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Civil War Misc Records - Keokuk, Iowa
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Civil War Activity in Area
The first Civil War camp in Iowa was Camp Ellsworth, established near
Keokuk in
May 1861. It was here on May 14, 1861, that members of the 1st Iowa
Volunteer
Infantry were mustered into service. Three other military assembly
centers;
Camp Rankin, Camp Halleck and Camp Lincoln, were also established at
Keokuk, in
1861 and 1862. The 3rd Regiment of the Iowa Volunteer Infantry was
mustered
into service in June 1861. Between August 30 and September 14, the 3rd
Regiment
Iowa Volunteer Cavalry was formed. In 1862, the 17th and 19th Regiments
of the
Iowa Volunteer Infantry were organized and mustered in at Keokuk.
As the war progressed, casualty lists of the sick and wounded brought a
more
somber aspect to the war effort activities at Keokuk. Five Army general
hospitals,
capable of accommodating more than 1,500 sick and wounded soldiers,
were
established to care for casualties brought up the Mississippi River
from the
battlefields of the South.
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Keokuk was very much involved in the Civil War. Fourteen Regiments were
either Mustured In here or spent time here
for other reasons.
Troops were sent to War by boats from Keokuk and many injured were
returned the
same way for medical treatment. 1000's of troops spent time here and
100's more
are still here buried, in the National Cemetery.
Roster and Record of Iowa Troops In the Rebellion, Vol. 2
By Guy E. Logan
EXCERPTS
FIRST REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
The ten companies, which were to become the first regiment from Iowa,
were
ordered into quarters by the Governor, April 24, 1861, and reached the
designated rendezvous at Keokuk on different dates from May 1 to May 8,
1861.
Here they were mustered into the service of the United States, May 14,
1861.
The regiment left Keokuk on the 13th day of June, 1861, and was
transported by
boat down the Mississippi to Hannibal, Mo., thence by rail to Macon
City and Renic, and thence marched across
country to Boonville, a
distance of fifty-eight miles, in less than two and one-half days, an
extraordinary march for these men fresh from their Iowa homes, and not
inured
to the hardships of a soldiery life.
SECOND REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years. Mustered into service
of the
United States at Keokuk, Iowa, May 28, l861, by Lieutenant
Alexander Chambers, U. S. A. Mustered out at Louisville, Ky., July 12,
1865.
(Samuel R. Curtis. Age 56. Residence
Keokuk, nativity Ohio. Appointed Colonel May 31, 1861. Promoted
Brigadier General July 17, 1861; Major General March 21, 1862. Mustered out April 30, 1866, as Major General U. S. V.)
THIRD REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years. Mustered into service of the United States
at
Keokuk, Iowa, June 10, 1861
6TH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
On the 6th of August, 1861, Colonel McDowell received orders to proceed
to
Keokuk, where he received arms for six companies of his regiment, and
at once
marched across the border into the State of Missouri, to assist the
Fifth Iowa
Infantry in
preventing a threatened invasion of Iowa by rebel troops. This prompt
movement
caused the rebels to retreat in haste, and the object of the expedition
was
accomplished without loss. The regiment returned to .Keokuk, and on the
9th of
August proceeded by boat to St. Louis.
SEVENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Towards the last of December, 1863, three-fourths of the men, then
present for
duty, re-enlisted, and were given a furlough of thirty days, to begin
upon
their arrival in Keokuk, Iowa. They were furnished with transportation
to
Keokuk, Iowa, and from that place to their respective homes. On the
20th of
February, the men commenced to arrive at Keokuk, where they had been
ordered to
rendezvous, and on the 25th all had arrived, and with them came two
hundred
recruits, who were there mustered into the service, to strengthen the
depleted
ranks of the regiment. On
the 27th of February, 1864, the veterans and recruits left Keokuk by
steamboat
and, arriving at Cairo, were transferred to smaller transports which
conveyed
them to Nashville, from which point they proceeded to Prospect, Tenn.,
where
the regiment performed garrison duty until the 29th of April, when it
started
on the ever memorable Atlanta campaign
FIFTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years. Mustered into service
of the
United States at Keokuk, Iowa, Feb. 22, 1862. Mustered
out July 24, 1865, Louisville, Ky.
