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Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol.
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By Guy E. Logan
HISTORICAL SKETCH
FIFTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
The cavalry regiment originally known as the "Curtis Horse"—which title was subsequently
changed to the "Fifth Iowa Cavalry"—commenced its organization at Benton Barracks, near St.
Louis, Mo., on December 20, 1861 pursuant to the following order:
HEADQUARTERS, ST. LOUIS DISTRICT,
St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 20, 1861. Special Orders
No. 70.
I. Pursuant to Special Order No. 74, of the Department of the Missouri, to carry out special
instructions from the Secretary of war, directing the organization of a cavalry regiment to be
called the "Curtis Horse," the following detachments and companies are united for that purpose,
viz.:
Nebraska Battalion, commanded by Lieutenant Colonel M. T. Patrick—four companies.
Detachment of Iowa and Minnesota troops. known as the command of Captain Schaffer de
Boernstein—three companies.
Detachment under same command, twenty-seven men, company of Osage County Mounted
Rifles, commanded by Captain Kidd—one company.
Other detachments and companies may be attached hereafter, not to exceed twelve
companies.
II. The following field officers are designated, and will be mustered into service, pursuant to
order No. 48, War Department, and will be respected and obeyed accordingly: W. W. Lowe,
Captain U. S. Army, as Colonel M. T. Patrick, as Lieutenant Colonel; Carl Schaffer de
Boernstein, as Major. The remaining field officers will be appointed upon the completion of the
regimental organization; the staff chosen by the field officers and captains of the command,
except when otherwise prescribed by law, or by orders of the War Department, relating to
military organizations.
By order Of
BRIGADIER GENERAL CURTIS, Commanding,
N. P. CHIPMAN, Major and A. A. General
To LIEUTENANT COLONEL PATRICK.
Immediately after the issuance of the foregoing order, two companies from Minnesota, under
command of Captains A. B. Brackett and D. M. West, and one company of the Irish Dragoons,
from Illinois, under command of Captain P. Naughton, were ordered to report for consolidation
with the regiment, thus completing its organization. The four companies designated as the
Nebraska Battalion were lettered respectively A, B, C and D, and constituted the First Battalion.
The three companies and detachment of Minnesota troops were lettered respectively E, F, G and
H. and constituted the Second Battalion. The Osage Mounted Rifles, and Captains Brackett,
West and Naughton's companies, were lettered respectively I, K, L and M, and constituted the
Third Battalion. The subjoined roster shows the original field and staff and company
organization, and the subsequent changes which occurred on account of death, promotion,
resignation, discharge, or from whatever cause. It also
gives the personal record of each officer
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and enlisted man in so far as such record could be obtained from the archives of the office of the
Adjutant General of the State of Iowa, and of the War Department at Washington. Great effort
has been made to make this revised roster of the regiment as nearly correct as possible, but there
may be some names that are not correctly spelled and some records that are not complete, also
some that are not entirely correct. The compiler believes that such errors and omissions have
been reduced to the minimum, and that, in the main, the roster will be found correct. The
regiment was composed of companies and detachments from the States of Iowa, Minnesota,
Missouri and the then Territory of Nebraska. In the official history of the organization and
service of the regiment, by First Lieutenant William T. Hays, a brief history of each company is
given, prior to the date upon which it joined the regiment. The compiler, in preparing this
condensed historical sketch, has endeavored to include, so far as the limitation of space to which
he is subjected would permit, the leading features embraced in the history referred to. 2
2 Report of Adjutant General of Iowa,. Vol. 2, pages 977 to 1010 inclusive Story of the
Regiment by First Lieutenant William T. Hays, Company H. Fifth Regiment Iowa Volunteer
Cavalry.
Company A was recruited at Omaha, Neb., by M. T. Patrick, and at Sidney, Iowa, by
William Kelsay, some thirty men from the latter place. It was mustered into the service of the
United States at Omaha, Sept. 14, 1861. Company B was recruited at Omaha, Neb., by J. T.
Croft, and in Mills County, Iowa, by Milton S. Summers. About thirty of its men were from
Iowa, It was mustered into the service at Omaha, Sept. 21, 1861. Company C was recruited at
Nebraska City, Neb. Ter., and in Page County, Iowa, by Captain J. M. Young and Alfred
Matthias, and was mustered into the service at Omaha, Oct. 3, 1861. Company D was composed
of men recruited in Omaha, Neb., by William Carl and thirty-five men from Missouri, recruited
by William Aston, and was mustered into the service at St. Louis, Nov. 13, 1861. Company E
was enlisted at Dubuque, Iowa, by Captain Carl Schaffer de Boernstein, for the Fremont Hussars,
and went into quarters at Camp Asboth, near St. Louis. It was mustered into the service October
25, 1861, and subsequently assigned to the "Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company F was enlisted at
Fort Madison and Burlington, Iowa. by Lieutenant William A. Haw, for the Fremont Hussars,
and vas mustered into the service at St. Louis, Oct. 28, 1861, and subsequently assigned to the
"Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company G was enlisted at St. Paul and Fort Snelling, Minn., by
Captain Von Minden, was mustered into the service at Fort Snelling, Minn., Oct. 9, 1861, and
subsequently assigned to the "Curtis Horse ' Regiment. Company H was composed of a
detachment of twenty-seven men, enlisted at Bellevue, Iowa, by Lieutenant L. Millar, for the
Fremont Hussars, was subsequently recruited to the number of fifty-five men, and, with William
T. Hays as First Lieutenant, was mustered into the service Jan. 9, 1862, as a half company. The
company organization was completed at Fort Henry, Tenn., Feb. 11, 1862, and it was assigned to
the "Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company I was enlisted in Blue Earth and Scott Counties, Minn.,
by Captain D. M. West and was mustered into the service at Fort Snelling, Minn., Nov. 1, 1861,
and assigned to the "Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company K was enlisted at St. Paul and
Minneapolis, Minn., by Capt. A. B. Brackett, and was mustered into the service at Fort Snelling,
Minn., Oct. 28, 1861, and assigned to the "Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company L was enlisted at
St. Louis, Mo., by Captain P. Naughton, and mustered into the service at Jefferson City, Mo.,
Sept. 1, 1861. The company was then known as the "Irish Dragoons," of the Irish Brigade,
commanded by Colonel Mulligan. This company was part of the command of Major Zagonyi at
the time of his memorable charge into Springfield, Mo., and, for their gallantry on that occasion,
were presented by the ladies of Springfield with a
beautiful silk flag, with "Springfield"
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emblazoned on it. Their Captain was severely wounded in the charge, their First Lieutenant
killed, and one corporal and four privates wounded. The company was subsequently assigned to
the "Curtis Horse" Regiment. Company M was enlisted in Osage County, Mo., by Captain J. K.
Kidd, and was mustered into the service at Jefferson Barracks, Mo., Sept. 14, 1861, as the
"Osage Independent Mounted Rides." It joined the "Curtis Horse" Regiment at Benton Barracks,
Jan. 4, 1862.
Under the energetic leadership of Colonel Lowe, who was a trained soldier of the Regular
Army, the regiment became quite efficient in drill and discipline before the close of January,
1862. The Government was not at that time able to procure the best quality of arms for the new
regiments, and the "Curtis Horse" was compelled to take the field with one-half the men armed
with the Hall carbine and the old pattern of heavy cavalry saber, and the other half with the
Remington revolver and heavy saber. With this poor armament, but otherwise fairly well
equipped, the regiment left Benton Barracks on Feb. 8, 1862, marched to St. Louis, and there
embarked on transports and was conveyed to Fort Henry, Tenn., where it arrived and went into
camp near the fort on February 11th. On February 14th, the First Battalion, under command Of
Major Kelsay, reported to Colonel Morgan L. Smith, and went into camp at Fort Heiman, Ky.
On February 15th, pursuant to orders from General Grant, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, and
Captains West, Ton Minden and Haw, with one hundred men, marched up the Tennessee River
and destroyed the bridge of the Memphis and Ohio Railroad, thus preventing the rebel
reinforcements reaching Fort Donelson. The detachment returned to camp on the morning Or the
16th, having marched seventy-five miles in twenty-four hours. After the fall of Fort Donelson,
the regiment was actively engaged in scouting, and captured some prisoners and horses, but did
not encounter any considerable body of the enemy during this period of its operations. Major
William Kelsay, the commander of the First Battalion, died of typhoid fever on February 28,
1862, and was buried with military honors at Fort Heiman, Ky. He was a brave and efficient
officer, and his death was deplored by the regiment, and especially by the First Battalion, with
which he was most closely identified.
On the 11th of March, 1862, Captain J. T. Croft, commanding the First Battalion, in
pursuance of orders from General Grant, marched with two hundred fifty men twelve miles in
the direction of Paris, Tenn., and there awaited the arrival of Colonel Patrick, with the Second
and Third Battalions of the regiment, and the battery commanded by Captain Bullis. The
movement was for the purpose of dispersing a rebel force, known to be in the vicinity of Paris
and engaged in securing conscripts for the rebel army. At 11 o'clock A. M. Captain Bullis arrived
with his battery, and Captain Croft moved forward without waiting for the arrival of the other
two battalions. Within two miles of Paris, six of the rebel pickets were surprised and captured.
The First Battalion and battery arrived at Paris at 5 o'clock P. M. and entered the town, driving
the rebel pickets back to the position of the enemy, who, to the number of five hundred, were
found posted on a ridge, half a mile west of the town. Two guns were placed in position on a hill
within range of the enemy's position, and opened a vigorous fire. After a few rounds had been
fired, Captain Lower, with Companies A and B, made a charge upon the enemy's line, but
encountered fallen timber, behind which the enemy was posted, and was compelled to fall back
under a severe fire and rejoin the main force. The guns were then all placed in position, and, after
a heavy and rapid fire had for some time been directed against the enemy's position, his line was
seen to waver and give way. The whole time occupied in the engagement was thirty-five
minutes.
As it was learned that reinforcements were marching to the aid of the rebel force, Captain
Croft decided to retreat until he could rejoin the other two battalions of the regiment. The next
day he met Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, who had crossed the
river the day before with the Second
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and Third Battalions about three miles from Fort Heiman. The battle of Paris was the first
experience of any portion of the regiment under the fire of the enemy. The casualties were: four
killed, five wounded, and one captured. Total ten. 3
3 The names of all the killed. wounded and captured, in this and every other engagement or
skirmish in which the regiment participated, will be found in the subjoined roster. Also the
names of those who died from wounds or disease.
Among the killed was Sergeant Major Martin Stowell, of the First Battalion. Captain Bullis,
who commanded the battery, was mortally wounded and died the next day after the battle. A few
days later the First Battalion moved to the camp of the other two battalions, and the regiment was
again united.
On March 27, 1862, in compliance with an order from General Grant, Companies C, I and
M, under command of Major Brackett, were conveyed by steamer to Savannah, Tenn., and were
employed with the Army of the Tennessee during the succeeding five months. This detachment
arrived at Savannah on March 29th, and went into camp. It rendered important service to the
Telegraph Corps, putting up the line from Savannah to Waynesboro, a distance of twenty-five
miles, where it met the advance of General Buell's army, and was subsequently employed as
escort to the Telegraph Corps during the advance of General Grants army from Pittsburg
Landing to Corinth and during the siege of the latter place. After the evacuation of Corinth, the
detachment was sent on a scouting expedition to the west of that place. At Cypress Creek it
found the railroad bridge burned and nine locomotives partially destroyed, also the ruins of a
commissary train. A six-pound brass cannon had also been abandoned by the enemy at that
place. Major Brackett s detachment scoured the country in the vicinity of the destroyed bridge,
and captured one hundred and twelve prisoners. With two of the locomotives which were the
least injured, and which were put in running order, and with the brass cannon, and the prisoners,
the detachment returned to Corinth on June 2d. On June 5th, a detail of twenty-five men of the
detachment went to Purdy with a locomotive captured seven cars found at that place and returned
with them to Corinth the same day. On the 12th of June the detachment marched toward
Humboldt, where it arrived on June 15th, and went into camp. While at Humboldt, Major
Brackett acted as Post Commander, and Captain Young as Provost Marshal. These officers
rendered valuable assistance to Colonel Hawkins, in raising his regiment (the Second West
Tennessee Cavalry), which was composed of loyal citizens of that portion of the State, and
which afterwards rendered valuable service in the Union army. The detachment also rendered
important service in the capture of many rebel soldiers, large quantities of sugar, tobacco and
other property, which was turned over to the commissary department, as contraband of war.
General Mitchell having arrived at Humboldt with his division, the detachment was relieved
from duty there and rejoined the regiment at Fort Heiman on the 29th of August, 1862.
On the 9th of April, 1862, a detachment, consisting of twenty-five men each from Companies
E, F. G and H. under command of Major Schaffer de Boernstein, marched to Henry Station,
where a large amount of supplies had been accumulated and were ready for shipment to the rebel
army at Memphis. The Major confiscated as much of the flour and hams as he could convey to
the camp of his regiment and then set fire to the depot, thus destroying the remainder of the rebel
stores. He succeeded in rejoining the regiment without coming in contact with the enemy,
although a considerable force had been reported in the vicinity of the station, and the Major had
anticipated a fight.
But this gallant and intrepid officer was not so fortunate in his next expedition. On May 3d,
in accordance with orders from Colonel Lowe, a detachment
under command of Major Schaffer
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de Boernstein, consisting of Companies E, Captain Nott, F. Captain Haw, and G. Captain Von
Minden, left Camp Lowe to reconnoiter beyond Paris and the neighborhood of the Obion River.
On May 6th, at 5 o clock P. M., the detachment went into camp near Lockridge's Mills Company
F camping half a mile from the other two companies on the road towards Dresden. Pickets had
been thrown out, and the usual precautions to guard against a surprise had been taken. Supper
was being prepared, when the pickets were fired upon and driven back to the reserve, which, in
turn, was driven to the camps, the rebel force making the attack upon both camps at the same
time. The men formed in line of battle and made a gallant resistance, but were soon overpowered
by the greatly superior force of the enemy. Finding themselves so completely outnumbered that
further resistance was useless— after twenty-four of their number had been killed and wounded
and thirty-eight had cut their way out and escaped—the remainder of the detachment, hemmed in
on every side, surrendered themselves as prisoners of war. Major Carl Schaffer de Boernstein
was mortally wounded and died near the scene of the action on tine next day. 4
4 Carl Boernstein Schaffer, of Dubuque, Iowa, was Third Sergeant of Company H. First Iowa
infantry. (Bernstein Charles Schaffer.) At the expiration of his three months service in that
regiment, which included participation in the battle of Springfield, he was given a commission
with the rank of captain, by General Fremont, and authorized to raise a troop of cavalry in Iowa,
which subsequently became a part of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry. Schaffer was a German and a
nobleman by birth. Succeeding to his parental titles and estate of the Barony of Boernstein, after
his enlistment in the First Iowa, he assumed the surname of Boernstein to which his estate and
rank entitled him. But, instead of returning to his native land, and assuming his place among the
nobility, he sacrificed his life upon the altar of his adopted country He was a true patriot,
thoroughly devoted to the cause of liberty and republican institutions.
Captain William A. Haw, while bravely endeavoring to cut his way through the ranks of the
enemy, fell at the head of his company, severely wounded in the head, back and side, and was
taken prisoner. Captain Nott, although severely wounded, escaped with eleven of his men, and,
after suffering almost incredible hardships, reached the Union lines at Paducah, Ky. Captain Von
Minden was also wounded, and captured, with fourteen men of his company The force of the
enemy numbered over 2,000, under command of the rebel Colonel Clayborne. With such a great
disparity in numbers, it is simply marvelous that any of the Union soldiers could have escaped
being killed, wounded or captured. The prisoners were all sent to Jackson, Miss., and, with the
exception of the officers, were shortly afterwards paroled, and rejoined the regiment on June 7th.
They were subsequently exchanged. The officers captured—Captains Haw and Von Linden and
Lieutenant Von Vredenburg—were held in captivity until October 16th, when they were paroled,
and were exchanged in December. They had not sufficiently recovered from their wounds and
the hardships to which they had been subjected in prison to be able to rejoin the regiment until in
January, 1863.
Upon learning of the disaster that had occurred to the detachment, Colonel Lowe started in
pursuit of the enemy, with the remaining force of his own regiment, four companies of the Fiftysecond
Indiana Infantry, the Fourth Minnesota Infantry and a section of artillery. When within
four miles of Paris, however, a peremptory order was received from General Halleck to abandon
the pursuit, as the rebel force under Colonel Clayborne had retreated to Jackson, Tenn., and the
force under Colonel Lowe was not large enough to risk an advance so far into the interior of the
State. The troops under Colonel Lowe then returned to camp.
