SECTION IX.
MILITARY HISTORY
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CIVIL WAR REGIMENT HISTORY & ROSTERS
submitted by Linda Stoddard, February 23, 2011, pages 361-366

ABBREVIATIONS.

Adjt.= adjutant.	Com.= commissioned.	excd.= exchanged.	Maj.= major.	Sergt.= sergeant.
Art.= artillery.	Cav.= cavalry.	Inf.= infantry.	m. o.= mustered out.	trans.= transferred.
Bat.= battle or battalion.	captd.= captured.	inv.= invalid.	prmtd.= promoted.	Vet.= veteran.
Col.= colonel.	desrtd.= deserted.	I. V. I.= Iowa Volunteer Infantry.	prmtd.= promoted.	V. R. C.= Veteran Reserve Corps.
Capt.= captain.	disab.. disabled.	Hon. disd.= honorably discharged.	regt.= regiment.	wd.= wounded.
Corp.= corporal.	disd.= discharged	kld.= killed.	re-e.= re-enlisted.	Search short cut: use Edit then
Comsy.= commissary.	e.= enlisted.	Lieut.= lieutenant.	res.= resigned.	Find to locate name

COMPANY A, FIFTH IOWA

Company A, of the Fifth Iowa, was the first enlisted in Cedar County for the suppression of the Rebellion. This company was formed from a military organization existing prior to the breaking out of the Rebellion, and was ready for the First Regiment, but for various reasons was crowded out, and was finally assigned to the position of Co. A, of the Fifth, in consequence of not being able to secure the position they desired.

The regiment was mustered in at Burlington, July 15, 1861, and ordered to Keokuk August 2, from which point they were sent into Missouri for a few days in pursuit of bushwhackers, after which they were sent to St. Louis, and from thence ordered to Jefferson City, Mo., and from there to Boonville, Mo.;

thence followed the rebel army under Price to Springfield, Mo., and on their return encamped at Syracuse until the following February, when they were moved across the country to St. Louis, and thence by transport to Cairo, where they remained a few weeks and were transferred to Cape Girardeau.

They were then marched to New Madrid, where they had a skirmish with the enemy, and the first man from Cedar County, Private Wm. Beaver, for whom the G. A. R. Post of Tipton was named, was killed. After the fall of New Madrid, they crossed the Mississippi and marched to Tiptonville to intercept and capture rebels, who were attempting to escape from Island No. 10. They were then ordered back to New Madrid, thence to a point above Fort Pillow, on the Mississippi, thence by way of Cairo and the Tennessee River to Pittsburg Landing, to take part in the operations before Corinth.

Upon the evacuation of Corinth, they followed the rebels to Rienzi, and afterwards remained in camp at Clear Creek, Rienzi and Jacinto, until Sept. 18, 1862, when they started for Iuka, where, on the 19th, they took part in the battle of Iuka, where Co. A went into the fight with forty-three men, and had twentyseven killed and wounded. It was here that the regiment distinguished itself, so that it was complimented very highly by the Generals commanding.

The position they held was in support of a battery, which in consequence of the superiority of numbers of the enemy, was at one time captured, but rallying to the rescue of the Fifth Regiment retook the battery with the terrible loss above mentioned. They returned to Jacinto on the 21st of September, thence removed to Corinth to take part in the battle at that place. Engaged in the pursuit of the rebels after that battle, they remained in camp at Corinth until November, when they joined the expedition against Vicksburg, going by way of Holly Springs to Oxford, thence to Memphis, where they remained in camp until spring of 1863.

From here they were ordered to Helena, thence in the Yazoo Pass expedition. After their return to Helena, they moved to Milliken's Bend, and through Louisiana to a point below Vicksburg, and thence by gunboat to a point below Grand Gulf, Miss. From here they were ordered to Raymond and Jackson, and back to the battle of Champion Hill, where Company A lost ten in killed and wounded. After this they engaged in the pursuit of the rebels to Vicksburg, and took part in the charge on the 22nd of May.

They then took their places in the siege of Vicksburg, where they remained until the last of June, when they were ordered to Black River, to confront the enemy coming to the relief of Vicksburg.

They returned to Vicksburg July 1 and remained in camp until Sept. 1, where they were ordered to Helena for the purpose of joining the expedition against Little Rock, but were from there ordered to Chattanooga by way of Corinth, marching a considerable portion of the distance. They were then transferred to the Seventeenth Corps, and took part in the battle of Chickamauga, where the regiment lost thirty men in killed and wounded and eight officers and seventy-six men taken prisoners, leaving only sixty-five men in the regiment who answered at roll call that evening.

