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Cerro Gordo County's Civil War Soldiers History of Franklin & Cerro Gordo Counties, 1883 The population of Cerro Gordo county was 940, in 1860. During the first two years of the war, until Jan. 1, 1863, the quota of the county called for sixty-nine men, and eighty-six were furnished, an excess of seventeen. During the war there were many additional enlistments, until the county had furnished about 125 men. A few were drafted, but most of them furnished substitutes. Officially, Cerro Gordo county nobly did its part as will be seen by the proceedings of the board of supervisors. On the 20th of July, 1861, the first little band of Cerro Gordo county patriots, six in number, all Mason City boys, under Capt. Datus E. Coon, were drawn up in line on the Main street of Mason City, to exchange the tearful good-byes, and receive the parting "God bless you, boys," from friends and relatives. The names of the first volunteers, a roll of honor indeed, are: Daniel Williams   Will Ed. Tucker   John Van Patter John W. Hobbs   David Hobbs   L. H. Ferguson That company was soon followed by others, and they in turn by still larger quotas, which soon so nearly stripped the county of its "bone and sinew," as to effectually arrest its growth and development. Appended is given a list of the gallant heroes, from Cerro Gordo county, who participated in the war. When possible the list of the various regiments have been submitted to some one familiar with the names. Gilbert J. Tisdale   SEVENTH INFANTRY ~ COMPANY B Captain: Henry I. Smith   Sergeant: Daniel McTaggert         Privates:     Edmund B. Brown   H. A. Gregory   Joel C. Wilson Peter Smith   John Brown   O. C. Pord James Wilson   Joseph R Myers         ADDITIONAL:     James Campbell   A G. Porter     TWELFTH INFANTRY ~ ENLISTMENTS Charles B. Senior   Uriah A. Wilson COMPANY D Private: Plymouth B. Zuver   SIXTEENTH INFANTRY ~ COMPANY H Private: William Myers   THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY Adjutant: Charles H. Huntley     COMPANY B         Captain: Amos B. Miller     First Lieutenants:     William C. Stanbery   Henry Keen         Second Lieutenants:     Thomas O Howard   Chauncy S. Lane         Sergeants:     Harvey D. Barr   Peter R. Wood   Milton P. Goodell       Corporals:     Albert L. Towne   Edwin Nichols   Alonzo Friuk Peter Crum   Bruce A. Bryant   James Jenkinson James Turner           Musicians:     Joseph Morris   Francis M Rogers         Privates:     ___ Adams   George M. Huntley   Charles H. Butts David H. Hoyt   Wilbur F. Belanski   Charles R. Boornhower L. B. Brown   George O. Brown   Jacob G. Brentner Leander L. Crum   Benjamin F. Clark   James Church Wm. B. Connell   John Dack   William Elwood Samuel Felt   James H. Ford   John P. Fry James L. Fuller   George A. Florence   Fantleroy Greely Otis Henry   John Hughes   Edward Ingalls Amos Jenkinson   James Kerns   Wm. A. Morris Cyrus Morris   Joseph Marsh   Henry A. Pierce Abell Pratt   Henry O. Rhodes   Wm. Kendall John Strong   Charles Teniey (Tenny)   S. M., Turnure Flavious J, Tobin   Cornelius W. West   John Warner Leonard R. Wiltfong   Hiram A. Wiltfong   Joseph Woodland Marion Jones   Bige Long   Oliver J. Winters   THIRTY-SECOND INFANTRY (additional enlistments) ~ Company B Privates:     C. F. Rosecrans  George W. Swanger         Unassigned:     James W. Morence   Warren Kittel     THIRTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY ~ COMPANY G Private: George Gilmore   FORTY-FIRST INFANTRY ~ COMPANY C Sergeant:   George W. Henderson         Corporal:   Elber Gregory         Privates:     Marquis Brown   J. W. Brown   George Henderson Edwin Morns   Charles McNany   McCullum Russell Jacob Russell   Seth B. Stevens   Ira Williams   