Madison County

VETERANS OF THE CIVIL WAR WHO LIVED IN MADISON COUNTY 

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Shown below are veterans of the American Civil War known to have resided in Madison County, Iowa, either before the war, after the war or both, their rank and unit in which they served, and their service if known.
County Coordinator's Note:  The names of veterans serving from Madison County are readily obtainable. The County Coordinators would welcome your inputs for data on veterans who lived in Madison County but served from elsewhere.  We would also welcome the submittal of photographs of any of these veterans as soldiers in uniform.

 

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VETERAN

RANK & UNIT

SERVICE
Acheson, Ramsey Company C, 11th  Iowa Infantry Mustered out 17 Oct 1864 in Alabama
Acheson, Robert R. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 Jun 1864
Achuff, James G. Private, Company F, 11th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 13 Jan 1864, mustered out 20 Jul 1865
Adams, McGray C. Sergeant, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Apr 1865, mustered out 24 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
Aikins, Henry D. Private, Company G, 33rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 27 Sep 1864
Alexander, Henson Company D, 50th Illinois Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Alexander, James F. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862
Alexander, John A.

 Private, Company K, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry Enlisted in 07 Feb 1864 in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, discharged on 08 Jul 1865 in Lynchburg, Virginia
Alexander, Thomas J. Private, 5th Battery, Wisconsin Light Artillery   
Allcock, Lorenzo W. Corporal, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, wounded at Allatoona, discharged 13 Mar 1865
Allen, Benjamin L. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted Aug 1862, died at Davenport 20 Nov 1862
Allen, David Bradley Surgeon, 30th Iowa Infantry  
Allen, Hiram Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 21 Nov 1861, discharged 10 Dec 1862
Allen, Isaac Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862
Allen, Oscar D. Private, Company I, 114th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 20 Aug 1862, mustered out 24 Jun 1865
Allen, William Lewis Private, Company H, 35th Missouri Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 30 Jun 1865
Alloway, Benjamin F. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862, died at White River, Arkansas 08 Jul 1863
Alverson, David Corporal, Company G, 7th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Jun 1861, mustered out 12 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky
Amy, Eugene M. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 May 1864
Amy, John B. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 May 1864
Anderson, Elisha Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861
Anderson, George Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry

  
Anderson, John B. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Oct 1861
Anderson, William 2nd Sergeant, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 May 1862
Andress, Harvey D. Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Feb 1864
Andrews, John M. Quartermaster Sergeant, Command, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862, appointed 24 Nov 1862
Ansley, Josiah D. Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, discharged 18 Apr 1862
Ansley, Thomas 4th Sergeant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, died at Davenport 24 Dec 1862
Applegate, Allen Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 31 Mar 1864
Applegate, Andrew Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 08 Jan 1862
Applegate, David 2nd Corporal, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862
Applegate, William G. Saddler’s Sergeant, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 13 Jun 1861
Archer, Henry H. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Mar 1864
Archer, Oliver M. Private, Company H, 17th Infantry Enlisted 03 Apr 1862, discharged for disability 08 Dec 1862 at Corinth Mississippi 
Armbreast, Casper Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, wounded at Pea Ridge
Armstrong, Charles S. 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862
Armstrong, George W. Private, Company D, 12th Ohio Cavalry Enlisted 02 Oct 1863, mustered out 14 Nov 1865
Armstrong, James Fraser Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 29 Mar 1864
Armstrong, John A. Private, Company A, 3rd Illinois Cavalry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Armstrong, John W. Captain, Company E, 12th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 29 Aug 1862, discharged 31 May 1865 
Armstrong, Joseph Musician, Company H, 172nd Ohio Infantry Enlisted 27 Apr 1864, mustered out 03 Sep 1864
Armstrong, Robert F. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 07 Mar 1864
Armstrong, William Private, Company E, 176th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1864, mustered out 14 Jun 1865
Arnold, Eli Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, mustered out 10 Oct 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Arnold, Jacob S. Private, Company G, 51st Ohio Infantry Enlisted 17 Feb 1864, mustered  out 03 Oct 1865
Atkinson, Alexander Company I, 17th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Mar 1862
Ault, Augustus Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 27 Feb 1864
Ayers, Oliver C. 1st Lieutenant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, commissioned 24 Nov 1862
Bachelder, George F. Company D, 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 Aug 1861
Baker, David E. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, discharged 05 Aug 1863
Baker, Elias Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Baker, John Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862
Baker, Lewellyn P. Private, Company F, 156th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 14 Feb 1865
Baker, Richard Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, discharged for disability 06 Apr 1863
Balentine, Alexander J. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, died on steamer Southwester 10 Oct 1863
Baldwin, George E. Company F, 15th New Hampshire Regulars Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Banker, Seldon O. Corporal, Company B, 1st Ohio Cavalry Enlisted 14 Feb 1864, mustered out 13 Sep 1865 at Hilton Head, South Carolina
Banta, Henry D. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, appointed hospital steward 01 Jan 1862, killed by guerrillas, 26 Aug 1862
Barber, John W. 7th Corporal, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862, discharged 15 Dec 1863
Bard, John S. 2nd Corporal, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Commissioned 21 May 1864
Bard, William Jr. 1st Sergeant, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Commissioned 04 May 1864
Barker, David P. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Barker, Elihu G. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, discharged to accept promotion in 113th United States Infantry
Barker, Thomas C. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 26 Jul 1862, discharged for disability 13 Mar 1863
Barnett, James F. Private, Company C, 102nd Illinois Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, mustered out 06 Jun 1865
Barrett, Joseph 7th Corporal, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861
Bates, Lewis F. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, wounded at Parker’s Cross Roads
Battice, William Private, Company B, 154th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 14 Feb 1865, mustered out 18 Sep 1866
Baxley, Francis M. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 23 Feb 1864
Beach, Welcome B. Private, Company E, 45th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864, mustered out 16 Sep 1864 at Keokuk, Iowa
Beall, Edward Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Beall, Leonard B. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 21 Oct 1861
Bean, Milton I. Sergeant, Company G, 10th Pennsylvania Infantry Enlisted 19 Jun 1861, mustered out 11 Jun 1864
Beck, James G. 4th Sergeant, Company E, 7th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Jul 1861
Beckwith, Sylvester Gridley 1st Lieutenant, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Jul 1862, wounded at Black River Bridge, died of wound 05 Jun 1863
Beerbower, Andrew C. 4th Sergeant, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 23 Jul 1862, killed at Milliken’s Bend, Louisiana 07 Jun 1863
Beezley, Nathan Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 05 Nov 1861, killed at Columbus, Georgia 16 Apr 1865
Beickel, George Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862, discharged 01 Aug 1863
Beickel, Michael Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Bell, Allen Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 13 Sep 1862
Bell, Edward Payson Private, Company I, 63rd Indiana Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, mustered out 06 Jun 1865
Bell, James A. Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 Dec 1861, mustered out 24 Dec 1864
Bell, John J. 3rd Sergeant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Nov 1861, discharged for disability 28 Jan 1863
Bell, Rufus 7th Corporal, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, mustered out 24 Jul 1865
Bell, Walter Company K, Illinois Infantry Regiment unknown
Benedict, Dewitt C. Company A, 15th Iowa Infantry

