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Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol.
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By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
TWENTIETH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The ten companies which were assigned to the Twentieth Regiment were ordered into
quarters by the Governor on dates ranging from July 15 to August 15, 1862. The designated
rendezvous was Camp Kirkwood, near Clinton, Iowa, and there the companies were mustered
into the service of the United States on the 22nd, 25th and 27th days of August, 1862, by Captain
H. B. Hendershott, of the United States Army. The aggregate strength of the regiment at muster
in was 904, rank and file. 1 Like most of the regiments which had preceded it, the Twentieth had
but a brief opportunity for instruction before leaving the State. It was armed with Enfield rifles,
(at that time considered one of the most effective weapons,) was furnished with the usual
equipment for active service, and, on the 5th of September, was conveyed down the river by
steamboat to St. Louis, and upon its arrival there went into quarters at Benton Barracks, where it
remained but a short time, and proceeded thence to Rolla, Mo., arriving there September 14th,
and, two days later, started upon the march for Springfield, Mo., where it arrived September
24th, having covered a distance of 122 miles. In this, their first experience in marching, the men
suffered much hardship, because of the fact that they had not yet become inured to the exposure
and fatigue of an active campaign. It was their first lesson in the hard school of the soldier in
time of war. Fortunately for the regiment, Colonel Dye had been a Captain in the Regular Army
and was a thoroughly trained soldier, and a few others among the officers and men had seen
service as volunteer" in other Iowa organizations. Having a leader with a military education and
with the help of those who had had some actual experience in warfare, the officers and men
made rapid progress in learning their duties as soldiers.
1 Report of Adjutant General of, Iowa, Vol. 1, 1863, pages 718 to 760, Origin: Roster of the
Regiment.
Upon its arrival at Springfield, the regiment was assigned to a brigade consisting of the
Twentieth Iowa, First Iowa Cavalry, Thirty-seventh Illinois Infantry, and one section of the First
Missouri Light Artillery. This was the Second Brigade of the Second Division of the Army of the
Southwest, commanded by General J. M. Schoffeld. The division was commanded by General
Totten, and the brigade by Colonel Dye, of the Twentieth Iowa, leaving Lieutenant Colonel
Leake in command of the regiment. The Twentieth Iowa was now about to enter upon a
campaign which was to put to the severest test the bravery, fortitude and discipline of its officers
and men. The hardships to which they had thus far been subjected were slight in comparison
with those they encountered while marching and counter-marching in pursuit of their elusive
enemy. From the 30th of September to the 7th of December, on which latter date the battle of
Prairie Grove was fought, the regiment passed through an experience, the details of which are
described with great particularity in the history of the regiment written by Colonel Dye, and in
the prefix to the official report of Lieutenant Colonel Leak, describing the conduct of his
regiment in the battle of Prairie Grove. 2
2 Report of Adjutant General of Iowa, Vol. 2, 1863, pages 826 to 830. Report of Adjutant
General of Iowa, Vol. 2, 1865, pages 1113 to 1120.
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The following extracts taken from Lieutenant Colonel Leake's report will serve to show some
of the great hardships endured by the regiment during this period of its service:
. . . On the 15th day of October. at Cassville, Mo., the army was reorganized and called the
"Army of the Frontier," the First Division under command of General Blunt, the Second Division
under command of General Totten, and the Third Division under the command Or General
Herron.. .. The First Iowa Cavalry was taken from Colonel Dye's Brigade and transferred to the
Third Division, and in its place a battalion of the Sixth Missouri Cavalry, under command of
Major Montgomery, was assigned to the Second Brigade, Second Division. General Schofield
still commanded the whole. Thus organized as an army, on the 28th of October, we had
penetrated as far south as Fayetteville, Washington County, Arkansas, having driven the enemy
before us. Beyond and south of that place, on the 30th of the same month, General Schofield
retired from Fayetteville, and placed the army in position on the line of the road leading from
Huntsville to Bentonsville, the First Division on Prairie Creek, six or seven miles west of
Bentonsville, the Second Division at Osage Springs, and t he Third at Cross Hollows, to await
the future movements of the enemy. The army remained in this position until the 2nd of
November, when, in pursuance of orders from Major General Curtis commanding the
Department, the Second and Third Divisions commenced their return march to Missouri. The
First Division under General Blunt retained its position west of Bentonsville. . . . A few days
afterwards intelligence was received that the post at Clark Mills, on the road from Springfield to
Forsythia, garrisoned by five companies, three of State Militia, and two of the Tenth Illinois
Cavalry, had been surrendered, and that the enemy were marching in large force on Springfield,
to protect which the Second Division was moved on the 10th to Ozark, making the march of
thirty-five miles in twelve hours.... The Second Division moved on the 17th, the night of the
17th, and the 18th, through a drenching, storm westerly thirty-six miles to Camp Lyon.... Up to
this time the regiment had marched since leaving Rolla the distance of 520 miles. We rested at
Camp Lyon from all our fatigues and exposure until the morning of December 4th. During the
stay at Camp Lyon, the men were provided with everything needed for comfort except shoes and
stockings. Only one hundred pairs of shoes, one hundred and eighty pairs of infantry boots, and
one hundred and eight pairs of socks could be obtained. These were distributed through the
regiment to those who were most in need of them. No shoes had been provided since the first
pair obtained before leaving Iowa, and they were almost entirely worn out by the continuous
marching over hundreds of weary miles of stony road, and through numerous creeks and rivers.