The entire ten companies of which the regiment was composed were
ordered into
quarters by Governor Kirkwood on dates ranging from Sept. 5, 1861, to
Feb. 13,
1862. Keokuk, Iowa, was the place designated for the rendezvous of the
regiment
and, at that place, the ten companies were mustered into the service of
the
United States, on dates ranging from Nov. 1, 1861, to Feb. 22,
1862.
The regiment returned to its camp at Vicksburg on the 4th of March. On
the
13th, that portion of the regiment which had re-enlisted started on
veteran
furlough to their homes in Iowa, being conveyed by steamer to Keokuk,
which
place they
reached on March 22d, and each soldier was given a furlough of 30 days
from
that date; at the expiration of which they returned to Keokuk.
SIXTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years Company F was mustered in at Keokuk, Iowa,
in
February; Companies I and K, at Benton Barracks, near St. Louis, March
24,
1862, by Captain Chambers. It will thus be seen that it was more than
six
months from the date on which the first company was ordered into
quarters
before the organization of the regiment was completed.
SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into service of the United States at Keokuk Iowa, April 16,
1862,
The ten companies composing the Seventeenth Iowa Infantry were ordered
into
quarters at Keokuk, Iowa, between the dates January 25 and March 14,
1862, and
were there mustered into the service of the United States by Lieutenant
Charles
J. Ball, United States Army, between the dates March 21 and April 16,
1862. The
original roster of the regiment shows that it had an
aggregate strength of 897 when the last company was mustered, and that
additional enlistments of 61 men gave it an aggregate of 958, rank and
file,
before it left the state. On the 19th of April, 1862, the regiment left
its
rendezvous at Keokuk and was conveyed by steamer to St. Louis, Mo.
NINETEENTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into service of the United States at
Keokuk, Iowa,
Aug. 23, 1862.Mustered out July 10, 1865.
Ten companies selected to compose the regiment were ordered into
quarters by
Governor Kirkwood between the dates Aug. 1 and Aug. 19, 1862, and were
assembled at the designated rendezvous, Keokuk, Iowa,
THIRTIETH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into service of the United States at
Keokuk, Iowa, Sept.
23, 1862. Mustered out of service June 5, 1865
The companies composing the Thirtieth
Regiment of Iowa
Infantry were ordered into quarters at Camp Lincoln, near Keokuk, Iowa,
between
the dates August 15 and September 2, 1862. The regiment was mustered
into the
service of the United States on September 23, 1862.
The Thirtieth Iowa left its rendezvous at Keokuk and was conveyed by
steamer to
St. Louis, where arms, ammunition and the other requisite equipments
for active
service were issued to the regiment.
THIRTY-THIRD REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service three years.
It was conveyed from Eddyville to Keokuk, where it embarked on
transport and
proceeded to St. Louis. (November 20, 1862)
THIRTY-SIXTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.
Term of service three years.
Mustered into the service of the United States at
Keokuk,
Iowa, Oct. 4, 1862.
Organized under the proclamation of President Lincoln, issued July 2,1862, in which the Governors of the Northern
States were
called upon to furnish additional troops for the suppression of the
Rebellion.
The ten companies of which the regiment
was composed were recruited in the southeast part of the State, and
were
ordered by Governor Kirkwood to assemble at Camp Lincoln, near Keokuk,
Iowa,
the dates of the orders ranging from August 9, to September 8, 1862.
The
organization was completed, and the companies, together with the field
and
staff officers, were mustered into the service of the United States on
the 4th
day of October, 1862
While the regiment remained in its
rendezvous, near
Keokuk, Iowa, there was considerable sickness among the men, and quite
a number
of deaths occurred.
