SECTION IX.
MILITARY HISTORY
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CIVIL WAR REGIMENT HISTORY & ROSTERS
submitted by Linda Stoddard, February 23, 2011, pages 371-372

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

SIXTEENTH INFANTRY.

The Sixteenth Regiment, Iowa Volunteers, left Davenport March 20, 1862, and was at the battles of Shiloh, April 6 and 7, when it met with heavy loss; took part in the siege of Corinth, also was in the battle of Iuka, September 19, 1862.

After this the regiment was engaged in two days' fight at Corinth Oct. 3 and 4, and was variously employed in marching from point to point, as their services were required in their department, and at all times were found ready to do their duty.

They were engaged in many sharp conflicts until March 17, 1864, when they started for Davenport, Iowa, on veteran furlough.

On May 3rd they again resumed their knapsacks and arrived at Clifton, Tenn., about the middle of the month, and on the 7th of June, a part of the regiment were engaged in the attack on Kenesaw Mountain, meeting with heavy loss. The regiment was under fire from June 14 to July 2; was in the battles at Atlanta, July 20, 21, and 22, meeting with heavy losses, which reduced the regiment to less than a hundred men present for duty.

Afterward, the regiment being increased to 450 men, by exchange of prisoners and drafted men, they started from Atlanta, Nov. 15, for Savannah, where they were engaged in the siege of the city until its evacuation.

On Jan. 6, 1865, they started for Beaufort, S. C., and were actively engaged in the campaign of the Carolinas and finally camped at Raleigh on the 16th of April, where they remained until March 2. The war being closed, they marched for Washington, where they took part in the grand review May 24, 1865.

COMPANY E.

First Lieut. John A. Hines, com. 2nd lieut. Feb. 20, 1862, prmtd to 1st lieut. Oct. 17, 1862, died in Cedar Co. Aug. 20, 1863.

Sergt. Joshua M. Craig, e. Oct. 18, 1861, wd. at Shiloh, died Aug. 19, 1863, at Iowa City.

Corp. James S. Gillespie, e. Oct. 18, 1861, wd. at Corinth Oct. 3, 1862.

Craig, James B., e. Oct. 18, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 5, 1864.

Cortland, John, e. Oct. 29, 1861, captd. at Altanta July 22, 1864.

Embrie, John P., e. Oct. 24, 1861, died Jan. 29, 1863.

Fryberger, James H., e. Oct. 21, 1861, died at Monterey May 11, 1862.

Gillespie, Geo. Y., e. Oct. 18, 1861, wd. at Iuka Sept. 19, 1862, re-e. as vet. Jan. s, 1864.

Linn, John W., e. Oct. 21, 1861, died Jan. 9, 1862.

Roberts, Jesse, e. Oct. 21, 1861, died Aug. 31, 1862, at Jackson, Tenn.

Richie, John N., e. Oct. 18, 1861, captd. July 22, 1864, near Atlanta.

Toney, Chas. G., e. Oct. 25, 1861.

Wyant, Jno. G., e. Jan. 30, 1862, disd. June 30, 1862, disab.

COMPANY F.

Sergt. L. W. Corey, e. as corp. Dec. 21, 1862, prmtd. to sergt., re-e. as vet. Dec. 22, 1863, captd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864.

Corp. John C. Hemming, e. Feb. 4, 1862, captd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864, died at Millen, Ga., Oct. 22, 1864.

Green, John, e. Dec. 15, 1861, re-e. as vet. Dec. 16, 1863, captd. at Atlanta July 22, 1864.

Green, Norman, e. Feb. 4, 1862, re-e. as vet. Feb. 5, 1864, captd. at Atlanta, Ga., July 22, 1864.

Haghion, Edward, e. Dec. 19, 1861, died Nov. 10, 1862, at Corinth.

Irish, A. J., e. Feb. 4, 1862.

Page, Scott, e. Jan. 1, 1862, wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862, disd. Oct., 1862.

Page, Kimball L., e. Feb. 22, 1862, wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862.

COMPANY G.

Lehman, J., e. Dec. 14, 1861, re-e. as vet. Jan. 3, 1864, wd. at Shiloh April 6, 1862, and Big Shanty June 15, 1864.

Nelson, Wm. R., e. May 2, 1864.

COMPANY I.

Kelley, Isaac, e. Feb. 26, 1862, re-e. as vet. Feb. 26, 1864.

COMPANY K.

Schneider, August, e. Dec. 7, 1861.

UNASSIGNED.

Riley, Geo., e. Oct. 3, 1864.

Roew, John, e. Oct. 3, 1864.

Reed, John, e. Oct. 3, 1864.

Col. Ed. Wright, com. maj. Aug. 10, 1862, prmtd. lieut. col. June 8, 1864. prmtd. col. Nov. 18, 1864, com. as brig. gen. by brevet to rank from March 13, 1865, dated May 22, 1865.