On the evening of December 3d, a courier arrived at Camp Lyon with a message from
General Blunt, asking for reinforcements, his division being threatened with attack by a greatly
superior force of the enemy. General Blunt was a skillful officer and, as his troops consisted
mostly of cavalry and mounted infantry, he had been able to elude the enemy and avoid a general
engagement, but the rebel forces had cut off his retreat and he was in a very critical position. The
Second Division promptly responded to his call for assistance and made a most wonderful record
of forced marches, which are thus described by Lieutenant Colonel Leake, in continuation of his
report from which the previous extracts were made:
On the morning of the 4th of December, reveille was beaten at one o'clock and at four o'clock
the regiment commenced its march. Between four and five o'clock P. M. it encamped on Flat
Creek, having marched 25 miles. The next day we moved at 5 o'clock C. M., passed through
Castle and Keitsville, and encamped one and a half miles
beyond the latter place, having
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marched twenty-one and a half miles. On the morning of the 6th, we left camp at 5 o'clock,
passed through Pea Ridge and Sugar Creek, and reached Cross Hollows, Ark., at about 5 o'clock
P. M., twenty-six and a half miles. Here we halted for rest and supper. At eleven o'clock P. M.
we moved on, marching all night, passed through Fayetteville after daylight, and halted one mile
beyond, on the road to Cane Hill, for rest and breakfast. After the lapse of about an hour and a
half, having learned of the capture of a portion of the train of the First Arkansas Cavalry, a few
miles beyond, I was ordered to detail a company under the command of a reliable officer, to
protect our train (in addition to the regular division and brigade guards, already large,) to which
duty I assigned company B, under command of Captain Coulter; so that company B was
deprived of the privilege of being in the engagement. We then marched on rapidly, until we
arrived at the battlefield between eleven and twelve o'clock on the morning of the 7th, a distance
of nine miles. The regiment thus marched the distance of one hundred miles in eighty
consecutive hours, the last fifty-three and one-half of which we accomplished in thirty-one
hours. Very many of the command marched with shoes so much worn that their feet were upon
the ground, and were badly bruised and cut up by the stony road. Many of the boots furnished at
Camp Lyon fitted the feet of the men so illy that they became inflamed and blistered by the
continuous marching, and a few carried their boots in their hands and marched to the field in
their bare feet, whilst many fell out by the way, unable to march farther. Under these
circumstances, we went into the engagement with only two hundred and seventy enlisted men,
and twenty-three commissioned officers.
From the foregoing description of the energetic manner in which the Twentieth Iowa, with its
brigade and division, pressed forward by day and night marches to the relief of General Blunt's
command, it will be seen that they were the first troops to engage the enemy. Continuing his
report, Lieutenant Colonel Leake describes minutely the positions of the opposing forces at the
commencement of the battle. The enemy was posted upon a heavily wooded hill, the approach to
which was across a prairie about 1000 yards wide. General Blunt states in his official report that
he had been skirmishing with the advance of the enemy, holding them in check until his
reinforcements should arrive, but the enemy got between him and the troops coming to his
assistance, and the battle had been raging for several hours before his division came up and
attacked the enemy in the rear. He, therefore, furnished the reinforcement, instead of receiving it.
The compiler again quotes from the report of Lieutenant Colonel Leake, as follows:
. . . These dispositions having been made at one o'clock P. M. the engagement was opened by the
firing of a gun from the battery under the command of Lieutenant Marr. At about two o'clock the
order was given to advance the battery, and I received orders to advance the regiment forward in
support. We advanced in this order across the open field, to within about two hundred yards of
the foot of the hill, and front of the house of H. Roger, when the battery was ordered back, and
the regime left in that position. I presently received orders from Colonel Dye, in pursuance of
which the regiment moved to the right into the adjoining field and in front of the orchard on the
left of the house of Wm. Roger, to check a movement of the enemy to outflank us on the right.
At this time the Twentieth was on the extreme right of the Second and Third Divisions. This
movement was executed under a galling fire which we returned, advancing to within a few paces
of the edge of the orchard. At this time a force appeared on our right advancing up the valley.
Fearing that we were being outflanked by the enemy, I was ordered to fall back across the field
and take position behind a fence in our rear, which was executed in good order under fire. I then
threw out companies A and F, under command of Captains Bates and Hub bard, from the right
vying as skirmishers. Shortly after, a cavalry force
appeared upon our right and rear, whereupon
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the skirmishers were recalled and a change of front made toward the approaching force, to the
rear behind a fence running at right angles to the one from which we moved. Colonel Dye having
sent forward and ascertained that the cavalry were from General Blunt's command, the Twentieth
at once changed front and resumed its former position behind the fence fronting towards the
orchard. We had scarcely taken this position when an aide from General Blunt reported to me
that the forces which had come up the valley, and were taking position in the field on our right,
was the command of General Blunt. I at once directed him to Colonel Dye, who was about 200
yards to the rear and left of me, who immediately sent word to General Herron of the arrival of
reinforcements under General Blunt. This took place at about three and a half o'clock, as nearly
as I can fix the time. Before this time the Nineteenth Iowa and Twentieth Wisconsin had charged
up the hill on the extreme left, and had been driven back; after which the Twenty-sixth Indiana
and Thirty-seventh Illinois had been ordered up in nearly the same place, and with a like result,
so that when General Blunt arrived no infantry was engaged on our left. General Blunt at once
sent forward a part of the First Indiana regiment as skirmishers. Colonel Dye reported to General
Blunt and ordered me to make a charge with the Twentieth up the hill and on the left of, and
operating with the forces of General Blunt. I moved the regiment rapidly forward in line of battle
across the field, obliquing to the left; crossed the orchard fence, drove the enemy through the
orchard, and advanced beyond the upper orchard fence and through the woods a short distance....
