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| Harrison County Iowa Genealogy |
Extracted from the History of
Harrison County Iowa
Chicago
National Publishing Company
1891
HARRISON COUNTY AND
THE REBELLION
Chapter VI
No local history published North or South since 1865, would
be considered complete unless such volume contained an account of what such a
locality contributed in way of men and money, to crush out such a great Civil
Conflict as was that of the Rebellion, lasting from April , 1861, until April,
1865.
If there is any way one thing more than another of which the
people of Harrison County may justly point to with pride, it was the bright,
loyal record she made by the acceptable sacrifices laid upon the altar of her
country. Party lines were for the time
being lost sight of, and a majority of able-bodied med, with one accord rushed
to the rescue, repeating in spirit the oath of America’s Soldier-Statesman “By the Great Eternal, the Union must and
shall be preserved.”
At the time Ft. Sumter was fired upon by rebel arms Harrison
County only had a population of a little over 3,000 people, nearly all of whom
had come hither to build for themselves homes in a new country. Most of them were poor, lived far from
railroad lines and seemed nearly cut off from the great political and business
center of the Union. Yet they were not
so far from civilization that they did not hear and heed the call for
troops.
In preparing a list of soldiers who went into the Union Army
during the Rebellion, all possible caution has been exercised to publish the
list complete; but it should be understood by veterans or sons of veterans,
that the local historian has no safer guide to aid him in such long-ago data
than the Adjutant-General’s reports for Iowa, which contains but few
errors. Extracts from such reports and
corrected by local comrades still living, will be found farther on in this
chapter.
By reference to the proceedings of the County Board Supervisors it
is found that the first vital action of the county, through an official source,
was resolutions passed August 11, 1862, at a special session. The Board at that time was made up as follows: Joe H. Smith, Magnolia; B. F. Dilley,
Cincinnati; Lorenzo Kellogg, Harrison; Asher Servais, Cass; George H. McGavren,
St. Johns; B. Price, Little Sioux; Stephen King, Jefferson; Dr. J. S. Cole,
Boyer; A. Sellers, Union; C. M. Patton, La Grange; William McWilliams, Jackson;
J. W. McIntosh, Taylor; Theodore Parshall, Clay; W. B. Copeland, Calhoun;
Donald Maule, Raglan.
Joe H. Smith was Chairman, and the object of the special session,
in August, of 1862, was to take some speedy steps in regard to the enlistment
of soldiers on the part of the Federal cause.
Many volunteers had gone to the front already, and many more would
gladly have gone in a company from Harrison County, only from the fact that
those having such matters in charge were disposed to show favoritism in the
selection of officers; hence many, nearly one hundred, went to other points and
volunteered rather than humiliate themselves by bowing to the would be
“bosses.”
During this August Board meeting (called by Joe H. Smith, William
W. Fuller and George S. Bacon), the following resolutions were passed:
“Resolved, That any person who will enlist in the present company
of volunteers now being raised in this county, shall receive at the time he is
sworn into service a good and sufficient warranty deed for eighty acres of
swamp or overflowed lands in Harrison County, and which may be selected by him,
or his agent, and no such lands will be sold or deeded after this date until
that provided for by his resolution has been selected, reasonable time being
given to select such lands.”
“Resolved, That if the person so enlisting shall select in lieu of
the land above provided for, a warrant on the Swamp Land Fund for $100, he
shall have the same at the date of his enlistment, and the same shall be
payable for the lands heretofore entered and be received either for principal
or interest.”
“Resolved, That in case the person so enlisting shall prefer, on
enlisting, the warrants, then the Board hereby instructs the Clerk to draw such
person a warrant on the said fund for $100, the same being hereby made
assignable.”
“Resolved, That this Board will appoint some competent person to
accompany the soldiers who may enlist under these resolutions to the hospitals
or battlefields.”
“Resolved, That this Board will carefully provide for the families
of any citizen of the county who will enlist and whose families may be in want
during the said time of enlistment.”