 
Benedict, George W. Private, Company F, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 May 1864
Benedict, William T. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Benge, Alfred Saddler, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 15 Oct 1861, discharged for disability 24 Jan 1863
Benge, Anderson M. Saddler, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Feb 1864
Bennett, Myron E. Private, Company G, 8th Missouri Infantry Enlisted 02 Jun 1861, discharged 19 Jun 1862
Bennett, William D. Private, Company F, 1st Minnesota Infantry Enlisted 29 Apr 1861, discharged for disability 04 Feb 1863
Bennum, William M. Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 Nov 1861, discharged for disability 30 Dec 1862 at St. Louis, Missouri
Benson, Zebulon Unknown Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Berry, Benjamin H. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 20 Jul 1862
Berry, John H. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Berry, William T. Corporal, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 20 Jul 1862, wounded at Black River Bridge, died of disease at Vicksburg 11 Aug 1863
Bertholf, John W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862
Bethel, George W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 Aug 1862
Betts, George W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862
Bevington, Peter A. Private, Company B, 5th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 21 Sep 1861
Bice, Josiah Private, Company G, 140th Ohio Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Bigelow, Hiram L. Private, New York Engineers Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Bird, Anderson Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, wounded at Pea Ridge
Bird, Butler Quartermaster Sergeant, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 13 Jun 1861, discharged 14 Feb 1863
Bird, Isaac Newton Unknown Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Bird, James H. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, killed by guerrillas at Butler, Missouri 15 May 1862
Bird, Thomas M. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 21 Oct 1861, captured at Black River Bridge 22 Jun 1863
Bishop, Milton S. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Bishop, Ransom Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, died at Iron Mountain, Missouri 27February 1863
Bivin, Joseph B. Private, Company E, 36th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862
Bixby, Benjamin F. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Black, James W. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, discharged 28 Oct 1861
Blakeley, Charles W. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Oct 1861, discharged at Batesville, Arkansas 18 Jun 1862
Blakeley, George H. Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 27 May 1861, 1861 veteranized in 2nd Infantry 04 Jan 1864
Blakeley, Thomas J. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864, died at Helena, Arkansas 18 Jun 1864
Blosser, Christian H. Private, Company C, 24th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 19 Aug 1862
Blosser, Noah Private, Company C, 24th Iowa Infantry Died at St. Louis 06 Feb 1863
Boardman, Mahlen N. Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, wounded at Charleston, Missouri 08 Jun 1862, discharged 27 Oct 1862
Boling, James W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, captured at Parker’s Cross Roads, discharged 04 Apr 1863
Bonham, Benjamin S. Lieutenant, Company H, 9th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 02 Oct 1863, mustered out 03 Feb 1866 at Little Rock, Arkansas
Boon, Clark Private, Company H, 33rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862, captured 30 Apr 1864 at Saline River, Arkansas 
Bortsfield, John Private, Company A, 85th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 24 Jul 1862, discharged for wounds 07 Feb 1865
Bowers, Alanson Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 30 Nov 1861, discharged 30 Nov 1862
Bowlsby, Benjamin Franklin Musician, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 26 May 1865
Bowlsby, William H. Jr.