Fearing that the troops on our left wing had ascended the hill and advanced to our front, I saw
directly in front of us a mass of troops moving down upon us. At almost the same instant they
fired a volley under which the left wing recoiled nearly to the orchard fence, where they
promptly rallied at my command and renewed the firing with great rapidity and, I think, effect. I
received orders to retire behind the fence at the foot of the hill, and hold it, which movement was
promptly executed by the regiment in good order, climbing the fence under a galling fire, lying
down behind it, and continuing the firing between the fence rails. The moment we crossed the
fence the orchard was shelled by the batteries of General Blunt's forces on the right in the field,
and by that under command of Captain Murphy in position at the point from which we entered
the action, from the combined effects of which, and our own firing, the enemy were driven
back.... As soon as the enemy was driven from the orchard I was ordered to retire in good order
from the fence and form in the middle of the field. As we commenced to retire, Major Thompson
having been wounded and the left wing, not receiving the order to halt, promptly retired nearly to
the fence from which we had advanced, I rode down, and at the command they returned and
formed at the place designated.... This ended our active participation in the contest. About the
time we had retaken our old position, the rest of General Blunt's Division had become heavily
engaged with the enemy on our extreme right and remained so engaged until darkness closed the
contest..... The next morning before daylight, I formed the line of battle, and awaited the renewal
of the action.
Soon after daylight it was discovered that the enemy had fled during the night, thus
acknowledging defeat. The Union troops were so worn and exhausted from forced marches and
the hard fighting of the previous day that they were in no condition to pursue the enemy.
Lieutenant Colonel Leake in closing his report speaks in the highest terms of praise of the
conduct of the Twentieth Iowa during the battle. He makes special mention of Major Thompson,
who was wounded late in the action and, though suffering great pain, did not leave the field until
the regiment retired. He also mentions the gallant conduct of Acting Adjutant, Lieutenant J. C.
McClelland and Sergeant Major George C. Gray. Of the gallant Brigade Commander he says, "It
will not, I trust, be improper for me to remark of my superior officer, Colonel William McE.
Dye, commanding the Second Brigade, that by the entire
self possession, the calm bravery, and
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the military ability he displayed on the field,' he won the entire confidence of the regiment. Its
affection he had gained before."
The loss of the regiment in the battle of Prairie Grove was 1 officer and 7 enlisted men killed;
5 officers and 34 enlisted men wounded. The Brigade Commander—Colonel Dye—warmly
commended Lieutenant Colonel Leake for the excellent manner in which he handled his
regiment during the battle, and also made special mention of Adjutant Lake of the Twentieth
Iowa, who acted as Assistant Adjutant General upon his staff, and carried his orders to different
points on the field under the fire of the enemy. While the subsequent record of the regiment is
altogether an honorable one and deserves full description, the limitations prescribed for this
historical sketch will not permit of the occupancy of much greater space in describing its future
movements than has been devoted to its operations up to and including the battle just described.
The compiler believes, however, that the events embraced in this period of the history of the
regiment constitute a record not excelled for bravery and fortitude, and that it would have
entitled the officers and men of the Twentieth Iowa to the lasting gratitude of the State and
Nation had the record ended with Prairie Grove. The day after the battle the dead were buried
with military honors. The wounded had received such care and attention as could be given in
field hospitals, and they were subsequently removed to Fayetteville, where better facilities for
their care were provided. The regiment remained in camp at Prairie Grove, enjoying a much
needed rest, until the morning of December 27, 1862, when it again took up the line of march for
Van Buren on the Arkansas river. The march was over the Boston Mountains, the cavalry
leading the advance and skirmishing with the enemy, but, upon the approach of the Union troops,
the enemy retreated across the Arkansas, and the town of Van Buren, a large quantity of supplies
and several steamboats were captured. The boats and such portion of the supplies as could not be
removed were destroyed, and the troops returned to their camp at Prairie Grove.
On Jan. 2, 1863, the regiment again took up the line of march, with its brigade and division.
General Schofield had again assumed command of the Army of the Frontier. In the campaign
which ensued, and which extended through the winter and into the spring, there was much hard
marching, and the troops were exposed to alternate storms of snow and rain, marching over
muddy and sometimes almost impassable roads, but everywhere the movements of the army as a
whole, and in detachments, were directed against the rebel forces with the one purpose in view—
that of driving the invaders from the State and placing the loyal citizens of Missouri in position
to defend them' selves from further invasion, and enabling the troops composing the Army of the
Frontier to be withdrawn for the purpose of cooperating in the great expedition against
Vicksburg. General Schofield's plans were successfully carried out, the rebel troops in his front
being mostly withdrawn during the winter for the purpose of reinforcing their army in
Mississipp1, then preparing to resist the advance of the Union army under General Grant.
