Lee County Iowa 
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CW: 60th U.S. Infantry Colored Troops
Lee Co. Soldiers

Compiled & Contributed by Sally Youngquist

First organized as 1st Iowa Infantry, Lee Co.

FIRST REGIMENT INFANTRY Organized at Keokuk and mustered in Companies "A," "B," "C," "D," "E" and "F," 
October 11, 1863. Company "G" organized at St. Louis and mustered in October 15, 1863. Company "H" organized 
at St. Louis and mustered in November 21, 1863. Company "I" mustered in November 27, 1863, and Company 
"K" December 4, 1863. Moved to Helena, Ark., December 19-22, 1863. Attached to District of Eastern Arkansas, 
7th Corps, Dept. of Arkansas. On post and garrison duty at Helena until March, 1864. (Designation changed 
to 60th U.S. Colored Troops March 11, 1864)
 

FIRST IOWA AFRICAN INFANTRY (SIXTIETH U.S. INFANTRY, A. D.) 

FIELD AND STAFF. 
Colonel           John G. Hudson        Keokuk      September 21, 1863 
Lt. Colonel       Milton F. Collin      Keokuk      September 21, 1863  
Major             John L. Murphy        Keokuk      September 21, 1863 
Surgeon           Freeman Knowles       Keokuk      September 21, 1863 
Chaplain          James H. Pile         Keokuk      September 21, 1863 
Adjutant          Theodore W. Pratt     Keokuk      September 21, 1863 
Quartermaster     William McQueen       Keokuk      September 21, 1863 

FIRST IOWA AFRICAN INFANTRY -- (SIXTIETH U.S. INFANTRY, A. D.) 
LINE OFFICERS. 

COMPANY C 
Captain           Eli Ramsey           Keokuk      September 21, 1863 

COMPANY F 
Captain           Henry C. Brown       Keokuk      September 21, 1863 

The following names were found in a Lee County Newspaper, dated 1885. 
They were in a list of Lee County residents, living at this date, who 
were veterans of the Civil War. 

COMPANY A        Williams, George      Living in Belfast 

COMPANY B        Brown, Henry          Living in Farmington 
                 Sawyer, I.A.          Living in Keokuk 
                 Thompson,William      Living in LaCrew 
                 Wilson, Robert        Living in Keokuk 
COMPANY C        Jackson, Peter        Living in Keokuk 
                 Luckedo, E            Living in Keokuk 
                 Mitchell, Albert      Living in Keokuk 
                 
COMPANY UNKNOWN  Brown, Benjamin       Buried at Colvin Cemetery  
                                       Montrose Township 
                 Tate, Daniel          Living in Keokuk 
                 Washington, ?.I.      Living in Keokuk

If you know of any other person who was in this Regiment, please let me know and 
I will add their their name.

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