5th Regiment Iowa Volunteers, Company E:
Captain Lee’s company, Company E of Fifth Regiment of the Volunteer Infantry, was enrolled in Buchanan County, ordered into quarters by the governor of the state, June 29, 1861; mustered into the service of the United States by Lieut. Alexander Chambers, United States Army at Burlington, July 15, 1861, under the proclamation of the President of the United States bearing date May 3, 1861.
Commissioned Officers:
| Captain, Daniel S. Lee | 1st Sergeant, Thomas Blonden | 5th Sergeant, Jerry Rea | 3rd Corporal, Frank Noble |
| 1st Lieutenant, George C. Jordan | 2nd Sergeant, Kesley L. Marlin | 1st Corporal, Cyrus J. Reed | 4th Corporal, Oscar J. M. Fuller |
| 1st Lieutenant, Alexander B. Lewis | 2nd Sergeant, William S. Peck | 1st Corporal, Joseph H. McWilliams | 4th Corporal, Simon L. Shultz |
| 2nd Lieutenant, William S. Marshall | 3rd Sergeant, Charles F. Putney | 2nd Corporal, Eugene A. Woodruff | 5th Corporal, Julius F. Phelps |
| 2nd Lieutenant, Carlos L. White | 4th Sergeant, William Bunce | 2nd Corporal, Julius F. Phelps | 5th Corporal, John B. Oliver |
| 1st Sergeant, Carlos L. White | 5th Sergeant, William S. Peck | 3rd Corporal, Joseph H. McWilliams | 6th Corporal, Frank Noble |
| 6th Corporal, William Codling |
| 7th Corporal, Leroy F. Funk |
| 7th Corporal, John Jarrett |
| 8th Corporal, Charles F. Putney |
| 8th Corporal, Calvin C. Pattee |
| Musician, William H. Brown |
| Wagoner, Henry Mc Queen |
Privates:
| David Allen | Elijah Chillester | Morgan Holmes | James G. McKenzie | Thomas Robinson | Oliver Safford |
| Samuel C. Allison | William Crawford | Sanford Hamilton | Rev. John W. McWilliams | Samuel A. Reed | George B. Sitler |
| Joseph Anson | William Codling | John Jarrett | Alexander Munger | Jackson Rice | Simon L. Shulz |
| Madison J. Bryan | A.M. Conkling | William F. Johnson | John B. Oliver | John Richards | Heman Sprague |
| William Bunce | John A. Davis | Admin B. Kinsel | Levy Overhulser | Edward Roderick | William H. Sayre |
| James Bell | Thomas Donnelly | Francis H. Kessler | Noah Porter | Jerry Rea | Henry W. Snider |
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William W. Baughman |
Almon J. Francis | Wilbur F. Kellogg | William R. Peters | Moses H. Robinson | Hela C. Sprague |
| Daniel H. Bill | Albert R. Goss | Castleton Leatherman | Calvin C. Pattee | Jackson Rice | John Snider |
| Charles F. Bailey | James B. Gaylord | Simmens P. Mead | Peter Putnam | George Sellers | John H. Towle |
| William H.H. Coats | John C. Geyer | John W. Marlin | Thomas C. Puckett | John Shay | Alvin R. Wheeler |
| Solomon J. Clark | James Harrigan | Charles Marsh | James C. Perham | James Stack | James B. Wolf |
| William S. Cushman | Martin Hallock | Charles A. Marsh | William Payne | Rufus W. Safford | C.W. Waggoner |
| Omar R. Whitman |
| Richard Whait |
| Nathan Wheeler |
| Rynear M. Walker |
| Westley Williams |
| Mahlon Williams |
| Stephen R. Washburn |
Additional enlistments up to January 1, 1863
John C. McCray.
Three of our volunteers were not accepted
William Sherwood on account of a bad hand
Mr. Clark of Littleton, who was over age
T. Fleming, of Fremont Township, was too young.
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