HISTORY OF

MUSCATINE COUNTY, IOWA

1879 EDITION


Transcribed by Lynn McCleary, February 2014

HISTORY OF THE STATE OF IOWA

War Record

ARTILLERY.

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THE FIRST BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY

Was enrolled in the counties of Wapello, Des Moines, Dubuque, Jefferson, Black Hawk, etc., and was mustered in at Burlington, Aug. 17,1861, with C. H. Fletcher, of Burlington, as Captain. Was engaged at Pea Ridge, Port Gibson, in Atlanta campaign, Chickasaw Bayou, Lookout Mountain, etc. Was mustered out at Davenport July 5, 1865.

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THE SECOND BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY

Was enrolled in the counties of Dallas, Polk, Harrison, Fremont and Pottawattamie, and mustered into United States service at Council Bluffs and St. Louis, Mo., Aug. 8 and 31, 1861, with Nelson T. Spear, of Coucil bluffs, as Captain. Was engaged at Farmington, Corinth, etc. Was mustered out at Davenport, Aug. 7,1865.

THE THIRD BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY

Was enrolled in the counties of Dubuque Black Hawk, Butler and Floyd, and mustered into United States service at Dubuque, September, 1861, with M. M. Hayden, of Dubuque, as Captain. Was at battle of Pea Ridge, etc., etc. Was mustered out at Davenport, Oct. 23, 1865.

THE FOURTH BATTERY OF LIGHT ARTILLERY

Was enrolled in Mahaska, Henry, Mills and Fremont Counties. And was mustered inat Davenport, Nov. 23, 1863, with P. H. Goode, of Glenwood, Captain. Was mustered out at Davenport, July 14, 1865.


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