 |
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ELEVENTH OHIO BATTERY John Ettle, k. Iuka, September 19, 1862 |
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UNITED STATES ARMY Jas. W. Manson,
Hospital Steward, d. Memphis, Tennessee, July, 1864 |
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TWELFTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY John Kelly |
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SIXTEENTH UNITED STATES INFANTRY |
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J. B.
Reed D. W. Douglas C. H. Arnold James M. Lisher Daniel Ryan Thos. Hancock Erastus Cheadle, k. Murfreesboro, 63 Charles Page, k. Murfreesboro, 63 ------ Miller, k. Murfreesboro, 63 James Crawley, d. rebel prison, 64 Lemuel Palmer, k. Murfreesboro, 63 |
Samuel B.
Robbins, d. Columbus, Ky., Jan. 20, 63 Coleman Shuff, k. Atlanta 64 ------Gilson, k. Peach Tree Creek, Tennessee Hiram Smith, k. Murfreesboro, 63 Amos Brainard, k. Murfreesboro, 63 Henry E. Johnson, d. Nashville, 62 James Dorsey, k. Murfreesboro, 63 John M. Oleson, d. rebel prison, 63 Thomas Oleson, k. Murfreesboro, 63 George Smith, d. Fort Ontario, N. Y. George Schroda |
SEVENTY-FIRST UNITED STATES INFANTRY J. W. Earle, 1st Lieut., Reg. Q. M. |
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~transcribed by Kay Braumbaugh, 2000
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