Towards the latter part of March, the regiment with its brigade and division was being
gradually withdrawn from the Missouri frontier and moved towards the point where these troops
had entered upon their first campaign. At length, on the 23d of April, 1863, the division marched
into Rolla. The Twentieth Iowa. had now been in active service about seven months. It had been
engaged in many skirmishes and one hard fought battle. Its losses in killed and wounded, and
from disease, had been heavy. April 24th the regiment, was transported by rail to St. Louis. The
following extracts from Colonel Dyets history of the regiment (heretofore alluded to in this
sketch) describe its principal movement" for a considerable portion of its subsequent service,
beginning with its arrival in St. Louis:
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Here we remained guarding the arsenal, and doing other important duties until May 15th.
During a part of this time, First Lieutenant C. L. Drake, with company A, and a part of company
F, embarked for Cape Girardeau, Mo., where he arrived in time to participate in the successful
defense of that place against the assaults of the enemy. Companies D and G, Captains Torrey and
Altmann, were also detached to quell mutinies at Benton Barracks. On the 1st of day the
regiment arrived by rail at Pilot Knob, and remained there until June 3d. On the 5th, by hot
marching, arrived at St. Genevieve, and embarked With what remained of the regiment . . . A
part of the Infantry and Artillery of the Second and Third Divisions, having now been organized
into a division (detached from the Army of the Frontier) of two brigades, the Twentieth Iowa
being a part of the First Brigade, proceeded on the 6th to reinforce the investing army at
Vicksburg. We arrived at Chickasaw Bluff, on the Yazoo river, on the 11th. Returned and landed
at Young's Point, crossed the peninsula to a point below Vicksburg, and took position on the
14th, on the extreme left of the investing forces, the First Brigade on the left, and the Twentieth
Iowa, the second regiment from the right, where they remained until July 4th—the day of the
surrender—participating in all the exposures and fatigues of that successful siege, being on duty
in detachments almost continuously, either in the trenches or rifle pits; the troops not thus on
duty standing to arms every day and night. Men were on duty as long as five successive days and
nights, without other sleep than was stolen or involuntarily obtained under the guns of the
enemy, while another relief was on duty. The regiment was very fortunate in losing during the
siege by wounds only six enlisted men, three of whom died from their wounds.
At 9 C. m. on the 4th, part of the division, the Twentieth Iowa leading, marched into the works of
Vicksburg, planting the first Union flag which floated over the extreme fort on the right of the
enemy's works. As bad as the water used by our men was, the sickness was not so severe before
the surrender, as when, by a relaxation of the system from the stimulant of excitement,
intermittent and congestive fevers at once prostrated about one
third of the regiment. We remained in the works, collecting the surrendered material, until the
11th, when the division embarked with orders to reinforce the investing force of Port Hudson.
When aboard, and about leaving, intelligence arrived of its surrender. The destination of the
division was then changed to Yazoo City, where it arrived on the 13th, and by cooperation with
the gunboats, (the De Kalb of which was destroyed by torpedoes,) captured the place, with a half
dozen pieces of artillery, and a number of prisoners, after an ineffectual resistance of half an
hour. On the 16th, we left to open communication with General Sherman, at Canton, Miss. This
accomplished, we arrived on the 19th, on our return, at Yazoo City, and re-embarked.... By the
22nd, we were again in camp within the works of Vicksburg, the regiment having lost by
sickness about 280 men. Leaving the serious cases of sickness at Vicksburg, we embarked on the
24th of July, and arrived at Port Hudson on the 26th. During the siege of Vicksburg, the division
had been attached to the Thirteenth Army Corps; it now became, and yet is, the Second Division
o f this corps. The troops remained on the boats until the 31st, when they were put into camp just
in rear of Port Hudson.... We remained here until the 16th of August. During our stay, although
about two thirds of the men continued on the report for duty, probably three-fourths of the
regiment were under medical treatment. On the 17th, arrived at Carrollton, La., losing, during
our stay here, many of the men, from the protracted diseases of the summer. The regiment
embarked here, without tents or knapsacks, and bivouacked, Sept. 7th, near Morganza, below the
mouth of Red river. On the 8th, we marched to the Atchafalaya, driving the enemy to the
opposite bank, a part of the division having a skirmish. We were absent but two days on this
duty, yet the men suffered greatly from the heat (many being sun struck) and the want of good
water. We remained at or near Morganza, almost constantly
bivouacked, until October 10th. The
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knapsacks of the regiment did not arrive until about September 28th. Lieutenant Colonel Leake
and two men (the former slightly wounded) were unfortunately captured, at Sterling Farm, Sept.
29th, while on duty, detached from the regiment. 3
3 Lieutenant Colonel Leake was in command of the Nineteenth Iowa and Twenty-sixth
Indiana at the time he was wounded and captured.
