Field and Staff of the 37th Iowa Volunteer Infantry

37th Regiment Iowa Volunteer Infantry

in the WAR of the REBELLION

"The GREYBEARD REGIMENT"

ROSTER and RECORD

A B C D E F G H I J K L Mc M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

COMPANY "A"

Washburn, Harvey.
Age 57. Residence Waterloo, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 19, 1863.

Waterbeck, Walter.
Rejected Nov. 27, 1862, by Mustering Officer.

Weatherwax, Thomas.
Age 53, Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 30, 1864, Gallipolis, Ohio. See Company H, Twentieth Infantry.

Weaver, Joseph.
Age 58. Residence Waterloo, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1862, as Second Corporal. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant July 11, 1863; Fourth Sergeant Dec. 29, 1863; First Sergeant Nov. 29, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Welch, William P.
Age 46. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Oct. 24, 1863, Alton, Ill.

Wells, John F.
Age 54. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Died of disease May 12, 1864, Rock Island, Ill. Buried in National Cemetery, Rock Island, Ill.

Whitbeck, Andrew.
Age 53. Residence Waterloo, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal July 11, 1863; Sixth Corporal Oct. 24, 1863; Fifth Corporal Dec. 29, 1863. Discharged for disability April 2, 1865, Gallipolis, Ohio,

Winter, John.
Age 41. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1862. Mustered Nov. 8, 1862. Discharged for disability April 25, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Wolcott, William W.
Age 51. Residence Mount Vernon, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 6, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6 1862. Promoted Fifth Corporal Nov. 29, 1864; Fourth Corporal. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa. See Company K, Eleventh Infantry.

Wood, Chauncey.
Age 53. Residence Waterloo, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Transferred to Company K, March 5, 1863.

COMPANY "B"

Washburn, David.
Age 47. Residence Muscatine, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 27, 1862, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Promated Third Corporal Dec. 1, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Watson, John W.
Age 54. Residence Wapello, nativity Scotland. Enlisted Nov. 15, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Discharged for disability Dec. 17, 1864, Gallipolis, Ohio.

Way, Joseph.
Age 58. Residence Muscatine, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Nov. 25, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Discharged for disability May 22, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Wells, James G.
Age 46. Residence Muscatine, nativity Ohio. Appointed Captain Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered Dec. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wherry, Noah.
Age 45. Residence Muscatine, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 11, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wilhelm, Samuel.
Age 51. Residence Muscatine, nativity Peansylvania. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 10, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 11, 1863, Davenport, Iowa.

Wilkerson, George W.
Age 52, Residence Muscatine, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 9, 1864, Columbus, Ohio.

Wittenberger, Andrew.
Age 60. Residence Muscatine, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 9, 1864, Columbus, Ohio.

Warrell, George.
Age 58. Residence Atalissa, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 7, 1865, Gallipolis, Ohio.

COMPANY "C"

Walden, Benjamin.
Age 45. Residence Keokuk, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, as Fifth Sergeant, Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Walker, Jesse.
Age 59. Residence Farmington, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Ware, Thomas C.
Age 43. Residence Bonaparte, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1862, as Fifth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Promoted Third Corporal July 29, 1863; First Corporal March 23, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Watts, John.
Age 58. Residence Montrose, nativity Maryland. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Discharged for disability March 17, 1865, Cincinnati, Ohio.

White, Nelson.
Age 48. Residence Keokuk, nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1862. Mustered Dec. 13, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal Aug. 3, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Winget, Absalom.
Age 52. Residence Keokuk, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal April 20, 1863; Third Corporal March 23, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Woodmansee, Daniel B.
Age 48. Residence Denmark, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1862. Mustered Oct. 27, 1862. Discharged for disability May 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Wright, David.
Age 45. Residence West Point, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 4, 1862, Promoted Fourth Corporal March 22, 1864. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "D"

Walker, John W.
Age 49. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Virginia. Enlisted Feb. 23, 1864. Mustered Feb. 23, 1864. Promoted Eighth Corporal Sept. 27, 1864; Seventh Corporal Dec. 24, 1864; Sixth Corporal March 11, 1865; Fifth Corporal April 9, 1865. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Warren, Walter.
Age 51. Residence Iowa City, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered Oct. 31, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 5, 1863, Alton, Ill.

Weed, Harvey.
Age 43. Residence Iowa City, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wiles, Henry C.
Age 55. Residence Marengo, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Oct. 31, 1862. Died of disease Dec. 15, 1863, Alton, Ill. Buried in National Cemetery, Alton, Ill.

Wilson, William.
Age 54. Residence Marengo, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1862, Mustered Oct. 31, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "E"

Warren, David.
Age 65. Residence Wapello County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Dec. 24, 1864, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Wells, William S.
Age 54. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wellslager, Samuel.
Age 62. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity Maryland. Enlisted Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability Aug. 24, 1864, Memphis, Tenn.

Williams, Charles. Photo of Charles Williams
Age 56. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged for disability April 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Williams, Lyman.
Age 45. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Mustered out May 24. 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wybrow, George F.
Age 47. Residence Oskaloosa, nativity England. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Mustered out May 23, 1865, Cincinnati, Iowa.

Wycoff, Hazael.
Age 45. Residence Knoxville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1862, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Oct. 20, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "F"

Wagner, Henry.
Rejected Dec. 15, 1862, by Mustering Officer.

