Family Soldiers – Referenced in Civil War Era Letters 1858-1865



Submitted by Patricia Coon

 

1. John Wesley Edmondson – Mexican American War 1847-1848 – Writer of many letters!

2. Charles Showman(Slocumb) Edmondson – Iowa 30th Infantry Co K 1862 Conscripted death Apr 9/1863 Mississippi Hospital Boat

3. Isaac S. Edmondson – Iowa 30th Infantry Co K 1862 Conscripted – Mustered out June 5/1865

4. William Whitefield Edmondson – Iowa 7th Infantry Co. H Age 21. Residence Richmond, nativity Iowa. Enlisted July 15, 1861. Mustered July 24, 1861. Wounded slightly Nov. 7, 1861, Belmont, Mo. Killed in battle Oct. 3, 1862 Corinth, Miss.

5. John D. Conger - Illinois 12th Cavalry Enlisted as a Private on 11 February 1862 at the age of 20. Enlisted in on 11 Feb 1862. Mustered Out 15th Illinois Infantry – 
Capt. on 21 Jul 1865 at Louisville, KY.

6. Dennis Conger – Iowa 4th Infantry Co H - Private

7. Amos Prindle – Iowa 1st Cavalry Co F

8. Sylvester E. Parker – Iowa 30th Infantry Co K Enlisted as a Private on 16 August 1862 at the age of 18. Enlisted in on 14 Sep 1862. Mustered Out on 5 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC.

9. Nelson H. Parker – Iowa 10th Infantry Corporal Co E

10. Ira Parker – Iowa 39th Infantry Co F Pioner [sic] Corps

11. Elmer Parker – Iowa 10th Infantry Co [referenced in Mary Edmondson Rickey obit]

12. William Rickey – Iowa 18th Infantry Co I [husband of Mary Ann Parker daughter of Nancy Farley and 2nd husband Ira A. Parker]

13. Daniel Carpenter – Iowa: 22 Sep 1862, Rejected as too old for service by Mustering Officer

14. George W. Corbin – Iowa 2nd Infantry Co H [letter to Araminta Prindle in collection]

15. Joseph Farley – Iowa Infantry -Enlisted in Iowa rejected as too old by Mustering Officer

16. John W. Farley – Iowa Infantry 13th Regiment Co I. Articles from the Davenport Daily Gazette April 24 - 29, 1862. Shoulder wound April 8, 1862 Official