HUNTLEY, C. H.

HUNTLEY, RANDALL

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 11/18/2014 at 11:20:18

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, June 01, 1953
Mason City Centennial Edition, Section 3

G.A.R. POST NAMED AFTER HIM

[Section 3, Page 11] One of the mementos left by the Grand Army of the Republic here is a large portrait of C. H. Huntley, reproduced at left. Huntley was one of a group of Cerro Gordo County boys who left with Company B of the 32nd Infantry to fight in the Civil War in 1862. He was named adjutant of the regiment and was among several Mason Cityans killed in the historic battle of Pleasant Hill, La., April 9, 1864, in which the 32nd was cut off from the remainder of the command.

Huntley left a young widow, Ella, daughter of Elisha Randall, who built Mason City's first saw mill. Because Huntley was the highest ranking soldier of those who died in the war, Mason City post of the G.A.R. was named the C. H. Huntley post.

NOTE: The C. H. Huntley Post No.42 G.A.R. monument is located in Central Park, Mason City.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, November of
2014

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