Spanish American War
| In Independence, on June 2nd, 1898, the following company was mustered into the United States services as Company E of the Forty-ninth Iowa Volunteers. Early in December, 1898, the second division of the Seventh Army Corps consisting of about seven thousand men of which company E was a part, and under command of Gen. Fitz Hugh Lee, had received orders to embark for Cuba on Tuesday, December 8th, and landed in Havana on the 23d day of December. Company E remained on duty in the City of Havana for several weeks, also patrolling regions outside the city. Word was received that they would soon be mustered out, and on April 8, 1899 they left Cuba, arriving back in the United States two days later. Below is a complete muster roll of Company E with the highest title attained by each member during the enlistment: |
COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
| RANK | NAME | CITY |
| Captain | Hubert A. Allen | Independence |
| First Lieutenant | Mitchell B. O'Brien | Independence |
| Second Lieutenant | Raymond P. Snow | Independence |
| Second Lieutenant | Frank A. Litts | Independence |
NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
| RANK | NAME | CITY |
| First Sergeant | H. D. Chapman | Independence |
| Sergeant | Robert T. Crawford | Independence |
| Second Sergeant | C. G. Herrick | Independence |
| Sergeant | Dolph A. Huene | Independence |
| Third Sergeant | W. H. Raymond | Independence |
| Sergeant | Frank G. Romig | Independence |
| Fourth Sergeant | E. F. Stevenson | Independence |
| Fifth Sergeant | L. M. Freeman | Independence |
| Sergeant | Frank F. Parker | Independence |
| Sergeant | Harry Voorhees | Monticello |
| Sergeant | Dan Leatherman | Independence |
| Corporal | Charles H. Becker | Independence |
| Corporal | Raleigh E. Buckmaster | Jesup |
| Corporal | A. F. Dunham | Manchester |
| Corporal | L. Elgin Elliott | Brandon |
| Corporal | James J. Fitzgerald | Fairbank |
| Corporal | Ledyard M. Freeman | Independence |
| Corporal | Barney M. Gibson | Independence |
| Corporal | Jesse E. Griffith | Independence |
| Corporal | Frank Hageman | Eagle Grove |
| Corporal | William A. Houser | Manchester |
| Corporal | Clinton E. Howell | Independence |
| Corporal | James P. McGuire | Independence |
| Corporal | Guy E. Miller | Independence |
| Corporal | Jesse H. Montgomery | Des Moines |
| Corporal | Jerald B. Paul | Manchester |
| Corporal | John W. Petrie | Independence |
| Corporal | J. Dell Skinner | Manchester |
| Corporal | Orville D. Wescott | Gladbrook |
| Corporal | Jesse O. Young | Manchester |
| Musician | Walter Mitchell | Oelwein |
| Musician | Bert Slaughter | Winthrop |
| Musician | Elbert P. Trowbridge | Manchester |
| Wagoner | R. M. Dawes | Independence |
| Wagoner | Oliver D. Marquette | Independence |
| Artificer | Ray H. Thompson | Independence |
| Artificer | Arthur D. Van Eman | Jesup |
| Cook | Joseph F. Imholtz | Dyersville |
PRIVATES
| NAME | CITY |
| S. N. Adams | Rowley |
| W. W. Armstrong | North English |
| C. R. Brandt | Dubuque |
| John Budn | Dyersville |
| Frank Burns | Independence |
| John Christiansen | Independence |
| J. T. Condon | Chamberlain, S. D |
| G. F. Cross | Manchester |
| J. M. Cunningham | Bancroft |
| C. H. Decker | Jesup |
| C.A. Dickerson | Jesup |
| W. E. Dorman | Manchester |
| A. E. Dornes | Dyersville |
| C. D. Elder | Manchester |
| James Elliott | Jesup |
| W. M. Geist | Independence |
| W. E. Glenny | Independence |
| H. L. Golden | Jesup |
| Mons Granning | Thor |
| P. J. Greany | Independence |
| R. E. Guernsey | Independence |
| A. L. Hartman | Jesup |
| C. C. Heath | Manchester |
| C. W. Helmick | Independence |
| Benjamin Hieber | Cedar Falls |
| G. C. Hintz | Independence |
| George W. Ishmael | St. Paul, Minn |
| William Ives | Independence |
| C. E. Jones | Independence |
| J. R. King | Hazleton |
| James Leehey | Fairbank |
| George D. Lepien | Fargo, Mich |
| Edward W. Lizer | Jesup |
| Commodore P. Lusk | Manchester |
| Roy A. Luther | Independence |
| Frank J. McKray | Greeley |
| George H. Malvern | Manchester |
| William J. Malvin | Manchester |
| William Marks | Thorpe |
| Nels Martinsen | Des Moines |
| Walter D. Mattice | Hazleton |
| Curt Mellis | Hazleton |
| Alvin Menzel | Delaware |
| John Metzler | Earlville |
| C. A. Miller | Manchester |
| R. C. Moffett | Hudson |
| R. E. Moffit | Jesup |
| Delos Moore | Manchester |
| George Muxlow | Independence |
| L. F. E. Nehls | Independence |
| R. W. E. Nehls | Independence |
| C. J. Nelson | Independence |
| O. E. Nelson | Independence |
| Lawrence O'Brien | Independence |
| Floyd A. Peet | Lamont |
| John R. Preble | Hazleton |
| E. M. Price | Otterville |
| Christopher Quigley | Fairbank |
| J.W. Ray | Greeley |
| Max E. Rehberg | Rowley |
| L. V. Roberts | Independence |
| F. W. Shafer | Sunnyside, Ohio |
| Albert Staehle | Earlville |
| D.E. Taylor | Jesup |
| P. L. Thomas | Independence |
| H. E, Tunks | Jesup |
| F. R. Washburn | Independence |
| R. S. Washburn | Independence |
| A. J. Webber | Manchester |
| M. A. Wolcott | Independence |
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