SECOND CAVALRY ~ FIELD AND STAFF OFFICERS Colonel:   Datus E. Coon   COMPANY I Captains:     Datus E. Coon   Stephen A. Bishop   A. M. Goodrich       Sergeant:   Lewis H. Ferguson         Corporals:     Daniel Williams   John Van Patten       Privates:     David Hobbs   John W. Hobbs   William E. Tucker   SECOND VETERAN CAVALRY ~ (Additional Enlistments) ~ Company I Privates:     John G. Dickerson   Thomas G. Enisley   Horace P. Kirk Harrison Montis   Wm. R. Peity   COMPANY B John Blake COMPANY D Joseph C. Hewitt   Cassius M. Myers   William Pizer     Justus Tompkins Unassigned: Stephen Ward   FOURTH CAVALRY ~ COMPANY H Privates: Henry S. Florence COMPANY M ~ (Additional Enlistments) Charles A. Platts  Washington Russell  Joseph M. W. Russell   FORTY-SEVENTH INFANTRY ~ (Hundred day enlistment) ~ COMPANY E Sergeant: Oliver H. Stilson   FIFTH VETERAN CAVALRY ~ COMPANY L   Sergeant:   Martin Stephens         Privates:     John S. K. Fellows   Edwin R. Spink   Lorey A. Franklin Peter R. Harding     FIFTEENTH VETERAN CAVALRY ~ (Additional Enlistments) ~ COMPANY H Sylvanus Johnson ROLL OF HONOR " 'Tis sweet and honorable to die for one's country," could appropriately be engraved upon the headboards marking the graves of these martyrs. They laid down their lives in defense of a country whose future prosperity and magnificence must always be a monument to their services. The following comprises a list of the Cerro Gordo county patriots who lost their lives in the service: NAME   DEATH   COMMENTS       Adjutant Charles H. Huntley     09 Apr 1864     killed in the battle of   Pleasant Hill LA       Captain Amos B. Miller         13 Apr 1864         mortally wounded at   the battle of Pleasant Hill LA   April 9, 1864   died of wounds four days later       Lieutenant Thomas O. Howard     11 Apr 1864     mortally wounded &   died at Pleasant Hill LA       Lieutenant Chauncey S. Lane     15 Dec 1862     died of pneumonia   New Madrid MO       PVT Joseph C. Hewitt   21 Feb 1865   died at Memphis, Tenn.       PVT Peter R. Harding   25 Sep 1865   died of disease, Camp Cook GA       PVT Joseph R. Myers     03 Oct 1862     killed in battle   at Corinth MS       PVT Joel C. Wilson     07 Nov 1861     killed in battle   at Belmont MO       PVT James Campbell   14 Aug 1864   died at Pulaski, Tenn.       PVT Peter Smith     21 May 1862     died of wounds   near Corinth, MS       PVT Peter R. Wood     20 Apr 1864     died of wounds at   Pleasant Hill LA       PVT Milton P. Goodell     09 Apr 1864     killed in battle   of Pleasant Hill LA       PVT Leonard R. Warner     04 Oct 1864     died of chronic diarrhea   Mason City IA       PVT James Turner     Aug 1865     died of disease at   Demopolis, Ala.       PVT David H. Butts     12 Apr 1863     died of heart disease   Fort Pillow, Tenn.       PVT Jacob G. Brown     09 Apr 1864     killed in battle   at Pleasant Hill LA       PVT John P. Ford     09 Apr 1864     killed in battle at   Pleasant Hill LA       PVT James L Fry     17 Jan 1863     died of general debility   Fort Pillow, Tenn.       PVT George A. Fuller     27 Jun 1864     died of chronic diarrhea   Mound City IL       PVT Wilber F. Hoyt     09 Apr 1864     killed at the battle of   Pleasant Hill LA       PVT Amos Ingalls     20 Apr 1864     died of wounds received at   the battle of Pleasant Hill LA       PVT Hiram Wiltfong     18 Mar 1863     died of typhoid fever   Fort Pillow, Tenn.       PVT Charles F. Rosecrans     01 Aug 1864     died of chronic diarrhea   Memphis, Tenn.       PVT George W. Swanger     22 Jun 1864     died of chronic diarrhea   Mound City IL         SOURCE: History of Franklin & Cerro Gordo Counties, Iowa. Continental History Co. Springfield IL. 1883.

 

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