Since the 13th of March, Companies K and L had been on detached service guarding the
telegraph line from Fort Henry to Smithland, Ky. These companies
returned to the regiment on
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the 8th of June. The duties performed by the regiment, at this period of its service, were to assist
the civil authorities in the administration of the laws, to prevent recruiting for the rebel army, and
in scouting in the surrounding country. The disloyal element of the population predominated and
was constantly endeavoring to give aid and comfort to the rebel cause. The officers of the
regiment had a difficult task to perform. It required the exercise of good judgment and patience
to protect the loyal citizens against their disloyal neighbors and to conform to the military orders
which were issued from General Halleck's headquarters.
On the 25th of June, 1862, the regiment, which up to that date had been known as the Curtis
Horse, was assigned to the State of Iowa and given the designation of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry,
and this was its official name for the remainder of its term of service. On that date the regiment
had an aggregate strength of 857, officers and enlisted men. During the greater portion of the
remainder of the summer of 1862, the duties performed by the regiment were of the same nature
as those heretofore described. No considerable force of the enemy appeared in the vicinity of
Fort Heiman, where the regiment was encamped. Lieutenants William T. Hays and Robert W.
Peckham were detailed as recruiting officers, and sent to Iowa July 218t. On the 26th of August,
the rebel Colonel Woodward, with 600 men, made an attack upon Fort Donelson, but was
repulsed by the garrison of three companies of the Seventy-first Ohio, under command of Major
Hart. Upon the approach of the rebel force the Major telegraphed to Colonel Lowe for
reinforcements. The Colonel promptly moved with six companies of his regiment, and arrived at
Fort Donelson at 9 P. M., at which time the enemy had been repulsed and had fallen back up the
river. On the morning of the 27th, at daylight, Colonel Lowe started in pursuit. After marching
about six miles, the enemy's pickets were discovered near the mines of the Cumberland Iron
Works. Companies B and D were deployed as skirmishers, and were soon engaged with the
enemy. A deep and muddy creek stopped the advance of Company D, but Company B. under
command of the gallant and intrepid Lieutenant Milton S. Summers, found a bridge, over which
he crossed, under the fire of the enemy, and pushed forward. The enemy then opened fire with
their one piece of artillery. Lieutenant Summers immediately gave the order to charge, and,
although the gun was supported by three companies of infantry, well protected on the right by
the steep bank of the river, and on the left by a strong fence and heavy timber, it was captured,
and the infantry supporting it broke and fled. Flushed with this success Lieutenant Summers and
his men dashed forward and came headlong upon the main body of the enemy, 400 strong,
posted in the cellars of the burned houses, and among the ruins of the Iron Works. Colonel Love
had advanced with the remainder of his force and engaged the enemy, but, having only 130 men,
he found it impossible to dislodge him, and did not succeed in removing the gun which had been
captured on account of the horses attached to it having been killed or disabled. The caisson and
ammunition were destroyed and the gun was dismounted and abandoned. Colonel Lowe then
retreated to Fort Donelson. The regiment lost in this engagement five killed and nine wounded.
First Lieutenant Milton S. Summers led the charge, and, getting in advance of his men, was
surrounded by the enemy. He fought gallantly, killing one of his assailants, and wounding
another severely with his saber. After he had been wounded in the thigh by a bayonet and had
received seven balls in his body, he drew his revolver and emptied it among his foes. He refused
to surrender, and was only taken prisoner after he was mortally wounded. He died the next day.
Lieutenant Hays says of him: A more gallant officer never drew sword for his country is Second
Lieutenant E. G. McNeely was also severely wounded and captured. On the 5th of September,
Colonel Lowe again left Fort Donelson with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, Thirteenth Wisconsin
Infantry, Eleventh Illinois Infantry and a battery of artillery, in pursuit of the rebel forces under
Colonel Woodward. The command crossed the Cumberland River and made a vigorous march
for three days, but the enemy rapidly retreated and would
not risk a general engagement. Beyond
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the capture of a considerable amount of rebel stores at the town of Clarksville, no important
results were gained by the expedition.
During the month of October the forces of the enemy, under Colonels Woodward and Napier,
made several demonstrations against Forts Henry and Heiman, but no attack was made. The Fifth
Iowa Cavalry was constantly called upon for scouting duty, to watch the movements of the
enemy and prevent a surprise. On the 1st of November the regiment, under command of
Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, joined the command of General Ransom, consisting of the Eleventh
Illinois Infantry, a detachment of the Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry a detachment of the Eightythird
Illinois Infantry, one company of the Sixth Illinois Cavalry and one section of Floyd's
Battery. With this force, General Ransom marched against the enemy, w ho had been threatening
to attack the forts. The pursuit was pushed vigorously, the Fifth Iowa and the company of the
Sixth Illinois Cavalry taking the advance. On the 6th of November Lieutenant Colonel Patrick's
command captured a portion of the enemy's supply train. November 7th, the enemy was found in
line of battle at Garrettsburg, Ky. After a brief skirmish, the enemy retreated two miles, with the
cavalry and artillery in pursuit, closely followed by the infantry. The enemy again took position
and was vigorously attacked by General Ransom's troops, and, after a brief engagement, was
driven from the field with a loss of seventeen killed, eighty-five wounded and sixty prisoners.
Lieutenant Gallagher and Private Roach of Company L, Fifth Iowa Cavalry, were among the
killed in this engagement. It was the first time in which the regiment had gone into action with a
force properly proportioned to that of the enemy, and the result clearly showed that, where the
contending forces were nearly evenly matched, the Union troops were able to vanquish their
rebel foes. In his official report, General Ransom highly complimented the Fifth Iowa Cavalry
for its conduct on the march and in the engagement. The regiment returned to Fort Heiman
November 11th. During the remainder of the month, and in December, the regiment was
employed in building winter quarters at Fort Heiman and in scouting through the surrounding
country.
The month of January, 1863, was not marked by any event of special importance. The
regiment was actively engaged in scouting, but there is no record of any encounter with the
enemy during the month. On the 3d of February, Captain Von Minden, of Company G. with
twenty-eight of his men, while engaged in scouting near the Cumberland Iron Works, met the
advance if the rebel General Forrest's command, then marching to attack Fort Donelson. The
captain and his men fell into an ambush, which had been skillfully planned by the enemy, and
the little detachment, being completely surrounded by a greatly superior force, had no alternative
but to surrender. The rest of the regiment promptly marched from Fort Heiman to reinforce the
garrison at Fort Donelson but, upon its arrival, found that the rebel force had failed in their attack
upon the fort and had retreated. On February 6th, the regiment returned to its headquarters at Fort
Heiman, where it remained until March 5, 1863, upon which date orders were received to
evacuate Fort Heiman, and the Regiment moved to Fort Donelson, where it was stationed until
the 5th of June, 1863, in the performance of duties much the same as those in which it had
previously been engaged. The record shows but two occasions in which portions of the regiment
came into conflict with the enemy during this period of its service. The first of these was upon
the 10th of April, when Company H. which had been upon a scout, in which it had discovered a
considerable force of the enemy, near Waverly, was returning towards Fort Donelson, closely
pursued by a party of rebels. Upon nearing the fort the rebels abandoned the pursuit, and were
returning towards Waverly, when they were met and attacked by Company M, of the Fifth Iowa
Cavalry, which had also been on a scout. In the fight which ensued the rebels were quickly
defeated, with a loss of three killed and twenty-one captured, including their commander, Major
Blanton, and Surgeon Smith, while the loss of Company M
was one man wounded. In this fight
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the rebels were evidently surprised and taken at a disadvantage, and the situation, which had
several times existed in previous conflicts, was reversed. On the 19th of May, Lieutenant
Colonel Patrick, commanding seven companies of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry and other troops from
the garrison at Fort Donelson, went upon an expedition lasting five days, during which a large
quantity of bacon and other supplies belonging to the enemy were captured. Upon the return
march Company A, of the Fifth Iowa, had a skirmish with the enemy, in which Captain Paul had
his horse killed under him and himself received a slight wound. Lieutenant Beatty, of Company
M, was also slightly wounded. The rebels were pursued for some distance, but made their
escape.
On the 5th of June, 1863, the regiment left Fort Donelson and entered upon a larger field of
operations. It marched to Nashville, and thence to Murfreesboro, where it was assigned to the
First Brigade of the Second Division of the Cavalry Corps, Army of the Cumberland. General
Rosecrans had then commenced his grand movement against the rebel General Bragg's army. For
the next three months the Fifth Iowa Cavalry was engaged in heavy scouting duty about Lebanon
and Murfreesboro. On the 25th of June the regiment was scouting in the direction of Guy's Gap,
upon a stony and difficult road through a dense thicket of Cedars, when it encountered a force of
the enemy, which it drove before it for over a mile, and developed the position of the main force
of the enemy, which was the purpose of the reconnaissance upon which it had been sent. In this
encounter the loss to the enemy (as subsequently reported) was thirty killed and wounded, while
that of the Fifth Iowa was but two men wounded. The regiment was highly complimented by the
General commanding for its prompt and effective action in this affair. On the 26th of July the
regiment moved to Lebanon and Silver Springs, and from that date until the close of the month
had captured forty prisoners. On July 31st it returned to Murfreesboro, and during the month of
August was engaged in guarding trains from that place to the front. On September 6th the
regiment, except Companies I and K, left Murfreesboro for McMinnville, Tenn., where it arrived
September 8th, and remained until the 26th, during which time detachments were sent to Sparta,
Woodbury and Tracy City, upon scouting expeditions. In one of these, Lieutenant D, H. Stevens,
of Company B. was wounded.
From September 26th to the close of the month the regiment was again on the march and, on
September 30th, was in camp near Winchester, from which place it again took up the line of
march to watch the movements of the rebel force under the command of General Wheeler, which
had crossed the mountains for the purpose of destroying bridges and otherwise rendering the
Nashville and Chattanooga Railroad useless for the transportation of troops and supplies for the
Union army. The regiment moved from Winchester to different points along the line of the
railroad and, on October 6th, had a skirmish with the enemy, in which it had one man—Henry
Perkins of Company K—mortally wounded. On October 9th, in another skirmish with the
enemy, E. W. Sloan, of Company H. was wounded. The pursuit was kept up to the Tennessee
River, but the rebel General Wheeler, by marching his cavalry day and night, succeeded in
getting across the river and making his escape, after losing about one hundred and fifty of his
men, killed, wounded and captured. In this pursuit, the entire Second Cavalry Division, under
command of General Crook, was engaged. Colonel Lowe of the Fifth Iowa was in command of
the First Brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel Patrick commanded the regiment. From the Tennessee
River the Second Cavalry Division turned in pursuit of the rebel General Roddy's cavalry, then
in camp at Athens, Tenn. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, with the Fifth Iowa and a detachment of
the Fourth Michigan Cavalry, marched all night on October 17th, reaching Athens at sunrise, to
find the rebel force had withdrawn across the river. Lieutenant Colonel Patrick then returned
with his command to Maysville, having marched seventy miles in twenty-four hours. While no
general engagement had been fought, the designs of the
rebel General had been frustrated and the
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Union line of transportation protected and kept open for the passage of troops, supplies and
munitions of war. From October 17th to November 14th, the regiment remained in camp at
Maysville, giving the men and horses a much needed rest before again resuming active
operations against the enemy.
On the 14th of November, Major Young, of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, commanding a select
force of 400 men from the Fourth United States Cavalry, Seventeenth and Seventy-second
Indiana Mounted Infantry, and Fifth Iowa Cavalry, under orders from Colonel Lowe, then in
temporary command of the Second Cavalry Division, moved from Maysville to prevent a flank
movement of the enemy across the Tennessee River. Major Young marched with his command
across the mountains in rear of Huntsville, by way of Blevins Gap, to avoid the spies of the
enemy. On the march a drove of hogs—which was being driven towards the enemy's camp—was
captured, and, on arriving at the Tennessee River, the ferry boat was captured, and many
valuable horses, which had been secreted by the enemy on the adjacent islands, were also
captured. Destroying the ferry boat, the command marched to Triana, where the enemy had taken
the precaution to keep all the boats on the opposite side of the river, to be sent over only when
preconcerted signals were given, to indicate that Union troops were not in the vicinity of the
landing. As the destruction of these boats was one of the main objects of the expedition,
volunteers were called for to cross and secure them. Sergeant Phelps—of Company G—and
eleven men from the Fifth Iowa Cavalry were selected from those who volunteered, and, by
means of row boats and canoes, and under cover of sharpshooters, they crossed the river and
captured two large ferry boats without losing a man. With these boats a party of thirty men
started down the river, while Major Young's command marched down along the river bank to cooperate
with them. Eight large boats were captured during the night and, at daybreak, the object
of the expedition was accomplished, the boats were destroyed, and the command started on the
return march to camp, where it arrived November 17th. The result of this expedition—in which
the Fifth Iowa Cavalry bore such a conspicuous part—was the capture of a rebel Captain and
eight of his men, nine large ferry boats captured and destroyed, two hundred fine mules and
horses captured, one mill—used by the enemy—destroyed, and negroes brought in to complete
the organization of a regiment, then in camp at Maysville. Of this expedition General Elliott,
Chief of Cavalry, said: The success of the scout under command of Major J. M. Young, Fifth
Iowa Cavalry, shows that he has been energetic, and shows good judgment in the management of
his command. The report of Major Young also received acknowledgment, as follows:
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE CUMBERLAND,
Chattanooga, Tenn., November 30, 1863.
BRIGADIER GENERAL GEORGE McCook, Commanding
Second Cavalry Division, Maysville, Ala.
GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the report of Major J. M. Young,
Fifth Iowa Cavalry, of his expedition through the country situated between the Memphis and
Charleston Railroad and the Tennessee River, between the 14th and 17th inst. The Major General
commanding directs that you tender his thanks to Major Young for the brave, energetic and
prudent manner in which the expedition was conducted.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
WILLIAM D. WHIPPLE,
Brigadier General and A. A. G. 5
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5 Report of Adjutant General of Iowa, 1865, Vol. 2, page 995.
On November 25th, the regiment, with its brigade and division, marched to Huntsville, Ala.,
and went into camp. On November 27th, the Fifth Iowa and seven companies of the Fourth
United States Cavalry, with Lieutenant Colonel Patrick in command, started upon an expedition,
lasting eleven days which accomplished important results in the capture of hogs, cattle, a ferry
boat and other property intended for the use of the rebel army. There was some skirmishing with
the pickets of the enemy at Guntersville on November 29th, in which no casualties occurred, and
during the remainder of the expedition, which covered a considerable extent of territory, there is
no record of any encounter with the enemy. Upon the return march, Companies F, G, H and I, of
the Fifth Iowa, were left at Dodsonville, under the command of Major Brackett, where they
remained and performed the duty of patrolling the country along the Tennessee River for a
distance of forty miles, until relieved on the 218t of December, when they marched to Huntsville
and rejoined the regiment. While the detachment was on duty at Dodsonville—on the 19th of
December—Major Brackett sent Sergeants McGuire and Ireland, and Private Ireland of
Company H. to Paint Rock with dispatches. When within four miles of their destination the party
was captured by a band of twenty-one rebel soldiers, and their arms, money and other property,
together with most of their clothing, taken from them. Private Ireland, who had charge of the
dispatches, managed to secrete them, so they were not discovered, but, fearing their subsequent
discovery and the penalty of being executed as spies, the three prisoners kept a constant lookout
for an opportunity to escape. That night the rebels camped upon the mountain side near its
summit, carefully guarding their prisoners. The next morning, leaving two of their number on
guard, with orders to shoot the prisoners should they attempt to escape, the rest of the band went
down the mountain to watch the road over which the Union troops might be expected to pass.
The prisoners awaited their opportunity, and, at the first moment their guards slightly relaxed
their vigilance, sprang upon and succeeded in partially disarming them. In the struggle which
ensued both the guards were killed and the prisoners escaped. The bodies of the two rebel
soldiers were found where they fell, the next day, their companions having fled and left them
unburied. Major Brackett reported the affair, congratulating the men upon their good fortune in
escaping, and thanking Private George Ireland for his preservation of the official dispatches.
On December 24th the regiment, with its brigade and division, left Huntsville and marched to
Pulaski, which place was reached on December 28th, and the troops went into camp there. On
January 1, 1864, (more than three-fourths of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry having re-enlisted as veteran
volunteers,) preparations were made to leave the field, by turning over horses, arms and
equipments, and, on January 7th, the regiment started for Nashville, the first part of the journey
being made on foot and the latter part by rail. The regiment arrived at Nashville on January 10th,
and went into barracks. It remained there until January 29th—having been re-mustered and paid
in the meantime— and, on the date last mentioned, embarked on steamer and was conveyed to
Cairo, Ill., arriving there January 31st. On February 1st, Companies L and M were furloughed at
Cairo and embattled on steamer for St. Louis. On the same date, Companies G. I and K received
their furloughs and left by rail for Minnesota. On the same date, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick, with
the remaining companies of the regiment, left Cairo on a special train for Davenport, Iowa,
where they received furloughs on February 3d, with orders to report at Davenport on March 5th.