While at Morganza the men suffered alternately with heat and cold rains, being without
shelter or change of clothing. On the 11th of October, encamped at Carrollton, La., where the
regiment remained until October 23d, health much improved.... October 24th the division
steamed out with sealed orders, and was overhauled by a severe gale, which was weathered by
most of the vessels of the fleet. November 1st, arrived in sight of Brazos de Santiago, (coast of
Texas) and landed on the 4th, after making, with the Twentieth Wisconsin, an unsuccessful effort
to land through the surf, at the mouth of the Rio Grande, in which seven out of ten surf boats,
landed with men, were either swamped or upset, losing, miraculously, however, only four men
by drowning. A portion or the division, including company C, (provost guard of the division)
proceeded to Brownsville, and a detachment of the regiment, under Lieutenant Carver, remained
at the mouth of the river, whilst the regiment (With these exceptions) on the 6th crossed the
Lagoon del Madre, to Point Isabel, where it remained, suffering from great scarcity of water, and
want of cooking utensils and baggage, until the 13th. November 15th, the regiment re-embarked
and landed, With a portion of the division, on the south end of Mustang Island, in the evening. At
9 C. m. on the 17th, it arrived at the north end of the island, (about 25 miles distant,) after a very
fatiguing march, the men drawing by her two pieces of artillery, carrying their knapsacks and
sixty rounds of ammunition, this after about two weeks' confinement aboard ship. About one
hundred of the enemy, with three pieces of heavy artillery, were at this end of the island,
guarding the Arkansas inlet. The enemy surrendered as soon as our forces appeared.
The regiment remained on Mustang Island about seven months. Out of wrecked lumber,
procured on and near the island, they erected barracks. The monotony of garrison duty was
varied somewhat by expeditions of detachments from the regiment to the main land. Some
prisoners and a couple of schooners were captured, but no organized body of the enemy was
encountered on these expeditions. It was the most restful period in the history of the regiment.
On June 24, 1864, the regiment embarked at Mustang Island and was conveyed to Brazos
Santiago, and from there it marched to Brownsville, Texas, where it remained, doing garrison
duty until July 29th, when it started on its return to Brazos Santiago, and from there returned by
sea to New Orleans, arriving there and going into its old camp at Carrollton, August 6th. Here it
remained but a short time when it was conveyed by steamer to Fort Gaines, Ala., which,
however, had surrendered before the arrival of the regiment. It disembarked at Mobile Point, and
participated in the siege of Fort Morgan, which surrendered August 23, 1864. During all these
movements Colonel Dye was detached from the regiment and in command of a brigade,
Lieutenant Colonel Leake was still a prisoner of war, Major Thompson had resigned, and the
regiment had alternately been under the command of Captains M. L. Thompson and Edward
Coulter.
On September 7th the regiment proceeded by steamer to New Orleans and thence up the river
to Morganza, La. During the voyage an accident occurred to the machinery of the vessel, and
five men of the Twentieth Iowa were badly scalded by escaping steam; three of them jumped
overboard and were drowned. At Morganza Lieutenant Colonel
Leake rejoined the regiment,
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having regained his liberty by an exchange of prisoners. He received a glad welcome from the
officers and men, who had become greatly attached to him and had complete confidence in his
courage and ability. With full appreciation of this feeling towards him, he again assumed the
command of the regiment.
On The 12th of October orders were received to embark the command and move up the
Mississippi to the mouth of White River, thence to Devall's Bluff, and disembark. There, and at
Brownsville, the regiment was encamped until January, 1865. During this period of its service
the Twentieth Iowa was part of the time engaged in scouting in the surrounding country, but was
most of the time performing garrison duty and erecting fortifications. Many of its men were on
the sick list, the prevailing disease being scurvy. A quantity of sanitary stores were sent to the
regiment from Iowa, and were used with excellent effect, and when the regiment left Arkansas,
on the 8th of January, the health of the men had greatly improved. Its next place of encampment
was near Kennerville, La., where it remained until February 16th, on which date it embarked for
Pensacola Bay, Florida, and, after a voyage without incident, went into camp at Florida Point,
remaining there until the commencement of the Mobile campaign, in which it was an active
participant. On the march to Mobile, which was very toilsome, the regiment attracted the
attention of the Division Commander to such a marked extent as to cause him to make special
mention of its conduct in a general order thanking all the troops under his command. The order is
here quoted as follows:
General Orders No. 8.
Headquarters Second Division Thirteenth Army Corps.
In the Field Mar. 28, 1865.
I. The General commanding appreciates the ready and generous efforts of the troops in
promoting this difficult march. These labors assure future success, and every patriot will feel
grateful to the soldiers who have endured them. The General particularly thanks Lieutenant
Colonel J. B. Leake, commanding the Twentieth Iowa Volunteers, for the valuable and rapid
service of his regiment this morning, showing, by the amount done, how much can be
accomplished by officers giving their personal Interest and attention to their duty.
By order of BRIGADIER GENERAL. C. C. ANDREWS.
GEORGE MONROE,
Assistant Adjutant General.
The regiment participated in the siege of Fort Blakely, performing all the duties assigned to
it, but fortunately sustained only the single casualty of one man wounded. On April 14th, the
regiment was conveyed across the bay to the city of Mobile, where it was engaged in the
performance of provost guard duty until July 8, 1865, on which date it was mustered out of the
service of the United States. The regiment was then conveyed to Clinton, Iowa, where it was
disbanded July 27, 1865.
The record of the Twentieth Iowa is an honorable one. While the regiment was engaged in
but one hard fought battle in the open field, it was no fault of its gallant officers and men that it
did not participate in more of the great battles of the
war. They went where they were ordered to
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go, and performed every duty required of them. They endured as much suffering upon the march,
in bivouac, in camp and siege, as any regiment which the State of Iowa sent into the field. They
are therefore entitled to the gratitude of every patriotic citizen of the State and Nation for the
service they have rendered to both. Their names and the record of their service, contained in
these pages, will be handed down to their posterity; and those who can trace their lineage to the
brave and faithful men of the Twentieth Iowa may justly claim as proud a heritage as was ever
bestowed upon the descendants of those who fought and suffered and died in a righteous cause.