All the members of the board voted in favor of these resolutions,
whereupon came a great number, offering themselves as volunteers. A meeting was set for August 18, the same
year, to complete the organization of the company, and when the day arrived
there came even more than was needed.
Some of the older men had to yield to those of less age. Such loyal men as Thomas V. Vanderhoof, Jerry
Motz, Peter Brady, and others similar age and patriotism, were refused because
men better able to endure camp life presented themselves.
The Board of Supervisors had its patriotic members, for the record
shows that Joe H. Smith and Wickliffe B. Copeland enlisted at that time, thus
proving the good faith of their resolutions above named.
The Board, in legal reality, had no right to vote the bounties
they did, but something had to be done and without delay. The Legislature, however later on legalized
the action, which was looked upon as a “war measure.”
Seven days after the passage of the resolution of the 1862 Board,
one hundred men, the physical strength and manly vigor of Harrison County, were
enlisted “for three years of the war.”
This company was and ever will be known as “Company C, TWENTY-NINTH Iowa
Volunteer Infantry.”
It should here be stated, as an historic fact, that as early as
June 1861, Supervisor Asher Servis offered the subjoined resolution which,
however, was “tabled” by his fellow-members:
“Resolved, That the sum of $1,000 be appropriated from the county
treasury for the support of the families, widows and orphans of volunteers from
Harrison County, who have, or who may enlist in the service in protecting the
‘Stars and Stripes’ in the present Civil War, which is now being waged against
the Constitution and union of these States.”
The following is a roster of the Harrison County soldiers who
served in the Union ranks during the great Civil War. The same gives present whereabouts and other
details.
As there can be no dishonor be attached to the fact that some
citizens of nearly every county, according to military requirements, were
drafted into service, the history of “Harrison County and the Rebellion” would
be incomplete without giving the names of such men together with their
substitutes. The draft took place at
Council Bluffs, November 2 and 3, 1864.
No citizen of Harrison county need be ashamed of the conduct of
her people, as regards loyalty to the dear old flag of our Union, when it is
known that there had three hundred and forty seven (347) men enlisted from the
county, prior to July 4 1863, to which number others were added before the
conflict ended.
| COMPANY B, FOURTH IOWA INFANTRY. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| First Lieut. | Jasper W. Bonney | Little Sioux | |
| Leonidas D. Chandler | Wounded at Chicksaw Bayou | ||
| Frank O. Danielson | |||
| William H. Ennes | Died in Andersonville prison | March 21, 1864 | |
| Frank J. Strite | |||
| Thomas Br. Brooks | Wounded at Chickasaw Bayou | ||
| John L. Holdscom | Died at Memphis | November 30, 1863 | |
| James W. Murphy | |||
| Bruce R. Purcell | Killed near Douglas Ga. | ||
| James Rablin | Dakota | ||
| John H. Reel | Died in Andersonville Prison | August 26, 1864 | |
| Alfred W. Wolcott | |||
| Jacob Stout | Wounded at Chicksaw Bayou | ||