On the 25th of February, 1864, Companies G. I and K were reassigned to the State of Minnesota,
by Special Order No. 91, of the Secretary of War, and organized as an independent battalion,
with Major Brackett in command. The subsequent history of this battalion is, therefore,
disconnected with that of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry.
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The remaining companies of the regiment reported at the rendezvous at Davenport, March 5,
1864, and went into quarters at Camp McClellan, and there awaited further orders. On March
17th, Lieutenants Hays and Langdon were detailed on recruiting service, under orders from the
War Department, to raise three new companies for the regiment to replace Companies G. I and
K, transferred to the State of Minnesota. On March 22d the nine companies then composing the
regiment left Davenport by rail and arrived at Nashville, Tenn., March 31st and went into camp
near that city.
During the month of April, 1864, the regiment lay in camp near Nashville, doing picket duty
dismounted, as horses could not be procured. On May 5th, all the portion of the regiment for
which arms had been procured left Nashville, under command of Major Beard, and proceeded to
Pulaski, where it was assigned to the duty of guarding the Nashville and Decatur Railroad. About
this time Colonel Lowe was assigned to the command of the Third Cavalry Division, and Major
Young and Lieutenants Hinds and Watson were detailed as members of his staff. Lieutenant
Colonel Patrick remained with the unarmed portion of the regiment at Nashville, awaiting a
supply of arms and horses. During the month of June, 1864, Lieutenant Colonel Patrick obtained
some 360 horses, a few carbines, and horse equipments sufficient for the whole regiment. On
July 9th all the companies of the regiment were reunited at Decatur, Ala., and on the next day—
horses and a sufficiency of arms having been procured— the regiment became a part of the
cavalry division commanded by General Rousseau, which had just been organized and was ready
to start upon an expedition through a region of country which had not before been penetrated by
Union troops. The command consisted of the Eighth Indiana, Second Kentucky and Ninth Ohio
Cavalry, composing the First Brigade, under command of Colonel Harrison of the Eighth
Indiana; and the Fifth Iowa, Fourth Tennessee Cavalry and a section of artillery, composing the
Second Brigade, under command of Lieutenant Colonel Patrick of the Fifth Iowa, with Major
Beard commanding the regiment. Major General L. H. Rousseau, an able officer and a good
disciplinarian, was in command of the division. The whole command numbered somewhat less
than 3,000 men. The men were well armed, lightly equipped and provided with rations of bread,
bacon, coffee and sugar to last five days, or longer, if necessary, with what could be procured in
the country through which they were to march. No wagons accompanied the expedition. There
were three pack mules to each company, to convey rations, ammunition, etc., and but one
ambulance to each regiment. Thus equipped for rapid marching, the command of General
Rousseau moved out of Decatur on July 10, 1864. Limitation of space will not permit a detailed
description of this or the other notable expeditions in which the Fifth Iowa Cavalry participated
in the closing campaigns of the war. In summing up the results of the expedition under General
Rousseau, Lieutenant Hays says:
July 22d at daybreak the march was resumed, and at noon the command reached our pickets
at Sweet Water Bridge, and arrived at Marietta at sunset and went into camp, the men and horses
nearly worn out with the almost continuous march of thirteen days and nights, during which time
the command marched 380 miles, entirely in the enemy's territory, destroyed 35 miles of
railroad, five large depots filled with cotton and supplies for the rebel army, one shot and shell
manufactory, one locomotive and train of cars, and captured many valuable horses and mules,
inflicting a loss on the enemy estimated at twenty millions of dollars All this was accomplished
with a loss to us of one Captain and four privates killed and eight privates wounded. All the
above loss was in the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, except one man of the Eighth Indiana Cavalry,
wounded; which shows the prominent part the Fifth Iowa Cavalry bore in what may well be
termed the most successful raid of the war. 6
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6 Report of Adjutant General of Iowa, Vol. 2, page 1002.
Among the killed was Captain William Curl, of Company D, and among the severely
wounded was Captain J. C. Wilcox, of Company H. The entire loss of the two brigades, in killed,
wounded and missing, did not exceed thirty men. It will thus be seen that the Fifth Iowa Cavalry
sustained nearly one-half the casualties of the entire command, and took the most conspicuous
part of any regiment engaged in the expedition.
The next expedition in which the regiment participated began with the accomplishment of
most brilliant results, and ended most disastrously. On July 23d, the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, with the
other troops composing the command of Colonel Harrison, marched to the relief of General
Stoneman, whose force had been picketing the Chattahoochee River from Sweet Water to Nicka-
Jack Creek. The command marched all night, arriving at the river at noon the next day. The
enemy was posted on the opposite side of the river. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry was ordered to report
to General McCook. The regiment marched up the river six miles, crossed on a pontoon bridge,
and reported at General McCook's headquarters, when it was ordered to proceed to Vining's
Station and draw three days rations, and then rejoin the command. The rations were drawn, the
regiment joined the command of General McCook and, at noon of July 26th, started with that
command on the memorable raid to the rear of Atlanta. The object of the raid was the destruction
of the enemy's communications on the Atlanta and Macon Railroad, the objective point being
Lovejoy's Station. All the afternoon and the following night the march vas continued down the
Chattahoochee River, and, at sunrise on July 28th, the command had reached a point opposite
Campbellton, where a force of the enemy was posted. The troops marched on down the river to a
point five miles below Campbellton, where a pontoon bridge was laid across the river, upon
which the troops crossed and pushed rapidly forward, reaching Palmetto Station, on the Atlanta
and West Point Railroad, about dark. Here about 600 of the enemy were stationed, who, after a
slight skirmish, were driven off, and the depot fired, the telegraph wire torn down, and the
railroad track torn up for a short distance. After completing the work of destruction the troops
moved on, the Fifth Iowa Cavalry acting as rear guard, and the march continuing until a train of
500 wagons, containing the extra baggage of the rebel army at Atlanta, was overtaken and
captured, together with the 250 officers and men who were guarding it, and 2,000 fine mules and
horses. The wagons, which were loaded with various kinds of army property, were burned with
their contents. After destroying the train the command marched to Fayetteville, where it arrived
at daylight on the morning of July 29th. Halting only long enough to feed and rest the horses, the
troops pushed forward to Lovejoy's Station, the objective point of the expedition, and, upon
arriving there, destroyed a portion of the track of the Atlanta and Macon Railroad, and burned
the depot.
The results of the expedition had thus far been eminently successful and the damage inflicted
upon the enemy very great. The commanding General of the rebel cavalry now concentrated his
forces rapidly for the purpose of intercepting and cutting off the retreat of the Union troops
engaged in this daring raid, and the return march was replete with disaster to General McCook's
command. After leaving Lovejoy's Station the troops marched rapidly, with the Fifth Iowa
Cavalry in advance and the Eighth Iowa Cavalry as rear guard. The troops had marched but a
few miles, however, when the rear guard was fiercely attacked, and the Eighth Iowa lost two
officers and seven men killed, and fourteen men wounded in the fight which ensued. Part of the
command turned back to assist the Eighth Iowa, and the enemy was repulsed. In the meantime,
the Fifth Iowa, marching rapidly in advance, came to the bridge over Flint River, and found the
enemy in the act of firing it. After a brisk encounter the enemy was driven off, and the regiment
crossed the bridge, accompanied by the artillery—two
Parrott guns, which were quickly placed
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in position to cover the bridge, the Fifth Iowa taking position in support of the guns. In a short
time the rest of General McCook's command arrived, closely pursued by the enemy, but
succeeded in crossing the bridge, which was then destroyed. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry again took
the advance on the road leading to Fayetteville, but, after marching for two miles, was ordered
back to the main command, which had not moved. Again the regiment was ordered to advance
on the same road, and again ordered to return after going about the same distance. Three precious
hours were lost by this vacillation and delay. Finally, at dark, General McCook sent four
companies of the Fifth Iowa to the rear, with orders to remain and report the movements of the
enemy. The balance of the regiment was placed in front, with Company H. commanded by
Lieutenant Hays, in the advance, with orders to charge, if he encountered the enemy, and keep
the road clear for the advance of the rest of the command. Soon after the march was resumed, the
advance encountered a force of the enemy. A charge was promptly made and the rebels were
repulsed and driven away, without scarcely interrupting the march of the main column The
march was continued during the night, but slow progress was made on account of the difficulty
of keeping the prisoners and the large number of captured horses and mules well under guard. At
10 A. M, July 30th, the advance reached the town of Newnan, where a force of 1,000 rebels had
taken position. Major Beard, with five companies of the Fifth Iowa and two companies of the
Eighth Indiana, charged into the town, but vas unable to dislodge the enemy. General McCook
then ordered the Fifth Iowa and Eighth Indiana to remain in line of battle and hold the enemy in
check, while he moved with the rest of the command, and the prisoners, around the town to the
left. The movement occupied two hours, and compelled the command to march at least five
miles out of a direct course, thereby enabling the enemy to concentrate a large force to resist the
further advance of the column. About four miles from Newnan this force was encountered. The
two Parrott guns were placed in position and shelled the enemy vigorously. The enemy made
three separate charges upon the guns, fighting desperately for their possession, but each charge
was repulsed, and the guns continued their fire until the ammunition was exhausted. The guns
were then spiked, the wheels cut down and, thus rendered useless, they were abandoned. General
McCook found his command completely surrounded by a greatly superior force under the
command of the rebel General Wheeler. The situation was most desperate. Orders were given to
each regiment to charge and cut its way through the enemy's lines. After desperate fighting and
heavy loss, all the regiments, except the Eighth Iowa, succeeded in cutting their way through the
rebel forces. The Eighth Iowa, being ordered to cover the rear, was cut off by the enemy and
nearly all captured. The regiments which succeeded in getting through the lines of the enemy did
not all get together again, but reached the Chattahoochee River at different places. General
McCook, with the Fifth Iowa, Eighth Indiana and Fourth Tennessee Cavalry, arrived at Philpot
Ferry about midnight, and commenced crossing the troops on the ferry boat. The Eighth Indiana
had succeeded in getting across when the enemy appeared in force and attacked the remainder of
the command. Finding themselves opposed to overwhelming numbers, most of the men
abandoned their horses, and a considerable number of them escaped by swimming the river. The
mounted men under General McCook, continued to retreat, and reached Marietta five days later.
The dismounted men took to the woods in small parties and many were captured, while some
escaped and reached the Union lines at different points after suffering great hardships from
hunger and exposure. They were constantly pursued, and it was marvelous that any of them
succeeded in avoiding capture. The loss of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry in this raid was very heavy.
First Lieutenant Andrew Guler, of Company E, was killed; First Lieutenant William T. Hays, of
Company H. was taken prisoner, and 119 enlisted men were killed wounded and captured.
The scattered remnants of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry were collected as they came in, at a camp near
Sandtown, where they remained until August 18th At this
time the effective force of the regiment
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was but ninety men. With this remnant of the regiment, Major Young joined the Third Cavalry
Division under command of General Kilpatrick, in an expedition against the enemy, on the line
of the Atlanta and West Point Railroad. General Kilpatrick, with the main force, moved directly
against the enemy at East Point, while the Fifth Iowa and Third Indiana, under Lieutenant
Colonel Kline, of the latter regiment made a dash on the railroad at Fairburn, burning the depot,
mills and storehouses, tearing up two miles of track, and returning with the loss of but one man
wounded, and bringing in six prisoners. On the 26th of August the regiment again left its camp at
Sandtown and, with the Third Indiana, made another rapid movement, marched all night, struck
the railroad near Bear Creek Station, captured a commissary train, tore up a couple of miles of
track. and by hand marching all the following night, returned to camp. Several of the men,
exhausted by their previous hard marching, halted for rest on the return march and were captured
by the enemy.
On the 28th of August the regiment, now greatly reduced in numbers and with Major Young
in command of the brigade (relieving Lieut. Col. Kline of the Third Indiana, who was compelled
to relinquish the command on account of sickness) again moved, with the Third Cavalry
Division, to the rear of the enemy at Jonesboro. In this movement the regiment lost heavily in
proportion to its number engaged. Lieutenant Peter McGuire was killed, eight men were
wounded and ten missing. The regiment was highly complimented by General O. O. Howard for
its gallantry in action. On the 1st of September the regiment with its brigade cowered the retreat
to Jonesboro and East Point, going Into camp at the latter place. Here it was joined by the
veterans and recruits of the Fifth Iowa Infantry, then consolidated into two companies, I and G.
under command of Captain Albert G. Ellis. Under an order of the Spar Department, dated August
18, 1864, these companies, constituting the remnant of the Fifth Iowa Infantry, had been
transferred to and consolidated with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry, on account of the fact that neither
regiment had a sufficient number of men left to maintain a separate regimental organization,
These veteran soldiers of the Fifth Iowa Infantry had a splendid record of three years hard
service, which was continued with the Fifth Iowa Cavalry to the close of the war. The arduous
campaign around Atlanta had so completely worn out the horses of the regiment that only thirty
were fit for service at the time the consolidation with the Fifth Infantry took place. The regiment
was therefore ordered to Nashville to be remounted and completely equipped.
On October 1, 1864, the consolidated regiment moved by rail towards Nashville. The water
of the Chattahoochee River was at hood stage and the bridge was unsafe, but fortunately it stood
until the train conveying the regiment had passed over it. Within twenty minutes after the train
crossed, the bridge was swept away by the rushing waters, and the regiment proceeded on its
way, saved from a great disaster. At Marietta the train lay all night and the next day, waiting for
repairs to be made to the road, which had been damaged by the enemy, and a train loaded with
supplies for the Union army captured. Information having been received that the construction
party engaged in repairing the track had been attacked and driven off by the enemy, permission
was obtained by Major Young to take his regiment and protect the working party until the repairs
were completed. Accordingly the regiment proceeded to the point where the work was to be
done. Upon its approach, the rebel force retreated and, by 10 o'clock at night, the road was
repaired and the train moved on. On October 3d, at noon, the train conveying the regiment
crossed the Etowah bridge at Allatoona and, in the afternoon, that bridge was swept away. That
same evening, when within four miles of Dalton, the track was found torn up for a considerable
distance. The regiment promptly proceeded to repair the damage, one-half the men going out on
picket duty while the other half worked all night and until noon the next day, when the damage
was repaired and the train was again under way. The regiment reached Nashville without further
mishap on the 6th of October, and went into camp near the
city. It remained there until October
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27th, when it moved by rail to Louisville, Ky., where Major Young succeeded in procuring 500
horses, and, on November 3d, the regiment began its march on the return to Nashville, where it
arrived on November 14th. It was soon after supplied with 500 Spencer carbines, and otherwise
fully equipped for a renewal of active operations against the enemy. 8
7 See Historical sketch and Roster Fifth Iowa Infantry, Vol. I of this work, pages 675 to 782.
Also, Report of Adjutant General of Iowa, 1867, Vol. 1, pages 31 and 75.
8 As limitation of space has compelled the compiler to omit many details of the operations of the
regiment, in the preceding pages, he also finds himself confronted with the necessity of
condensing the history of its concluding operations, replete with the thrilling incidents which will
be recalled by those survivors of the regiment who may read this imperfect sketch. The student
of the military history of the State will, however, find these details more fully described in the
history of the regiment, reference to which has heretofore been made.
On the 22d of November the regiment was again upon the march and, on the 24th was within
four miles of Columbia, Tenn., which was threatened with an attack. The Fifth Iowa formed in
line of battle about a mile from Columbia, awaiting the attack, but the enemy retired and moved
towards Pulaski; the Fifth Iowa followed, taking the advance, with orders to develop the enemy's
position and report to General Stanley. The movement was successfully executed, and Major
Young who was in command of the regiment, was complemented by the General for the
promptness with which his order was executed. It was discovered that the rebel General Forrest
was approaching with a strong force, and four companies of the Fifth Iowa were sent across
Duck River to watch his movements. About three miles from the river the advance guard of the
rebel cavalry force was discovered and the detachment retreated across the river and rejoined the
regiment, which soon became engaged with the advance of the enemy, and, by hand fighting,
successfully resisted his passage of the river until dark. It was then discovered that the enemy
had crossed the river in heavy force, above, and that the Fifth Iowa, Sixteenth Illinois and Eighth
Michigan Regiments were penned up in a bend of the river with a line of the enemy in their rear.
A charge was at once ordered by Major Young and, with his regiment in the advance, the three
regiments cut their way through the enemy's lines, and at 11 o'clock at night reported at Major
General Wilson's headquarters. The General complimented Major Young and his regiment for
the gallant manner in which they had led the charge and extricated the command from its
perilous position. The loss of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry in this encounter was fifteen men, killed,
wounded and missing. From November 29th to December 1st the regiment took part in the
operations of the cavalry corps which was co-operating with the army under command of Major
General Thomas, and during the battle of Franklin and after the battle, rendered important
service in covering the rear and flanks of the army. There is no record of casualties in the Fifth
Iowa during these operations.