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES.
Total Enrollment................................................................................1026
Killed and drowned.................................................................................20
Wounded.......................................................................................................52
Died of Wounds............................................................................................7
Died of Disease......................................................................................130
Discharged for disease, wounds or other causes.................183
Buried in National Cemeteries..........................................................66
Captured ................................................................................................... 13
Transferred ..............................................................................................39
TWENTIETH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into service of the United States at Clinton, Iowa, Aug. 22, 1862, by Captain H. B.
Hendershott, Second Artillery, United States Army.
Mustered out at Mobile, Ala., July 8, 1865.
Roster of Field, Commissioned and Non-Commissioned Staff Officers at muster in of
organization, together with subsequent appointments from civil life.
FIELD AND STAFF.
William McE. Dye. Age 31. Residence Marion, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Colonel Aug.
1, 1862, from Captain, United States Infantry. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8,
1865, Mobile, Ala.
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Joseph B. Leake. Age 34. Residence Davenport, nativity New Jersey. Appointed Lieutenant
Colonel Aug. 9, 1862, from Captain of Company G Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Wounded and
taken prisoner Sept. 29, 1863 Atchafalaya, La. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
William G. Thompson. Age 32. Residence Marion, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Major
Aug. 1, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Wounded severely Dec. 7, 1862, Prairie Grove, Ark.
Resigned May 18, 1864.
Constant S. Lake. Age 22. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Appointed Adjutant Aug. 15,
1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8,.865, Mobile, Ala. See Company B, First
Infantry.
Jasper H. Rice. Age 37. Residence Iowa City, nativity Vermont. Appointed Quartermaster Aug.
22, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Henry Ristine. Age 44. Residence Marion, nativity Indiana. Appointed Surgeon Aug. 8. 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Resigned May 13, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Harris Howey. Age 46. Residence Wapello, nativity New York. Appointed Surgeon Aug. 9,
1863. Mustered Sept. 9, 1863. Resigned Jan. 29, 1865.
Keisy S. Marlin. Age 27. Residence Barkley, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Assistant
Surgeon Dec. 21, 1862. Mustered Dec. 21, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Abraham O. Blanding. Age 38. Residence Lyons, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed Assistant
Surgeon Sept. 6, 1862. Mustered Sept. 10, 1862. Promoted Surgeon March 6, 1865. Mustered
out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Uriah Eberhart. Age 41. Residence Marion, nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Chaplain Aug.
25, 1862. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Resigned June 13, 1864.
Richard King. Age 40. Residence Shellsburg, nativity England. Appointed Chaplain Dec. 16,
1864. Mustered Jan. 16, 1865. Mustered out July, 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
Frederick E. Starck. Age 25. Residence Clinton, nativity New York. Appointed Sergeant Major
Aug. 20, 1862. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant of Company G, Aug. 26,
1862.
Patrick Gaffney. Age 31. Residence LeClaire, nativity Ireland. Appointed, Quartermaster
Sergeant Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Reduced to ranks and assigned to Company K,
Sept. 25, 1862.
Joseph S. Lake. Age 19. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Appointed Commissary Sergeant
Aug. 14, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July
8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
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Lockwood J. Center. Age 45. Residence Davenport, nativity New York. Appointed Hospital
Steward Aug. 15, 1862. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Reduced to ranks and assigned to Company G,
Feb. 2, 1863.
Henry H. Clark. Age 31. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York. Appointed Drum Major
July 28, 1862. Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 29, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
See Company A.
John De Long. Age 36. Residence Davenport, nativity New York. Appointed Fife Major from
Musician of Company E, Aug. 26, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 8, 1862, Lebanon, Mo.
LINE OFFICERS.
Names of company officers at muster in of their companies. Service record given opposite their
names in the alphabetical roster following.
COMPANY "A"
Ellsworth N. Bates, Captain.
Charles L. Drake, 1st Lieutenant.
Joseph C. McClelland, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "B"
Edward Coulter, Captain.
James M. Denison, 1st Lieutenant.
Daniel Cavin, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "C"
Mark L. Thomson, Captain.
Harrison Oliver, 1st Lieutenant.
Robert M. Lytle, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "D"
Dolphus Torrey, Captain.
Alphonso H. Brooks, 1st Lieutenant.
Charles E. Squires, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "E"
Chester Barney, Captain.
John G. G. Cavendish, 1st Lieutenant.
Edward E. Davis, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "F"
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Nathaniel Mead Hubbard, Captain.
William Corbett, 1st Lieutenant.
Manson Hume Crosby, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "G"
Joseph B. Leake, Captain.
Charles Altmann, 1st Lieutenant.
John B. Parcell, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "H"
Rufus H. Lucore, Captain.
Joseph J. Hollan, 1st Lieutenant.
Wilson Wightman, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "I"
Charles C. Cook, Captain.
Stephen L. Dows, 1st Lieutenant.
James W. Carver, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "K"
Sylvanus B. Byram, Captain.
Elijah Stone, 1st Lieutenant.
Elia Taylor, 2nd Lieutenant.