| Luther Young | Wounded and died at Louiseville, Ky. | February 24, 1864 | |
| SECOND IOWA BATTERY. | |||
| Solomon J. Blakesly | |||
| Julius S. Kreamer | Died at St. Louis | Novermber 18, 1861 | |
| Benjamin B. Loss | |||
| Calvin C. Little | |||
| Martin F. Little | |||
| Asa E. Noyes | Leadville, Col. | ||
| Joel Phillips | |||
| Jasper Reeder | Morrisville, Neb. | ||
| James Reeder | Kansas | ||
| Thomas Reed | |||
| William F. Schaffer | |||
| William Tucker | Morrilville, Neb. | ||
| FIFTH IOWA CALVARY, COMPANY A. | |||
| Charles G. Schofield | (Blind) Logan, Iowa | ||
| William A. Scofield | |||
| Moses Scofield | |||
| W. L. Davis | Missouri Valley | ||
| Hugo Holdolgel | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| Isaac J. Lewis | Died at Woodbine, Iowa | 1883 | |
| Joseph Musgrave | Died at Paducah, Ky | June 27, 1862 | |
| James Richardson | |||
| William Richardsoon | |||
| Marshall Sherman | Council Bluffs | ||
| James T. Bucher | Boyer Township | ||
| First Lieut | James W. Landon | Company B, Fifth Missouir Cavalry | |
| Chester Mc Evers | |||
| Alma Patterson | |||
| Augustine Willaimson | Nebraska | ||
| Bruce Purcell | Died at St. Louis | December 5, 1861 | |
| Christopher C. Landon | Died at Nashville | February 28, 1864 | |
| Richard Good | Captured in Andersonville, Logan, Iowa | 1862 | |
| Thomas Wallace | Captured and died in Andersonville | ||
| FIRST NEBRASKA CALVARY. | |||
| Rufus P. Cady | |||
| Isaac N. Gilman | |||
| William H. H. La Flesh | |||
| H. C. Harshbarger | Quartermaster Sergeant, Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| Isaac J. Lewis | Dead | ||
| FIFTEENTH IOWA INFANTRY, COMPANY H. | |||
| Captn. | John A. Danielson | Wounded in the hip at the battle of Shiloh | |
| Captain | John W. Crawford | Wounded at the battle of Corinth | |
| Charles H. Crombie | Died at Chattanooga | ||
| Warren W. Rose | Salt Lake | ||
| George S. Perkins | Died at Keokuk hospital | ||
| James E. Rice | Died of wounds at Vicksburg | September 26, 1863 | |
| O. M. Bedsoul | Died at home | ||
| Alexander B. Rodgers | |||
| Nelson G. Boyinton | Wounded at Shiloh, Missouri Valley | ||
| Isaac H. Brooks | Died at Athens | January 7, 1864 | |
| Alfred C. Barnes | Died a prisoner of war at Andersonville | August 1, 1864 | |
| Richard D. Boyd | Wounded at Corinth, Modale | ||
| Martin Billiter | |||
| James Clark | Wounded at Shiloh, died in | 1880 | |
| Solomon V. Catlin | |||
| Peter E. Cromer | Missouri Valley | ||
| John Esley | Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. | ||
| William Evans | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| John W. Ellis | Died of wounds received at Shiloh | April 23, 1862 | |
| John H. Forgues | Wounded at Atlanta, Ga. | ||
| William H. Gerbrick | |||
| Josiah S. Gordon | Killed at Corinth | October 4, 1862 | |
| Philip P. Hippart | |||
| James H. House | Died at home | ||
| Andrew J. Heageny | Missouri Valley | ||
| David Knauss | Logan | ||
| Elijah McClannhan | Nebraska | ||
| Smith McCumpsey | |||
| George Monin | |||
| Aaron McCoid | Reeder's Mills | ||
| James N McManamie | California Junction | ||
| Benjamin Maynard | |||
| Patrick Murphy | Wounded and died in Andersonville | ||
| Cheser Noyes | |||
| Sylvester Noyes | |||
