9th Regiment, the Light Infantry, Iowa      

Enrolled in the County of Buchanan; went into quarters at Dubuque, July 30, 1861; mustered into the service of the United States by Capt. C. Washington, United States. Army, on the twenty-fifth of September, 1861, under the proclamation of the President dated July 23, 1861. The Light Infantry, 9th Regiment, elected officers at Camp Union, and the following is a complete list of all the members this company had during the war:   

Commissioned Officers

Captain, Jared M. Hord 2nd Lieutenant, William Scott
Captain, Hiram C. Bull 2nd Lieutenant, Nathan Rice
1st Lieutenant, Hiram C. Bull 2nd Lieutenant, Robert W. Wright
1st Lieutenant, Nathan Rice 2nd Lieutenant, Jacob P. Sampson
1st Lieutenant, Robert W. Wright 2nd Lieutenant, Edmund C. Little

1st Lieutenant, Jacob P. Sampson

 

Non-commissioned Officers

1st Sergeant, Robert W. Wright 2nd Corporal, Charles N. Bennett
1st Sergeant, Jacob P. Sampson 3rd Corporal, Ezra T. Rust
1st Sergeant, Edmund C. Little 4th Corporal, James H. Merrill
2nd Sergeant, Nathan Rice 5th Corporal, Jacob D. Sanders
3rd Sergeant, David V. Coe 6th Corporal, Fred M. Wilbur
3rd Sergeant, Edmund C. Little 7th Corporal, Charles W. Sarchet
3rd Sergeant, Hiram Holdridge 8th Corporal, Edmund C. Little
4th Sergeant, Billings Davis Musician, Alpheus Losey
5th Sergeant, R. T. Bain Wagoner, David Greek
5th Sergeant, Charles G. Curtis  
1st Corporal, James M. Elson  

 

Privates:

William Allison Edwin Fary L.A. Persall Royal Taylor
E.J. Allen Enoch Fary Isaiah Perdue W.D. Thayer
Marsena Allen Reuben E. Freeman Philip Ritterman Albert Utterbeck
Isaac Arwine George Freyberthauser Henry Reynolds P. Vanderbilt
William Adams N.A. Green Russell Rouse William Willey
George M. Abbott William C. Gillum Reuben Rouse H.P. Wilbur
Perry Allspraugh Nelson Hovey G.Q. Rust William Whisnand
Thomas J. Barber Theodore Hyde Darwin Rich R.M. Whitlock
J.H. Bower C.A. Hobert Aham K. Robbins Pierce Walton
Jesse Barnett Stephen Holman Samuel Robbins Adonin J. Windsor
John C. Brown Isaac N. Holman John Rodgers John H. Young
Adelbert C. Bellus Vinson Holman David Steele  
Thomas Cress Eli Holland James Steele  
L.D. Curtis Henry Jones Charles W. Sarchett  
Isaac G. Chase Silas E. King George W. Sayre  
Valentine Cates John M. King R.R. Stoneman  
John Cartwright Benjamin Klopp James M. Sparlinh  
Wesley Curtis James Leatherman Jacob P. Sampson  
William Decker Orlando F. Lucky Thomas Smith  
Billings Davis Alpheus Losey James A. Sutton  
J.E. Elson Daniel Pangburn George A. Turner  
Alonzo K. Engle E.U. Patchen
ohn Engreman Enoch Platt
J.H. Ford B.W. Powers
Julius Furcht William Pope

 

Additional enlistments up to January 1, 1863:  D.E. Godfrey, William A. Jones.   

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