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Edwin Foster

34th and 38th Iowa Infantry Co. H,

Residence: Clermont, Fayette Co., Iowa.  Age:18 years old.
Enlisted on 15 Aug 1862 as a Private.
On 04 Nov 1862 he mustered into "H" Co. IA 38th Infantry
He was transferred out on 01 Jan 1865.
On 01 Jan 1865 he transferred into "H" Co. IA 34th Infantry
He was Mustered Out on 15 Aug 1865 at Houston, TX
 

Burial:

GRAND ARMY OF THE REPUBLIC CEMETERY, Est. 1889
S.W. Palatine Hill Road and S.W. Boones Ferry Road
Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon
[Next to River View Cemetery and

Across from Greenwood Hills Cemetery]

At the entrance, the gates have the inscription:
"The Boys in Blue" of the Civil War, 1861-1865.

Mustered out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky

3rd Iowa Infantry CO. F,

buried at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery, Missouri.

Follett, Eldridge W. G. Age 21.

Residence Elgin, nativity Wisconsin.

Enlisted May 20, 1861.

Mustered June 8, 1861.

Promoted Sixth Corporal Feb. 19, 1862.

Wounded in left leg near knee joint July 12, 1863, Jackson, Miss.

Promoted Fifth Sergeant Dec. 17, 1862.

Died Sept. 2 1863.

Buried in National Cemetery, Jefferson Barracks, Mo. .

Section 5, grave 130. currently

Plot: 5 0 7426, bur. 09/02/1863

Section 51, grave 120.

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