| Benjamin Ross | Died | ||
| Austin G Reves | Died | ||
| Levi J. Streeter | Wounded at Shiloh, taken prisoner and never returned | ||
| Alfred L. Stone | Killed before Atlanta | August 19, 1864 | |
| Sabin C. Stanwood | Died after peace was declared | ||
| Hiram G. Vincent | Lost right leg at Shiloh | ||
| Samuel Van Arsdale | Wounded at Kenesaw Mountains | ||
| Stephen Forman | Wounded at Ezra Church, Ga. | ||
| William Alloway | Wounded at Kenesaw Mountains | ||
| Wiley D. Lawes | |||
| William W. Wills | Wounded, Mondamin | ||
| TWENTY-NINTH IOWA INFANTRY, COMPANY C. | |||
| Captain | W. W. Fuller | Died at Greenwood, Miss | March 14, 1863 |
| First Lieut. | George S. Bacon | Wounded at Jenkins' Ferry and Captured | April 30, 1864 |
| Second Lieut. | Joe H. Smith | Logan | |
| George W. Hedge | |||
| John G. Downs | |||
| Benjamin H. Denice | Missouri Valley | ||
| George Main | Magnolia | ||
| John W. Stocker | Promoted to First Lieutenant, Logan | ||
| John R. Ennes | Missouri Valley | ||
| Chalres Willis | Missouri Valley | ||
| Albet Wakefield | Utah | ||
| John A. Benjamin | Wounded in leg at Jenkins' Ferry, taken prisoner and carried to Tyler, Tex. Modale, Iowa | ||
| William H. Bourn | Wounded Jenkins' Ferry, taken to Tyler, Tex. Modale, Iowa | ||
| Eugene R. Scofield | Chadron, Neb. | ||
| Benjamin F. Roberts | Elected member Legislature in 1887, Dunlap, Iowa | ||
| John M. Perkins | |||
| John M Rogers | Died at Kansas City | 1886 | |
| William Agens | Ute, Iowa | ||
| James L. Armstrong | Logan | ||
| Jacob Antibus | Died at Little Rock | March 24, 1864 | |
| Thomas Anderson | Trinity, Tx. | ||
| James H. Brace | (Blind), Dunlap | ||
| James Bird | Missouri Valley | ||
| Joe H. Baxter | |||
| Henry O. Beebe | Modale | ||
| William P. Boyd | Died of cancer in | 1884 | |
| Ansen F. Belden | Died of wounds received | July 4, 1863 | |
| Isaac F. Bedsoul | Magnolia | ||
| Alexander Barr | Panama | ||
| Amsey Beedle | Logan | ||
| E. P. Brown | Dunlap | ||
| James H. Christian | Died on steamer "Henry Clay" | Febraury 4, 1863 | |
| Wickliffe B. Copeland | Logan | ||
| William H. Cornine | Died at Helena, Ark. | February 5, 1863 | |
| O. H. P. Cook | Kansas | ||
| John H. Darting | Missouri Valley | ||
| Michael Doyle | Magnolia | ||
| Lewis Detsall | Wounded at Jenkins' Ferry Died in | 1880 | |
| James Davis | Died at Columbus, Kentucky | January 4, 1863 | |
| L. M. Evans | Logan | ||
| A. B. M. Ellis | Missouri Valley | ||
| John H. Ellis | Little Sioux | ||
| Clark Ellis | Little Sioux | ||
| Peleg D. Evans | Wounded July 4, died at Helena | July 13 1863 | |
| William W. Frazier | Nebraska | ||
| James C. Frazier | Died at Memphis | March 1 1863 | |
| George H. Fouts | Died at Ghelena | Febraury 13, 1863 | |
| Milton H. Greenfield | Logan | ||
| C. M. Hendrickson | Died at Helena, Ark. | June 14, 1863 | |
| Francis T. Hill | Logan | ||
| James W. Hester | Nebraska | ||
| Theodore Helmer | Soldiers' Home, Leavenworth, Kan | ||
| William M. Hale | Discharged, died coming home | ||
| William H. H. Hobbs | Died at Helena, Ark. | February 11, 1863 | |
| William H. Jones | Missouri Valley | ||
| Abraham M. Kine | Died at Little Rock | Febraury 11, 1863 | |
| John M. Kinnis | Died at Little Rock | July 13, 1864 | |