 

 Enlisted 26 Nov 1864
Bowse, James Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862
Boyles, Philip M. 2nd Sergeant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, discharged 09 Sep 1863
Bradfield, Adolphus Captain, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862
Bradfield, Alvin 5th Sergeant, Company F, 39th Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Bradshaw, David Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 25 Feb 1864, wounded at Allatoona, transferred to Veteran Reserve Corp 29 Apr 1865
Brassfield, John D. Private, Company M, 7th Iowa Cavalry Service unknown
Breeding, James E. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, discharged for disability 02 Mar 1863
Breeding, Joseph A. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, discharged 24 Aug 1863
Bressler, William H. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 19 Oct 1861
Brinson, David A. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862, died of disease at Young’s Point, Louisiana 07 Feb 1863
Brinson, James Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, discharged for disability 03 Apr 1862
Brinson, Thomas Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862, discharged for disability at Young’s Point, Louisiana 07 Feb 1863
Brinson, William Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Aug 1862
Brinson, Zebulon Private, Company I, 15th Iowa Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Brittain, Alfred Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865
Brittain, Pleasant M. Captain, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865
Brittain, Joseph D. Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Oct 1861, mustered out 09 Nov 1861, died of smallpox at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee 06 May 1862
Brock, Jonas F. 3rd Sergeant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 13 Aug 1862, captured at Allatoona 05 Oct 1864
Brock, Mosby Private, Company G, 94th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862, mustered out 17 Jul 1865
Brooks, Gilbert M. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, mustered out 04 Sep 1864
Brooks, Hiram C. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, died at Winterset 03 Sep 1863
Brown, Edward Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 14 Aug 1862, wounded at Parker’s Cross Roads, died of wounds at Jackson, Mississippi 02 Feb 1863
Brown, Edward Unknown, 22nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 1862, discharged for disability 1863 (See obituary)
Brown, Enos Unknown Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Brown, George Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862
Brown, Harvey Private, Company D, 2nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1861
Brown, James B. Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, discharged 18 Apr 1862
Brown, John M. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Brown, John Rush Wagoner, Company G, 32 Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 24 Aug 1865 at Clinton, Iowa
Brown, Thomas Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, wounded at Parker’s Cross Roads
Browne, Joseph M. Captain, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, wounded at Parker’s Cross Roads, resigned 15 Jun 1864
Brownell, Ezra Corporal, Company A, 99th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865
Bruce, Francis Marion Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 24 Oct 1861
Bruce, John R. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Mar 1862
Bruett, Charles Private, Company H, 117th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Aug 1865
Buchanan, William W. 1st Lieutenant, Company D, 5th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 1862, resigned 12 May 1863
Bullock, Merrideth G. 7th Corporal, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 19 Oct 1861
Bullock, Manville L. Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 04 May 1864
Bunson, James 1st Corporal, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, discharged for rheumatism 03 Apr 1862
Burdick, Albert M. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Jul 1861, wounded in face at Pea Ridge, discharged at Black River, Mississippi 18 Aug 1863
Burger, August F. 4th Corporal, Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 29 Sep 1861, mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky, 24 July 1865
Burger, Frederick W. Private, Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 31 Mar 1864, wounded in left hand 26 Aug 1864 near Atlanta, Georgia, mustered out at Louisville, Kentucky 24 Jul 1865
Burke, Thomas Unknown St Patrick's gravestone "Civil War Veteran"
Burkhead, Joseph R. Private, 15th Ohio Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Burkhead, William Emmett Private, 5th Ohio Cavalry Unknown
Burkneimer, Lewis Company C, 12th Missouri Cavalry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Burnett, David D. Bugler, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861, wounded at Lafayette, Missouri 11 Mar 1862
Burnett, David W. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 18 Jul 1861
Burson, Clement Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 02 Sep 1861, discharged 23 Mar 1862
Burt, Edwin O. 1st Sergeant, Company E, 19th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 29 Jul 1861, mustered out 19 Oct 1864, wounded at Petersburg
Burton, William T. Company H, 9th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Oct 1863, discharged 04 Oct 1865, Fort Smith, Arkansas
Butcher, Isaac N. Private, Company B, 12th Indiana Infantry Enlisted 15 May 1861, mustered out 19 May 1862
Bywater, Adelbert Private, Company H, 6th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Dec 1862, mustered out 17 Oct 1865

  

 

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