These are not all Keokuk Causilties or
burials.
SUMMARY OF CASUALTIES.
Total enrollment 1335
Killed 36
Wounded 146
Died of wounds 25
Died of disease 242
Discharged for wounds, disease or other causes 207
Buried in National Cemeteries 148
Captured 460
Transferred 24
FORTY-FIFTH REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
Term of service one hundred days
The Forty-fifth Regiment of Iowa Volunteer Infantry was composed of ten
companies, which were mainly enrolled in the southeastern counties of
the
State. They had enlisted in response to the proclamation of Governor
Stone,
bearing date April 25, 1864, and were ordered into quarters at Keokuk,
Iowa,
where they were mustered into the service of the United States on the
25th day
of May, 1864
When its term of service had expired, the regiment was provided with
transportation to Keokuk, Iowa, where it was mustered out of the
service of the
United States on the 16th day of September, 1864. I
THIRD REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER CAVALRY
Term of service three years.
Mustered into the service of the United States at Keokuk, Iowa, Sept.
14, 1861
Upon the completion of their organization,
the twelve
companies were ordered to rendezvous at Keokuk, Iowa, and arrived at
that place
on dates ranging from August 3 to September 13, 1861. They were then
re-mustered into the service of the United States
On the 20th of December, having exhausted
all the
forage in the country, the
post of Benton was evacuated and the regiment, with the brigade,
returned to
Little Rolls. On the 1st of January, 1864, more than six hundred men of
the
regiment re-enlisted for three years as veteran volunteers. This number
embraced nearly all the men who were at that time present and able for
duty. A
few days later the regiment was relieved from duty and provided
with transportation to Iowa. Keokuk was designated as the place at
which the
men were to receive their furloughs and the rendezvous at which they
were to
assemble when the furloughs should end, the time being limited to
thirty days.
On the 12th of February the men left Keokuk for their respective homes
and, on
the 12th of March. had reassembled at
Keokuk, bringing
with them seven hundred recruits for the regiment, which was
immediately
ordered to proceed to St. Louis, and, upon its arrival there, was
provided with
a new and complete equipment of arms, 14 horses and everything
necessary for
active service in the field.
In his letter reporting his action to the Governor, Colonel Bussey
says: "I am aware that I had no authority over United States arms, in
transit to arm United States troops, but, without these guns and the
ammunition
I had procured, Green
could have captured Keokuk and destroyed much property (There were
quite a few
Keokuk men in this Regiment)
FIRST REGIMENT IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY.(AFRICAN DESCENT)
Term of service three years.
Mustered into the service of the United States at
Keokuk,
Iowa, and Benton Barracks (St. Louis), Mo., of dates ranging from Oct.
11,
1863, to Dec. 4, 1863, by Lieutenant Colonel William N. Grier and
Colonel B. L.
E. Bonneville, United States Army.
Mustered out of service (Sixtieth Regiment United States Colored
Troops) Oct.
15, 1865, Devall's Bluff, Ark.
Whereas, authority has been granted by the War Department to Colonel
William A.
Pile, to raise a regiment of men of African descent, and, whereas, the
rendezvous of said regiment has been fixed at Keokuk, Iowa, it is
hereby
ordered that the usual facilities for recruiting be furnished in this
State,
for this purpose.
Adjutant Theodore W. Pratt, of Keokuk, Iowa, was killed
SOUTHERN BORDER BRIGADE
(State Militia)
FIRST BATTALION
COMPANY "A"
Black, H. M. Residence Keokuk, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct. l7, l862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.
Brown, Wells. Residence Keokuk, nativity Michigan.
Appointed First Lieutenant Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17,
1862. Resigned.
Goben, J.
B. Residence Keokuk, nativity Kentucky. Enlisted
Oct.
17, 1862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.
Haisch, Lewis. Residence
Keokuk,
nativity Germany. Enlisted Nov. 10, 1862.
Mustered Nov. 10, 1862.
Jones, Samuel E. Residence Keokuk, nativity
Pennsylvania.