| Lyman A. Lewis | Wounded in Government sawmill and died at Helena Ark. | August 8, 1863 | |
| Jacob S. Lightel | Modale, Iowa | ||
| John W. Mecham | Right fore finger mysteriously shot off before leaving camp at Council Bluffs; sent to invalid corps. | ||
| William J. Martin Died at Helena | Died at Helena | Febraury 25, 1863 | |
| Richard Morgareidge | Buffalo Gap, S. Dak. | ||
| William Mahoney | Died at Helena | June 10, 1863 | |
| Leon H. McWilliams | Little Sioux, Iowa | ||
| Jake McCauley | Died at Helena | April 25, 1863 | |
| Rudolph Neitzsch | Died at Memphis | April 7, 1863 | |
| Hugh Neeley | Mapletin, IoWA | ||
| First Lieut. | Charles W. Oden | (Acting Quartermaster) Little Sioux, Iowa | |
| Martin Potter | Died at Helena | April 30, 1863 | |
| William P. Porter | Died at Helena | April 18, 1863 | |
| Leander P. Batch | Died at Memphis | March 17, 1863 | |
| David Romig | Died in Nebraska in | 1878 | |
| Henry B. Reel | Died at Helena | February 17, 1863 | |
| Henry R. Riffle | |||
| James Ritchison | Died at Helena | April 4, 1863 | |
| Walter Ritchison | Mondamin, Iowa | ||
| Marion F. Richardson | Died at Helena | Febraury 8, 1863 | |
| George A. Ross | Nebraska | ||
| John W. Reed | Ute, Iowa | ||
| William H. Rinehart | |||
| Albert F. Roberts | Dead | ||
| Martin L. Spire | Wounded at Helena | July 4, 1863 | |
| John R. Sullins | Missouri | ||
| Calvary S. Stowell | Kingsley, Iowa | ||
| John Van Arsdall | Nebraska | ||
| Benjamin Whorton | Died in | March 1888 | |
| Lowry Wilson | Logan, Iowa | ||
| Erastus Mills | |||
| Warren White | Died | June 17, 1888 | |
| David W. Work | |||
| Charles Young | Nebraska | ||
| David D. Young | Died at St. Joe, Mo., | Novembver 25, 1863 | |
| Daniel Yaple | Died at Memphis | March 5, 1863 | |
| James Thomas | Barnett, Kansas | ||
| Thomas W. Chatburn | Nebraska | ||
| James T. De Field | Deserted in Arkansas | ||
| William H. Eaton | Died at Logan, Ia. | May 5, 1878 | |
| Henry George | Wounded at Terra Noir Crek, April 4, 1864 and transferred to Veteran Reserve Corps and died en route home. | ||
| Emmett Harvey | Dakota | ||
| Llyod Jenkins | Nebraska | ||
| Charles Kreps | California | ||
| John Kreps | Wounded at Jenkins' Ferry, died of wounds at Little Rock | August 8, 1864 | |
| Joseph Kisler | Moved to Kansas and died in | 1885 | |
| John B. King | Deserted | April 13, 1864 | |
| Theodore P. Kellogg | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| Henry C. Morrill | |||
| James A Smith | Died in Tyler, Tex., of wounds, received at the battle of Jenkins' Ferry | Marh 5, 1865 | |
| John M. Wills | Onawa, Iowa | ||
| William T. Wilds | |||
| John Welch | |||
| TWENTY-NINE IOWA INFANTRY, COMPANY D. | |||
| Second Lieutenant | Jacob Fulton | Pawnee, Neb. | |
| Isaac Lucas | died at Helena | June 27, 1863 | |
| Jacob Case | Missouri Valley | ||
| W. X. Cox | died at Memphis | September 7, 1863 | |
| William H. Berry | Missouri Valley | ||
| Samuel Coffet | died at Memphis | April 22, 1863 | |
| Thomas H. Cook | Salt Lake | ||
| Eli F. Deal | Died at Helena | Febraury 25, 1863 | |
| Peter R. Deal | Dead | ||
| Evan T. Hardin | |||
| John Martin | Missouri Valley | ||
| Andrew McIntosh | Killed at Spanish Fort | April 2, 1865 | |
| William G. McElroy | Captured | March 24, 1865 | |