They afterward went down the river to Stevenson and Huntsville, Ala., where they remained all winter. In April, 1864, the veterans of the regiment went home on furloughs, and on their return were placed on the railroads to do guard duty, being most of the summer at Kingston, Ga.

They pursued the rebel, General Wheeler, in his last raid to the rear of Sherman, in June, 1864, traveling during the time nearly nine hundred miles and being three weeks without blankets or change of clothing.

About the last of July, 1864, the non-veterans of the regiment were mustered out of service, leaving 180 men, who, on application to the war department, were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, leaving eleven officers without a command, who were mustered out of service September 28, 1864, at General Kilpatrick's headquarters, fifteen miles south of Atlanta, Georgia. (This regiment was disbanded in August, 1864, on the expiration of its term of service. The veterans and recruits were transferred to the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.)

Surg. Peter A. Carpenter, Com. Asst. Surg. July 15, 1861, Com. Surg. April 27, 1862.
Sergt. Major Geo. S. Spicer, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmt. sergt. maj. July 15, 1862, trans. to 12th Louisiana colored regiment as captain.
Hospital Steward Thos. F. Tracy, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. May 1, 1862.
Drum Major A. P. Gilbert, discharged.

COMPANY A. 256a

Capt. Eugene Childs, com. capt., res. March 26, 1862.

Capt. Wm. Dean, e. as 1st sergt. June 24, 1861, prmt. 1st lieut. Nov. 1, 1861, prmt. capt. March 27, 1862, res. July 9, 1863.

Capt. Wm. G. McElrea, e. June 24, 1861, as corp., prmt. to sergt. June 20, 1862, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Sept. 20, 1862, prmtd. 1st lieut. Feb. 23, 1863, prmtd. capt. July, 1863.

First Lieut Wm. H. Hammond, com. 1st lieut., res. Oct. 6, 1861.

First Lieut. John W. Casad, e. as private June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Dec. 2, 1861, prmtd. to 1st lieut. May 1, 1862, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, res. Feb. 14, 1865.

First Lieut. Luke D. Ingman, e. as sergt. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 1st sergt. July 15, 1862, wd. at Iuka, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. Feb. 23, 1863, prmtd. to 1st lieut. July 10, 1863.

Second Lieut. Joshua T. Taylor, com. 2nd lieut., res. Dec. 2, 1861.

Second Lieut. Lafayette Shawl, e. as sergt. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 2nd lieut. May 1, 1862, killed in battle of Iuka, Miss., Sept. 19, 1862.

Sergt. Geo. W. Logan, e. June 24, 1861, wd. May 16, 1863, at Champion Hills, wd. Dec. 15, 1863, by railroad collision and died same date.

Sergt. Wm. Elliott, e. June 24, 1861, disc. Feb. 3, 1862, for disab.

Sergt. Daniel R. Smith, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. July 15, 1861.

Sergt. P. S. McCracken, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862.

Corp. Chas. W. Mitchell, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Jackson May 14, 1863, trans. to invalid corps Feb. 15, 1864.

Corp. Wm. G. Hall, e. June 24, 1861, reduced to ranks.

Corp. Wm. Zeitler, e. June 24, 1861.

Corp. B. H. Wiggins, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. at Jacinto, Miss., Sept. 30, 1862.

Corp. Wm. H. Morrow, e. June 24, 1861, as private, prmtd. for bravery on field at Iuka, wd. and captd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, and at Champion Hills May 16, 1863, captd. at Madison Station May 17, 1864.

Corp. John Savage, e. June 24, 1861.

Corp. U. Sellick, e. June 24, 1861, captd. Chattanooga Nov. 25, 1863.

Corp. Frank Wotring, e. June 24, 1861.

Wagoner, B. L. Tower, e. June 24, 1861, captd. near Moscow, Tenn.

Ayres, B., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Vicksburg May 22, 1863, died at Memphis June 1, 1863, wds.

Anderson, J. J., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, kld. at Champion Hills May 16, 1863.

Alexander, Nelson, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, died of wds. Sept. 29, 1862, Miss.

Ackerman, C. E., e. June 24, 1861, disd. in Mississippi for disab. July 15, 1862.

Beaver, Wm., e. June 24, 1861, kld. by rebel picket at New Madrid March 4, 1862.

Belgard, G. Jr., e. June 24, 1861, died at St. Louis Dec. 16, 1861.

Brown, Benj., e. June 24, 1861, died Oct. 13, 1862, at Booneville, Mo. Brown, Alex., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Champion Hills May 16, 1863, trans. to invalid corps Feb. 15, 1864.

Brooks, Wm. C, e. June 24, 1861.

Bryant, H. A., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Jan. 18, 1862, disab.