On the 1st of December the regiment was in camp at Edgefield, on the Cumberland River,
opposite Nashville. On December 2d Lieutenant Colonel Beard assumed command of the
regiment. On December 12th the entire cavalry corps moved across the Cumberland River for
the purpose of taking part in the movement of General Thomas against the rebel army of General
Hood, then investing the city of Nashville. On the 15th of December General Thomas assumed
the offensive, and the battle of Nashville was fought during which Lieutenant John W. Watson of
Company H, Fifth Iowa Cavalry, was killed. The regiment joined in the pursuit of the defeated
enemy, and during the pursuit had several skirmishes, the most notable of which occurred on
December 25th, at the town of Pulaski and at the bridge
over Richland Creek. In these
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encounters the regiment lost twenty men killed and wounded. The pursuit was continued until
the last troops of General Hood's shattered rebel army had been driven across the Tennessee
River. On December 31, 1864, the Fifth Iowa Cavalry went into camp on the bank of Elk River.
There is no record of any important operation in which the regiment took part during the
remainder of the winter. Major J. M. Young was promoted Colonel of the regiment January 26,
to succeed Colonel W. W. Lowe, who was mustered out and received an honorable discharge
from the service January 24, 1865. 9
9 Colonel Lowe had not been on duty with the regiment since he was assigned to the command
of the Third Cavalry Division, in May, 1864. On August 1, 1864, he was ordered to Nashville
and assigned to duty in the Department of the Cumberland and there is no record of his having
rejoined the regiment. The record shows the date of his muster out, January 24, and that he was
given the rank of Brevet Brigadier General, United States Volunteers, March 13, 1865.
The last great movement in which the regiment participated was the cavalry raid, under
Brevet Major General James H. Wilson. The part of the Fifth Iowa Cavalry in that famous raid is
thus described in the official report of Colonel Young:
HEADQUARTERS FIFTH IOWA CAVALRY,
Macon, Ga., April 24, 1865.
GENERAL: In accordance with instructions from your headquarters, I have the honor to report,
that during the campaign of the Cavalry Corps, M. D. M, commencing from Chickasaw Bluff,
Ala., on the morning of the 22d of March, and now arrested at this place, the Fifth Regiment of
Iowa Veteran Volunteer Cavalry has marched five hundred and eighty-two miles. On Tuesday,
the 28th ult., the regiment being in the advance, skirmished very slightly with a few of the
enemy, from Five Mile Creek to the town of Elyton, capturing two of them, belonging to the
Alabama Cavalry (Colonel Patterson commanding), near the town. This Confederate regiment
had been hastily withdrawn from the Huntsville and Decatur Roads, on which it expected we
would have advanced, and had classed through Elyton but a few hours previous to our advance
entering. No loss or accident during the day. On Friday, the 31st ult., at Montevallo, about 11:30
o'clock A. M., the enemy showed themselves in some force, in line. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry
being in advance, and with one and one-half companies, which, with the non-commissioned staff
and orderlies, comprised about sixty men in all, in column on the main road to Randolph,
charged the enemy, breaking their lines, and following them up so closely as to frustrate their
attempts to rally. After running our horses for about one and a half miles at the full charge, the
heat and exhaustion were so great as to compel us to dismount. Our force proceeded on foot,
driving the enemy one or two miles further, when we were relieved by the First Brigade of the
Fourth Division. In the charge (mounted) several of the enemy were ridden down and otherwise
wounded; our force, however, was too small to guard the prisoners to the rear. As fast as they
surrendered, they were faced about and ordered to the rear. Many undoubtedly took this
opportunity to escape after surrendering. Twenty of these prisoners were received at corps
headquarters. They belonged to Forrest's command, and some were of his provost guard. Proud
of the honor of initiating this campaign, so promising in important results, the regiment vied with
itself in giving eclat to this first meeting with the enemy in force. The regiment lost one man
mortally wounded (since dead). Saturday, April 1st, the regiment took part in the battle at
Ebenezer Church. Arriving at a critical time, it was hastily dismounted by companies, as they
arrived, and these mere thrown successively against the enemy, where they rivaled one another
in pressing forward, and in their bravery and daring. Some
of the men of the regiment were
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picked up after the fight, utterly exhausted, having charged about two miles on foot and wading
Bogler's Creek, pursuing the enemy. The regiment captured one piece of artillery with limber
chest and horses, The capture of prisoners was completely ignored in the eagerness of the men to
press forward so long as there was an enemy in front still showing resistance. Shortly after the
complete rout of the enemy we were relieved by the First Brigade, Fourth Division, charging in,
mounted. Sunday, April 16th, Companies A and F. under special direction of Brevet Major
General Upton, opened the assault upon Columbus, charging upon the enemy's right, and
drawing their infantry and artillery fire. The regiment took a slight part in this engagement, by
driving in the enemy's outposts and skirmish line in their front and center. And then lay down,
under fire from the enemy's artillery and awaited further orders. Companies E, L and M, being
my advance skirmish line, were ordered forward without my knowledge by the A. A. G., and
took part in the general assault, which resulted in the capture of the enemy and place. Without
loss or accidents. Each and every individual member of the regiment, both officers and men,
have, during this campaign, seemed to contest with each other in bravery, daring and coolness,
for the honor and glory of the regiment and the success of the cause; but neither opportunity nor
accident offered to any individual the occasion for such distinction as would justify special
mention. 10
Very respectfully, your obedient Servant,
J. MORRIS YOUNG, Colonel
Commanding Fifth Iowa Cavalry
To BREVET BRIGADIER GENERAL ALEXANDER,
Commanding Second Brigade, Fourth Divisions C. C. M. D. MI.
INDORSEMENT.
HEADQARTERS SECOND BRIGADE, FOURTH DIVISION, C. C. M. D. M.
East Macon, Ga., April 25, 1866. Respectfully forwarded. It is with great pleasure I endorse
every word Colonel Young says about the gallantry and good conduct of his regiment. Braver
soldiers never drew a saber.
[Signed] A. J. ALEXANDER, Brevet Brigadier General Commanding.
Official: A, N. CANFIELD, Lieutenant and Acting Adjutant Fifth Iowa Cavalry. 11
10 The records of the Adjutant General's Office show that the Fifth Iowa Cavalry participated in
the battle at Selma, Ala., April 1, 1866, but sustained no loss. No reference is made in the report
of Colonel Young of the regiment being in that battle, and the compiler finds no further official
reference to it than that above stated. As the battle of Ebenezer Church was fought on April 1,
1865, it would seem that Colonel Young should at least have mentioned the fact that his
regiment was at Selma on the day following, even if it had taken no important part in the battle.
For this reason the compiler makes mention of the notation found in the official record, which
may or may not have been an error.
11 Report of Adjutant General of Iowa, 1866, page 14O.
The loss of the regiment in this—its last raid—was eleven men, killed and wounded. On the
march from Columbus to Macon intelligence of the cessation of hostilities was received. The
regiment vent into camp at Macon. After the capture of Jefferson Davis, Colonel Young, in
command of detachments from the Fifth Iowa and the Seventh Ohio Cavalry marched as a guard
to the ex-President of the Confederacy, his family, and the rebel officers who had been captured
with him, to Augusta. On his return march, Colonel Young took possession of the books and
assets of the Bank of Tennessee. The assets consisted of
$8,000,000 of Federal money, including
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nearly $1,000,000 in gold and silver, which was turned over to the Government of the United
States upon the arrival of the command at Atlanta. The Fifth Iowa Cavalry was stationed at
Atlanta until about the first of July, when it moved to Nashville, and thence to Macon, Ga. About
the last of the month it returned to Nashville, where, on the 11th of August, it was mustered out
of the service of the United States. The regiment was then furnished with transportation to
Clinton, Iowa, and, upon its arrival there, was disbanded and the officers and men returned to
their homes, there to resume the duties of citizens of the country they had fought to save.
The States of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska and Missouri were all honored by the service of
this splendid regiment, but, from the date it was assigned to the State of Iowa and officially
designated as an Iowa regiment, it became the duty of the Adjutant General of this State to keep
the record of its operations and achievements. From that record, and from such other information
as could be deemed reliable and authentic, this historical sketch has been compiled. The regiment
occupies an honorable place in the history of the War of the Rebellion. Its surviving members
and their posterity can well entertain a feeling of pride in the record of its heroic service. When
the last member of the regiment shall have answered the final roll call and joined his comrades
"on Fame's eternal camping ground," a grateful people will cherish the memory of the brave men
who, through storm and sunshine, on the march, in bivouac and battle, amid all the dangers and
hardships that beset the life of the soldier remained true and loyal to their flag and country and,
by their valor, saved the Government of the United States from disruption and destruction.
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES.
Total Enrollment.........................1,625,
Killed.....................................................47
Wounded ..............................................56
Died of wounds.......................................9
Died of disease..................................132
Discharged for wounds, disease or other causes....259
Buried in National Cemeteries......37
Captured................................................217
Transferred............................................17
FIFTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into the service of the United States on dates ranging from September 1, 1861, to
February 11, 1862, by Mustering Officers of the United States Army, at St. Louis, Mo., and other
localities. Reorganized and consolidated with the Fifth Infantry, Aug. 8, 1864, as the Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated.
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 W. Lowe. Age 31. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Indiana. Appointed Colonel Dec.
5, 1861. Mustered Dec. 5, 1861 Transferred to Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
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Matthewson T. Patrick. Age 29. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Pennsylvania. Promoted
Lieutenant Colonel from Captain of Company A, Nov. 13, 1861 Transferred to Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
C. Schaeffer Boernstein. Age 26. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Promoted First
Battalion Major from Captain of Company F. Dec. 20, 1861. Wounded severely May 5, 1862,
Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Died of wounds May 6, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. See Company H.
First Infantry. (Bernstein Charles Schaeffer.)
William Kelsay. Age 31. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Indiana. Promoted Second Battalion
Major from Captain of Company A, Feb. 1, 1862. Died of disease Feb. 28, 1862, Fort Heiman,
Ky.
Alfred B. Brackett. Age 35. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity New Hampshire. Promoted
Third Battalion Major from Captain of Company K, Feb. 1, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb.
25, 1864.
William B. McGeorge. Age 27. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity New York Promoted
Regimental Adjutant from Second Sergeant of Company K, Feb. 1, 1862. Resigned June 9, 1862.
James N. H. Patrick. Age 37. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Kentucky. Appointed
Regimental Quartermaster Jan. 9, 1862. Mustered Feb. 21, 1862. Resigned May 14, 1863,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Thomas M. McNeely. Age 32. Residence Wheeling, Va. nativity Ohio. Appointed Regimental
Quartermaster May 29, 1863. Mustered July 16, 1863, Transferred to Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Stiles M. West. Age 22. Residence St. Paul Minn., nativity New York. Promoted Regimental
Commissary from Third Battalion Sergeant Major, Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Enos Lowe. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Indiana Appointed Surgeon Jan. 18, 1862.
Mustered Jan. 18, 1862. Resigned Sept. 21, 1862.
B. Taylor Wise. Age 27. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ohio. Appointed Assistant Surgeon
Feb. 1, 1862. Promoted Surgeon Sept. 27, 1862. Mustered Oct. 1.5. 1862. Transferred to Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
George S. Dewitt. Age 43. Residence Colesburg, nativity New York. Appointed Assistant
Surgeon Feb. 19, 1863. Mustered Feb. 22, 1863. Resigned March 18, 1864.
M. Kerlin. Residence Rising Sun. Appointed Assistant Surgeon Sept. 17, 1862. Died. No further
record found.
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Benneville Y. Shelley. Age 40. Residence Niobrara, Neb., nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed
Assistant Surgeon Dec. 14, 1862. Mustered Jan. 27, 1863. Transferred to Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Jerome Spillman, Residence Evansville, Ind., nativity Tennessee. Appointed Chaplain Feb. 9,
1862. Resigned Aug. 2, 1862, Fort Henry, Tenn.
Ziba Brown. Age 40. Residence Osceola, nativity Ohio Appointed Chaplain Feb. 26, 1864.
Mustered April 12, 1864. Transferred to Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
William Aston, (Veteran.) Age 31. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity England. Promoted First
Battalion Adjutant from Second Lieutenant. of Company D, Jan. 19, 1862. Promoted Regimental
Adjutant Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
George B. Edwards. Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity Pennsylvania. Promoted Second
Battalion Adjutant from First Sergeant of Company E, Jan. 1, 1862. Mustered Feb. 9, 1862.
Mustered out Sept. 30, 1862.
Nathan Bass. Age 37. Residence Garden City, Minn., nativity Connecticut. Promoted Third
Battalion Adjutant from Company I, Jan. 9, 1862. Mustered Feb. 9, 1862. Resigned Aug. 24,
1862, Columbus, Ky.
Jonathan Berlin. Age 31. Residence Pittsburg, Pa. Appointed First Battalion Quartermaster Jan.
1, 1862. Mustered Jan. 1, 1862 Resigned June 9, 1862.
Richard Van Vredenburgh. Age 23. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ohio. Promoted Second
Battalion Quartermaster from Second Lieutenant of Company F. Jan. 9, 1862. Mustered Feb. 9,
1862 Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Exchanged Nov. 18, 1862. Mustered
out Dec. 15, 1862.
Charles B. Smith. Nativity Pennsylvania. Appointed Third Battalion Quartermaster Jan. 1,
1862. Mustered Jan. 1, 1862. Promoted First Lieutenant of Company A, June 1, 1862.
NON-COMMISSIONED STAFF.
O. C. Ruttan. Enlisted Oct. 13, 1861, as Sergeant Major. Mustered Oct. 31, 1861. Promoted
First Lieutenant of Company L, Feb. 9, 1862.
David Musser. Age 41. Residence Belle Plaine, Minn., nativity Ohio. Promoted Regimental
Quartermaster Sergeant from Third Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant Nov. 15, 1862 Transferred
to Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Rodolph Crandall. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Promoted First
Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant from Company Quartermaster Sergeant of Company A, Nov.
21, 1861. Promoted Second Lieutenant of Company L, June
10, 1862.
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Joseph H. Bronson. Age 27. Residence Dubuque, nativity Connecticut. Promoted Second
Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant from Company E, Jan. 9, 1862. Mustered out Nov. 15, 1862,
Fort Heiman, Ky.
David Musser. Age 41. Residence Belle Plaine, Minn., nativity Ohio. Promoted Third Battalion
Quartermaster Sergeant from Company I. Promoted Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant Nov.
15, 1862.
Owen E. Gillen. Age 31. Residence Mankato, Minn., nativity New York. Promoted Regimental
Commissary Sergeant from Third Battalion Commissary Sergeant Nov. 15, 1862. Discharged for
disability Jan. 24, 1864.
Marcellus Pruyne. Age 20. Residence Page County, nativity New York. Promoted First
Battalion Commissary Sergeant from Company C, Jan. 9, 1862. Mustered out Nov. 15, 1862,
Fort Heiman, Ky.
George A. Freidenreich. Age 23. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Promoted Second
Battalion Commissary Sergeant from Company Quartermaster Sergeant of Company G. Jan. 1,
1862. Mustered out Nov. 15, 1862, Fort Heiman, Ky.
Owen E. Gillen. Age 31. Residence Mankato, Minn., nativity New York. Promoted Third
Battalion Commissary Sergeant from Company I, Jan. 9, 1862. Promoted Regimental
Commissary Sergeant Nov. 15, 1862.
Theodore F. Lewis. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Promoted
Hospital Steward from Third Sergeant of Company E, Jan. 7, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Assistant Surgeon March 19, 1864. Transferred to Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Levi Troxell. (Veteran.) Age 30. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Pennsylvania. Promoted
Hospital Steward from Company Quartermaster Sergeant of Company H. March 1, 1862. Taken
prisoner Dec. 11, 1863, Dodgeville, Ala. Returned Jan. 16, 1864, Transferred to Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Ulrich, C. August. (Veteran.) Age 29. Residence Keokuk, nativity Germany. Promoted Second
Class Musician from Company F. March 6, 1862. Transferred to Company F. June 12, 1862.
Dudley, Henry O. Age 20. Residence Fort Madison, nativity New Hampshire. Promoted Third
Class Musician from Company F. Transferred to Company F. June 12, 1862.
Franzke, Charles. Age 26. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Promoted Third Class
Musician from Company F. Transferred to Company F. June 12, 1862.
LINE OFFICERS.
Names of company officers at muster in of their companies. Service record given opposite their
names in the alphabetical roster following.
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COMPANY "A"
Matthewson T. Patrick, Captain. William Kelsay, 1st Lieutenant. John J. Lower, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "B"
John C. Croft, Captain. Milton S. Summers, 1st Lieutenant. Jeremiah C. Wilcox, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "C"
John Morris Young, Captain. Alfred Matthias, 1st Lieutenant. Charles A. B. Langdon, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "D"
Harlon Baird, Captain. William Curl, 1st Lieutenant. William Aston, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "E"
Charles C. Nott, Captain. Lyman Robison, 1st Lieutenant. Levi Moreing, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "F"
C. Schaeffer Boernstein, Captain. William
Alexander Haw, 1st Lieutenant. Richard Van
Vredenburgh, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "G"
Henning Von Minden, Captain. August Matheus, 1st Lieutenant. Gustave Leue, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "H"
Jeremiah C. Wilcox, Captain. William T. Hays, 1st Lieutenant. John W. Watson, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "I"
D. Mortimer West, Captain. William Smith, 1st Lieutenant. Robert H. Rose, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "K"
Alfred B. Brackett, Captain. Erwin Y. Shelley, 1st Lieutenant. Mortimer Neely, 2d
Lieutenant.