| Welcome R. McElroy | |||
| Elias S. M. Mace | Died at St. Louis | November 7, 1863 | |
| Elias Owens | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| Eleazer L. Cole | died at Helena | July 27, 1863 | |
| TWENTY-NINTH IOWA INFANTRY, COMPANY K. | |||
| Stephen H. Mathews | |||
| James Clark | Died in | 1882 | |
| Samuel Mager | |||
| Gen. | Francis Marion | Captured at Terre Noir and died in prison | |
| Christopher Snell | (recurit in place of Lewis Coon). | ||
| SIXTH IOWA CAVALARY. | |||
| Edward D. Mundy | |||
| William Moore | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| Thomas J Perrin | Moorehead, Iowa | ||
| Charles C Perrin | Moorehead, Iowa | ||
| Jospeh U. Rilly | Little Sioux, Iowa | ||
| Wiliam H. Whitenger | Wahoo, Neb. | ||
| Isaac Sweet | |||
| Samule Cockley | Company E. | ||
| Anson Smith | Logan | ||
| Norman L. Cole | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| William W. Chew | died | April 23, 1863 | |
| James J. Chew | Logan | ||
| Francis Dungan | Logan | ||
| Charles H. Hushaw | Woodbine, Iowa | ||
| David Kippen | |||
| SEVENTH IOWA CAVALARY, COMPANY M. | |||
| Michael Shally | |||
| George A. Langly | died at Memphis | June 8, 1864 | |
| NINTH IOWA CAVALARY. | |||
| Vincent Walters | |||
| Charles Whippie | |||
| William C. Wilson | |||
| NORTHERN BORDER BRIGADE--COMPANY D. | |||
| John L. Grossman | |||
| Henry B. Lyman | (Banker) Dunlap, Iowa | ||
| Mathew M. Conyers | Little Sioux, Iowa | ||
| John C. Conyers | |||
| Willias A. Flowers | |||
| Solomon J. Imlay | Dakota | ||
| Henry Johnson | |||
| William J. Livingston | |||
| Squire T. Lewis | |||
| Henry G. Myers | |||
| Chris C. Landon | died at Nashville | February 24, 1864 | |
| DRAFTED MEN OF THE COUNTY | |||
| Boyer Township | W. H. Burkholder | ||
| Charles J. Miracle | The last named was subsittuted for one now forgotten. | ||
| Cincinnati Township | John H. Boyd | ||
| Hiram Blackburn | |||
| Clay Township | F. M. Caywood | ||
| Aaron Davis | |||
| Julius Miller | |||
| William H. Good | Mr. Good served as a substitute for James Callion, who paid him $1,000 to take his place. | ||
| Jefferson Township | Lewis E. Toll | ||
| Lorenzo D. Driggs | |||
| La Grange Township | Frank Ervin | ||
| Samule Jack | |||
| John LaPray | Mr. LaPray was a substitute for William Orr, who being drafted paid La Pray $1,100. | ||
| Little Sioux Township | Joshua Lane | ||
| Gilbert Gamet | The last named gave Dan Murphy $700 to go in his place. | ||
| Raglan Township | Eli J. Hagerman | ||
| Samuel Morgareidge | |||
| Henry Shaw | |||
| Alexander Johnson | |||
| Taylor Township | Jesse Arbaugh | ||
| Thomas S. Stewart | |||
| Charles Wilson | Mr. Wilson served as a substitute for James W. McIntosh. | ||
| B. F. Martin | |||
| St. John Township | Thomas J. Faith | ||
| Thomas J. Frazier | |||
| Willian N. Foutz | |||
| James Seaton | |||
| Oliver Wolcott | The last mentioned secured Cyrus Cole, his brother-inlaw, as a substitute. | ||
| Union Township | William Reeder | Was drafter and secured Nelson Rider for $900 to go in his place. | |
| William Butler | also served for another drafted man. |
Transcribed by Alvin Poole, March 3, 2020, pages 63-70
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