COMPANY "A"
Adams, Milo. Age 23. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Albaugh, John. Age 18. Residence Dry Creek, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Allen, Franklin. Age 44. Residence Bertram, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 24, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Allen, George W. Age 19. Residence Bertram, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 2 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Anderson, James A, Age 23. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 6,
1862. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865,
Mobile, Ala.
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Anderson, Thomas. Age 22. Residence Buffalo, nativity Ohio. Enlisted July 20, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Andross, Cornelius. Age 22. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Ohio. Enlisted July 28, 1862, as
Sixth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant March 17, 1863; First
Sergeant July 1, 1864; Second Lieutenant June 23, 1865. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile,
Ala.
Angell, Charles J. Age 31. Residence Buffalo, nativity Rhode Island. Enlisted July 26, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease Jan. 1, 1863, Waynesville, Mo. See Company K, First
Infantry.
Angell Henry P. Age 26. Residence Buffalo, nativity Rhode Island. Enlisted July 26, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Angell, Horatio N. Age 25. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Rhode Island. Enlisted July 29,
1862, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease Oct. 13, 1862, Springfield,
Mo. Buried in National Cemetery, Springfield, Mo. Section 16, grave 33.
Anthony, James R. Age 41. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York Enlisted July 26, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Appleget, Benjamin. Age 37. Residence Bertram, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Dec. 17, 1863.
Mustered Dec. 17, 1863. See Company H, Twenty-ninth Infantry.
Arford, John. Age 44. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Maryland. Enlisted July 31, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability Jan. 26, 1863, Benton Barracks, St. Louis,
Mo.
COMPANY "B"
Allensworth, Phillip S. Age 21. Residence Center Point, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Died of disease Nov. 9, 1863, New Orleans, La.
COMPANY "C"
Appleton, John. Age 22. Residence New Liberty, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Jan. 4, 1864.
Mustered Jan. 4, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Twenty-ninth Infantry.
Armel, James L. Age 24. Residence Davenport, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
COMPANY "D"
Akely, William C. Age 20. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 15,
1802. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Wounded severely Dec. 7, 1862, Prairie Grove, Ark. Discharged
for wounds Feb. 23 1863, Springfield, Mo.
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Allen, Thomas F. Age 21. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862,
as Third Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Promoted Second Sergeant Feb. 26, 1864; First
Sergeant March 10, 1865; Second Lieutenant April 12, 1865. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile,
Ala.
Alter, George W. Age 24. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged for disability March 12, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Asher, Charles. Age 28. Residence Davenport, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
COMPANY "F"
Adams, Desavigna Starks. Age 18. Residence Marion, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 12,
1862. Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 28, 1863, Springfield, Mo. See
Company E, Forty-sixth Infantry.
Adams, Henry C. Age 26. Residence Marion, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Discharged for disability Oct. 4, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Anderson, Richard. Age 21. Residence Spring Grove, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Andrews, William G. Age 18. Residence Spring Grove, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
COMPANY " G"
Altmann, Charles. Age 28. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Appointed First Lieutenant
Aug. 2, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Promoted Captain Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered out July 8,
1865, Mobile, Ala. See Company G, First Infantry. (Charles Altman.)
COMPANY "H"
Adams, Hudson C. Age 23. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability March 6, 1863, St. Louis, Mo. See Company D,
Fifteenth Infantry.
Adams, Nelson M. Age 33. Residence Marion, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability April—, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Antonio, Anthony. Age 36. Residence Yazoo city, Miss., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Jan. 21,
1864, as Under Cook. Mustered June 28, 1864. Transferred to Company I, Twenty-ninth
Infantry.
COMPANY "I"
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Anccut, Richard. Rejected Aug. 22, 1862, by Mustering Officer.
COMPANY "K"
Alterman, Victor. Age 39. Residence Le Claire, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered out May 28, 1865, Greenville, La.
Arnold, Simon. Age 30. Residence Le Claire, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Nov. 20, 1863. Discharged Aug. 1, 1865,
Davenport, Iowa.
Avery, W. Theodore. Age 23. Residence Le Claire, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal April 15, 1863; Sixth Corporal June 3,
1863; Fifth Corporal March 1, 1864; Fourth Corporal June 1, 1865. Mustered out July 8, Mobile,
Ala.
COMPANY "A"
Baird, John W. Age 21. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted July 26, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Bates, Ellsworth N. Age 34. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Massachusetts. Appointed
Captain Aug. 2, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Resigned Sept. 18, 1863.
Boyce, William H Age 18. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York. Enlisted July 26, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Breed, Alonzo. Age 26. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity New York. Enlisted July 31, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Sept. 16, 1862; Fourth Sergeant March 17,
1864. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Buckhart, John C. Age 28. Residence Dry Creek, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 10,
1862. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Burnett, Morris. Age 38. Residence Bertram, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 2, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal Feb. 9, 1863. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile,
Ala.
COMPANY "B"
Baldwin, Isaac. Age, 21. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity Illinois. Enlisted May 2§, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Discharged for disability March 12, 1863! Springfield, Mo.
Barr, Robert. Age 28. Residence Center Point, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile,
Ala.
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Bartleson, Elin W. Age 24. Residence Center Point, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 14,
1862, as Third Corporal. Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Promoted Second Corporal June—, 1863;
Fifth Sergeant Feb. 7, 1865. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Belmer, Henry. Age 35. Residence Camanche, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Blane, Samuel. Age 30. Residence Center Point, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Deserted May 25, 1863, Pilot Knob, Mo.