COMPANY "L"
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Patrick Naughton, Captain. John Brown, 1st Lieutenant. Thomas F. Hayden, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "M"
J. K Biddy Captain. David A. Waters, 1st Lieutenant. Rowland J. Beatty, 2d Lieutenant.
COMPANY "A"
Adkins, Napoleon B. Age 24. Residence Sidney, nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted First Corporal Dec. 1, 1861; Sixth Sergeant Oct. 15, 1862;
Fourth Sergeant March 27, 1863; Third Sergeant July 1, 1863. Transferred to Company A, Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Anderson, George Washington. Age 21. Enlisted Jan. 1, 1862. Mustered Jan. 1, 1862. Deserted
Jan. 13, 1862, Fort Heiman, Ky.
COMPANY "B"
Adams, Jacob. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Glenwood, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 2,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Died May 28, 1864,
Nashville, Tenn. Buried in National Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. Section H. grave 787.
Allen, Francis A. Age 18. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New Zealand. Enlisted Sept. 21,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Died Jan. 18, 1862, Benton Barracks (St., Louis), Mo.
Atkinson, Elijah. (Veteran.) Age 31 Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 21,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 1, 1863; Third Corporal April 15,
1863; Second Corporal May 9, 1863, First Corporal Sept. 12, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company
B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864
Austin, Rufus. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Fort Calhoun, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted
Sept. 14, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred
to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "C"
Adams, George M. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Springfield, Ill., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct.
9, 1861. Mustered Oct. 9, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Alexander, Francis N. Age 20 Residence Johnson County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted April 12,
1864. Mustered April 13, 1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
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Allen, Charles W. Age 26. Residence Burlington, nativity Ohio. Enlisted June 12, 1864,
Mustered June 1t, 1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Allen, Florence. Age 22. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 28, 1861. Deserted Feb. 20, 1863, Fort Heiman, Ky.
Alley, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 29. Residence Brownville, Neb., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 8,
1861. Mustered Oct. 8, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant April 1, 1862; First
Sergeant Feb. 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company C,
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Armstrong, William H. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Brownville, Neb., nativity New York.
Enlisted Sept. 7, 1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant.
Returned to Company April 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Ashley, Francis M. Age 27. Residence Camden, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 13,
1862. Mustered Sept. 13, 1862 Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "D"
Amos, William. Age 32. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Scotland. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Deserted Jan. 13, 1862, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
Aston, William. (Veteran.) Age 31. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity England. Appointed
Second Lieutenant Nov. 10, 1861. Mustered Nov. 10, 1861. Promoted First Battalion Adjutant
Jan. 19, 1862. See Field and Staff.
COMPANY "E"
Allen, Thomas. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Wisconsin, nativity New York Enlisted Aug. 27,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Sixth Corporal
March 3, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Andrews, William George. Age 16. Residence Dubuque, nativity California. Enlisted Feb. 19,
1864. Mustered March 8, 1864, Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "F"
Acker, Felix. Age 23. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Discharged for disability March 31, 1863, Fort Donelson, Tenn.
Anthes, George. Age 21. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Discharged Nov. 1, 1861.
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COMPANY "G"
Arnold, Andrew. Age 26. Residence Chaska, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Discharged for disability April 18, 1863, Fort Donelson, Tenn.
COMPANY "H"
Abbey, Aaron L. Age l9. Residence Jackson County, nativity New York. Enlisted March 3,
1864. Mustered April 12, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Abbey, Adolphus T. (Veteran.) Age 31. Residence Bellevue, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct.
19, 1861, as Second Sergeant. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864.
Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Adam, Nicholas. Age 18. Residence Johnson County, nativity Germany. Enlisted March 18,
1864. Mustered March 18, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Allison, Isaac S. Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862, Deserted from Nineteenth Illinois Infantry and returned to Regiment by
sentence of G. C. M., May 15, 1863.
Altfilish, Michael. Age 20. Residence Bellevue, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 7, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Anderson, Thomas B. Age 21. Residence Henry County, nativity Tennessee. Mustered Jan. 9,
1862. Deserted Feb. 23, 1862, Fort Henry, Tenn.
Austin, John William. Age 18. Residence Maysville, Ala., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Nov.
13, 1863. Mustered Nov. 13, 1863 Died while on furlough Feb. 12, 1864, Bellevue, Iowa.
COMPANY "K"
Allen, Josephus. Age 18. Residence Olmstead, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota, Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "L"
Adams, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Cass, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Agy, Harrison C. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Jefferson City, Mo., nativity Illinois. Enlisted
Sept. 1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Promoted Third
Corporal Sept. 1, 1862; Second Corporal
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Jan. 7, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Fourth Sergeant July 1, 1864.
Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Agy, Joshua H. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Muscatine, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861, as Sixth Corporal. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Jan. 25, 1863. Reenlisted
and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Anderson, Charles W. Age 21. Residence St. Louis, Mo. nativity Michigan. Enlisted Nov. 28,
1861. Mustered Nov. 28, 1861. Deserted Dec. 28, 1861, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
Anderson, James C. Age 18. Residence Jefferson City, Mo., nativity Missouri, Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Died of disease Oct. 25, 1862, Mound City, Ill. Buried in National
Cemetery, Mound City, Ill. Section B.; grave 900.
Anning, Theodore. Age 21. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Arlinghouse, Harman. Age 25. Residence Bellevue, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 15, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 1, 1863. Died of disease Feb. 3, 1864,
Cairo, Ill. Buried in National Cemetery, Mound City, Ill. Section A, grave 341.
COMPANY "M"
Adams, Elijah. Age 29. Residence Chamois, Mo., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Discharged June 3, 1862.
Andrews, Sterling B. Age 16. Residence Fort Heiman, Ky., nativity Tennessee, Enlisted Sept.
30, 1862. Mustered Sept. 30, 1862. Missing. Taken prisoner May 23, 1863, near Fort Donelson,
Tenn. No further record found.
COMPANY "A"
Bagley, John M. Age 42. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity Vermont. Enlisted Feb. 28,
1864. Mustered Feb. 28, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Billings, Thomas. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability May 12, 1864, Nashville, Tenn.
Birt, William. Age 27. Residence Franklin, N. J., nativity England. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861, as
Fifth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Feb. 4, 1862; Third Corporal
April 16, 1862. Accidentally drowned in Tennessee River, Fort Henry, Tenn., July 9, 1862.
Boatwright, David. Age 18. Residence Des Moines, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Aug. 1, 1864.
Mustered Aug. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864. (Substitute for Joseph A. Ankeny.)
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Bramlette, William H. Age 26. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb.
27, 1864. Mustered Feb. 27 1864: Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brott, Martin. Age 25. Residence Sidney, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered
Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 28, 1864, Atlanta, Ga., expiration of term of service.
Bryan, Charles H. Age 38. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Feb.
26, 1864. Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "B"
Baker, David. Age 32. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Maine. Enlisted Sept. 17, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Died of disease April 8, 1862, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Baxter, Samuel. Age 25 Residence Glenwood, nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Bayless, Mark C. W. (Veteran.) Age 31. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity South Carolina.
Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Becker, Nicholas. Age 24. Residence Bellevue, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 10, 1864.
Mustered Feb. 10, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Bellows, Henry H. Age 18. Residence Montgomery County, nativity Canada. Enlisted March
30, 1864. Mustered May 10, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Benringer, Andrew. Age 44. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 20,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Died Feb. 6, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Bevington, Peter A. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept.
21, 1861 Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Taken prisoner Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland Iron Works,
Tenn. Paroled. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Billings James K. P. Age 18. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Taken prisoner Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. Paroled.
Taken prisoner Oct. 10, 1863, Sugar Creek, Tenn. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
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Binnager, Michael. Age 26. Residence Fort Calhoun, Neb., nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 16,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability July 12, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Blackword, William. Age 19. Residence Fort Calhoun, Neb., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept.
18, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Discharged Feb. 3, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Blitsch, Peter. Age 33. Residence Bellevue, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 5, 1864. Mustered
Feb. 5, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bolton, Edwin. Age 25. Residence Marengo, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864.
Mustered March 10, 1864. Died of disease July 17, 1864, Decatur, Ala.
Bowman, Oliver H. Age 22. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Promoted Third Corporal. Reduced to ranks at his own request Dec.
10, 1861. Taken prisoner Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. Paroled. Discharged for
disability Dec. 4, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Braschinsky, Richard. (Veteran.) Age 34. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Prussia. Enlisted
Sept. 20, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Taken prisoner Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland Iron
Works, Tenn. Paroled. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company B.
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brown, Francis A. Age 20. Residence Marengo, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered Feb. 28, 1864. Died of disease April 1, 1864, Clarksville, Tenn.
Brown, George W. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Glenwood, nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 17,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brown, Nelson. Age 24. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Transferred to Company H. Jan. 1, 1862.
Brown, Samuel G. Age 28. Residence Marengo, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 22, 1864.
Mustered March 10, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Buttle, John. (Veteran.) Age 33. Residence Glenwood, nativity England. Enlisted Sept. 12,
1861, as Wagoner. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Wounded. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1,
1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "C"
Barnum, Herman Sizer. Age 24. Residence Gage County, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted
Sept. 1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Discharged for disability Nov. 11, 1862, Fort Heiman,
Ky.
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Bayard, Peter. Age 24. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity Canada. Enlisted May 18,
1864. Mustered June 13, 1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Beatty, William. Age 18. Residence Johnson County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 29, 1864.
Mustered March 29, 1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Bowman, Martin V. Age 20. Residence Brownville, Neb., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 7,
1861, as Wagoner. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Deserted Feb. 15, 1863, Fort Heiman, Ky.
Branch, James D. Age 22. Residence Clayton County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted March 10,
1864. Mustered March 11, 1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brenner, Christian. (Veteran.) Age 28. Residence Clarinda, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 28,
1861. Mustered Oct. 2, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Britt, Gilbert P. Age 37. Residence Page County, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 28, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 2, 1861. Discharged for disability Oct. 4, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Brockman, John M. Age 19. Residence Brownville, Neb., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 7,
1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Brown, Alba. (Veteran.) Age 26. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Vermont. Enlisted
Sept. 24, 1861, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Sept. 25, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14,
1864. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brown, William. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Plattsmouth, Neb., nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Sept. 12, 1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864.
Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brubaker, Hiram. Age 21. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 9,
1861, as Fifth Corporal. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 1, 1862; Third
Corporal Jan. 16, 1862. Reduced to ranks Sept. 12, 1862. Transferred to Company D, Dec. 16,
1862.
Bull, Thomas J. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Clarinda, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 28,
1861. Mustered Oct. 2, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Jan. 16, 1862; Sixth Corporal May 26,
1862; Fifth Corporal Sept. 1, 1862; Fourth Corporal Sept. 6, 1862; Third Corporal Sept. 12,
1862; Sixth Sergeant Nov. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Burns, James. Age 34. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 13, 1861. Died of disease July 3, 1863, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Buried in National
Cemetery, Stone's River, Tenn. Section D, grave 2511.
COMPANY "D"
Bagley, William W. Age 18. Residence Dubuque County, nativity New York. Enlisted Dec. 9,
1863. Mustered Dec. 9, 1863. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Baird, Harlon. Age 40. Residence Dakota, Neb., nativity Kentucky. Appointed Captain Nov.
13, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted First Battalion Major Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Beesmier, Christian. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted
Sept. 17, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred
to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Beesmier, Conrad. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Warrenton, Mo. nativity Germany. Enlisted
Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred
to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bell, Dora. Age 35. Residence Eddyville, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 27, 1861. Mustered Nov.
13, 1861. Deserted Dec. 1, 1862, Fort Heiman, Ky. See Company K, Second Infantry.
Bell, William A. Age 20. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864.
Mustered March 1, 1864. Promoted Fourth Corporal April 18, 1864. Transferred to Company D,
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bender, John F. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Nov.
10, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal June 22, 1862; Seventh Corporal
June 23, 1862; Sixth corporal June 25, 1862; Third Corporal Dec. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and remustered
Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted Fourth Sergeant April 18, 1864. Transferred to Company D,
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bescoe, Henry. Age 57. Residence Eddyville, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 27, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Discharged Feb. 7, 1862.
Black, Morris. Age 45. Residence McMinnville, Tenn., nativity France. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1863.
Mustered Sept. 16, 1863. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Boney, George W. Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Dec. 11, 1863.
Mustered Dec. 11, 1863. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864
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Brainard (or Brannan), Joseph. Age 24. Residence Fort Heiman, Ky. nativity Tennessee.
Enlisted July 18, 1862. Mustered July 18, 1862. Deserted Aug. 22, 1862, Fort Heiman, Ky.
Brashapy, Richard. Age 38. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 30,
1861. Deserted Oct. 30, 1861, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
Brubaker, Hiram. Age 21. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 9,
1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Deserted, Feb. 1, 1863, Fort Heiman, Ky. See Company C.
Bryan, John W. Age 18. Residence Muscatine County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted March 12,
1864. Mustered March 14, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bryan, Thomas. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct.
21, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Buchanan, William W. Age 29. Residence Winterset, nativity New York. Enlisted as First
Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Second Lieutenant Nov. 1, 1862. Resigned May
12, 1863, Murfreesboro, Tenn.
Burlingham, Mark. Age 25. Residence Jones County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 20,
1864. Mustered Feb. 20, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "E"
Baltzar, Louis (or Lewis). Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity Prussia. Enlisted Feb. 15,
1864. Mustered March 12, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bany, Charles. Age 19. Residence Dubuque County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Feb. 22, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Bany, Louis. Age 24. Residence Dubuque County, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 25, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Wounded. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Beeson, Ruel O. Age 20. Residence Cedar Falls, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Bertsch, Henry. Age 21. Residence Dubuque, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Sept. 12, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Drowned Feb. 20, 1862, near Fort
Henry, Tenn.
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Betz, John. Age 38. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1861. Mustered
Oct. 7, 1861. Mustered out Oct. 11, 1864, Ft. Leavenworth, Kas., expiration of term of service.
Beyer, Anthony. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 2,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Birkle, John. (Veteran.) Age 19, Residence Dubuque, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 26, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 7, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company E,
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bischoff, Peter. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 2,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861 Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bliss, Sanford T. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 6,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Sept. 6, 1861. Re-enlisted and remustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8,
1864.
Boerkel, William. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted March 4, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864. See Company F.
Brainard, John F. Age 36. Residence Dubuque, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 17, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Saddler. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn.
Returned to Company June 7, 1862. Discharged for disability Nov. 12, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Re-entered the service Feb. 26, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brainard, Luther V. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Wyoming, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 17,
1861, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Promoted Third Sergeant Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864. Transferred to Company E,
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brandon, John. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Smelser, Wis., nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Sept.
8, 1861, as Seventh Corporal. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 1, 1863;
Third Corporal June 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Second
Corporal March 1, 1864, Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Broadie, Alfred H. Age 18. Residence Johnson County, nativity Connecticut. Enlisted March
31, 1864. Mustered April 11, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
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Bronson, Joseph H. Age 27. Residence Dubuque, nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Sept. 17, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Second Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant Jan. 9, 1862. See
Field and Staff.
Brown, Charles M. Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity Michigan. Enlisted Sept. 9, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 7, 1862. Discharged for disability April 29, 1863, Dubuque, Iowa.
COMPANY "F"
Bendler, Joseph. Age 22. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861,
as Bugler. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted to Regimental Band. Returned to Company June
12, 1862. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bicklen, Lewis. Age 24. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 2, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Farrier Oct. 25, 1861. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864,
Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864. See Company D, First Infantry, (Lewis Bickler.)
Boechle, Roman. Age 20. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 9, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Boehm, Lewis. Age 26. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 28, 1861.
Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Discharged for disability Sept. 19, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. See Company H.
Boerkel, William. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted March 4, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, June 1, 1864.
Boernstein, C. Schaeffer. Age 26. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Appointed Captain
Aug. 19, 1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted First Battalion Major Dec. 20, 1861. See Field
and Staff.
Boge, William (Veteran.) Age 38. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 8,
1861, as Third Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Second Sergeant Dec. 20, 1861.
Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to Company June 10, 1862. Reenlisted
and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brecht, Fritz. Age 19. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 10, 1862. Discharged for mutinous conduct June 27, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Brown, Robert J. Age 23. Residence Waverly, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted March 18,
1863. Mustered March 18, 1863. Deserted July 13, 1863,
Murfreesboro, Tenn.
