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
Ralston, James B. 1st Corporal, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Commissioned 04 May 1864
Ralston, John Private, Company D, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 28 Sep 1864, mustered out 02 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC
Ralston, Robert Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 16 Nov 1861, wounded at Osage River, Kansas 25 Nov 1864
Ralston, Samuel Mathers Private, Company G, 123rd Pennsylvania Infantry Enlisted 08 Aug 1862
Randall, William J. Private, Company H, 15th Kansas Cavalry Enlisted 04 Sep 1863, discharged 07 Dec 1865 
Ratliff, John W. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 18 Aug 1862, mustered out 13 May 1863 at Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Rawlings, Isaac L. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 26 Jul 1862, mustered 29 Aug 1862. Severely wounded at Black River Bridge, Mississippi 17 May 1863. Discharged 29 Jun 1865 at Davenport, Iowa 
Rawlings, Nathan A. Private, Company D, 40th Iowa Infantry Residence Newton, nativity Indiana. Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered 13 Sep 1862, mustered out 18 May 1865 at Davenport, Iowa.
Rawls, Jonathan B. 2nd Lieutenant, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, wounded at Parker’s Cross Roads 31 Dec 1862, resigned 02 Apr 1864
Ray, Isaac Newton Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862
Ray, Joseph Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 10 Aug 1862, died of disease at Corinth 13 Mar 1863
Ray, William Clements Corporal, Company I, 30th Indiana Infantry Enlisted and mustered 24 Sep 1861, mustered out 08 Nov 1865
Raymond, Edward W. Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Oct 1861
Raymond, Myron A. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 01 Jan 1864
Read, George Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 23 Jun 1861, died at Little Rock 23 Nov 1863
Read, Thomas Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 11 Oct 1861
Read, Zachariah Samuel Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 28 Feb 1864
Reager, James H. Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry Entered Second Veteran Infantry 21 Jun 1864
Reed, John Private, Company B, 18th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Jul 1862, mustered out 20 Jul 1865 at Little Rock, Arkansas
Reed, John Robert Private, Company H, 34th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 20 Aug 1862, mustered 15 Oct 1862, discharged for disability 21 Jun 1864 at Keokuk, Iowa
Reed, Samuel P. Sergeant, Company A, 7th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 Jul 1861, mustered out 12 Jul 1865, Louisville, Kentucky
Reed, William Evans 6th Sergeant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 14 Jan 1862, mustered out 08 Aug 1865 at Atlanta, Georgia
Reeder, Eli W. Private, Company F, 29th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 25 Dec 1863
Reel, Charles W. Corporal, Company H, 11th Missouri Cavalry Enlisted as Private 29 Jun 1863, mustered 14 Jul 1863. appointed Corporal 01 Aug 1863, mustered out 27 Jul 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Reel, Thomas A. Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Nov 1861, died at Kewanna, Indiana 20 Mar 1864
Reel, William H. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 18 Aug 1862
Reeser, Daniel Warner Private, Company I, 5th Illinois Cavalry Enlisted 05 Oct 1861, mustered out 04 Nov 1864. Lived briefly in Madison County in 1860
Rehn, William H. Private, Company E, U.S. Cavalry Enlisted 12 May 1864, discharged 17 May 1867
Reigle, Benjamin Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 23 Sep 1861, died of pneumonia at Winterset 12 May 1862
Reno, Jasper Private, 7th Indiana Light Artillery Enlisted Fall of 1861, mustered in 02 Dec 1861, mustered out 07 Dec 1864 at Indianapolis, Indiana
Rever, Alexander Private, Company B, 22nd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 06 Aug 1862, mustered 25 Aug 1862, mustered out 25 Jul 1865 at Savannah, Georgia
Reynolds, Joseph K. Private, Company D, 1st Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 05 Sep 1861
Reynolds, John M. Private, Company G, 20th Illinois Infantry Enlisted and mustered 13 Jun 1861, discharged 13 Jun 1864 at Chicago, Illinois
Reynolds, William G. 3rd Sergeant, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 21 Oct 1861, discharged 18 Jun 1862
Rhodes, Daniel Private, Company B, 7th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 05 Nov 1862, mustered out 12 Dec 1865 at Omaha, Nebraska
Rhodes, James M. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862, discharged 24 Jun 1864
Rhodes, Joshua Private, Company B, 7th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 03 Nov 1862, mustered out 12 Dec 1865 at Omaha, Nebraska
Rhodes, Pleasant Marion Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Rice, Albert Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry

Enlisted 18 Mar 1864, wounded at Guntown

Rice, Jasper Newton

Private, Company A, 13th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Private, Company G, 13th Missouri Militia Cavalry