Bliss, George C. Age 21. Residence Center Point, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted July 30, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Booth, Samuel. Age 41. Residence Cedar Rapids, nativity England. Enlisted June 3, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Discharged for disability April 11, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Bryson, John. Age 41. Residence Center Point, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
COMPANY "C"
Baker, Willard. Age 19. Residence Big Rock, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal Oct. 20, 1863; Sixth Corporal Dec. 20,
1863; Fourth Corporal April 30, 1864. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Barrett, James F. Age 26. Residence Inland, nativity Maine. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease July 10, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss.
Barton, Edward. Age 19. Residence Marion County, nativity England. Enlisted Dec. 3, 1864.
Mustered Dec. 5, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Twenty-ninth Infantry.
Bell, John W. Age 19. Residence Davenport, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Bentley, James A. Age 27. Residence Mt. Joy, nativity England. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Aug. 2, 1863. Reduced to ranks at his own
request July 9, 1864. Discharged for disability June 1, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Berger, Frederick R. Age 41. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Blackman, Andrew J. Age 21. Residence Davenport, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 24, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Blanchard, Charles O. Age 26. Residence Dixon, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 5, 1862, as
First Corporal. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for
disability Feb. 1. 1863. Springfield, Mo.
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Brannock, Edward. Age 21. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal Sept. 17, 1864; Third Corporal. Mustered
out July 8, Mobile, Ala.
COMPANY "D"
Baker, James K. P. AGE 27. Residence Amity, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Barber, Sylvester. Age 33. Residence Valley City, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 16, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Bell, John L. Age 37. Residence Valley City, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862, as
Fourth Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Died of disease Feb. 21, 1864, New Orleans, La.
Bennett, Eralza A. Age 19. Residence Prairie Mills, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged for disability July 22, 1864, Davenport, Iowa.
Bird, Harrison. Age 22. Residence Davenport, nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862.
Reduced to ranks at his own request Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered out June 20, 1865, New Orleans, La.
Bishop, James. Age 29. Residence Davenport, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 26, 1862. Mustered out May 22, 1865, New Orleans, La.
Blair, Rufus L. Age 22. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862, as
Second Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Promoted Sergeant Major Feb. 25, 1864. Mustered
out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Boughman, Benjamin F. Age 18. Residence Davenport, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal July 24, 1863; Sixth Corporal Oct. 14,
1863; Fourth Corporal March 19, 1864; Third Corporal May 14, 1864; Second Corporal March
10, 1865; First Corporal May 24, 1865. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Bradley, Thomas J. Age 18. Residence Gilbert, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged for disability March 6, 1863, Springfield, Mo.
Brockett, Thomas. Age 38. Residence Davenport, nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1862,
as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Promoted Third Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Second
Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Fife Major Jan. 20, 1862. Returned to Company Feb. 17, 1863.
Transferred to Company H, March 7, 1863.
Brooks, Alphonso H. Age 22. Residence Janesville, Ohio, nativity New Jersey. Appointed First
Lieutenant Aug. 13, 1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Discharged for disability Aug. 19, 1863. See
Company I, Forty-fourth Infantry.
COMPANY "E"
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Barney, Chester. Age 39. Residence Davenport, nativity Ohio. Appointed Captain Aug. 1,
1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Resigned Nov. 21, 1864.
Bauerly, Christian. Age 42. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862, as
Fifth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Nov. 16, 1862; Third Sergeant
Nov. 20, 1863; Second Sergeant Jan. 16, 1865. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Beach, Frederick B. Age 21. Residence Davenport, nativity New Jersey. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862,
as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Belkens, Charles. Age 19. Residence Davenport, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Benedict, Charles E. Age 21. Residence Hickory Grove, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 12,
1862. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease Nov. 2, 1862, Fords Farm, Ark.
Benshoof, George W. Age 31. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 9,
1862. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps, April 22, 1864.
Discharged Sept. 6, 1865, Davenport, Iowa.
Benshoof, Peter L. Age 38. Residence Davenport, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862,
as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Nov. 16, 1862; Second
Sergeant Nov. 20, 1863. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Biram, David O. Age 34. Residence Davenport, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Promoted Fifth Corporal Nov. 16, 1862; Fourth Corporal Dec. 12,
1862; Third Corporal March 8, 1863. Reduced to ranks at his own request Nov. 22, 1863.
Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Blackman, Edwin. Age 20. Residence Davenport, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1864.
Mustered Sept. 16, 1864. Mustered out July 8, 1865, Mobile, Ala.
Boyer, Benjamin. Age 23. Residence Hickory Grove, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 5,
1862. Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Discharged for disability Feb. 24, 1863, Springfield, Mo. See
Company D, Fifteenth Infantry.
Bray, John. Age 18. Residence Davenport, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Aug. 25, 1862. Mustered
Sept. 2, 1862. No final record found.
Brock, Henry. Age 25. Residence Davenport, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 22, 1862. Died of disease Sept. 8, 1863, Carrollton, La. Buried in Monument National
Cemetery, New Orleans, La.
Brophy, Matthew. Age 42. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 22, 1862. Killed in action July 8, 1863, Vicksburg, Miss. Buried in National
Cemetery, Vicksburg, Miss. Section G, grave 863.
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COMPANY "F"
Baily, William. Age 21. Residenc