Clements, Henry, e. June 24, 1861, kld. in battle at Champion Hills May 16, 1863.

Coe, W. H, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Jan. 9, 1862.

Christy, Wm., e. June 24, 1861.

Cook, Seymour, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Oct. 16, 1862.

Dolan, Harla, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Oct. 16, 1862.

Dwinnell, A. H., e. June 24, 1861.

Eaton, W. R., e. June 24, 1861.

Fleming, Wm., e. June 24, 1861.

Fleming, D. J., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Nov. 27, 1862, disab.

Farrell, R. A., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka, Sept. 19, 1862, kld. in action at Champion Hills, May 16, 1863.

Fobes, Jos. R., e. June 24, 1861, died Sept. 3, 1862, wds. recd. Iuka.

Fuller, Jas. M., e. June 24, 1861, died Jan. 10, 1862, at Syracuse, Mo.

Fuller, Jerred M., died at Mo., Oct. 15, 1861.

Harriss, C. B., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Dec. 5, 1862.

Haycock, M. S., e. June 24, 1861, trans. to Invalid Corps Feb. 15, 1864.

Hale, W. F., e. June 24, 1861, died near Corinth May 30, 1862.

Hardman, G. W., e. June 24, 1861, died at Jefferson City, Mo., Oct. 8, 1861.

Hanlin, J. B., e. June 24, 1861.

Hall, Wm. G, e. June 24, 1861.

Henderson, L. W., e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to 2nd corp. Aug. 1862, prmtd. 1st sergt. Feb. 23, 1863.

Hoon, Silas, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. May 17, 1862.

Hussy, C. S., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, com. and trans. to Col. Regiment.

Hawk, W. C, e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. to capt., wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, and Champion Hills May 16, 1863.

King, L. A., e. June 24, 1861, disd. at Davenport, disab. April 14, 1864.

Kimmell, D. H., e. June 24, 1861.

Mitchell, J. D., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at battle of Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. April 8, 1863.

McClure, John, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 16, 1862, disab.

Matter, Henry, e. June 24, 1861.

Murry, Jas., e. June 24, 1861.

McDonald, H. H., e. June 24, 1861, disd. April 1, 1862, disab.

Maxwell, Jos., e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Sept. 10, 1862.

Moore, Albert, e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 31, 1862, disab.

Ollinger, S. H, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Ocheltree, R. R., e. June 24, 1861, disd. June 20, 1863, disab.

Parsons, N. M. H., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Rumsey, Jas., e. June 24, 1861.

Rumsey, John, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, trans. to Marine Brigade, March 2, 1863.

Ray, J. L., e. June 24, 1861.

Rogers, N. H., e. June 24, 1861.

Sharkey, Thos., e. June 24, 1861.

Smurr, J. S., e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Strohm, A. H., e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. Dec. 31, 1862.

Styles, W. P., e. June 24, 1861, died in Missouri, Dec. 1861.

Tevis, C. D., e. June 24, 1861, wd. Sept. 19, 1862, captd. at Tunnel Hill, Mo., Nov. 25, 1863, died at Andersonville.

Tisdale, Wm. A. E., e. June 24, 1861, wd. severely Iuka.

Thurston, M. E., e. June 24, 1861, wd. slightly Iuka.

Tracy, Thos. F., e. June 24, 1861, prmtd. Hosp. Steward, May 1, 1862.

Tubbs, F. G., e. June 24, 1861, wd. severely Iuka.

Wirick, Jacob, e. June 24, 1861, disd. for disab. May 17, 1862.

Wicks, J. E., e. June 24, 1861.

Wills, Thos., e. June 24, 1861.

Wood, P. D., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Dec. 31, 1861, disab.

Warren, J. D. R., e. June 24, 1861, disd. Sept. 30, 1862, disab.

Wales, Thos. C, e. June 24, 1861, died Dec. 26, 1861, Syracuse, Mo.

Waterhouse, W. D., e. June 24, 1861, kld. at Madison Station May 17, 1863.

Zeidler, Helburn, e. June 24, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862 and at Vicksburg, May 22, 1863.

Amlong, W. G., e. Aug. 24, 1861, discd. May 20, 1862.

Weaver, J. F., e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Gillett, H. A., e. Sept. 1, 1861.

Begole, W. F., e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Stout, J. C, e. Sept. 1, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, died at Andersonville.

Magee, J. B., e. Oct. 5, 1862, disd. Jan. 20, 1863, disab.

Edgar, James, e. Oct. 5, 1862, kld. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862.

Webb, J. F., e. Oct. 5, 1862, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, disd. Jan. 15, 1863.