Private, Company C, 6th Missouri Cavalry

Enlisted 30 Sep 1861, honorably discharged 14 Mar 1862

Mustered in 21 Apr 1862

Enlisted 23 Mar 1864, mustered in 11 Apr 1864, mustered out 12 May 1866

Rice, John

Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry

Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered 08 Sep 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC

Rice, John F. Private, Company F, 7th Missouri Cavalry, CSA  Enlisted 05 Sep 1862 in Dunklin County, Missouri
Rice, Samuel Company K, 29th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 04 Jan 1864, mustered out 10 Aug 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Rice, Samuel J. Corporal, Company F, 7th Missouri Cavalry, CSA and Corporal, Company G, 8th Missouri Cavalry, CSA Enlisted 09 Jul, 1863
Richardson, George B. Company K, 15th Infantry Enlisted 09 Feb 1864
Richey, Paris Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 19 Oct 1861
Richey, Samuel 1st Corporal, Company E, 14th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Sep 1861, mustered 01 Nov 1861, discharged for disability 09 Jan 1862
Richmond, John Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862
Richmond, William S. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 15 Aug 1862, wounded at Black River Bridge
Ridout, William S Private, Company G, 5th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Jun 1861, discharged for disability 14 Oct 1863
Riggins, Charles White Private, Company K, 123rd Illinois Infantry Enlisted 04 Aug 1862, mustered 06 Sep 1862, mustered out 28 Jun 1865
Riheldaffer, William Gillian Private, Company A, 4th West Virginia Cavalry Invalid pension application # 1181736.
Riley, Phillip Private, Company K, 1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Enlisted 01 Oct 1864, mustered out 26 Jun 1865
Rinard, Church B. Private, Company C, K, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 26 Feb 1862, mustered into Company C, 07 Mar 1862. Discharged for disability 15 Jul 1862 at Helena, Arkansas. Re-enlisted in Company K, 20 Aug 1863. Wounded and leg amputated 14 Jul 1864 at Tupelo, Mississippi. Discharged 01 Sep 1864 at Keokuk, Iowa
Rinard, Isaac W. Private, Company B, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 28 Feb 1862
Rinker, Wallace Elijah Private, Company K, 89th Illinois Infantry Enlisted 08 Jan 1864, transferred to Company I, 59th Illinois Infantry 24 Jun 1864, mustered out 18 Jun 1865 at Mound City, Illinois
Riser, William H. Musician, Company F, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 27 May 1864
Robb, Andrew 2nd Lieutenant, Company I, 8th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Sep 1861, mustered out 10 Dec 1861 at Sedalia, Missouri
Robb, Elijah C. Sgt, Company I, 8th Iowa Infantry Residence Albia, nativity Indiana. Enlisted 10 Aug 1861, mustered 12 Sep 1861. Promoted Seventh Corporal 01 Sep 1862; Third Corporal 01 Jul 1863.Re-enlisted and re-mustered 11 Jan 1864. Taken prisoner 21 Aug 1864, Memphis, Tenn. Promoted Fifth Sergeant 01 Oct 1864; Fourth Sergeant 01 Nov 1865; Third Sergeant 01 Apr 1866. Mustered out 20 Apr 1866, Selma, Alabama
Robb, James H. Corporal, 3rd Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted 01 Jan 1864, mustered out 23 Oct 1865 at Davenport, Iowa
Robb, John H. Private, 3rd Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted and mustered 28 Mar 1864, mustered out 23 Oct 1865
Robbins, James Madison Private, Company K, 120th Indiana Iowa Infantry Enlisted 13 Jan 1864, discharged for disability 01 Aug 1865
Roberts, Benjamin F. Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, captured at Shady Grove, discharged 14 Jun 1865
Roberts, David M. Company K, 75th Illinois Iowa Infantry Mustered out in Nashville, Tennessee
Roberts, Hiram Corporal, Company H, 6th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Jul 1861
Roberts, Hugh Morris

Private, Company F, 39th Wisconsin Infantry

Private, Company K, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry

Enlisted and mustered 14 May 1864, mustered out 22 Sep 1864 at Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Enlisted and mustered 01 Oct 1864, mustered out 18 Jul 1865 at Madison, Wisconsin

Roberts, John E. Third Sergeant, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry

Enlisted 09 Aug 1862

Roberts, Thomas Private, Company B, 30th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, discharged for disability 15 Feb 1863 at Keokuk, Iowa
Roberts, Wesley Sergeant, Company B, 22nd Pennsylvania Cavalry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, mustered out 01 May 1865
Roberts, William Corporal, Company D, 140th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 28 Sep 1864,  mustered out 11 Jul 1865
Robertson, Samuel S Private, Company E, 33rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 Jul 1862, mustered out 17 Jul 1865 at New Orleans, Louisiana
Robinson, Emery Samuel Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 22 Aug 1862, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Robinson, Stephen Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 17 Aug 1862
Robinson, Sydnor Private, Company I, 161st Ohio Infantry Unknown - "Civil War Veteran" on tombstone.
Roby, Jonathan Musician, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 20 Aug 1863, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Roderick, John William Private, Company G, 80th Ohio Infantry Enlisted 07 Dec 1861, discharged for disability 21 Nov 1862 at Columbus, Ohio
Rollings, Caleb Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 12 Aug 1862, wounded at Black River Bridge
Rollins, John J. Private, Company H, 23rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 09 Aug 1862, wounded at Spanish Fort, Alabama
Rollstin, Porter Private, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 11 Aug 1862
Rommel, Henry Adolph Private, Company K, 10th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 24 Sep 1861, mustered 11 Nov 1861, mustered out 11 Nov 1864 at Cartersville, Georgia
Root, Abner Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted and mustered 03 Dec 1863, mustered out 08 Aug 1865 at Atlanta, Georgia
Ross, Zachariah Corporal, Company A, 121st Ohio Infantry Enlisted 18 Aug 1862, mustered 11 Sep 1862, promoted to Corporal 16 mar 1863, mustered out 08 Jun 1865 at Washington, DC
Rowe, Andrew Private, Company B, 15th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 28 Sep 1864, mustered out 05 Jun 1865 at Washington D.C.
Rowe, David Garrett 2nd Sergeant, Company B, 7th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 06 Nov 1862, mustered out 12 Dec 1865 at Omaha, Nebraska
Rowe, Jacob Private, Company A, 4th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 05 Oct 1864, mustered out 24 Jul 1865 in Kentucky
Rowe, Martin Corporal, Company L, 7th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 27 Feb 1864, mustered out 12 Dec 1865 at Sioux City, Iowa
Roy, Thomas Private, Company F, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 20 Aug 1862
Royalty, Daniel B. Private, Company A, 16th Iowa Infantry Enlisted and mustered 05 Mar 1862, re-enlisted and re-mustered 15 Mar 1864, mustered out 19 Jul 1865 at Louisville, Kentucky 
Ruby, John Musician, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 08 Oct 1861
Ruby, John W. Private, Company I, 4th Iowa Cavalry Enlisted 09 Oct 1861, appointed bugler
Ruby, Martin B. 3rd Corporal, Company A, 39th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 13 Aug 1862, killed at Allatoona 05 Oct 1864
Ruby, Samuel G. 8th Corporal, Company G, 3rd Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 May 1861, discharged for disability 08 Jul 1862
Rudisil, George Worley Private, Company E, 12th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 09 Aug 1862, discharged for wounds 28 Feb 1863
Rudrow, Ezra V. Company C, 46th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 21 May 1864
Rudy, Jacob W. Corporal, Company D, 151st Ohio Infantry Enlisted 02 May 1864 at the age of 23. Mustered 13 May 1864 mustered out 27 Aug 1864 at Camp Chase, Ohio.
Runkle, John M.

Private, Company F, 4th Iowa Infantry

Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry

Enlisted 15 Nov 1861, wounded at Chickasaw Bayou and discharged

Enlisted 16 May 1864, mustered 0 4 Jun 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864, Davenport, Iowa, expiration of term of service.

Rusk, David Private, Company C, 11th Illinois Cavalry Enlisted 12 Oct 1861, discharged 15 Nov 1862 for disability
Russell, James Harvey Private, Company E, 47th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 16 May 1864, mustered 04 Jun 1864, mustered out 28 Sep 1864 at Davenport, Iowa
Ruth, Alexander Private, Company B, 14th Iowa Infantry Enlisted 01 Oct 1861, mustered out 31 Oct 1864 at Sioux City, Iowa
Rutherford, John Milton Private, Company E, 53rd Indiana Infantry Enlisted 19 Feb 1862, mustered out 15 Dec 1864
Rutherford, Joseph E. Private, 1st Iowa Light Artillery Enlisted and mustered 28 Dec 1862 at the age of 18, mustered 28 Dec 1862. Mustered out 05 Jul 1865 at Davenport, Iowa.
Ryerson, William Private, Company D, 38th Indiana Infantry Mustered in 03 Oct 1864, mustered out 24 Jun 1865

 

 

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