Re: 5th Iowa Civil War Regiments
SUTTON, BARKER, JOHNSON
Posted By: Mark A. Hogan (email) In Response To: 5th Iowa Civil War Regiments (Harold Young)
Date: 6/10/2002 at 19:19:18
The following is the text of a letter, in the possession of Irene Baxter of Iowa City, Iowa (7/99) written by Asbury Sutton to his mother, Rhoda Ann Young Barker. References are to Perry Sutton, his younger brother, and Elias Barker, his step-brother. Rhoda Sutton had five sons who served in the War, according to some family stories. There is no record of which sons, beyond Asbury, Elias, and Perry.
Asbury Sutton volunteered for service on July 17, 1861 in Iowaville, Van Buren County, Iowa. He served as a private in Company H (commanded by Captin Shaw) in the 5th regiment
of the Iowa Infantry Volunteers. He was honorably discharged at Chattanooga, Tennessee on July 30, 1864 after having been injured September 19, 1862 Battle of Iuka, Tennessee (sic, Mississippi). He received a gunshot wound to the left foot, just above the ankle, severing the cords to the leg and foot, and resulted in permanent injuries to the foot. He applied for one half disability, as he could no longer walk behind a plow, in his occupation as a farmer. His post office is listed as Iowaville, and he lives near Iowaville and 15 miles from Keosauqua, Van Buren County, Iowa on Feb. 6, 1864.This letter was written shortly before the battle in which he was injured...
Dear Mother,
It is with pleasure that I seat myself to write you a few lines in answer to yours of the third of this month which I received this morning and it being the first one that I have got from home since I left. We are still at the mill and I think we will remain here until our time is out. The weather is warm for this time of year. There have been about seven thousand Rebel cavalry under General Bowdey on this side of the Tenn river for a while back. Their aim was to take this place and make it in threw middle Tenn. Our division lay on their arms two nights expecting an attack but they got scared and went back on the other side of the river again. And I think they saw enough for them to remain there the remainder of their time. That we leave them in peace if they are not satisfied they may give us a call--if they do they will find that there is as good a division here as there is in the federal army and as willing to wipe out old grudges as any of them will. That is enought about the war. We have not drawn our pay yet although there is three months and half due us some think that we willnot draw any more until we will muster out--but I am in hopes we will. When I last wrote I thought I would remain south until winter but if Perry is or has joined the army I will return home as soon as my time is out although I am inhopes that he will stay at home, at least until my time is up if no longer. Elias got a letter from V. Johnson and I do not think that he has joined them--he cannot join them until he is eighteen without your consent. I will close by assuring you that we are all well and in good spirits. Hoping you all the same. I will close.
Your son Xs
A. Sutton
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