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Buschmeier, Caspar. Age 30. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 6,
1861, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Second Corporal Jan. 1, 1862; First
Corporal Jan. 16, 1863. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
COMPANY "G"
Bade, Nicholas. Age 43. Residence Bloomington, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 7,
1861, as Bugler. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Promoted Chief Bugler Aug. 5, 1862. See Field and
Staff.
Barclay Hugh. (Veteran.) Age 30. Residence St. Charles, Minn., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept.
25, 1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota, Feb. 25, 1864.
Barclay, William. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence St. Charles, Minn. nativity Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Sept. 25, 1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Minnesota, Feb. 25, 1864.
Bauer, George. Age 25. Residence Cottage Grove, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 16,
1861, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Wounded and taken prisoner May 5, 1862,
Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to Company June 7, 1862. Discharged for disability Sept. 10,
1862, St. Paul, Minn.
Beck, Jacob. Age 35. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1861.
Deserted July 30, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Beckmeier, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Brownsdale, Minn., nativity Germany.
Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861 Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Minnesota, Feb. 25, 1864.
Bettendorf, John. Age 26. Residence Belle Plaine, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 3,
1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Promoted Farrier Aug. 1, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25,
1864.
Bimshlage, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 28. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted
Sept. 16, 1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Blasing, Frederick. Age 26. Residence Henderson, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 12,
1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to Company June 7, 1862.
Discharged for mutinous conduct June 28, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Brinkhouse, William. Age 25. Residence Chaska, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 16,
1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
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Buck, Joseph. Age 36. Residence Watertown, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 7, 1861,
as Second Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Promoted Second Battalion Sergeant Major Jan. 1,
1862. Promoted Second Lieutenant from Regimental Sergeant Major June 13, 1863. Transferred
to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Busking, William Age 21. Residence Ottawa, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 7, 1862. Discharged for mutinous conduct June 28, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Busse, Henry W. Age 21 Residence Henderson, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 16,
1861. Mustered Oct. 16, 1861. Promoted Saddler July 1, 1863. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25,
1864.
COMPANY H
Bain, Thomas. Age 18. Residence Jackson County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Jan. 2, 1864.
Mustered Jan. 21, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Bain, William W. Age 36. Residence Jackson County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Dec. 31, 1863.
Mustered Dec. 31, 1863. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bankson, Andrew T. (or J.) Age 27. Residence Jackson County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb.
6, 1864. Mustered Feb. 6, 1864. Wounded. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bankson, Madison. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Bellevue, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 26,
1861. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Transferred to Company
H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864
Bartlett, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Atlantic Ocean. Enlisted Oct.
22, 1861. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Transferred to
Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bettis, Lawson R. Age 32. Residence Bellevue, nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 8, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Blesh, Frederick. (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence Bellevue, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Oct.
21, 1861, as First Corporal. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862 Promoted Third Sergeant July 1, 1862.
Reduced to ranks at his own request Oct. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864.
Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Blesh, Rudolphus. Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Aug. 13, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Boehm, Lewis. Age 26. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 28, 1861.
Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Transferred to Company F.
Bovard, James A. Age 29. Residence Bellevue, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 19 1861. Mustered
Jan. 9, 1862. Promoted Fourth Corporal Oct. 15 1863. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bovard, Joseph C. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Bellevue, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct.
19, 1861. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Promoted Third Corporal Jan. 15, 1862; Fourth Sergeant June
1, 1862. Reduced to ranks at his own request Feb. 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1,
1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Brim, John P. Age 19 Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Jan. 15, 1862. Reduced to ranks at his
own request July 30, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Sept. 1, 1862.
Brown, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Oct. 19,
1861. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31,
1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Brown, Nelson. Age 24. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Canada. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability Aug. 7, 1862, Omaha, Neb. See Company B.
COMPANY "I"
Baker, George. Age 31. Residence Winnebago City, Minn., nativity England Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal March 12, 1863. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Bancroft, James E. Age 19. Residence Garden City, Minn., nativity New York Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability April 24, 1862, Savannah, Tenn.
Barker, Joseph H. Age 29. Residence South Bend, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 23,
1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Sept. 1, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Barnard, John. Age 43. Residence Blue Earth County, Minn., nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted
Nov. 23, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Bass, Nathan. Age 37. Residence Garden City, Minn., nativity Connecticut. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Third Battalion Adjutant Jan. 9, 1862. See Field and
Staff.
Betts, Norman C. Age 19. Residence Vernon, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25,
1864.
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Botsford, Isaac. Age 25. Residence Blue Earth City, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Company Commissary Sergeant Aug. 18, 1862.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Bray, Harmon. Age 45. Nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1863. Mustered Sept. 4, 1863.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864. See Company L, First Cavalry; see also Company G.
Eighth Cavalry.
Brown, Aaron. Age 29 Residence Blue Earth City, Minn., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861,
as Seventh Corporal. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Second Corporal Jan. 10, 1862.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Brown, John. Enlisted April 24, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Buneson, Ole. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence Jackson County, Minn., nativity Norway. Enlisted
Oct. 23, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 23, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "K"
Belding, Samuel S. Age 42. Residence Filmore County, Minn., nativity New Hampshire.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Brackett, Alfred B. Age 35. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity New Hampshire. Appointed
Captain. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Third Battalion Major Feb. 1, 1862. See Field and
Staff.
Bradford, John F. Age 28. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Brown, Jasper. Age 30. Residence Hennepin County, Minn., nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted as
Seventh Corporal. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Sixth Corporal Jan. 1, 1862; Fifth Corporal
Jan. 16, 1862; Fourth Corporal Feb. 1, 1862; Third Corporal Feb. 21, 1862. Discharged for
disability June 6, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
COMPANY "L"
Bennett, Thomas L. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Birmingham, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Sept. 1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Promoted Fourth Sergeant Sept. 1, 1862. Wounded
severely Aug. 26, 1862, Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn. Promoted Second Sergeant; Company
Quartermaster Sergeant Jan. 2 a, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Biggs, Samuel H. Age 25. Residence Allamakee County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Feb. 26, 1864.
Mustered April 5, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Billings, Myron E. Age 27. Residence Winneshiek County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 1,
1864. Mustered Feb. 17, 1864. Discharged for promotion as Second Lieutenant, Sixteenth
Regiment United States Colored Infantry.
Billips, Webster Age 21. Residence Bellevue, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1862. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1862 Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Blydine, Frederick. Age 22. Residence Mt. Clemens, Mich., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 4,
1861. Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Transferred to Milligan's Brigade.
Bohen, John. Age 26. Residence Georgetown, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Brendes, Henry. Age 31. Residence Bellevue, nativity Prussia. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Brown, John. Age 30. Residence Detroit, Mich., nativity New York. Appointed First
Lieutenant. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Deserted Oct. 1, 1861, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
Buckley, John. (Veteran.) Age 29. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Taken prisoner Nov. 6, 1862, Garrettsburg, Ky. Re-enlisted and
re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
COMPANY "M"
Baker, George L. Age 26. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Beatty, Rowland J. Age 20. Residence Chamois, Mo., nativity Ireland. Appointed Second
Lieutenant Aug. 11, 1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant Sept. 11, 1862
Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Beckindolph, Peter. Age 25. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1861,
as Second Corporal. Mustered Sept. 11, 1861. Promoted First Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Sixth
Sergeant March 7, 1863. Reduced to ranks May 2, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Filth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Best, John. Age 19. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Bradford, William C. Age 36. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug.
29, 1861 Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Discharged for disability
May 26, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
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Brim, John P. Age 19. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo. nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Transferred to Company H. Transferred from Company H. Sept.
1, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Britt, William. Age 38. Residence Paris, Tenn., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1862. Mustered
Aug. 19, 1863 Wounded and taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Chehaw, Ala. Transferred to
Company M Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Bunch, Samuel T. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo. nativity Missouri. Enlisted
Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred
to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Burtcher, Michael B. Age 18. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Died of disease April 9, 1864, Benton Barracks, Mo. Buried in
National Cemetery Jefferson Barracks (St. Louis), Mo. Section 34, grave 35.
COMPANY "A"
Campbell, William. Age 29. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Deserted May 3, 1863, Ft. Henry, Tenn.
Carter, John W. Age 19. Residence Wilburn, Ky., nativity Kentucky. Enlisted July 1, 1862.
Mustered July 1, 1862. Killed in action Aug. 21, 1864, Camp Creek, Ga.
Coan, Michael. Age 24. Residence Joliet, Ill., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered
Aug. 29, 1861. Deserted Oct. 1, 1862, Ft. Henry, Tenn.
Coen, Winfield S. Age 19. Residence Wapello County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 17, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Crandall, Marion. Age 25. Residence Blue Earth Minn., nativity Minnesota. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability May 4, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Crandall Rodolph. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted First Battalion
Quartermaster Sergeant Nov. 21, 1861. See Field and Staff.
Curry, Dexter. Age 24. Residence Bath, Ill., nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered out Sept. 28, 1864, Atlanta, Ga., expiration of term of
service.
Carry, Joseph. Age 25. Residence Rockport, Mo., nativity New York. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861,
as Eighth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Feb. 4, 1862; Fifth
Corporal April 16, 1862; Fourth Corporal April 21, 1862;
Third Corporal Aug. 2, 1862; Fifth
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Sergeant Sept. 1, 1862; Third Sergeant March 27, 1863; Second Sergeant July 1, 1863.
Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "B"
Chatfield, Theodore E. Age 21. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 12,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability June 16, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Clark Joel B. Age 22. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal Jan. 1, 1863; Sixth Corporal April 15, 1863;
Fifth Corporal May 9, 1863; Third Corporal Sept. 12, 1863. Mustered out Sept. 23, 1864,
Atlanta, Ga., expiration of term of service.
Collins, Jacob. Age 47. Residence Ft. Calhoun, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 18, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Deserted Nov. 19, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Croft, John T. Age 37. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Massachusetts Appointed Captain
Sept. 21, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Resigned March 6, 1863.
COMPANY "C"
Campbell, Samuel W. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Brownville, Neb. nativity Mississippi
Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861, as Third Corporal Mustered Sept. 30, 1861. Promoted Second Corporal
Jan. 1, 1862, Fifth Sergeant Nov. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864 Transferred
to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Casky, John. Age 31. Residence Page County, nativity Alabama. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1861, as First
Corporal. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861 Promoted Fifth Sergeant Jan. 1, 1862. Sent to Hospital,
Paducah, Ky., Feb. 19, 1862; supposed to have died.
Casky, Sampson. Age 19. Residence Page County nativity Alabama. Enlisted Sept. 8, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Casselman, John E. Age 26. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Canada Enlisted Sept. 9,
1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Clifton, John S. Age 21. Residence Council Bluffs, nativity Tennessee Enlisted Dec. 16, 1862.
Mustered April 17, 1863. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Coffinbery, Corwin C. Age 19. Residence Gage County Neb., nativity Michigan. Enlisted Sept.
1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Discharged for disability June 3, 1862, Corinth, Miss.
Coleman, William. Age 32. Residence Richardson County, Neb., nativity England. Enlisted
Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Sept. 30, 1861. Transferred to
Company D, Nov. 15, 1861.
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Corbin, David S. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Nebraska City, Neb nativity Massachusetts.
Enlisted Sept. 8, 1861. Mustered Sept. 19 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864.
Wounded and taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company
C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Crandall, Theron W. Age 28 Residence Montgomery County nativity New York. Enlisted Feb.
1, 1864. Mustered Feb. 1, 1864 Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "D"
Carter, Larkin. Age 23. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861,
as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Third Corporal March 18, 1862; Second
Corporal June 8, 1862; First Corporal June 16, 1862. Discharged for disability June 23, 1862,
Paducah, Ky.
Cheever, Allen. Age 29. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 30,
1861. Deserted Oct. 30, 1861, Benton Barracks, (St. Louis), Mo.
Childs, Rufus P. Age 23. Residence Davenport, nativity New York. Enlisted Jan. 25, 1864.
Mustered Jan. 25, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Coatney, William. Age 18. Residence Davenport, nativity Iowa. Enlisted June 14, 1864.
Mustered June 15, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Coleman, William. Age 32. Residence Richardson County, Neb., nativity England. Enlisted
Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered Sept. 30, 1861. Discharged for disability May 5, 1863, Fort Donelson,
Tenn. See Company C.
Collins, Thomas D. Age 19. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 21,
1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Coombs, Edmund G. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Vermont. Enlisted Oct. 1, 1861,
as Fourth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Third Sergeant June 7, 1862; Company
Commissary Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cranston, George. Age 18 Residence Dubuque, nativity Rhode Island. Enlisted Nov. 17, 1863.
Mustered Nov. 17, 1863. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Curl, William. Age 29. Residence Dakota, Neb., nativity Indiana. Appointed First Lieutenant
Oct. 11, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Captain Nov. 1, 1862. Killed by guerrillas
July 13, 1864, Greenport, Ala.
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COMPANY "E"
Cain, Peter. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1864. Mustered
March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Carley, Lot H. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Jamestown, Wis., nativity New York. Enlisted
Aug. 27, 1861, as Fourth Corporal Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Second Sergeant Jan. 23,
1862; First Sergeant Jan. 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864 Taken prisoner July
31, 1864, Rockville, Ala. Paroled Nov. 20, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cash, Jacob. (Veteran.) Age 28. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 19,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31,
1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Cole, Chester C. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Jamestown, Wis. nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted
Aug. 27, 1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company E Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Conzett, David. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Dubuque, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Sept. 17,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 7, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Saddler Jan. 1,
1864. Reduced to ranks at his own request June 27, 1864. Killed in action July 31, 1864,
Newnan, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery, Marietta, Ga. Section E, grave 563.
Conzett, Josiah. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity Switzerland Enlisted Sept. 27,
1861, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
Jan. 1, 1864 Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cooper, Daniel. Age 37. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 19, 1861. Mustered
Oct. 7, 1861. Deserted Nov. 8, 1861, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo., while on furlough.
Corpstine, John. Age 19 Residence Dubuque County, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 27,
1864. Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Cousins, William A. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity England. Enlisted Sept.
16, 1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cummings, Charles. Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity New Hampshire. Enlisted Sept. 16,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Discharged for disability March 18, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Cummings, Robert K. Age 23. Residence Dubuque, nativity New Hampshire. Enlisted Sept.
11, 1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned
to Company June 7, 1862. Discharged for disability; date
and place not known.
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COMPANY "F"
Caille, James. Age 30. Residence Dubuque, nativity France. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered
Oct. 25, 1861. Discharged for disability Jan. 18, 1863, Paducah, Ky.
Choumee, Martin. Age 33. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861, as
Second Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant Dec. 21, 1861; Captain
April 9, 1863 Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Clark, Alpha. Age 28. Residence Winneshiek County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 14,
1864 Mustered March 9, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Curtis, Samuel J. Age 19. Residence Stewart County, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted May
13, 1863. Deserted April 29, 1864; Nashville, Tenn.
COMPANY "G"
Campbell, John L. (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence Redwood, Minn., nativity Minnesota. Enlisted
Sept. 30, 1861 Mustered Oct. 10, 1861 Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Cantini, Casper. Age 45. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Sept. 16,
1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Discharged for disability Sept. 2, 1862, St. Paul, Minn.
Cebert, August. Age 26. Residence Le Sueur, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Constinger (or Constriger), Frank. (Veteran.) Age 34. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity
Germany Enlisted Oct. 16, 1861. Mustered Oct. 16, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862,
Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Promoted Farrier July 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864. (See Frank Konstinger, this regiment.)
Cooper, James. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Quinsy, Minn., nativity Ireland, Enlisted Sept. 25,
1861, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Promoted Third Corporal July 30, 1862; First
Corporal Oct. 1, 1862. Sixth Sergeant March 1, 1863; Fifth Sergeant July 1, 1863. Re-enlisted
and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "H"
Casey, William J. Age 27. Residence Cooper's Hill, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 4,
1861. Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Transferred to Company M, Sept. 1, 1862.
Chambers, Thomas M. Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Clark, Lewis M. Age 18 Residence Johnson County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted March 10,
1864. Mustered March 10, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cochran, George W. Age 32. Residence Henry County, nativity Tennessee. Mustered Jan. 9,
1862. Deserted Feb. 27, 1862, Ft Henry, Tenn.
Cochran, Thomas. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Bellevue, nativity Illinois Enlisted Oct. 21,
1861. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Coe, Horace F. Age 44. Residence Bellevue, nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861.
Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Transferred to Company H, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Cole, William H. Age 39. Residence Bellevue, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered
Jan. 9, 1862. Transferred to Company H, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Connier, John. Age 18. Residence Henry County, nativity Tennessee. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862.
Deserted Feb. 27, 1862, Ft. Henry, Tenn.
Cormack, Pleasant R. Age 44. Residence Bellevue, nativity Illinois Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Promoted Sixth Sergeant Feb. 1, 1863. Transferred to Company H, Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cornelius, John. Age 21. Residence Bellevue, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company H, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Cotton, Edgar S. Age 18. Residence Jackson County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted March 21, 1864.