Walker, George M.
Age 46. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1862, as Fifer. Mustered Sept. 18, 1862. Discharged for disability Oct. 21, 1864, Columbus, Ohio.

Wall, Daniel.
Age 47. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wall, Elisha.
Age 55. Residence Dubuque, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 29, 1862. Mustered Sept. 29, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal April 13, 1864; Seventh Corporal; Sixth Corporal Aug. 1, 1864; Fifth Corporal. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Warner, Edward.
Rejected Dec. 15, 1862, by Mustering Officer.

Warren, Henry G.
Age 47. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 13, 1862. Mustered Sept. 15, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Weatherby, Henry C.
Age 65. Residence Dubuque, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Oct. 25, 1862. Mustered Oct. 25, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal Feb. —, 1863; Seventh Corporal April 23, 1864; Sixth Corporal; Fifth Corporal Aug. 1, 1864. Discharged for disability, St. Louis. Mo.

Weber, Nicholas.
Age 47. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

West, George R.
Age 63. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered Sept. 1, 1862. Promoted Lieutenant Colonel Nov. 12, 1862. See Field and Staff.

Westbury, Joseph L.
Age 46. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1862. Mustered Sept. 4, 1862. Died of disease July 13, 1864, Memphis, Tenn. See Volume VII, Roll of Honor XXI, pages 210 and 239.

White, Jackson.
Age 52. Residence Alton, Ill., nativity Virginia. Enlisted Nov. 3, 1863. Mustered Nov. 11, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Williams, Jacob.
Age 52. Residence Manchester, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Sept. 20, 1862. Mustered Sept. 20, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 25, 1865.

Woods, James.
Age 53. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

COMPANY "G"

Welch, William.
Age 52. Residence Albia, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 7, 1862, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Sept. 19, 1862. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Oct. 28, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

White, Benjamin P.
Age 51. Residence Rome, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered Oct. 10, 1862. Discharged July 4, 1864, Rock Island, Ill.

Williams, Daniel.
Age 45. Residence New York, nativity Russia. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Woods, Robert.
Age 48. Residence Summerville, Ill., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 28, 1863. Mustered Sept. 2, 1863. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Woods, Samuel.
Age 48. Residence Alton, Ill., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug 28, 1863. Mustered Sept. 2, 1863, War Department reports: "No record found."

COMPANY "H"

Walker, Robert.
Age 60. Residence Richland, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 5, 1862. Died of disease March 1, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Warren, William A.
Age 53, Residence Henry County, nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Sept. 22, 1862. Mustered Nov. 5, 1862. Died of disease March 17, 1863, Henry County, Iowa.

Whetstone, Abraham.
Age 40. Residence Henry County, nativity Ohio, Enlisted Nov. 25, 1862. Mustered Nov. 28, 1862. Died of disease Jan. 16, 1865, Cincinnati, Ohio. Buried in Spring Grove National Cemetery, Cincinnati, Ohio. Lot B, grave 284.

White, Drummond H.
Rejected Sept. 29, 1862, by Mustering Officer.

COMPANY "I"

Wakely, Henry.
Age 63. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Warren, Levi.
Age 59. Residence Fairview, nativity England. Enlisted Oct. 8, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Discharged for disability Dec. 11, 1862, Alton, Ill.

Westlake, Samuel S.
Age 47. Residence Mount Vernon, nativity England. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Died of disease April 25, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis), Mo. Section 1, grave 79.

Whitman, James E.
Age 48. Residence Centerville, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1862, as First Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Wilkerson, Royal B.
Age 50. Residence Clyde, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 19, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 28, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Wilson, William.
Age 45. Residence Vandalia, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Discharged for disability May 20, 1864, Rock Island, Ill.

Worrell, James.
Age 50. Residence Bertram, nativity England. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered Nov. 19, 1862. Diseharged for disability Oct. 29, 1864, Columbus, Ohio.

COMPANY "K"

Ware, George W.
Age 54. Residence Davenport, nativity New Jersey. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1862. Mustered Oct. 11, 1862. Discharged for disability May 9, 1863. St. Louis, Mo.

Washburn, James.
Age 48. Residence West Union, nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered Dec. 13, 1862. Discharged for disability West Union, Iowa.

Wells, Alexander.
Age 47. Residence Davenport, nativity Maine. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1862, as Fourth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Died of disease July 11, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.

Wilcox, Mycajah.
Age 55. Residence West Union, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1862. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Died Sept. 27, 1863, Alton, Ill.

Wilson, James.
Age 57. Residence West Union, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1862. Mustered Nov. 14, 1862. Discharged for disability May 9, 1863, St. Louis. Mo.

Wolf, Henry.
Age 48. Residence Alton, Ill., nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 24, 1863. Mustered Sept. 3, 1863. Discharged for disability Feb. 15, 1865, Cincinnati, Ohio.

Wood, Chauncy.
Age 53. Residence Waterloo, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1862. Mustered Nov. 6, 1862. Discharged May 8, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. See Company A.

Wood, Sheldon.
Age 52. Residence Camanche, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Nov. 8, 1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Mustered out May 24, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.

Woolfe, Reece.
Age 47. Residence Albia, nativity Vinginia. Enlisted Oct. 22, 1862. Mustered Nov. 12, 1862. Died Sept. 3, 1863, Alton, Ill.

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