Enlisted Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered
Oct. 17, 1862.
Pierce, S. T. Residence Keokuk, nativity New York. Enlisted
Oct. 17, 1862. Mustered Oct. 17, 1862.
Pugh, David I. Residence Keokuk. Enlisted April 1,
1863.
Mustered April 1, 1863.
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THIRD INFANTRY Co L
Non Commisioned Officers
Last Name First Name Age ResidenceState
Born Rank
Bunyan Charles Otto 21 Keokuk Iowa Sgt.
Bossler Raymond H. 21 Keokuk - Cpl.
Hewitt Ray V. 32 Keokuk - Cpl.
McDaniel Arthur B. 25 Keokuk Missouri Cpl
Vermillion Louis G. 36 Keokuk Iowa Cpl.
Privates First Class
Barker Ben C. 20 Keokuk Iowa
Breitenstein Harvey Allen 23 Keokuk Iowa
McKenzie Nicholas P., Jr. 37 Keokuk Iowa
Paardekooper Garret Samuel 29 Keokuk Iowa
Rossi Mal. 30 Keokuk Missouri
Wieder William F. 19 Keokuk Illinois
Privates
Brown Frank J. 26 Keokuk Illinois
Ewing Earl D. 19 Keokuk Illinois
Ewing Louis K. 19 Keokuk Iowa
Gibson George 27 Keokuk Iowa
Hamrick John L. 29 Keokuk Missouri
Heevner William 20 Keokuk Iowa
Holmes Ernest 18 Keokuk Iowa
Howes William E. 20 Keokuk Illinois
Johnson William J. 40 Keokuk Pennsylvania
McCarten John 42 Keokuk Iowa
Pollard Donald 26 Keokuk Iowa
Semones Floyd 18 Keokuk Missouri
Semons James Edward Lee 22 Keokuk Missouri
Stack Thomas B. 35 Keokuk Iowa
Iowa Medical Profession in the Great War
Last Name First Name Rank Residence
Armentrout, Coral Ray Capt Keokuk
Bess, Thomas Floyd Ernest 1st Lieut Ft.
Madison
Brown, William Frank 1st Lieut Keokuk
Clark, Oliver Thaddeus 1st Lieut Keokuk
Coffey, Lee Matthew Capt Keokuk
Day, Philip Miller 1st Lieut Keokuk
Dierker, Frank Henry 1st Lieut
West Point
Feightner, Robert Floyd 1st Lieut
Ft. Madison
Fuller, Frank Manely Capt Keokuk
Gilfillan, Bruce Lock Major Keokuk
Gray, Henry Arthur Capt Keokuk
Grimwood, Walter Harry 1st Lieut
Ft. Madison
Hall, Guy Jerome 1st Lieut Keokuk
Kinnaman, Clarence Horace 1st Lieut
Keokuk
Narrley, George Raymond 1st Lieut
Keokuk
Rankin, William 1st Lieut Keokuk
Reimers, Robert Stollt
1st Lieut Ft. Madison
Smith, Fred C. 1st Lieut Keokuk
Smith, Walter Albert 1st Lieut Donnelson
Traverse, Isaac Wilsey Capt Ft. Madison
Wahrer, Frederick Louis 1st Lieut
Fort Madison
Wallace, James Carroll 1st Lieut Ft. Des
Moines
~ submitted by Sharyl Ferrall
Iowa Old Press
Casualties of War
Killed in Action - Private:
Geo. Bauer, Keokuk, Ia. Private Killed in Action
George Gibson, Keokuk, Ia Private Wounded
Severely
Wounded, Degree Undetermined:
John McCarten, Keokuk, Ia., private
Alvin Powell, Keokuk, Ia., private Slightly Wounded
Missing in Action:
Lester Harter, Keokuk, Ia., lieutenant
~ source Iowa City Citizen, Iowa City, Johnson co. Iowa
~ submitted by Sharyl Ferrall
Iowa Old Press