Mustered April 1, 1864. Transferred to Company H, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Courtney, Frank. Age 25. Residence Bellevue, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Oct. 22, 1861.
Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Died May 1, 1862 Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Craig, James. Age 19. Residence Henry County, nativity Tennessee. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862.
Deserted Feb. 27, 1862, Ft. Henry, Tenn.
COMPANY "I"
Cahoon, William B. Age 38. Nativity Cuba. Enlisted Sept. 4, 1863. Mustered Sept. 4, 1863.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Carlton, Edward. Age 23. Residence Verona, Minn. nativity Vermont. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability Sept. 4,
1862, Quincy, Ill.
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Chamberlain, William. Age 31. Residence Shelbyville, Minn., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1 1861 Discharged for disability Jan. 12, 1863, Mound City, Ill.
Chapin, Henry A. Age 33. Residence Winnebago City, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted
Nov. 1 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability June 10, 1862.
Cheatley, Samuel. Age 21. Residence Bellevue, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Aug. 12, 1862. Died of disease Dec. 18, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. Buried in National
Cemetery, St. Louis, Mo.
Clark, Merrill M. Age 18. Residence Garden City, Minn., nativity Vermont. Enlisted Nov. 1
1861 as Bugler Mustered Nov. 1 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Comstock, Byron W. Age 24. Residence Mankato, Minn. nativity Michigan. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Fifth Corporal Sept. 1, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota
Feb. 25, 1864.
Conners, George S. Age 32. Residence Blue Earth City, Minn., nativity Massachusetts. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Third Sergeant Jan. 10, 1862.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Curry, Robert. Age 26. Residence Blue Earth County, Minn., nativity Pennsylvania. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864. See Company K.
COMPANY "K"
Caffrey, William. Age 32 Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Calvin, Robert C. Age 37. Residence Stillwater, Minn., nativity Ohio Enlisted Nov. 8, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 8, 1861. Promoted Fifth Corporal Dec. 1, 1862, Second Corporal June 18, 1863.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Carlton, Francis W. Age 21. Residence Hennepin County, Minn., nativity Maine. Enlisted Nov.
1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Carr, Barzilla. Age 28. Residence Stillwater, Minn., nativity Maine. Enlisted Nov. 1, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Saddler Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25,
1864.
Church, Andrew J. Age 39. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Vermont. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota
Feb. 25, 1864.
Constantine, James H. Age 41. Residence Rice County, Minn., nativity England. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Teamster. Transferred to Minnesota
Feb. 25, 1864.
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Correll, George. Age 28. Residence Mower County, Minn., nativity New York. Mustered Nov.
1, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Cramsie, John W. Age 22 Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Pennsylvania. Mustered Nov. 1,
1861. Promoted Sixth Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Third Corporal June 18, 1863. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864
Curry, Robert. Age 26. Residence Blue Earth County, Minn., nativity Pennsylvania. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Company I, Jan. 1, 1862.
COMPANY "L"
Cahill, Dennis. (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence St. Louis, Mo. nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Promoted First Corporal July 1, 1862; Third Sergeant Jan. 7, 1863. Re-enlisted and remustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Second Sergeant Feb. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864.
Newnan, Ga. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Calhoun, John R. Age 29. Residence St. Louis, Mo. nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. No further record found.
Calvin, Thomas J. Age 18. Residence Johnson County, nativity Illinois. Enlisted March 7,
1864. Mustered March 21, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Carney, Edward. Age 22. Residence St. Louis, Mo. nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Killed in action; date and place not known.
Carr, James. Age 25. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted eat. 1, 1861. Mustered
Sept. 1, 1861. Absent on furlough Dec. 31. Supposed to have died.
Carroll, Patrick. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence St. Louis Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Casey, James. Age 28. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861 Transferred to Company L Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Casey, Thomas. (Veteran) Age 23. Residence St. Louis, Mo. nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Cassidy, Lawrence. Age 24. Residence Davenport, nativity Ireland. Enlisted March 3, 1864.
Mustered March 5, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
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Chamberlin, Samuel C. Age 42. Residence Marshall County, nativity New York. Enlisted
March 8, 1864. Mustered April 4, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred
to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Channer, Thomas J. Age 24. Residence Marshall County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 28,
1864. Mustered March 28, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Chapman, Isaac C. Age 32. Residence Marshall County, nativity Canada. Enlisted March 8,
1864. Mustered April 4, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred to
Company L, Fifth Veteran cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Christnock, Mathias. Age 27. Residence Bellevue, nativity Holland. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Conley, Patrick. Age 45. Residence Detroit, Mich., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Killed in action Oct. 25, 1861.
Crandall, Rodolph. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb. nativity New York. Promoted Second
Lieutenant from First Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant June 10, 1862; First Lieutenant Dec. 1,
1862; Captain April 28, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Crawford, Allen Age 40. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted as Company
Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Promoted First Lieutenant Nov. 15, 1861.
Resigned Jan. 15, 1862.
Culver, Samuel G. Age 18. Residence Huntsville, Ala., nativity Alabama. Enlisted Dec. 14,
1863. Mustered Dec. 14, 1863. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Curran, Robert. Age 25. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Deserted Oct. 31, 1861, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
COMPANY "M"
Cannon, Nathaniel. Age 31. Residence Huntington, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Mustered May
2, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Carwile, Newton. Age 22. Residence Chamois, Mo., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Casey, William J. Age 27. Residence Cooper's Hill, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 4,
1861. Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Transferred to Company H. Returned to Company Sept. 1, 1862.
Deserted Jan. 8, 1863, Ft. Donelson, Tenn.
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Cooley, Andrew O. Age 32. Residence Osage County, Mo., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Sept. 10, 1861. Mustered Sept. 11, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Seventh
Corporal Jan. 1, 1863; Sixth Corporal March 7, 1863; Fifth Corporal April 21, 1863; Fourth
Corporal Sept. 14, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Curtit, Emil. Age 16. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 23, 1862. Mustered
Sept. 13, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Curtit, Irene Age 44. Residence Linn, Mo. nativity France. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1861, as Fifth
Corporal. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Nov. 8, 1861; Second Corporal
March 1, 1862; First Corporal June 15, 1862; Fifth Sergeant Oct. 1, 1862; Fourth Sergeant
March 7, 1863; Third Sergeant Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Curtit, Lewis. Age 19. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 23, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 13, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
COMPANY "A"
Davis, Leander B. Age 30. Residence Fayette County, nativity New York. Enlisted April 11,
1864. Mustered May 27, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864. See Company F. Third Infantry. (Leonidas B. Davis.)
Davis, Washington L. Age 26. Residence Magnolia, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability April 5, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Davison, George. Age 25. Residence Sidney. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861, as Fifth Sergeant.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability Aug. 14, 1862, Cairo, Ill.
Doty, James. Age 33. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 26,
1864. Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "B"
Davis, Jacob H. Age 19. Residence Bellevue, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted May 30, 1863.
Mustered May 30, 1863. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Davis, Jonathan W. Age 18. Residence Bellevue nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Feb. 7, 1864.
Mustered Feb. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Davis, Warren. (Veteran.) Age 17. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Sept. 21,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Disher, Louis. Age 19. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Killed in action Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland Iron Works, Tenn.
Dolph, Joseph H. Age 20. Residence Mills County, Minn., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb. 27,
1864. Mustered March 9, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Dougherty, William. (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb. nativity New York. Enlisted
Sept. 21, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred
to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Douler, Maxim. Age 23. Residence Bellevue, nativity Belgium. Enlisted Aug. 14, 1862.
Flustered Aug. 14, 1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Dec. 30, 1863. Mustered out July 7,
Springfield, Ill.
Dunbaugh, Edward, Age 23. Residence Montgomery County, nativity Illinois, Enlisted March
30, 1864. Mustered May 10, 1864.; Transferred to Company B, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dunton, William H. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company B, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
COMPANY "C"
Davidson, William A. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Peru, Neb., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept.
7, 1861, as Bugler. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864.
Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Defied Henry. Age 18. Residence Peru, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861. Mustered
Sept. 30, 1861. Died Jan. 11, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Dix, George F. Age 31. Residence Johnson County, nativity Germany. Enlisted March 24, 1864.
Mustered April 1, 1864. Died of disease Sept. 10, 1864, Nashville, Tenn. Buried in National
Cemetery, Nashville, Tenn. Section F. grave 4.
Donner, Albert R. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Glenwood, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept.
30, 1861. Mustered Oct. 2, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dunning, John O. B. Age 48. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Maine. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Transferred to Company D,
Nov. 15, 1861.
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COMPANY "D"
Day, Cyrus. Age 42 Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Oct. 11, 1861, as
Second Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant Dec. 1,
1862. Transferred to Invalid Corps Sept. 1, 1863. Mustered out Nov. 11, 1864, Indianapolis, Ind.
Day, Elisha R. Age 21. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Vermont. Enlisted Oct. 2, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Discharged for disability Feb. 27, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
Deal, David B. Age 23. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1861, as
First Corporal. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Fifth Sergeant March 18, 1862; Fourth
Sergeant June 7, 1862; Second Sergeant Dec. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Jan. 1, 1863.
Decker, Charles R. Age 20. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted as Second
Corporal. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted First Corporal March 18, 1862. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Delventhal, William. Age 21. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Nov. 10,
1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Sixth Corporal April
24, 1863. Discharged for disability Oct. 27, 1863, Louisville, Ky.
Dennis, James A. Age 25. Residence Omaha, Neb, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb. 29, 1864
Mustered March 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dickinson, Chauncey R. Age 19. Residence Jackson County, nativity Michigan. Enlisted Feb.
6, 1864. Mustered Feb. 16, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dickmier, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence, St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted
Nov. 10, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted
Eighth Corporal April 18, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River Ga.
Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Douglas Isaac P. Age 26. Residence Winterset, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 15, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Discharged Feb. 17, 1862.
Drummond, Daniel. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Joliet, Ill., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
Oct. 21, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal June 16, 1862; Seventh
Corporal June 22, 1862; Sixth Corporal June 23, 1862; Fifth Corporal June 25, 1862; Second
Corporal Dec. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted Company
Quartermaster Sergeant April 18, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Duncan, John A. Age 2a. Residence Carroll County, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted April
19, 1862. Mustered April 19, 1862. Died May 17, 1862, Ft.
Heiman, Ky.
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Dunning, John O. B. Age 48. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Maine. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 19, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant; First Battalion
Sergeant Major March 12, 1862 Mustered out Nov. 15, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky. See Company C.
Dutton, Horace. (Veteran.) Age 28. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Oct.
1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company D Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dyer, Thomas B. Age 24. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Oct. 21,
1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864
COMPANY "E"
Desmond, James. (Veteran.) Age 38. Residence Dubuque, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Aug. 26,
1861, as Farrier. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dickey, Charles M. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Illinois, nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Sept. 3,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
company June 7, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864,
Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Dickinson, Eli H. (Veteran.) Age 17. Residence Dubuque, nativity New Hampshire. Enlisted
Sept. 17, 1861, as Sixth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Sixth Sergeant Jan. 1, 1863.
Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner
July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Dotterer, Davis H. Age 18. Residence Dubuque, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 11, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Transferred to Marine Corps Jan. 20, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
COMPANY "F"
Dausch, Ambrose. Age 22. Residence Bellevue, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 22, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. On muster and pay roll to June 30, 1863. Absent, sick in Hospital, St.
Louis, Mo. Dropped.
Deutsch, Jacob. Age 35. Residence Ft. Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 24, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Killed in action May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn.
Dietrich, Frederick. Age 23. Residence Fort Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 21,
1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861 Promoted Second Battalion Saddler Sergeant Jan. 1, 1862. See
Field and Staff.
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Dingman, John B. Age 20. Residence Lee County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Dec. 30, 1863.
Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Dittmann, Lewis. Age 28. Residence Dubuque County, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 29,
1864 Mustered March S. 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864. See Company G. Sixteenth Infantry. (Ludwig Dittmann.)
Dudley, Henry O. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Fort Madison, nativity New Hampshire
Enlisted Sept. 21, 1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Transferred to Regimental Band. Returned to
Company June 12, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted Saddler Sergeant
June 25, 1864. Transferred to Field and Staff, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "G"
Defiel, Andrew Age 23. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861.
Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to Company June 7, 1862.
Discharged for mutinous conduct June 28, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Donnel, George. Age 19. Residence Ft. Donelson, Tenn., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Feb. 3,
1863. Died of disease Aug. 23, 1863, Nashville, Tenn.
Dow, William L. (Veteran.) Age 32. Residence Little Falls, Minn., nativity Maine. Enlisted Oct.
11, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Drewicki, Lorenz.(Veteran.) Age 27. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Poland. Enlisted Oct.
7, 1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 26, 1864.
COMPANY "H"
Davidson, William A. Age 22 Residence Ft. Heiman, Ky., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted May 1,
1862. Mustered May 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Oct. 1, 1862.
Davis, Charles. Age 44. Residence Jackson County, nativity New York. Enlisted March 29,
1864. Mustered April 12, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Dirkson, Henry. Age 23. Residence Jackson County, nativity Hanover. Enlisted Feb. 14, 1864.
Mustered Feb. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Driscoll, Jeremiah. Age 29. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 23, 1861.
Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Promoted Sixth Corporal Feb. 15, 1862. Transferred to Company H. Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "I"
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Davies, Edward. Age 29. Residence Jackson County, Minn., nativity England. Enlisted Oct. 23,
1861, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant
July 1, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Dinsdale, Richard. Age 2 6. Residence Mankato, Minn., nativity England. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861, as Fifth Corporal. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Sixth Sergeant Feb. 5, 1863.
Discharged Nov. 27, 1864.
Donaldson, Joseph R. Age 22. Residence Morristown, Minn., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 23,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability May 19, 1863, Ft. Donelson, Tenn.
Doolittle, Solomon M. Age 3.,. Residence Belle Plaine, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Douins, George W. Age 27. Residence Belle Plaine, Minn., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged Nov. 19, 1863, as Sergeant of the M. M. Brigade.
Drake, Levi N. Age 29. Residence Shelbyville, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability Sept. 13, 1862, Keokuk, Iowa.
Duckworth, Green. Age 40 Residence Dover. Tenn., nativity Virginia. Enlisted March 3, 1863,
as Under Cook. Mustered March 3, 1863. Mustered out June 1, 1865.
COMPANY "K"
Day, Frederick T. Age 19. Residence Goodhue County, Minn., nativity England. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability Nov. 1, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Dilley, George. Age 34. Residence Le Sueur County, Minn., nativity England. Mustered Nov. 1,
1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Dilley, John F. Age 40. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Maryland. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861.
Promoted Eighth Corporal Jan. 16, 1862; Seventh Corporal Feb. 1, 1862; Sixth Corporal Feb. 21,
1862; Second Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Fifth Sergeant June 18, 1863. Transferred to Minnesota
Feb. 25, 1864.
Dorward, William W. Age 18. Residence Scott County, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Duncanson, Stephen. Age 21 Residence Winona, Minn., nativity Nova Scotia. Mustered Nov.
1, 1861. Discharged for disability Nov. 1, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
COMPANY "L"
Daley, Michael. Age 25. Residence Kirkwood, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861 Deserted July 20, 1862, Ft. Heiman,
Ky.
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Davidson, William A. Age 22. Residence Ft. Heiman, Ky., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted May 1,
1862. Mustered May 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864. See Company H.
Deal, David B.. Age 23. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 18, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted First Sergeant Jan. 1, 1863. Discharged for disability Feb. 1,
1864, Nashville, Tenn. See Company D.
Dempsey, Andrew. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Rochester, N. Y., nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Donnelly, Cornelius. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Brownstown, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted
Sept. 1, 1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner
July 31, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Donnelly, John. Age 35. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
COMPANY "M"
Davis, Albert. Age 30. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861 Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Discharged for disability Oct. 30, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Davis, Daniel M. Age 26. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Davis, Lewis. Age 21. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal May 2, 1863; Seventh Corporal July 1,
1863. Reduced to ranks at his own request Sept. 14, 1863. Transferred to Company M, Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Denoya, William H. Age 20 Residence Osage County, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Oct. 10,
1861. Mustered Oct. 17, 1861. Taken prisoner June 15, 1864. Died while a prisoner Oct. 18,
1864, Andersonville, Ga. Buried in National Cemetery, Andersonville, Ga. Grave 11,098
Dial, James D. Age 24. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Kentucky. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 11, 1861. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Dodd, John W. Age 28. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Alabama. Enlisted Nov. 22,
1861. Mustered Nov. 22, 1861. Died March 26, 1862,
Evansville, Ind.
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Dubrellet, Theophilus. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Osage County, Mo., nativity Missouri.
Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Promoted Seventh Corporal Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Duncan, Irven. Age 18. Residence Chamois, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Sept. 23, 1862.
Mustered Oct. 3, 1862. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Duncan, William W. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Bailey's Creek, Mo., nativity Missouri.
Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered Aug. 30, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Sixth
Corporal Jan. 1, 1863; Fifth Corporal March 7, 1863; Fourth Corporal April 21, 1863. Reduced
to ranks at his own request Sept. 14, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Taken
prisoner July 30, 1864, Chehaw, Ala. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "A"
Earle, Stephen M. Age 33. Residence Fayette County, nativity New York. Enlisted April 25,
1864. Mustered April 27, 1864. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga.
Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Edwards, Jacob. Age 24. Residence Sidney, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered
Aug. 29, 1861. Deserted Jan. 23, 1862, Fort Heiman, Ky.
COMPANY "B"
Edson, Henry S. Age 17 Residence Glenwood, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept. 14, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Discharged for disability Sept. 21, 1862, Cairo, Ill.
Edwards, Charles. Age 21. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Sept. 15,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Oct. 8, 1861; Third Sergeant Jan. 1,
1863; Company Quartermaster Sergeant April 15, 1863; First Sergeant Sept. 12, 1863. Taken
prisoner Oct. 10, 1863, Sugar Creek, Tenn. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "C"
Evans, Jackson. Age 24. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 27, 1861. Transferred to Company D, Nov. 15, 1861.
COMPANY "D"
Emerson, George. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity England Enlisted Oct.
26, 1861, as Fifth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864.
Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
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Engel, George. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov.
10, 1861 Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Engel, Jacob. Age 24. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted March 5, 1864.
Mustered March 5, 1864. Promoted Farrier July 1, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Evans, Jackson. Age 24. Residence Nebraska City, Neb., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Sept. 26, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 27, 1861. Died Dec. 15, 1861. See company C.
COMPANY "E"
Edwards, George B. Age 20. Residence Dubuque nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Aug. 27,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted First Sergeant Oct. 7, 1861; Second Battalion Adjutant
Jan. 1, 1862. See Field and Staff.
Edwards, Green H. (Veteran.) Age 29. Residence Dubuque, nativity Virginia. Enlisted Sept. 18,
1861. Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
E, Fifth; Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Elwanger, Herman. Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Newnan, Ga. Transferred to Company
E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Ensign, Granville. Age 28. Residence Jones County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 26, 1864.
Mustered Feb. 26, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Ensign, Roscoe C. Age 18. Residence Jones County, nativity New York. Enlisted Feb. 26, 1864.
Mustered March 2, 1864. Died March 27, 1864, Davenport, Iowa.
COMPANY "F"
Ebrecht, William. Age 30. Residence Davenport, nativity Bavaria. Enlisted May 6, 1864
Mustered May 6, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Ende, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 6,
1861, as Sixth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Fifth Sergeant Jan. 1, 1862. Taken
prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to Company June 10, 1862. Promoted
Company Commissary Sergeant Oct. 1, 1862; First Sergeant May 17, 1863. Re-enlisted and remustered
Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted Second Lieutenant April 5, 1864. Transferred to Company F.
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Ende, Ferdinand. Age 18. Residence Burlington, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 27, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Discharged for disability Feb. 8,
1863, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
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COMPANY "G"
Evans, Edwin H. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence St. Anthony, Minn., nativity Iowa. Enlisted Oct.
9, 1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "H"
Emery, Frank W. R. (Veteran.) Age 20. Residence Quincy, Ill., nativity Massachusetts.
Enlisted Jan. 1, 1862. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Taken
prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "I"
Edelman, John T. Age 31. Residence Mower County, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct.
18, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861 Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Edwards, James. Age 21. Residence Butternut Valley, Minn., nativity Wales. Enlisted Nov. 5,
1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "K"
Ellis, William. Age 18. Residence Carver County, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "L"
Eagan, Lawrence. Age 20. Residence Detroit, Mich., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 4, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Deserted Feb. 15, 1862, Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo.
Eager, John L. Age 20. Residence Keosauqua, nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 3, 1861. Promoted Fourth Corporal Sept. 1, 1862; Third Corporal Jan. 7, 1863.
Killed in action July 30, 1864, Newnan, Ga.
Eltz, Peter. Age 22. Residence Bellevue, nativity Holland. Enlisted Aug. 21, 1862. Mustered
Nov. 1, 1862. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "A"
Feltman, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 26. Residence Hamburg, nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 29,
1861. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Taken prisoner July
30, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Foley, William H. Age 18. Residence Iowa City, nativity Virginia. Enlisted June 4, 1864.
Mustered June 6, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
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Franklin, James. Age 23. Residence Ft. Henry, Tenn., nativity Indiana. Enlisted Sept. 10, 1862.
Mustered Sept. 20, 1862. Died Dec. 5, 1862, Ft. Heiman, Ky.
Freeborn, Phillip P. Age 19. Residence Des Moines, nativity Illinois. Enlisted July 15, 1864.
Mustered July 16, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Fyfield, William. Age 18. Residence Pottawattamie County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 28,
1864. Mustered Feb. 28, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "B"
Franklin, Charles S. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Ft. Calhoun, Neb., nativity New York.
Enlisted Sept. 17, 1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Taken prisoner Aug. 27, 1862, Cumberland
Iron Works, Tenn. Paroled. Returned to Company Aug. 26, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fuller, George. (Veteran.) Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted Sept.
10, 1861, as Sixth Corporal. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "C"
Farnham, Archelaus K. Age 35. Residence Peru, Neb., nativity Canada. Enlisted Oct. 12, 1861,
as Farrier. Mustered Oct. 12, 1861. Transferred to Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Foley, John. Residence St. Louis, Mo. Enlisted Jan. 6, 1861. No further record found.
COMPANY "D"
Farrall, James T. Age 18. Residence Bellevue, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Dec. 12, 1863. Mustered
Dec. 12, 1863. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Feets, Frederick. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted
Sept. 17, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Taken
prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864
Feets, Herman. (Veteran.) Age 23. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept.
17, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Feldmann, Frederick. Age 31. Residence Davenport, nativity Switzerland. Enlisted Dec. 26,
1864. Mustered Dec. 31, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
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Fields, George. Age 19. Residence Bellevue, nativity Illinois. Enlisted Feb. 6, 1864. Mustered
Feb. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company D, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864
Foit, August. (Veteran.) Age 19. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Sept.
17, 1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Promoted Eighth Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Seventh Corporal
April 24, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Promoted Second Corporal April 18,
1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company D, Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Franz, William. Age 25. Residence Warrenton, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 21, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Discharged Jan. 1, 1863, St. Louis, Mo.
Froderman, Henry. Age 50. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Germany. Enlisted Aug. 10,
1861. Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Deserted Jan. 1, 1863, Fort Heiman, Ky.
Frost, William. Age 18. Residence Cass County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 14, 1861.
Mustered Nov. 13, 1861. Died Dec. 4, 1861.
COMPANY "E"
Flanagan, Matthias. Age 19. Residence Dubuque, nativity Canada. Enlisted Oct. 3, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Foell, George. Age 18. Residence Dubuque County, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Feb. 22, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company E, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
Foulkes, Joslyn S. Age 20. Residence Dubuque, nativity Wales. Enlisted Aug. 25, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 7, 1861. Promoted Company Quartermaster Sergeant Oct. 7, 1861. Transferred to
Quartermaster Sergeant, Fremont Hussars, Nov. 11, 1861.
COMPANY "F"
Fahr, Ferdinand. Age 24. Residence Keokuk, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 16, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Taken prisoner May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. Returned to
Company June 10, 1862. Discharged for disability Sept. 21, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. See Company
D, First Infantry.
Fischer (or Fisher), Christian. (Veteran) Age 25. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany.
Enlisted Sept. 23, 1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted to Regimental Band. Returned to
Company June 12, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company F.
Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated Aug. 8, 1864.
Fleckenstein, Adam. Age 21. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Feb. 17, 1864.
Mustered March 8, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug.
8, 1864.
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Fosterling, Henry. Age 28. Residence Lee County, nativity Germany. Enlisted Jan. 5, 1864.
Mustered Jan. 5, 1864. Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8,
1864.
Franke, Henry. (Veteran.) Age 18. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 11,
1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Franzke, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Davenport, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept.
18, 1861. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Transferred to Regimental Band. Returned to Company June
12, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Newnan. Ga.
Transferred to Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Frei, John Baptiste. Age 36. Residence Dubuque, nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct. 26, 1861.
Killed in action May 5, 1862, Lockridge's Mill, Tenn. See Company H. First Infantry. (John
Baptiste Frey.)
Fricke, Christoph. Age 44. Residence Ft. Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 6, 1861, as
Fifth Corporal. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Wagoner Oct. 26, 1861. Transferred to
Company F. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "G"
Fetzer, John M. Age 41. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 30, 1861.
Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Discharged for disability Aug. 29, 1862, St. Paul, Minn.
Finch, Solomon B. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Rochester, Minn., nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted
Oct. 31, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Foot, Alfred H. (Veteran.) Age 21. Residence Preston, Minn., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Oct. 9,
1861. Mustered Oct. 10, 1861. Promoted Fifth Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Fourth Corporal March 1,
1863; Third Corporal July 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Freidenreich, George A. Age 23. Residence Ft. Madison, nativity Germany. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861, as Company Quartermaster Sergeant. Mustered Oct. 25, 1861. Promoted Second Battalion
Commissary Sergeant Jan. 1, 1862. See Field and Staff.
Fritz, Anthony. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Germany. Enlisted Oct.
15, 1861. Mustered Oct. 15, 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal Oct. 1, 1862; Sixth Corporal
March 1, 1863; Fifth Corporal July 1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
COMPANY "H"
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Fanning, Amasa S. Age 19. Residence Marshall County, nativity Illinois Enlisted March 31,
1864. Mustered March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fanning, Henry W. Age 21. Residence Jackson County, nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 6,
1864. Mustered March 9, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Farrow, John. Age 30. Residence Franklin County, Mo., nativity South Carolina. Enlisted Oct.
10, 1861. Mustered Nov. 17, 1861. Died Jan. 24, 1862, St. Louis, Mo. See Company M.
Ferguson, John M. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence LaPlatte, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Jan.
1, 1862. Mustered Jan. 9, 1862.. Promoted Seventh Corporal Dec. 1, 1862; Third Corporal Feb.
1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 2, 1864. Transferred to Company H. Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Foley, William. Age 18. Residence Cottonville, nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Aug. 12, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1862. Taken prisoner July 31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to
Company H. Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fowler, Robert. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence Cooper's Hill, Mo., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted
Oct. 4, 1861. Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Transferred to Company M, Sept. 1, 1862.
COMPANY "I"
Fall, Marshall T. Age 30. Residence Garden City, Minn., nativity New Hampshire. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861, as Fourth Sergeant. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Second Sergeant Jan. 10,
1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Farnham, Solomon. Age 34. Residence South Bend, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov.
1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Third Corporal Sept. 1, 1862. Transferred to
Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Ferdo, William. Age 26. Residence Wayne County, Tenn., nativity Alabama. Enlisted April 2,
1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Ferdon, William H. Age 18. Residence Waseca County, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted
Nov. 1, 1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Finch Charles D. Age 20. Residence St. Paul, Minn., nativity Ohio. Enlisted Nov. 2, 1861.
Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Frazier, William. War Department reports: Deserted July 1, 1862, Savannah, Ga.
Friend, John R. Age 27. Residence Martin County, Minn., nativity Maine. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Discharged for disability
Oct. 4, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
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COMPANY "K"
Felton, Jr., Daniel. Age 27. Residence Ft. Snelling, Minn., nativity New York. Enlisted Nov. 1,
1861. Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Farrier Feb. 14, 1862. Transferred to Minnesota Feb.
25, 1864.
Finnegan, John. Age 25. Residence Hennepin County, Minn., nativity New Brunswick.
Mustered Nov. 1, 1861. Promoted Wagoner. Transferred to Minnesota Feb. 25, 1864.
Franklin, Jesse. Age 35. Residence Blue Earth County, Minn., nativity New York Mustered
Nov. 1, 1861. Transferred to Invalid Corps April 30, 1864. No further record found.
COMPANY "L"
Faulkner, Peter. (Veteran.) Age 30. Residence St. Louis, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Sept. 1,
1861. Mustered Sept. 1, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company
L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fellows, John S. R. Age 19. Residence Cerro Gordo County, nativity Ohio. Enlisted March 23,
1864. Mustered April 11, 1864,. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Flanigan, Thomas. Age 27. Residence Georgetown, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Oct. 15,
1861. Mustered Oct. 15, 1861. Discharged for disability March 31, 1862, Ft. Henry, Tenn.
Franklin, Losy A. Age 34. Residence Cerro Gordo County, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted
March 23, 1864. Mustered April 11, 1864. Transferred to Company L, Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "M"
Farrow, John. Age 30. Residence Franklin County, Mo., nativity South Carolina. Enlisted Oct.
10, 1861. Mustered Nov. 17, 1861. Transferred to Company H.
Ferrier, John C. Age 27. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Chehaw, Ala. Transferred to Company
M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Ferrier, Nathaniel G. Age 23. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Missouri. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864.
Mustered March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated,
Aug. 8, 1864.
Fowler, George W. Age 23. Residence Mt. Sterling, Mo., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 23,
1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Deserted April 27, 1863, Ft. Donelson, Tenn.
Fowler, Robert. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence Cooper's Hill, Mo., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted
Oct. 4, 1861. Mustered Oct. 4, 1861. Transferred to
Company H. Jan. 1, 1862. Returned to
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Company Sept. 1, 1862. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864,
Chehaw, Ala. Transferred to Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fowler, William. Age 27. Residence Mt. Sterling, Mo., nativity Tennessee. Enlisted Aug. 23,
1862. Mustered Aug. 25, 1862. Taken prisoner July 30, 1864, Chehaw, Ala. Transferred to
Company M, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Fox, John. Age 18. Residence Linn, Mo., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Feb. 28, 1864. Mustered
March 31, 1864. Transferred to Company M Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
COMPANY "A"
Geary, David. Age 23. Residence Rockport, Mo. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861, as Second Corporal.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Killed in action March 11, 1862, Paris, Tenn. .
Goodrich, Charles. (Veteran.) Age 22. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York. Enlisted
Aug. 29, 1861. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred
to Company A, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Graham, Joseph S. (Veteran.) Age 24. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New York Enlisted
Aug. 29, 1861, as Fourth Corporal. Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Promoted Third Corporal Feb. 4,
1862; Second Corporal April 16, 1862; Fifth Sergeant Sept. 1, 1862; Fourth Sergeant Sept. 1,
1862; Company Commissary Sergeant March 27, 1863; Company Quartermaster Sergeant July
1, 1863. Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to Company A, Fifth Veteran
Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Griffey, John. Age 27. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity Ireland. Enlisted Aug. 29, 1861.
Mustered Aug. 29, 1861. Discharged for disability March 1, 1862, St. Louis, Mo.
COMPANY "B"
German, Peter. Age 24. Residence Bellevue, nativity Prussia. Enlisted Sept. 9, 1862. Mustered
Sept. 9, 1862. Promoted Seventh Corporal Sept. 1, 1864. Transferred to Company B. Fifth
Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Giago, Antonio. Age 22. Residence Omaha, Neb., nativity New Mexico. Enlisted Sept. 13,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Killed in mutiny Sept. 24, 1863, McMinnville, Tenn.
Gibbs, Macklin. Age 24. Residence Ft. Donelson, Tenn., nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Oct. 4,
1862. Mustered Oct. 4, 1862. Promoted Eighth Corporal April 15, 1863; Seventh Corporal May
9, 1863; Fifth Corporal Sept. 12, 1863. Taken prisoner Oct. 10, 1863, Sugar Creek. Died while a
prisoner, Jan. 7, 1864, Richmond, Va.
Glenn, P. Franklin. Age 22. Residence Pleasant Valley, nativity Iowa. Enlisted Sept. 13, 1861.
Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Deserted Nov. 5, 1861, St. Louis, Mo.
Good, Richard. (Veteran.) Age 25. Residence Glenwood, nativity Wisconsin. Enlisted Sept. 15,
1861. Mustered Sept. 21, 1861. Re-enlisted and re-mustered
Jan. 1, 1864. Taken prisoner July
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31, 1864, Chattahoochee River, Ga. Transferred to Company B. Fifth Veteran Cavalry
Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Graybill, Aaron. Age 18. Residence Council Bluffs, nativity Illinois. Enlisted June 1, 1864.
Mustered June 13, 1864. Killed in action Aug. 31, 1864, Jonesborough, Ga.
COMPANY "C"
Garvin, John C. (Veteran.) Age 24 Residence Glenwood, nativity Pennsylvania. Enlisted Sept.
24, 1861. Mustered Sept. 26, 1861 Re-enlisted and re-mustered Jan. 14, 1864. Transferred to
Company C, Fifth Veteran Cavalry Consolidated, Aug. 8, 1864.
Gibbons, Clarence H. Age 24. Residence Brownville, Neb., nativity P